![]() ![]() The books in this series draw on the Bible and other religious writings, as well as on legends, folktales, and the work of modern scholars, to show how each of the people profiled used his or her wealth or privileged position in order to make a difference in the lives of others. The series Money at its Best: Millionaires of the Bible examines the lives of key figures from biblical history. It shows how they managed their wealth or their privileged positions in order to help their communities. This book includes the stories of several figures who lived in Biblical times, including Joshua, Isaac, Deborah, Gideon, Ruth, and the Queen of Sheba. Bible verses not only indicate that wealthy people lived during this time, they also describe the rules that applied to good stewardship of their fortunes, God gave these men and women abundance and expected their trust and obedience in return. sort by Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. ![]() ![]() shelved 5,519 times Showing 13 distinct works.Wealth in Biblical Times covers a subject seldom associated with this ancient era-money. Books by Rose Ross Zediker Rose Ross Zediker Average rating 3.97 ![]()
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![]() ![]() He currently reviews books for The Guardian. Patrick Ness has taught Creative Writing at Oxford University, and written journalism and criticism for the Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Telegraph, and the Times Literary Supplement. Later books include A Monster Calls (2011), based on an idea by Siobhan Dowd, which won the Carnegie Medal in 2012 and was adapted into a film, with a screenplay by Ness, in 2016 More Than This (2013), The Rest of Us Just Live Here (2015), and Release (2018), all shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and a novel for adults, The Crane Wife (2014). The third book, Monsters of Men, was published in 2010. ![]() In 2009, the second book in the trilogy, The Ask and the Answer, won the Costa Children's Book Award. This book won the 2008 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2009 Carnegie Medal. It is set in a dystopian world where everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts. In 2008, he published the first in his 'Chaos Walking' trilogy for young adults, The Knife of Never Letting Go. His second book was a collection of short stories, Topics About Which I Know Nothing (2004). He read English Literature at the University of Southern California, and worked as a corporate writer at a cable company, before the publication of his first novel, The Crash of Hennington, in 2003. Patrick Ness was born in the US in 1971, living in the western states of Hawaii, Washington and California, before moving to England in 1999. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Equations of a Being beautifully coalesces the author’s thought pieces pertaining to the existential spectrum. Equations of a BeingĪbout the Book: If you have a penchant for both reason and abstractness, this intriguing piece of literature shouldn’t be missed. He currently works with a Multi-National Corporation (MNC) and lives in Ghaziabad, his residence for the past twenty years. With Equations of a Being, he takes his first strides as a full-fledged author and hopes to leave an undeniable mark on each and every psyche. Influenced by the works of Franz Kafka and Leo Tolstoy, Metamorphosis is one book he wishes he had written. He has written a short e-book The Constituents of Virtue, which has garnered reasonable acclaim. He primarily writes thought pieces pertaining to the existential spectrum. He has graduated his Bachelors of Technology however, writing has always been his driving force. Ashutosh Gupta started writing in his late teens, as the urge to pen down his abstract reflections began overwhelming him. ![]() ![]() ![]() Serve this energy: original sound - Roxieheart231.ħ0. How good? 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Samanta Schweblin’s writing straddles the unsettling border between the real and the surreal. ![]() ![]() Some opioid deaths have been attributed to Ox圜ontin and other prescription painkillers, though most are from illicit forms of opioids such as heroin and illegally made fentanyl. Institutions including Britain’s National Portrait Gallery and the Tate galleries have stopped taking the family’s donations due to its role in the opioid crisis, which has been linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. “In a lot of ways it’s a story about denial.”Īmid protests over its role in the opioid business, the Sackler name has been removed in recent years from wings and galleries at institutions including the Louvre in Paris and the Serpentine Gallery in London. “I think in some ways it’s a story about hubris,” he said. ![]() Keefe said it was “a portrait of three generations of one family behaving very badly, but also on a deeper level a story about systems and about impunity.” ![]() ![]() ![]() To do otherwise opens the door to idolatry and leaves the church doing what Watts calls "bowing toward Babylon." He reviews the development of the symbols, songs, and gestures that celebrate America and how they were introduced into worship. He maintains that in faithful worship the story of Jesus must be re-presented and performed in such a way that the only affections and loyalty that are fostered are those Christians everywhere rightfully share. Watts contends the inclusion of elements of American nationalism in worship is detrimental to the integrity of Christian worship. What is being done in worship when national holidays are celebrated, the American flag is displayed and honored, and songs are sung that extol the nation? Are these benign gestures? Or could they actually be idolatrous? In this insightful and persuasively argued study Craig M. ![]() ![]() ![]() I really liked this distinctive, first-rate thriller and I look forward to reading her next two books. I read and enjoy good mystery/suspense novels but, honestly many of them just run together after a while. Both women’s efforts to negotiate their way within a male dominated profession become a subplot in each of the dramas. Similarly, in this story, Frederika Bergman is a no-nonsense female analyst working with all male detectives to solve the crime. This novel reminded me of the British TV drama called "Prime Suspect" starring Helen Mirren as Chief Inspector, Jane Tennison. The reader has access into the twisted mind of the criminal (only known as “The Man”) all the while the detectives are investigating his crimes and closing in on him. ![]() The story is written with multiple viewpoints, three of which are the main detectives but, also another point of view includes a woman coconspirator of the perpetrator, which was an interesting departure from the conventional crime novel. ![]() This suspense novel was an excellent combination of a police procedural and psychological thriller – and the most enjoyable Swedish crime novel I’ve read since the Stieg Larsson Millennium series. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first publisher on her list, Avon, quickly purchased the novel and arranged an initial 500,000 print run. Rather than follow the advice of the rejection letters and rewrite the novel, she instead submitted it to paperback publishers. ![]() The Flame and the Flower was rejected by agents and hardcover publishers, who deemed it as "too long" at 600 pages. The novel revolutionized mainstream publishing, featuring an epic historical romance with a strong heroine and impassioned sex scenes. She is credited with the invention of the modern historical romance novel: In 1972 she released The Flame and the Flower, an instant New York Times bestseller that created a literary precedent. She wrote her first book in longhand while living at a military outpost in Japan. Air Force Second Lieutenant Ross Eugene Woodiwiss at a dance, and they married the following year. She long relished creating original narratives, and by age 6 was telling herself stories at night to help herself fall asleep. Kathleen Erin Hogg was born on June 3, 1939, in Alexandria, Louisiana, she was the youngest of eight siblings by Gladys (Coker) and Charles Wingrove Hogg, a disabled World War I veteran. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through a series of events that I won’t detail, Waterbrook wasn’t able to continue the Wingfeather Saga beyond Book 2, and Books 3 and 4 ended up being released by Rabbit Room Press. The people who knew it loved it, but there are only so many seats in the blockbuster-making machine, and a lot of books that deserve to be blockbusters don’t get blockbustered. The Wingfeather Saga wasn’t what you’d call a blockbuster. The Wingfeather Saga was another of those seedlings. In March of 2008, the Rabbit Room was just a little seedling of a dream that Andrew Peterson had planted in the world for mere love of things that are good, true, and beautiful. There was just the blog, with a small but very loyal readership. There was no Hutchmoot, no Rabbit Room Press, no Local Show, no Chinwag, no North Wind Manor. At the time, the Rabbit Room was barely six months old. I counted it a privilege to be allowed to write the Rabbit Room’s release day review of the book. ![]() Twelve years ago this month, Waterbrook Press released On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, Book 1 of Andrew Peterson’s Wingfeather Saga. ![]() |