Author: Walt Morey Publisher: Blue Heron Pub ISBN: 9780936085555 Category : Languages : en Pages : 176
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Rescued by trapper Mike Donovan following a sled crash in the Alaskan arctic, Joel Rogers develops a deep bond with Mike, but disaster strikes in the form of two fugitives on a murderous rampage.
Author: Helen Prejean Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307787699 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 290
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment and an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty • "Stunning moral clarity.” —The Washington Post Book World • Basis for the award-winning major motion picture starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn "Sister Prejean is an excellent writer, direct and honest and unsentimental. . . . She almost palpably extends a hand to her readers.” —The New York Times Book Review In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier’s death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified as he had once been terrifying. She also came to know the families of the victims and the men whose job it was to execute—men who often harbored doubts about the rightness of what they were doing. Out of that dreadful intimacy comes a profoundly moving spiritual journey through our system of capital punishment. Here Sister Helen confronts both the plight of the condemned and the rage of the bereaved, the fears of a society shattered by violence and the Christian imperative of love. On its original publication in 1993, Dead Man Walking emerged as an unprecedented look at the human consequences of the death penalty. Now, some two decades later, this story—which has inspired a film, a stage play, an opera and a musical album—is more gut-wrenching than ever, stirring deep and life-changing reflection in all who encounter it.
Author: Mike Tabor Publisher: ISBN: 9780989333009 Category : Detective and mystery stories Languages : en Pages : 336
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When J.D. Scott and Clint Logan, two addicts, start feeling the heat of the law, they deivse an elaborate plan involving murder, switched identities, and the fraudulent cashing of a $250,000 life insurance policy. Dr. Chris Walsh, Chief Forensic Odontologist, is determined to identify the victim. His quest takes him from the world famous Body Farm in Knoxville, Tennessee to the Twin Tower collapse.
Author: Deryn Lake Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd ISBN: 1448300762 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 240
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Having just finished his apprenticeship, apothecary John Rawlings is celebrating in Vaux Hall Gardens when he trips over the body of a young girl. Hauled before the magistrate as the prime suspect, Rawlings clears his own name and so impresses the magistrate John Fielding that he is asked instead to investigate the crime. From gaming hell to fashion house, Rawlings follows a trail of lust and intrigue which unearths a dangerous past of threatening secrets.
Author: Dale S. Recinella Publisher: Chosen Books ISBN: 1441214801 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 298
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As one of the most influential finance lawyers in the country, Dale Recinella was living the American dream. With prestige, power, and unthinkable paychecks at his fingertips, his life was perfect... at least on paper. But on the heels of closing a huge deal for the Miami Dolphins, Dale's life took an unfathomable turn. He heard--and heeded--Jesus's call to sell everything he owned and follow him. Thus began a radical quest to live out the words of Jesus--no matter what the cost. In this quick-paced, well-written story, Recinella shares his amazing journey from growing up in the slums of Detroit to racing through "the good life" on Wall Street to finally walking the humble path of God--the path of ministry on death row.
Author: Donna M. Authers Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781974054107 Category : Languages : en Pages : 224
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A SACRED WALK helps dispel the fear of death and draws uniquely on the experience of the dying to show how best to meet the practical, emotional, and spiritual needs of a loved one who is facing death. Writer Donna Authers lived in fear of death from childhood well into her adult life, the result of an unusual number of tragic losses in her family. The miraculous story of how that fear was broken marked the start of her calling as a caregiver to others as they, or their loved ones, prepared to leave this world. Walking alongside someone with a chronic or terminal illness is a sacred time, but we usually want to be told exactly how to help. Read how family, friends, hospice and other resources came together for Anna during her final days. Heeding the end-of-life lessons shared in this book will show readers how best to care for their loved ones and also help them die with no regrets when their own time comes. In response to reader demand, the eBook version includes a Discussion Guide with questions for each chapter to help open a dialog on important related topics we tend to avoid but shouldn't.
Author: Chris Thomas Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 149088565X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 80
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Yea though I Walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death had to be written. It is a heart-wrenching account of a womans road through her own personal anguish and back, one that could be written only by the person who experienced it. It describes how she lived through the death of her infant daughter, a fire that totally destroyed her home and its contents, the suicide of her 21-year-old son, the killing of her 25-year-old son, the subsequent trauma, called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that followed, and her return to stability. Such a listing doesnt capture Chriss journey. Though not a professional writer, she has allowed us to enter her world, with all of its twists and turns, moments of sadness and despair, and finally, the peace that comes from emerging on the other side. She has a guileless honesty that wont let you go. No doubt thousands of people have shared some of Chriss experiences few, if any, to her degreebut fewer still have her ability to capture that experience in a way that makes her experiences their own. Kevin Burne, Ph.D.
Author: Bonita Wagner Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1469798751 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 274
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Evan Fletcher witnessed something he shouldnt have, then suddenly dies. Sarah Fletcher's secure world is shaken by her uncle's death and even more so when his body disappears from its grave. In her attempt to find out what happened to her uncle's corpse, Sarah's own life is put in jeopardy when she discovers a hidden evil lurking in the swamps of east Texas. Bonita Wagner has two previously published suspense novels and lives in Lakehills, Texas with her husband, Sonny.
Author: Kevin C. Murphy Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786496819 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 329
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For two weeks during the spring of 1942, the Bataan Death March--one of the most widely condemned atrocities of World War II--unfolded. The prevailing interpretation of this event is simple: American prisoners of war suffered cruel treatment at the hands of their Japanese captors while Filipinos, sympathetic to the Americans, looked on. Most survivors of the march wrote about their experiences decades after the war and a number of factors distorted their accounts. The crucial aspect of memory is central to this study--how it is constructed, by whom and for what purpose. This book questions the prevailing interpretation, reconsiders the actions of all three groups in their cultural contexts and suggests a far greater complexity. Among the conclusions is that violence on the march was largely the result of a clash of cultures--undisciplined, individualistic Americans encountered Japanese who valued order and form, while Filipinos were active, even ambitious, participants in the drama.
Author: Jessica Pierce Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022615100X Category : Pets Languages : en Pages : 272
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In a book that draws on both personal stories and research presents an in-depth exploration of the practical, medical and moral issues that trouble pet owners confronted with the decline and death of their companion animals.
Author: Walt Morey
Author: Helen Prejean
Author: Mike Tabor
Author: Deryn Lake
Author: Dale S. Recinella
Author: Donna M. Authers
Author: Chris Thomas
Author: Bonita Wagner
Author: Kevin C. Murphy
Author: Jessica Pierce