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This is an inspiring story about the life of Kristin Michelle
Beaucher, how she touched thousands of lives, all of the pain and
suffering she overcame, and how her faith in God only grew
stronger. Losing her battle with cancer at the early age of nine
never changed the person she was or made her lose sight of what she
wanted to accomplish. Kristin was diagnosed with medduloblastoma
(brain cancer) at the young age of two and a half. She dealt with
more pain and suffering than many adults will endure in their
entire life. Kristin overcame every obstacle in her path and every
problem that came her way with a smile on her face and love pouring
from her heart. Kristin was truly an angel, a gift from God
himself, who changed the lives of everyone she met, sometimes
without even saying a word. She gave when she had nothing left to
give, and her legacy lives on through each and every one of us who
had the honor of knowing her. "I have cancer so that I can be the
one to prove to everybody that God can create miracles." This is my
daughter, and she gave her life to save mine. I promised Kristin
that I would live every day as she did, to do my very best, and to
make her as proud of me as I was of her. I know I will never be
able to even come close, but Kristin never gave up. How in the
world could I? Sweetie, you will always be my baby, my angel, and
my hero
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Protege (Hardcover)
Christopher Scott Lommerin
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R589
Discovery Miles 5 890
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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"Unconsciously, she tried to pass her damp tongue over her dry
upper lip-her tongue was cut short by thick tape. Terry Mitchel was
confused. The sound of tinkering caught her ear. It reminded her of
her father in the garage on a Saturday afternoon when she was a
young girl in Ohio. The comforting memory gave her great pain. Her
reflex effort to wipe her mouth was stopped by a chain and dog
collar shackling her hand. She knew her father wasn't around.
Consciousness set in, revealing her desperate situation. The taste
and smell of stale beer and chloroform quickly became insignificant
when she viewed her naked body stretched out beneath her. "Good
evening, my dear." The cold and deliberate voice of the madman
introduced a terror-filled shock through her body. "Welcome to the
show." "
In this spine-tingling murder mystery, professor Tim Wernick
must become the unwilling protege of a ruthless murderer if he
hopes to conceal his own previous criminal activity. Author
Christopher Lommerin presents a fascinating mix of clues as he
poses the challenging question: Do we all have the capacity to
kill?
Thomas Hobbes argues that the fear of violent death is the most
reliable passion on which to found political society. His role in
shaping the contemporary view of religion and honor in the West is
pivotal, yet his ideas are famously riddled with contradictions. In
this breakthrough study, McClure finds evidence that Hobbes'
apparent inconsistencies are intentional, part of a sophisticated
rhetorical strategy meant to make man more afraid of death than he
naturally is. Hobbes subtly undermined two of the most powerful
manifestations of man's desire for immortality: the religious
belief in an afterlife and the secular desire for eternal fame
through honor. McClure argues that Hobbes purposefully stirred up
controversy, provoking his adversaries into attacking him and
unwittingly spreading his message. This study will appeal to
scholars of Hobbes, political theorists, historians of early modern
political thought and anyone interested in the genesis of modern
Western attitudes toward mortality.
Aquinas on Beauty explores the nature and role of beauty in the
thought of Thomas Aquinas. Beginning with a standard definition of
beauty provided by Aquinas, it explores each of the components of
that definition. The result is a comprehensive account of Aquinas's
formal view on the subject, supplemented by an exploration into
Aquinas's commentary on Dionysius's Divine Names, including a
comparison of his views with those of both Dionysius and those of
Aquinas's mentor, Albert the Great. The book also highlights the
tight connection in Aquinas's thought between aesthetics and
ethics, and illustrates how Aquinas preserves what is best about
aesthetic traditions preceding him, and anticipates what is best
about aesthetic traditions that would follow, marrying objective
and subjective aesthetic intuitions and charting a kind of via
media between the common extremes.
Easy-to-access, A to Z resource of best practices from planning
through evaluating, with sample reproducible documents and forms
that reinforce text concepts. Visually reinforcing figures,
highlighted passages, and stimulating quotes keep the reader
involved. Domains offer a range of useful practices for alternative
programs in different stages of operation. It provides a step by
step method for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating
the type of alternative program desired, based on local needs and
available resources.
Set against the political and social upheavals of the 1960s, "A
Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard" tells the
story of Ben Isaac, a blond-haired, blue-eyed American youth living
with his father at the American consulate in Yokohama. Chafing
against his father's strict authority and the trappings of an
America culture that has grown increasingly remote, Ben flees home
to live with Ando, his Japanese friend. Refusing to speak English
with Ben, Ando shows the young American the way to Shinjuku, the
epicenter of Japan's countercultural movement and the closest Ben
has ever felt to home.
From the vantage point of a privileged and alienated "outsider"
( "gaijin"), Levy's narrative, which echoes events in his own life,
beautifully captures a heady, eventful moment in Japanese history.
It also richly renders the universal struggle to grasp the full
contours of one's identity. Wandering the streets of Shinjuku, Ben
can barely decipher the signs around him or make sense of the
sounds reaching his ears. Eventually, the symbols and sensations
take root, and he becomes one with Japanese language and culture.
Through his explorations, Ben breaks free from English and the
constraints of being a "gaijin." Levy's coming-of-age novel is an
eloquent elegy to a lost time.
The most comprehensive book ever written on the art of fencing with
the basket-hilted Highland broadsword, including every major
technique and concept from broadsword and backsword masters Donald
McBane (1728), Thomas Page (1746), Andrew Lonnergan (1771), Captain
G. Sinclair (1790), Archibald MacGregor (1791), Henry Angelo
(1799), John Taylor (1804), and Thomas Mathewson (1805). Includes:
Fundamental Skills Plain Playing Timing Slipping the Leg Slipping
the Body Double Attacks The Feint The Invitation Actions on the
Blade Disarms Counter-Disarms Set Play Loose Play The Grounds of
the Sword Traversing Footwork Double Weapons (sword and targe,
sword and buckler, sword and dagger, etc.) The style of the stage
gladiators The style of the Highland Regiments The training
curriculum of the Cateran Society The history of broadsword and
backsword fencing Nearly 500 separate training exercises
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