Xlibris us jul 2017 (7 résultats)

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - David is just fourteen when he courageously kills a black-maned lion to rescue the flock of sheep in his protection. Even at his young age, he is focused on becoming a great warrior who will one day fight to defeat Israel's enemies. But when David is suddenly summoned home from the fields by his father, everything changes.After David learns that King Saul has summoned him to play and sing for him in an effort to drive away an evil spirit, he immediately travels from Bethlehem to Gilgal, all while praying he can fulfill the order. Soon after David befriends the king's son, Jonathan, he is released by Saul after his musical efforts seemingly fail. When David is eventually anointed to become the future King of Israel after God rejects Saul's rebellious house and Jonathan as the next-in-line to take the throne, he fears Jonathan will hate him. Just as David is thrust to the heights of fame and glory, the king sets out on a vengeful quest that changes everything once again.In this biblical tale set in ancient Israel, a young man embarks on a coming-of-age journey that he hopes leads him to his destinyunless someone stops him first.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This book details Fatimas journey as a two-time liver transplant recipient. The book is also about how her health struggles affected her personally and how the youth who have grown up with chronic illnesses can have normal yet special lives and how their families cope and become their strength. She also writes about how families from very different ethnic backgrounds come close together and form a strong bond in the pain of their children and their common challenges. She discussed the medical mistakes, which become life-changing for so many, and how there should be more acknowledgment of them rather than putting a lid on them. Finally, Fatima talks about how she came to spread awareness about organ donation; shares her story through social media, media, and public speaking; and how she came to be a part of a community of transplant patients, donor families, and those with chronic illness who united together through diversity and helped each other during their struggles. This book details how her life changed after her second liver transplant and the medical mistakes that Fatima endured.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - An adventure ride into the lives Matthew Lee Stuart and his son Mason Cole Stuart. Although forty years separate the tragedies, they discover sharing the same type of deadly life-changing event. This story delves into the complicated, funny, adventurous, exciting, often deadly lives of both these men as they discover the truth of their being led to do the holy will of God the Father. Enjoy this visit to another time and place with two extraordinary men! You will understand that their special lives of hazards, heartaches, adventures, death, love, war, and action made it true for both: a life becomes a better life through living.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Robbie Jasper is a graduating high school student who lives in a family whose parents are controlling as well as neglectful towards his interests and needs. Mr. Jasper is an Architectural Engineer who is gone a lot and travels the world maintaining his family's wealthy lifestyle while Mrs. Jasper is more concerned about what others think about her than she does about her family.Robbie's father schedules a 10 day canoe trip down the Rio Grande River in an attempt to mend family bonds that have been taken for granted for years. Their trip is met with disaster with Robbie being the only survivor. Robbie embraces the grounded values, principles and simple lifestyle of a River Rat who finds and saves his life on the Rio Grande and becomes a River Rat, himself. With Robbie's genius aptitude still intact, he is able to help his customers in ways that no one could have possibly foreseen.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The book is a collection of biographies of nine scientists. Each chapter is a short biography of each scientist (two scientists in chapter 4). It starts with Alfred Nobel, a chemist. Several of the scientists won Nobel Prizes.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Running adventures in poetic proseCollection of stories from the trails and the roads.A slice of life from a runners point of viewOf endurance, strength, and a flair for tutus.Spicy and real-life accounts of race reports, training runs, and nature hikesA simple message to savor the journey and get outside.The highs and lows, the ups and downs, from 5Ks to 100 milesStories of fellowship, friendships, conquering fears, sharing smiles.Raw and real emotionsPoetry in motion.Combining passion and playEclectic rhyming words to inspire, encourage, motivate your ways.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A farm family in Texas sent all six of its sons into military service between December 7, 1941 and November 22, 1963. Its only son-in-law also served. This is not a narrative about men who battled on foreign soil. Some never left the American continent; none ever fired a shot at the enemy. But these seven steadfastly served their nation between those two dates of infamy. Thus, their stories are of no less importance than those of men who fought overseas. Their stories tell of adventure, a mother's broken heart, a father's sadness, and the loneliness of brides left behind.…