Author: Ryan A. Conklin Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101404256 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 536
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An edgy, gripping report from the front lines by a young veteran and cast member of The Real World: Brooklyn Ryan Conklin enlisted in the Army at age seventeen, following 9/11, and joined Angel Company. As a turret gunner with the famed 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles," and a member of the famed "Rakkasans" regiment-the most decorated regiment in the U.S. Army-he endured hellish conditions in the war-torn city of Tikrit, Iraq. When he returned to the States, he became a cast member on The Real World: Brooklyn in 2008. That came to an end when he received his notice recalling him to duty. An Angel from Hell is a gritty, blunt, and laughout-loud funny war memoir from the grunt's perspective. Conklin reveals what the Iraq war is really like, day to day-the misery, the boredom, the absurdity, the horror, and even the moments of grace. With stunning candor and wisdom beyond his years, Ryan Conklin has documented a complex and unavoidably life-changing experience for his generation.
Author: Sylvia Smith Skrmetta Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595399819 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 152
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"Seven months after the death of my father, my half-brother Renzo, then twenty-six-years old, delivered me to the nuns at the convent in Tripoli. I remember Renzo crying, but I can't remember my reaction to this life-changing event. Although I was leaving my home, my mother, my baby brother, and all that I called my life, the feelings of that day are gone. Perhaps after my father's death, I ceased trying to feel anything." As World War II encroaches upon North Africa, Mussolini dictates that the children from this Italian colony be sent to Italy for their protection. The anticipated four-month "vacation" in Italy in the hands of the Franciscan nuns starts in June of 1940 and lasts seven years for eleven-year-old Giovanna Bonifazio and her young brother, Guido. From the dungeons of a castle in Naples to the Italian Alps and the American occupation of Florence, Giovanna: Angels in Hell tells the remarkable true story of a Jewish-Italian girl who grows into a young woman during the tumultuous years of World War II. Faced with incredible obstacles, Giovanna's courage and determination help her overcome the fear of having her Jewish ancestry discovered, the horrors of war, and her own personal struggles.
Author: Warren W. Pratt Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1450037208 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 59
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In a relationship between a couple, things are not always affectionate and tender. Even some of the sweetest beginnings end up in heartbreaks—even in violence. Author Warren W. Pratt opens readers’ eyes to some of life’s cruel realities as he pens an emotion-stirring novel, Angel from Hell, released through Xlibris. This fictional tale follows a man’s journey and the woman in his life. Already with two failed marriages, he decides to concentrate on his work. However, when his company sends him to Mongolia, he unexpectedly finds the woman he finally wants to spend the rest of his life with—or so he thinks. The first weeks seemed perfect for them, as love overflowed every single minute. Months passed, the woman got pregnant, and they decided to marry. After their marriage however, the woman changed. She became impatient, irritable, disrespectful, and violent towards her husband. She would throw things at him and manipulate her children to go against their father. Wounding yet based on true life experiences, Angel from Hell sends a dose of reality to readers. It is a wakeup call for readers, young adults and adults, to be careful in choosing their partners in life. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
Author: Steven Brust Publisher: Orb Books ISBN: 1429910739 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
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The time is the Beginning. The place is Heaven. The story is the Revolt of the Angels—a war of magic, corruption and intrigue that could destroy the universe. To Reign in Hell was Stephen Brust's second novel, and it's a thrilling retelling of the revolt of the angels, through the lens of epic fantasy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Barbara Cartland Publisher: Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd ISBN: 1782136223 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 138
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After years of caring for her ailing father, the Earl of Medwin, the ethereally beautiful young Lady Ancella Winn is pale, drawn and exhausted now that he has died and she is devastated. Worse still, she has nowhere to go, except for the home of her strait-laced and disapproving aunts. So when family friend and doctor, Sir Felix Johnson, suggests that it would be good for her health to travel to the French Riviera to work as the nurse-companion to an ageing Russian Princess, she nervously agrees. Although her new employer is difficult and demanding, Ancella is bewitched, first by the beauty of the Côte d’Azur and then by the Princess’s ineffably handsome son, Prince Vladimer. Caught up in the glamour of the Monte Carlo Casino, the den of iniquity against which her aunts had warned her in no uncertain terms, it seems that she has won the Prince’s heart as the feckless aristocrats around her lose fortunes at Roulette and Baccarat. But then to her horror her hopes of the love she has always dreamt about are dashed when it she finds that Prince Vladimer has betrayed her with the grasping but alluring Marchioness of Chiswick.
Author: Janet Morris Publisher: New York : Baen Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks ISBN: 9780671653606 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 307
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Altos, Hell's only Unfallen Angel, tours the nether regions and observes as Genghis Khan teaches a military historian a lesson, Marilyn Monroe kisses the Devil, Stalin rewrites the Bible, and Napoleon's lover ponders an offer to enter Heaven
Author: Bill Wiese Publisher: Charisma Media ISBN: 1629994480 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 151
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New York Times Best Seller and Over 1 million copies sold! Over 750 5-Star reviews Wiese’s visit to the devil’s lair lasted just twenty-three minutes, but he returned with vivid details etched in his memory, capturing the attention of national media, including the Christian Broadcasting Network, Daystar Television Network, Trinity Broadcasting Network, the Miracle Channel, Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural!, Sean Hannity’s America, Charisma News, and many others. Awaken to the realities of hell, the afterlife and the urgency to live for Christ in your short time here on earth.. Bill Wiese experienced something so horrifying it continues to captivate the world. He saw the searing flames of hell, felt total isolation, smelled the putrid and rotting stench, heard deafening screams of agony, and experienced terrorizing demons. Finally the strong hand of God lifted him out of the pit. This expanded anniversary edition includes more than 150 Bible verses referencing hell for further study. Also included is the new section, “Wrestling With the Big Questions” where Bill answers these and many others questions: Why do some people who have a near-death experience see a bright light? Will those who never heard about Jesus go to hell? Is hell eternal, or are those in hell simply annihilated?
Author: Dan Alexandru Tano Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 337
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Man is the miracle of the Universe composed of two essential parts: reason and feeling. He invented and reinvented everything on this planet to create better and better living conditions. The need for evolution is an indispensable thing for human nature.For Ricci, this evolution means a daily progress in his own profession. He tests his limits and wants to overcome them, to be the best in everything he does. He is often in search of his own essence as a human being, wanting to leave something to this world in which he was born. But what happens when, in order to get what he wants, he has to give up love?A thrilling story, inspired by authentic facts, about the struggle between the desire for professional fulfillment, obtained through painful sacrifices, and the great love that grinds his soul and does not give him peace. What do you give up when you can't have them both?
Author: Tad Williams Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 144473864X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 542
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Bobby Dollar has a problem or four of epic proportions. Problem one: his best friend Sam has given him an angel's feather that also happens to be evidence of an unholy pact between Bobby's employers and those who dwell in the infernal depths. Problem two: Eligor, Grand Duke of Hell, wants to get his claws on the feather at all costs, but particularly at all cost to Bobby . Problem three: Bobby has fallen in love with Casimira, Countess of Cold Hands, who just happens to be Eligor's girlfriend. Problem four: Eligor, aware of Problem three, has whisked Casimira off to the Bottomless Pit itself, telling Bobby he will never see her again unless he hands over the feather. But Bobby, long-time veteran of the endless war between above and below, is not the type of guy who finds Hell intimidating. All he has to do is toss on a demon's body, sneak through the infernal gates, solve the mystery of the angel's feather, and rescue the girl. Saving the day should just be a matter of an eon or two of anguish, mutilation and horror. If only it were that easy.
Author: Christopher M. Date Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1630871605 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 344
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Most evangelical Christians believe that those people who are not saved before they die will be punished in hell forever. But is this what the Bible truly teaches? Do Christians need to rethink their understanding of hell? In the late twentieth century, a growing number of evangelical theologians, biblical scholars, and philosophers began to reject the traditional doctrine of eternal conscious torment in hell in favor of a minority theological perspective called conditional immortality. This view contends that the unsaved are resurrected to face divine judgment, just as Christians have always believed, but due to the fact that immortality is only given to those who are in Christ, the unsaved do not exist forever in hell. Instead, they face the punishment of the "second death"--an end to their conscious existence. This volume brings together excerpts from a variety of well-respected evangelical thinkers, including John Stott, John Wenham, and E. Earl Ellis, as they articulate the biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments for conditionalism. These readings will give thoughtful Christians strong evidence that there are indeed compelling reasons for rethinking hell.
Author: Ryan A. Conklin
Author: Sylvia Smith Skrmetta
Author: Warren W. Pratt
Author: Steven Brust
Author: Barbara Cartland
Author: Janet Morris
Author: Bill Wiese
Author: Dan Alexandru Tano
Author: Tad Williams
Author: Christopher M. Date