Book Description
Church History Simply told for Children Ideal for Reading as a Family Part of History Lives Series of 5 Books
Author : Mindy Withrow
Publisher : CF4kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 2014-01-20
Category : Christian biography
ISBN : 9781845500825
Church History Simply told for Children Ideal for Reading as a Family Part of History Lives Series of 5 Books
Author : King Abdullah II of Jordan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,19 MB
Release : 2011-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101190132
A newsbreaking memoir that tackles head-on the toughest challenge in the world today. When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime crown prince, to be the next king of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special Operations, who discovered his life was in for a major upheaval. This is the inspirational story of a young prince who went to boarding school in America and military academy in Britain and grew up believing he would be a soldier. Back home, he hunted down terrorists and modernized Jordan's Special Forces. Then, suddenly, he found himself king. Together with his wife, Queen Rania, he transformed what it meant to be a monarch, going undercover to escape the bubble of the court while she became the Muslim world's most passionate advocate of women's rights. In this exceptionally candid memoir, King Abdullah tackles the single toughest issue he faces head-on- how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian standoff- and reveals himself to be an invaluable intermediary between America and the Arab world. He writes about the impact of the Iraq war on his neighborhood and how best to tackle Iran's nuclear ambitions. Why would a sitting head of state choose to write about the most explosive issues he faces? King Abdullah does so now because he believes we face a moment of truth: a last chance for peace in the Middle East. The prize is enormous, the cost of failure far greater than we dare imagine.
Author : Jessica Reinisch
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0199660794
An archive-based study examining how the four Allies - Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union - prepared for and conducted their occupation of Germany after its defeat in 1945. Uses the case of public health to shed light on the complexities of the immediate post-war period.
Author : Mindy Withrow
Publisher : CF4kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,33 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Christian biography
ISBN : 9781845502225
Read about the reformers in the 16th and 17th centuries who changed the Christian church. Look deeper into issues such as the Scientific Revolution, wars of religion, the Puritans, and the settling of the Americas.
Author : Brandon Withrow
Publisher : History Lives
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,66 MB
Release : 2007-11-20
Category : Christian biography
ISBN : 9781845502881
Part of the History Lives Series Chronicles of the Awakening of the Church 1700-1860AD
Author : Thomas Fleming
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 23,69 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0061870102
On October 19, 1781, Great Britain's best army surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown. But the future of the 13 former colonies was far from clear. A 13,000 man British army still occupied New York City, and another 13,000 regulars and armed loyalists were scattered from Canada to Savannah, Georgia. Meanwhile, Congress had declined to a mere 24 members, and the national treasury was empty. The American army had not been paid for years and was on the brink of mutiny. In Europe, America's only ally, France, teetered on the verge of bankruptcy and was soon reeling from a disastrous naval defeat in the Caribbean. A stubborn George III dismissed Yorktown as a minor defeat and refused to yield an acre of "my dominions" in America. In Paris, Ambassador Benjamin Franklin confronted violent hostility to France among his fellow members of the American peace delegation. In his riveting new book, Thomas Fleming moves elegantly between the key players in this drama and shows that the outcome we take for granted was far from certain. Not without anguish, General Washington resisted the urgings of many officers to seize power and held the angry army together until peace and independence arrived. With fresh research and masterful storytelling, Fleming breathes new life into this tumultuous but little known period in America's history.
Author : Deanna Raybourn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 16,99 MB
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0593197283
A princess is missing and a peace treaty is on the verge of collapse in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn. January 1889. As the newest member of the Curiosity Club--an elite society of brilliant, intrepid women--Veronica Speedwell is excited to put her many skills to good use. As she assembles a memorial exhibition for pioneering mountain climber Alice Baker-Greene, Veronica discovers evidence that the recent death was not a tragic climbing accident but murder. Veronica and her natural historian beau, Stoker, tell the patron of the exhibit, Princess Gisela of Alpenwald, of their findings. With Europe on the verge of war, Gisela's chancellor, Count von Rechstein, does not want to make waves--and before Veronica and Stoker can figure out their next move, the princess disappears. Having noted Veronica's resemblance to the princess, von Rechstein begs her to pose as Gisela for the sake of the peace treaty that brought the princess to England. Veronica reluctantly agrees to the scheme. She and Stoker must work together to keep the treaty intact while navigating unwelcome advances, assassination attempts, and Veronica's own family--the royalty who has never claimed her.
Author : Christopher McKnight Nichols
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0674061187
Spreading democracy abroad or protecting business at home: this book offers a new look at the history of the contest between isolationalism and internationalism that is as current as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and as old as America itself, with profiles of the people, policies, and events that shaped the debate.
Author : Mindy Withrow
Publisher :
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Christian biography
ISBN :
Publisher's info reads: Let history come to life--just the way it should be. Read the stories of Paul, Polycarp, Justin, Origen, Cyprian, Constantine, Athanasius, Ambrose, Augustine, John Chrysostom, Jerome, Patrick, and Benedict, people from the early and ancient church; discover the roots of Christianity. From the apostle Paul to Benedict you can discover how those in the early church still influence church today. In their lives you will see the young and developing church struggling and growing in a hostile and difficult world. Watch in amazement as a varied selection of people from different countries, cultures and times merge together to form the Christian church. Learn from their mistakes and errors but more importantly learn from their amazing strengths and gifts. Marvel at the incredible things accomplished by God in such a short space of time. Written in a modern and relaxed style this is a book that will introduce you to history without the tears and with all the wonder. There are longer chapters interspersed with short factual chapters. Extra features throughout this book look deeper into issues such as persecution; worship; creeds and councils and the formation of the Bible as well as a timeline. This is the first in a series intended to cover the history of the Christian church through its people. They are written with 9 to 14 year olds in mind ...
Author : Leon Wieseltier
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 29,69 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN :
Wieseltiers bidrag til atomvåbendebatten bygger på det grundlag, at det eneste middel til forhindring af atomkrig er en afskrækkelsesdoktrin. Han analyserer argumenterne for og imod en sådan doktrin.