A Chosen Bulletis the story of what Bills passion as a Chicago sports fan has taught him in life and the struggles this passion helped him to overcome from the day a 9mm bullet ripped through his neck from five feet away. Bills life has been contrasted by deep darkness and then glorious light, characterized by overcoming through perseverance, stained by first underachieving and then finally experiencing success that few will ever know. A bottomed-out permanently paralyzed teenager becomes a two-time Paralympics gold medalist, a very happily married man, a blessed father of three children, and a successful businessman. With the support of family and eventually a deep-abiding Christian faith providing his foundation, these values and lessons intertwining with Bills thirty-three year journey as a Chicago fan take him from tragedy to triumph.

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In 32 Volumes. From The Earliest Accounts To The Present Time.

Christian writing has many has many positive aspects. You can inform, persuade and inspire. That is Christian writing at its finest. This book allows you to learn how to do all three by writing the history of your local church or another church in your area.

There are nearly 500,000 churches in the U.S. according to the Gallup organization, and virtually all could benefit from having their history documented.

This book provides step-by-step details for researching, writing and marketing a local church history. It is ideal for church volunteers or professional writers.

"Capturing Faith: How to Research & Write a Local Church History" is ideal for new Christian writers because they can write their first book for love or for money. The author provides details about how Christian writers can get a contract from a local church to write a history, and the steps needed to publish it.

Having the history of your local church in print is great as a fundraiser for local churches, and it is wonderful to have to have as a resource to share in your community. The author covers these topics and many more:

Why a printed history is important to your local church

How to get a contract from a church to write the book if you are a professional writer

How to work with a committee if you are writing the book as volunteers

How to get the support of your pastor and other church leaders

How to do historical research

How to conduct oral histories

The steps in the writing process

How to market your book to raise funds for church projects

How to distribute the book in your community to gain visibility for for church

How individuals can have an ongoing church history writing ministry Other resources included are:

Oral history release form

Details about how a book is structured

Links to resources that will help you write a better church history.

A book that belongs on your book shelf and in every church library

In this landmark dictionary, Roy Armes details the scope and diversity of filmmaking across the Arab Middle East. Listing more than 550 feature films by more than 250 filmmakers, and short and documentary films by another 900 filmmakers, this volume covers the film production in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and the Gulf States. An introduction by Armes locates film and filmmaking traditions in the region from early efforts in the silent era to state-funded productions by isolated filmmakers and politically engaged documentarians. Part 1 lists biographical information about the filmmakers and their feature films. Part 2 details key feature films from the countries represented. Part 3 indexes feature-film titles in English and French with details about the director, date, and country of origin.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

More than 100 cautionary tales about individuals who attained success, power and prestige, only, most often through their own doing, to lose it all. A paean to humility, morality and common sense. As Dirty Harry once said, "a man's got to know his limitations." This book is the flip side of the author's best-selling motivational title, "Extraordinary Comebacks: 201 Inspiring Stories of Courage, Triumph, and Success." Book covers adventure, arts, athletics, business, crime, entertainment, finance, media, medical, military, music (pop and classical), nature, politics, science, and spirituality.

Being born into a family with seven children in the forties, the odds of being rich were very slim. Rich wasn't what I wanted, it was love. Instead, I was abandoned. Then put into the foster system for awhile. That turned into a nightmare for my siblings and I. Love was still out of reach. Then my Dad rescued two brothers and I. Dad had remarried and we thought we were fi nally going to be a family. I have always thought of us as rubber bands. We were always being pulled one way and then another. Pulling wasn't all our Dad did. In the end, I had to make my escape!! LOVE WAS NEVER IN REACH!!!

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According to Teresa Martin Binkley, each woman is born with her own "bitch within," or TBW. This presence is not there to hold a woman back from life experiences, but to give her determination, stamina, and courage to face life head-on. From the outgoing extrovert to the shy, reserved type, TBW can empower all women to live a more fulfilled life.

"The Bitch Within" is full of timeless stories spanning five female generations that encourage women to move forward in their lives with confidence. These true accounts, some that will make you laugh, cry, and think, can help all women stand up for themselves and help the silent find their voices. TBW reveals herself as a hidden treasure that all women possess, both young and old, and guides females in learning how to: Trust your inner voice and instincts
Expect the unexpected and be prepared
Live a more meaningful, fulfilled life
Be brave and face life head-on
Be empowered by understanding the power that you possess

Harness your "bitch within" power and use it to your advantage, without fail, in the face of adversity

Over the course of his varied career, Gene A. Budig has served as a professor, the president of the American League of Major League Baseball, the head of three major universities, a major general in the Air National Guard, a newspaper man, and co-owner of a Minor League Baseball team. One can safely assume that Budig has met his share of interesting and inspiring people. In "Grasping the Ring," he selects nine from this great array of individuals and offers candid biographical sketches of these compelling characters. Though they are very different, George Steinbrenner, Larry Doby, Tom Osborne, Roy Williams, Gale Sayers, Jerry Reinsdorf, Bob Kerrey, Al Neuharth, and Bob Dole are all exceptional people whose achievements and faults have captured the national interest. Budig writes "Grasping the Ring" as an insider whose acquaintance with these individuals enables him to ask the kinds of penetrating questions that make these stories intimate, honest, and revealing.

A distinctive and incomparable collection from "Mighty" Mike McGee, the class clown of spoken word and poetry slam's geek champion. This debut includes his most notable performance poems, stories, humorous anecdotes and how-to's. This handbook moves between serious love tomes, like "Open Letter to Neil Armstrong" and "Every Day," to his most irreverent and requested works, like "Puddin'" and "Like." A true road-dog, McGee travels with words and camera, many results of which are captured in this collection. The humor contained in these pages are a campfire on a lonely winter night, the poetry a reason to shout about love.

The Youngest Son, Memoirs from the Motherland is more than a diary of a professor on sabbatical in foreign land. Written from the heart with a good dose of humor, this memoir recounts a very special and wonderful time in my life -a pilgrimage to the motherland. It is a tribute to my immigrant Italian parents and a country that through them, and the people you will meet in this book, have given so much to me.