How Did I Get to Be Forty


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And so you’ve reached that time in life when you’re stating to pick investments over adventure, clean over scenic, comfortable over intense; when, even though in your heart of hearts you’re only seventeen, the rest of you is (how did it happen?) forty. The wise and witty lady of It’s Hard to Be Hip Over Thirty is here to get you through these forty-ish years with poems that reflect our common shared experience. So let her help you take a look at that decade of sagging kneecaps and college reunions and fantasies of love in the afternoon: at Maoist kids, cholesterol counts, adult-education courses and other atrocities—which somehow just don’t hurt so much when you laugh. A marvelous book filled with insight and warmth, How Did I Get to Be 40 & Other Atrocities is Judith Viorst at her best.




How Did I Get to be 40


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Ascribing Responsibility to Abortion and Other Atrocities/The Thief on The...


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A Book about Forgiveness... WHO NEEDS THIS BOOK? - YOU; - Family members...we have ALL failed in some way-- - Religious leaders and Politicians- you won't like it, but you need it... - The seasoned atheist- Are you ready for a run for your money? If you have just rolled your car, lost your job and missed the AA meeting...or if you have cheated, stole or lied recently, listen up. We are not really "Dummies," YOU ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD and only an occasional dummy. God does not make junk. The Bible tells us a child can understand ...no Seminary degrees are required. However, the Bible also tells us "some" just won't hear. You never know when one tiny piece of information can fit into the bigger puzzle and make a difference... So here we go, something more valuable than wealth, even health...GOT ETERNAL LIFE? D.J. Parsons is a retired Fashion Designer living in the Missouri Lake of the Ozarks with her husband, Wayne. After God closed the door to the business world to her she found herself in the ministry with a calling to write. D.J. is currently completing a Bible Degree with Liberty University's Home Bible Study Program and working on her next writing project, The Murder of the Church Secretary, a fiction mystery thriller. She thanks and blesses those who have come into contact with this work to discuss vast controversial subjects and welcomes stories and comments of interest at [email protected].




How Mass Atrocities End


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Given the brutality of mass atrocities, it is no wonder that one question dominates research and policy: what can we, who are not at risk, do to prevent such violence and hasten endings? But this question skips a more fundamental question for understanding the trajectory of violence: how do mass atrocities actually end? This volume presents an analysis of the processes, decisions, and factors that help bring about the end of mass atrocities. It includes qualitatively rich case studies from Burundi, Guatemala, Indonesia, Sudan, Bosnia, and Iraq, drawing patterns from wide-ranging data. As such, it offers a much needed correction to the popular 'salvation narrative' framing mass atrocity in terms of good and evil. The nuanced, multidisciplinary approach followed here represents not only an essential tool for scholars, but an important step forward in improving civilian protection.




The Great Big Book of Horrible Things


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A compulsively readable and utterly original account of world history—from an atrocitologist’s point of view. Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, "the numbers that people want to argue about." Reaching back to 480 BCE's second Persian War, White moves chronologically through history to this century's war in the Congo and devotes chapters to each event, where he surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually gets the blame?) with lively military, social, and political histories. With the eye of a seasoned statistician, White assigns each entry a ranking based on body count, and in doing so he gives voice to the suffering of ordinary people that, inexorably, has defined every historical epoch. By turns droll, insightful, matter-of-fact, and ultimately sympathetic to those who died, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things gives readers a chance to reach their own conclusions while offering a stark reminder of the darkness of the human heart.




Collected Works of Charles R. Swindoll


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Internationally known author and lecturer Charles Swindoll challenges you not only to enjoy the chaotic nature of modern life, but to soar above the ordinary and strive for the best in this collection of his bestselling works.







International Crimes: Law and Practice


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Judge Mettraux's four-volume compendium, International Crimes: Law and Practice, will provide the most detailed and authoritative account to-date of the law of international crimes. It is a scholarly tour de force providing a unique blend of academic rigour and an insight into the practice of international criminal law. The compendium is un-rivalled in its breadth and depth, covering almost a century of legal practice, dozens of jurisdictions (national and international), thousands of decisions and judgments and hundreds of cases. This second volume discusses in detail crimes against humanity.