Can Christians Trust Talesfrom HeavenYes! Millions have read the testimonies of those who have been to heaven and returned. But what do these stories mean for ChristiansHow do they fit with what the Bible teachesWhat do they say about who goes to heavenDebate has raged throughout the church about whether we should trust these testimonies, since they don't always align with what we think the Bible teaches. Reverend John Price, a pastor who has been a pioneer in integrating near-death accounts into ministry, surveys the Bible and Christian doctrines to discover that these firsthand accounts of encounters with God are fully compatible with Christian spirituality. Price began his ministry not believing in heaven. In Revealing Heaven , after hearing over two hundred accounts of near-death experiences, Price narrates the stories of those who helped change his mind and now makes a case not only for why Christians can trust near-death accounts but for why we should treat these amazing stories as precious gifts from God.

Nearly six decades ago, Hugh Marston Hefner created Playboy magazine, which effectively ignited America sexual revolution. The greatest living symbol of the Good Life, Hef created a world for himself that most men have yearned to inhabit, if only briefly, just to know what it like to be him. In Hef Little Black Book , this universally envied international icon offers a treasury of his often wry and heartfelt wisdom as it applies to the realms of romance, hedonism, ambition, business and, of course, sex. Accompanied by tantalizing never-before-seen photographs from his vast private archive, Hef Little Black Book is the gateway to Hugh Hefner irresistibly beguiling world. If you don’t swing, don’t ring lingerie and pajamas optional.

What does an admissions officer look for in a college application essayYou. It's that simple. There's no formula, no trick, no strategy, says Harry Bauld, a former Ivy League admissions officer. But with acceptance rates at all-time lows, just being yourself in an essay means understanding your readers and the unique form in which you are writing. In this fully revised and updated edition of the classic guide to writing the best essay of your life, Bauld reveals the big clich s (The Trip, The Jock, Miss America, Pet Death) and helps you discover ways to come alive on the page as a real person instead of applicant number 13,791.

Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize winning drama of life in the town of Grover 's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become a classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play. It is now reissued in this handsome hardcover edition, featuring a new Foreword by Donald Margulies, who writes, "You are holding in your hands a great American play. Possibly the great American play." In addition, Tappan Wilder has written an eye-opening new Afterword, which includes Thornton Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, the chaotic existence of a supermodel, or the joys of new motherhood.Waris was born into a traditional Somali family, desert nomads who engaged in such ancient and antiquated customs as genital mutilation and arranged marriage. At twelve, she fled an arranged marriage to an old man and traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu -- the first leg of an emotional journey that would take her to London as a house servant, around the world as a fashion model, and eventually to America, where she would find peace in motherhood and humanitarian work for the U.N.Today, as Special Ambassador for the U.N., she travels the world speaking out against the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, promoting women's reproductive rights, and educating people about the Africa she fled -- but still deeply loves.Desert Flower will be published simultaneously in eleven languages throughout the world and is currently being produced as a feature film by Rocket Pictures UK.

Part sports star, part antihero, part hip-hop icon, Allen Iverson has managed to cross over into the mainstream of American culture -- without compromise. Defiantly tattooed, with his hair in cornrows, the six-foot Philadelphia 76ers point guard is one of the most recognizable and controversial stars of the sports world. His meteoric rise from a troubled childhood in the ghetto to NBA superstardom has been marked by five straight playoff appearances, including a finals berth in 2001 and an MVP award. From his rap sheet to his rap album, fans and journalists alike hound his every move. But never before has a biographer presented a full portrait of this complicated and intensely private star -- a man whose loyalty to his family, the streets, and his friends trumps any other concern. Filled with exclusive interview material and unprecedented access to many of Iverson's inner circle, Only the Strong Survive is the first in-depth look at the truth behind this newly minted legend.

No player in the history of baseball has left such an indelible mark on the game as San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds. In his twenty-year career, Bonds has amassed an unprecedented seven MVP awards, eight Gold Gloves, and more than seven hundred home runs, an impressive assortment of feats that has earned him consideration as one of the greatest players the game has ever seen. Equally deserved, however, is his reputation as an insufferable braggart, whose mythical home runs are rivaled only by his legendary ego. From his staggering ability and fabled pedigree (father Bobby played outfield for the Giants; cousin Reggie Jackson and godfather Willie Mays are both Hall of Famers) to his well-documented run-ins with teammates and the persistent allegations of steroid use, Bonds inspires a like amount of passion from both sides of the fence. For many, Bonds belongs beside Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron in baseball's holy trinity; for others, he embodies all that is wrong with the modern athlete: aloof; arrogant; alienated.In Love Me, Hate Me , author Jeff Pearlman offers a searing and insightful look into one of the most divisive athletes of our time. Drawing on more than five hundred interviews -- with former and current teammates, opponents, managers, trainers, friends, and outspoken critics and unapologetic supporters alike -- Pearlman reveals, for the first time, a wonderfully nuanced portrait of a prodigiously talented and immensely flawed American icon whose controversial run at baseball immortality forever changed the way we look at our sports heroes.

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A true story of death and survival in the world’s most dangerous sport, cave diving. Two friends plunge 900 ft deep into a water-filled crater in the Kalahari Desert to raise the body of a diver who had perished there a decade before. Only one returns. Unquenchable heroism and complex human relationships amid the perils of extreme sport. On New Year's Day, 2005, David Shaw travelled halfway around the world on a journey that took him to the Kalahari Desert of South Africa, to a site known locally as Boesmansgat: Bushman's Hole. His destination was nearly 900 feet below the surface. On 8 January, he stepped into the water. He wore and carried on him some of the most advanced diving equipment ever developed. Mounted to a helmet on his head was a video camera. David Shaw was about to attempt what had never been done before, and he wanted the world to see. He descended. About fifteen feet below the surface was a fissure in the dolomite bottom of the basin, barely wide enough to admit him and his equipment and the aluminum tanks slung under his shoulders. He slipped through the opening, and disappeared from sight, leaving behind the world of light and life. Then, a second diver descended through the same crack in the stone. This was Don Shirley, Shaw's friend and frequent dive partner, one of the few people in the world qualified to follow where Shaw was about to go. In the community of extreme diving, Don Shirley was a master among masters. Twenty-five minutes later, one of the men was dead. The other was in mortal peril, and would spend the next 10 hours struggling to survive, existing literally from breath to breath. What happened that day at Bushman's Hole is the stuff of nightmarish drama, juxtaposing classic elements of suspense with an extreme environment beyond most people’s comprehension. But it’s also a compelling human story of friendship, heroism, unswerving ambition and of coming to terms with loss and tragedy.

From the author of the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes a highly entertaining and informative new book on the twenty-five works of literature that have most shaped the American character. Foster applies his much-loved combination of wit, know-how, and analysis to explain how each work has shaped our very existence as readers, students, teachers, and Americans. Foster illuminates how books such as The Last of the Mohicans , Moby-Dick , My ?ntonia , The Great Gatsby , The Maltese Falcon , Their Eyes Were Watching God , On the Road , The Crying of Lot 49 , and others captured an American moment, how they influenced our perception of nationhood and citizenship, and what about them endures in the American character. Twenty-five Books That Shaped America is a fun and enriching guide to America through its literature.

Dwyane Wade, the eight-time All-Star for the Miami Heat, has miraculously defied the odds throughout his career and his life. In 2006, in just his third season in the NBA, Dwyane was named the Finals' MVP, after leading the Miami Heat to the Championship title, basketball's ultimate prize. Two years later, after possible career-ending injuries, he again rose from the ashes of doubt to help win a gold medal for the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As co-captain, he helped lead the Heat to triumph in the 2012 NBA Championship. Little wonder that legendary coach Pat Riley has called Dwyane "B.I.W." Best In the World. As incredible as those achievements have been, it's off the court where Dwyane has sought his most cherished goal: being a good dad to his sons, Zaire and Zion, by playing a meaningful role in their lives. Recounting his fatherhood journey, Dwyane begins his story in March 2011 with the news that after a long, bitter custody battle, he has been awarded sole custody of his sons in a virtually unprecedented court decision. A Father First chronicles the lessons Dwyane has learned as a single dad from the moment of the judge's ruling that instantly changed his life and the lives of his boys, and then back to the events in the past that shaped his dreams, prayers, and promises. As the son of divorced parents determined to get along so that he and his sister Tragil could have loving relationships with both of them, Dwyane's early years were spent on Chicago's South Side. With poverty, violence, and drugs consuming the streets and their mom descending into addiction, Tragil made the heroic decision to take her younger brother to live with their father. After moving his household to suburban Robbins, Illinois, Dwyane Wade Sr. became Dwyane's first basketball coach. While this period laid the groundwork for Dwyane's later mission for fathers to take greater responsibility for their kids, he was also inspired by his mother's miraculous victory over addiction and her gift for healing others. Both his mother and his father showed him that the unconditional love between parents and children is a powerful guiding force. In A Father First , we meet the coaches, mentors, and teammates who played pivotal roles in Dwyane's stunning basketball career from his early days shooting hoops on the neighborhood courts in Chicago, to his rising stardom at Marquette University in Milwaukee, to his emergence as an unheralded draft pick by the Miami Heat. This book is a revealing, personal story of one of America's top athletes, but it is also a call to action from a man who had to fight to be in his children's lives that will show mothers and fathers how to step up and be parents themselves.

Your project went off without a hitch--but somebody else got the credit...You averted a crisis brilliantly--but no one noticed...You came to the meeting with a sensational idea--but it was ignored until someone else said the same thing... HOW CAN YOU GET CREDIT & GET AHEAD?In her extraordinary international bestseller, You Just Don't Understand, Deborah Tannen transformed forever the way we look at intimate relationships between women and men. Now she turns her keen ear and observant eye toward the workplace--where the ways in which men and women communicate can determine who gets heard, who gets ahead, and what gets done. An instant classic, Talking From 9 to 5 brilliantly explains women's and men's conversational rituals--and the language barriers we unintentionally erect in the business world. It is a unique and invaluable guide to recognizing the verbal power games and miscommunications that cause good work to be underappreciated or go unnoticed--an essential tool for promoting more positive and productive professional relationships among men and women.

Το βιβλ?ο αυτ? περι?χει: Τη ποιητικ? συλλογ? του Μεν?λαου Καραγκι?ζη, ?Ελληνικ? Πο?ηση?.Αποσπ?σματα απ? δυο υπ?ροχα βιβλ?α:?Φιλολογικο? περ?πατοι?, του Κωστ? Μπαστι?, Εκδ?σει? Καστανι?τη, 1999, ?Γι?ργο? Σαραντ?ρη? ο Μελλο?μενο??, τη? Ολυμπ?α? Καρ?γιωργα?, Εκδ?σει? Δ?αυλο?, 1995, καθ?? κι ?να πο?ημα του Μεν?λαου Καραγκι?ζη ει? μν?μην του Σαραντ?ρη: ?Το Σχ?μα?. Το πο?ημα του Μεν?λαου Καραγκι?ζη, ?Παν?ρχαια Φ?δια? εμπνευσμ?νο απ? τη μετ?φραση στα Ελληνικ? του ποι?ματο? του William B. Yeats, ?A Crazed Girl?.Το πο?ημα του Μεν?λαου Καραγκι?ζη με τ?τλο: ?Σκιρτο?ν οι Φλ?βε?? εμπνευσμ?νο απ’ το πο?ημα του Οδυσσ?α Ελ?τη, ?Οι Κλεψ?δρε? του Αγν?στου, α?.Δυο ποι?ματα του Μεν?λαου Καραγκι?ζη με τ?τλου? ?Ξ?λινο Κορμ?? και ?Ο Πυρωμ?νο? ?γγελο?? εμπνευσμ?να απ? δυο ποι?ματα του Γι?ργου Σεφ?ρη: ?Ο Γυρισμ?? του Ξενιτεμ?νου? και ?Les Anges Sont Blancs?.Αποσπ?σματα απ’ την ?ξοχη και συγκινητικ? εισαγωγ? του John Lehmann στο βιβλ?ο: ?Δημ?τριο? Καπεταν?κη?, Μυθολογ?α του Ωρα?ου, Δοκ?μια και Ποι?ματα?, Εκδ?σει? Χ?ρβε?, 1988.Δυο ποι?ματα του Μεν?λαου Καραγκι?ζη με τ?τλου? ?Ο Λ?ζαρο?? (?πω? και τη μετ?φρασ? του στα Αγγλικ? απ’ τον Δημ?τρη Καλαποθ?κη) και ?Σα? Λυπ?μαι? εμπνευσμ?να απ? δυο ποι?ματα του Δημ?τριου Καπεταν?κη: ?Ο Λ?ζαρο?? και ?Τα νησι? τη? Ελλ?δα?. Δυο ποι?ματα του Μεν?λαου Καραγκι?ζη με τ?τλου? ?Αψηφ?ντα?? και ?Ε?ναι Τ?τοιε? οι Μ?ρε?? εμπνευσμ?να απ? δυο ποι?ματα του Κωνσταντ?νου Τσ?τσου: ?Το Σκληρ? Νησ?? και ?Σιωπ??.Το πο?ημα του Μεν?λαου Καραγκι?ζη με τ?τλο: ?Τραγωδ?α=Τρ?γω+ωδ?, Ουχ? ? Τρ?γων Ωδ? ? Επ? Τρ?γω Ωδ?? εμπνευσμ?νο απ’ το δοκ?μιο του Αντ?νη Κρητικο?: ?Τραγικ? εκ του Τρ?γω, ?τραγον, Δωρικ?? Τ?πο? του Τρ?γω?.Αποσπ?σματα απ’ τον πρ?λογο του Κωνσταντ?νου Τσ?τσου απ’ το βιβλ?ο του: ?Ποι?ματα του Κωνσταντ?νου Τσ?τσου?, Εκδ?σει? των Φ?λων, 1973.Βιογραφικ? στοιχε?α για την Ολυμπ?α Καρ?γιωργα και τον Γι?ννη Μπαστι?. Αποσπ?σματα απ’ το κεφ?λαιο ?Οι Φιλολογικο? περ?πατοι του Μπαστι?, 1930-1932?, απ’ το βιβλ?ο του Γι?ννη Μπαστι? ?Κωστ?? Μπαστι??, Δημοσιογραφ?α-Θ?ατρο-Λογοτεχν?α?, Εκδ?σει? Καστανι?τη, 2005.

From Instagram sensation Kristina Webb (@colour_me_creative) comes a completely original and unique book to inspire and unlock your creativity.Color Me Creative gives readers a firsthand look into Kristina's personal life, including her exotic upbringing and the inspirational story of how, at nineteen years old, she has become one of the most popular artists of her generation, with a following in the millions. Readers can then go on their own journey by completing the fifty creative, art-inspired challenges designed by Kristina herself. This is the perfect gift not only for artists but for anyone wanting to awaken their inner creative. Featuring Kristina's beautiful custom art throughout, Color Me Creative will help readers escape the ordinary and unlock their imagination.This book offers readers the chance to download the free Unbound app to access interactive features and bonus videos by scanning the customized icon that appears throughout the book, including never-before-seen home videos and videos of Kristina drawing.

Οι σειρ? ?Κρ?σταλλοι? θα συν?σταται απ? μια δεκαλογ?α η οπο?α θα ξεκιν?ει απ? την δημιουργ?α του σ?μπαντο?, θα διαπερν? ολ?κληρο τον πανανθρ?πινο πολιτισμ?, θα φθ?νει στο παρ?ν και θα συνεχ?ζει στο μ?λλον, παρακολουθ?ντα? περιληπτικ? την εξ?λιξη του ανθρ?πινου πολιτισμο?. Το πρ?το βιβλ?ο ε?ναι η ?1η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κενο?-Υπερκ?σμιου (Δημιουργ?α)? απ? το οπο?ο αρχ?ζει ?να ταξ?δι. ?να ταξ?δι που ξεκιν?ει απ? την Μεγ?λη ?κρηξη, την εξελικτικ? πορε?α του σ?μπαντο? και φθ?νει στη δημιουργ?α των πλανητικ?ν συστημ?των. Το ?ργο στο πρ?το βιβλ?ο ξεκιν?ει απ? μια ελληνικ? επαρχιακ? π?λη, ?που ?να ερωτευμ?νο ζευγ?ρι ανακαλ?πτει ?να αντικε?μενο με περ?εργε? ιδι?τητε? και ικαν?τητε?. Μελετ?τε απ? την τοπικ? επιστημονικ? κοιν?τητα, αναφ?ρονται παλι?τεροι θρ?λοι και παραδ?σει? γ?ρω απ? αυτ?, που μ?χρι πρ?τινο? θεωρο?νταν μ?θοι και παραμ?θια. Το αντικε?μενο μεταφ?ρεται στην Αθ?να και μελετ?ται απ? την ελληνικ? επιστημονικ? κοιν?τητα. Κατ?πιν καλο?νται τα ηχηρ? ον?ματα τη? διεθνο?? επιστημονικ?? κοιν?τητα?. Β?σει των ιδιοτ?των που ?χουν αναδειχθε?, επιχειρε?ται ?να πε?ραμα στην Ακρ?πολη, με θαυμαστ? και μη αναμεν?μενα αποτελ?σματα. Απ? εκε? και π?ρα αρχ?ζει μια υπ?ροχη διαδρομ? σε μια σειρ? 10 βιβλ?ων. Μ?σα απ? μ?θο, αλληγορ?ε? αλλ? και πραγματικ?? επιστημονικ?? γν?σει?, επιχειρε?τε, π?ραν τη? διασκ?δαση?, ο αναγν?στη? να αποκομ?σει και αληθιν?? γν?σει?. ?τσι, ο αναγν?στη? μ?σα απ? μυθιστορηματικ? αφ?γηση μαθα?νει για την δημιουργ?α και για την εξ?λιξη του σ?μπαντο?, για του? γαλαξ?ε?, για τα ηλιακ? συστ?ματα, για την γη, για τη ζω? π?νω στην γη, για την εξ?λιξη του ανθρ?πινου ε?δου?, για την φιλοσοφ?α, για την επιστ?μη, για τι? θρησκε?ε? και για τον εν γ?νει αγ?να τη? ενανθρ?πιση? του ανθρ?πινου ε?δου?, για να φθ?σουμε στι? σημεριν?? συγκρο?σει?. Τηλεγραφικ? τα 10 βιβλ?α που θα ακολουθ?σουν με ενδεικτικ?? ονομασ?ε?: 1η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κενο?-Υπερκ?σμιου (Δημιουργ?α) 2η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Υπερκ?σμιου-Υπερφυσικο? (Ουρανομαχ?α) 3η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Υπερφυσικο? (Ζευ?-Κρ?νο?) 4η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Παραφυσικο? (Γιγαντομαχ?α) 5η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Φυσικο?-Μεταφυσικο? (Προμηθει??) 6η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Καλο?-Κακο? (Λευκ??-Μα?ρο? Κρ?σταλλο?) 7η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Κοινωνικοπολιτικο?-Αντικοινωνικοπολιτικο? (Πρ?τοι πολιτισμο?) 8η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Ανθρωπισμο?-Τεχνοκρατισμο? (Νε?τεροι χρ?νοι) 9η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Πολιτισμο?-Βαρβαρ?τητα? (Σ?μερα) 10η Τιτανομαχ?α: Σ?γκρουση Γ?ινων-Εξωγ?ινων (Διαγαλαξιακ? ταξ?δια)

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Pachamama Peaches a is a collection of poetry and prose about life. The poems explore femininity, friendship, relationships, nature, beauty and art imitating life. Each poem serves an individual purpose that is subject to the minds of each reader.

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Ex-referee and now fearless writer and football pundit, Graham Poll is no stranger to controversy. His latest book is an entertaining and provocative reappraisal of the major incidents in World and English football down the years – from Geoff Hurst’s goal in ‘66, through Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ to the infamous Battle of the Bridge in 2009. Graham Poll, England’s highest profile referee of the last two decades, refereed over 400 Premiership games, involving more than 1.5 million spectators, and at two World Cups, placing him at the centre of some of the most controversial incidents in football. So what does Poll make of some of the biggest rows in English and World football down the years? Would modern referees have reached different key decisions? What can the game learn from the mistakes of history? In this follow-up book to Seeing Red, Poll’s bestselling memoirs, we get an informative, frequently provocative but always entertaining romp through the pages of football history and the major incidents that sent shockwaves through the game. The book revisits in startling clarity all those much talked about football moments that continue to be the topic of pub debate among football fans the world over – and turns everything on its head. What was the real reason for the linesman giving Geoff Hurst’s goal in 1966 at Wembley? In the infamous Maradona ‘Hand of God’ game, why should the behaviour of Argentine players have helped the ref disallow the goal? How does Kim Milton Nielson, the official who red-carded David Beckham against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup, view the decision now? And was video technology used to 'convict' Zinedine Zidane of his World Cup Final head-butt? Framed with other fascinating football facts, personality profiles and colourful anecdotes, these stories and more – including football's most recent controversies – provide a rich seam of material for Graham Poll, in his usual no-nonsense style, to set the topical football agenda and to enrich our knowledge and understanding of the beautiful game.

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Poet? remarcabil?, Simona-Grazia Dima confirm? ?n aceast? carte un adev?r cunoscut: poe?ii ?i ?n?eleg cel mai bine pe poe?i. ?n mai mare m?sur? dec?t criticii, ei au cunoa?terea intim? a poeziei. ?ns? autoarea face mai mult: ??i extinde aria, pentru a cuprinde ?i prozatori, ?i esei?ti. ?i cite?te nu numai simpatetic, ci ?i critic, dar – cum m?rturise?te ?nc? din titlul volumului – este un ?scorpion bl?nd“. O intereseaz? mai presus de orice accesul la spiritualitate al scriitorilor comenta?i. Caut? la ei o Cale, un traseu ini?iatic. Spiritul se oglinde?te ?n spirit, altfel zis. (Livius Cioc?rlie)Oare poe?ii pot fi ?i critici literari? Primul nostru mare critic spunea c? nu. Poetul nu are ?transparen?a“, obiectivarea, impersonalizarea celui chemat s? analizeze ?i s? evalueze o carte. Dar a cunoa?te literatura dinl?untrul ei mi se pare un avantaj ?n plus. Simona-Grazia Dima, o voce liric? foarte personal?, ??i cite?te confra?ii cu fervoare ?i ?i critic? – bl?nd – cu acuitate. Poate fi un poet adev?rat ?i un critic, autentic, de identificare? Eu zic c? da. (Daniel Cristea-Enache)