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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Amy NewmarkFilled with heartfelt true stories written by regular people, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith will amaze, inspire, and amuse readers. Its stories of prayers answered miraculously, amazing coincidences, rediscovered faith, and the serenity that comes from believing in a greater power will touch and resonate with Christians and other faiths.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories to Inspire, Amuse, and Warm the Hearts of Christian Kids and Their Parents
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Amy NewmarkWith 101 great stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christian Kids was created specifically for Christian parents to read themselves or to share with their children. Christian parents will enjoy reading these heartfelt, inspiring, and often humorous stories about the ups and downs of daily life in today’s contemporary Christian families. All of the selected stories are appropriate for children and are about raising Christian kids twelve and under.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Touched by an Angel
by Amy Newmark Gabrielle BernsteinSeen or unseen, angels are all around us. In this collection of 101 miraculous stories of faith, divine intervention, and answered prayers, real people share their incredible experiences with angels and the many ways they touch our lives.You only have to look to find the angels in your life. These divine guides, guardian angels, and heavenly messengers help and guide us when we need it most. You will be awed and inspired by these true personal stories from religious and non-religious, about hope, healing, and help from angels.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III: More Stories of Life, Love and Learning
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Kimberly KirbergerMore Life Lessons for Teens: We understand that, more and more, life is a struggle for you. Not just dealing with the tragedies that seem to plague you so often, but also in handling the daily pressures that fill your life-and often feel overwhelming. This book, even more so than the first two volumes in the series, goes deeper into the issues you face every day, and offers you compassion and understanding to help you through the toughest times. It will help you, and will serve as your guide and constant companion. You are sure to agree that this book, with stories written almost entirely by teens, is a must-read-a book you will read and reread, sharing your favorite stories with your friends over and over again. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling coauthors of the thirty-one books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, are professional speakers who have dedicated their lives to enhancing the personal and professional development of others. Kimberly Kirberger is the coauthor of the bestselling original Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul; the New York Times #1 bestselling Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II; Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Journal; and the bestselling Chicken Soup for the College Soul. In addition, she is the author of the Teen Love series, which includes Teen Love: On Relationships; Teen Love: A Journal on Relationships; and several forthcoming books and journals, dealing with themes that include friendship and tough issues. She is also president of Inspiration And Motivation for Teens, Inc. (I.A.M. for Teens) and frequently speaks to and in support of teens nationwide.
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III: More Stories of Life, Love and Learning
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Kimberly KirbergerThe third volume in the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series promises more love, support, and inspiration for the series' loyal teen readers. More and more, life is a struggle for teens. Not just dealing with the tragedies that seem to plague them so often, but also handling the daily pressures that pervade their lives. This book, like the first two volumes in the series, will help them, and will serve as their guide and constant companion. The original Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, a New York Times bestseller, has sold over 4. 5 million copies. Its successor, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II, a #1 New York Times bestseller, has already sold over 2. 2 million copies. The third volume in this blockbuster series promises to be every bit as successful as the first two, as teen readers continue to cherish and be inspired by this series. Chapters focus on love, friendship, family, tough stuff, growing up, kindness, learning lessons, and making a difference. In keeping with the themes and content of the Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series, teens will also find support, encouragement, and understanding from their peers, as well as from caring and compassionate adults. This book is a must-read for all teens--a book they will read and reread, sharing their favorite stories with one another over and over again. It is also the perfect gift for all adults to give to the teens in their lives.
Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Heather McnamaraJack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are joined by Heather McNamara, senior editor of the series, in this unforgettable collection of inspiring and uplifting stories. Sure to become a favorite of readers who love Chicken Soup for its stories of overcoming life's obstacles, challenges, heartbreaks, and pain, this book emphasizes triumph in the face of overwhelming odds. A timeless testament to the indomitable human spirit, this collection is sure to encourage, support, comfort, and, most of all, inspire all readers for years to come.
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Marci Shimoff Jennifer Read HawthorneThese stories honor the strength and reveal the beauty of women's spirits. You will find inspiration, joy and comfort in the special messages found in chapters on love, living your dreams, overcoming obstacles, marriage, motherhood, aging, bridging the generations, attitude, self-esteem and higher wisdom.
Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Marci Shimoff Jennifer Read HawthorneThere are many ways to define a woman: daughter, mother, wife, professional, friend, student . . . We are each special and unique, yet we share a common connection. What bonds all women are our mutual experiences of loving and learning: feeling the tenderness of love; forging lifelong friendships; pursuing a chosen career; giving birth to new life; juggling the responsibilities of job and family, and more. This shining collection brings you inspiration and comfort in special chapters on marriage, motherhood, aging, bridging the generations, attitude, self-esteem, and higher wisdom. Stories honor the strength and reveal the beauty of the feminine spirit. Included are incredible stories from Oprah Winfrey, Leo Buscaglia, Linda Ellerbee, Robert Fulghum, Kathie Lee Gifford, and many others. Whether you are a career woman or a stay-at-home mom, a teenager or a senior, a young woman just starting out or a woman of the world, this delightful book will be a treasured companion for many years to come.
Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers
by Jack Canfield Mark Victor Hansen Bud GardnerThis is a collection of essays by familiar and unfamiliar writers of stage plays, screen plays, sport columns, short stories, comedy routines, newspaper and magazine articles, cartoons and novels, from romance to adventure, to detective. They open their hearts to would be writers covering the spectrum of the writing experience. from its lowest ebb to the apex of its successes. You will read about writers low on money and high on rejection slips. Some of the record breaking best selling writers of all time describe their bulging file folders of hundreds of rejection letters. As you read their essays you'll feel as if you met them, spent quality, one on one time with them. Discover how a mother writes romance with a houseful of bickering kids vying for attention, how a sports writer risks his life and breaks his limbs to participate in the sports he writes about first hand. Walk beside untried writer hopefuls who meet their author heroes like the genuinely warm and generous Alex Haley and the outspoken, brilliant Sinclair Lewis. You'll see that success is often built on failure as was the experience of the author of Sleepless in Seattle, whose first play was viciously attacked by critics and closed after one performance. Ray Bradbury writes a beautifully poetic ode to the joy of lifelong reading declaring that you must read what you like, not what you are told to or expected to read. He promises that what you read contributes to who you will become. Sue Grafton confides that she is living her father's dream as well as her own. He taught her the groundwork for becoming a successful author while denying himself that dream. Whether you sample the articles that call to you, or read this wonderful collection of heartfelt, first hand experiences with the writing process, you will learn, be amused and moved and deeply enjoy and appreciate every word, every page, every meeting with every author. Cartoons are included and described.
Chicken Sunday
by Patricia PolaccoStewart and Winston were my neighbors. They were my brothers by a solemn ceremony we had performed in their backyard one summer....Their gramma, Eula Mae Walker, was my gramma now.<P><P> More than anything in the world, the children want to buy that special Easter bonnet in Mr. Kodinski's shop window for their Miss Eula. She is always so good to them, and how they love to hear her sing - her voice is like slow thunder and sweet rain. But the hat costs money, and the children do not have enough.<P> Then one day, when they are mistakenly accused of throwing eggs at the shop owner's window, they discover just the right way to prove their innocence - and earn money for the hat at the same time.<P> With her characteristic full, vibrant colors and rich, folk-art style, author-artist Patricia Polacco once again reaches into her childhood and weaves a lasting story of acceptance, trust, and love.
Chicken-Fried Women: Friendship, Kinship, and the Women Who Made Us This Way
by Melissa RadkeFrom the bestselling author of Eat Cake. Be Brave, a love letter to the strong, opinionated Southern women who raised her and surround us all. Lucy and Ethel. Laverne and Shirley. Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche, and Rose. Chicken-Fried Women is a celebration of them: the women who raised us, taught us to cook and clap back. The ones who prayed for us, raged at us and humbled us a notch or two when we needed it. These are the women who have encouraged us, teased us, chastised us, and mortified us. And as they fill up the seats around our table, we realize we wouldn&’t have it any other way. They&’re our Chicken-Fried Women—battered on the outside, tender on the inside. Some are salty and a couple are Nashville Hot. Filled with a hilarious cast of larger-than life women, this book explores why no one messes with Southern women and their hair, why the whole family comes along when you go bra shopping, why true crime and aquarobics brings us together, and how faith shapes us through it all. Insightful, big-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny, Chicken-Fried Women is a celebration of friendship, kinship and the women who shaped us.
Chico zigzag
by David GrossmanChico zigzag es una novela de iniciación de David Grossman, uno de los mejores escritores israelís contemporáneos y ganador del Man Booker International Prize 2017. Una semana antes de su Bar-Mitsvá Nono, un muchacho de trece años, emprende un viaje en tren desde Jerusalén hasta Haifa, donde su tío, un reputado maestro y educador, le va a enseñar cómo comportarse en la vida. Sin embargo, la aparición en escena de Félix, un reconocido y excéntrico estafador, trastocará todos los planes que tan cuidadosamente había preparado el padre del chico. De la mano de Félix, Nono conocerá la verdadera historia de su madre y descubrirá una faceta de sí mismo, rebelde y chispeante, que nunca antes se había aventurado a explorar. Reseña:«Alegre y divertido, un libro con toneladas de encanto.»The New York Times
Chihera in Zimbabwe: A Radical African Feminist Principle
by Ezra Chitando Munyaradzi Nyakudya Sophia ChirongomaZimbabwean social media has been awash with images of a woman character, spirit, or concept called Chihera. Traditionally, a woman descending from the Mhofu (Eland) lineage/totem is known as Chihera. In the cumulative tradition of the Shona (a Zimbabwean ethnic group), Chihera is a fiercely independent, assertive, free spirited, and no nonsense woman. This volume seeks to deepen reflections on the Chihera phenomenon in the context of the search for gender justice in Zimbabwe and Africa. The authors reflect on how this radical indigenous feminist ethic circulating on social media can animate the quest for Zimbabwean and African women’s full liberation from patriarchy and all oppressive forces. They grapple with the issue of generating culturally sensitive theories and approaches to galvanize the struggle for African women’s liberation in post-colonial settings. Second, they locate the Chihera mystique in the context of the practical struggle for women’s empowerment. Third, the volume illustrates how the Chihera phenomenon could be utilized for gender justice in Zimbabwe and beyond.
Child Prostitution in Thailand: Listening to Rahab
by Siroj SorajjakoolWhat can we learn from the tragedy of these exploited young people?In Thailand, a thriving sex industry makes its money exploiting the young. Some children are coerced into prostitution and some have been sold into sexual slavery by their own families, but just as tragically there is no shortage of young girls (and boys) willing to work as prostitutes. Child Prostitution in Thailand: Listening to Rahab searches for the reasons why. This uniquely insightful book looks into the lives--and even more importantly, listens to the words--of ten Thai prostitutes. Child Prostitution in Thailand is about what we can learn from them--who they are, what they go through, and why.In their own words, the young prostitutes you'll meet in this book Thailand discuss what brought them into this life. Some have come from a tragic home situation, but not all are impoverished, orphaned, or abused. Nevertheless, they have entered into a dangerous and degrading lifestyle that often leads to violence, sickness, and early death. Of these ten prostitutes, one has already passed away and four more are dying with AIDS.This remarkable volume will help you to understand: how Thailand's child prostitution industry developed the impact upon girls and young women of Thailand's evolution from an agriculturally based economy to an industrial one changing forms of child prostitution who the customers are the role of tourism and its impact on child prostitution in Thailand how poverty, poor education, a sexually focused mass media, lack of religious emphasis, disability, and the lack of a clear policy on child prostitution help the sex industry to thriveThis book also explores the details of child prostitution in Thailand--for instance, in open-air “restaurants” and “pubs” in Chiang Mai, your young waitress may double as a sex worker--and her provocative “uniform” represents a dress code enforced by the establishment&’s owner. A “café” is another kind of sex service disguised as (and functioning as) a bar/restaurant. Here, young girls working ten- and eleven-hour shifts in short skirts must wear price tags pinned to their shirts and may have to service five to ten clients per night.The head of the U.S. State Department's office for international women&’s issues estimates that traffickers bring 50,000 women and children into the United States illegally each year. The lessons Listening to Rahab teaches can help us to better understand the situation here at home as well as overseas. A helpful appendix assessing incidents of child prostitution around the globe bring the information even more clearly into focus.
Child Protection in the Church: An Anglican Case Study (Routledge Studies in Crime and Society)
by Michael GuerzoniChild Protection in the Church investigates whether, amidst publicised promises of change from church institutions and the introduction of “safe church” policies and procedures, reform is actually occurring within Christian churches towards safeguarding, using a case study of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, Australia. Through the use of interviews and document analysis, the book provides an insight into the attitudes and practices of “ordinary clergypersons” towards child sexual abuse and safeguarding to understand how safe ministry is understood and executed in everyday life in the Church, and to what extent it aligns with policy requirements and criminological best practice. It adopts organisational culture theory, the perspective used to explain how clerical culture enabled and concealed child sexual abuse in the Church to the present, in order to understand how clerical attitudes (cognition) and practice (conduct) today is being shaped by some of the same negative cultures. Underlying these cultures is misunderstandings of abuse causation, which are shown here to negatively shape clerical practice and, at times, compromise policy and procedural requirements. Providing an insight into the lived reality of safeguarding within churches, and highlighting the ongoing complexities of safe ministry, the book is a useful companion to students, academics, and practitioners of child protection and organisational studies, alongside clergy, church leaders, and those training for the ministry.
Child Survivors of the Holocaust: The Youngest Remnant and the American Experience
by Dr Beth B. CohenThe majority of European Jewish children alive in 1939 were murdered during the Holocaust. Of 1.5 million children, only an estimated 150,000 survived. In the aftermath of the Shoah, efforts by American Jews brought several thousand of these child survivors to the United States. In Child Survivors of the Holocaust, historian Beth B. Cohen weaves together survivor testimonies and archival documents to bring their story to light. She reveals that even as child survivors were resettled and “saved,” they struggled to adapt to new lives as members of adoptive families, previously unknown American Jewish kin networks, or their own survivor relatives. Nonetheless, the youngsters moved ahead. As Cohen demonstrates, the experiences both during and after the war shadowed their lives and relationships through adulthood, yet an identity as “survivors” eluded them for decades. Now, as the last living link to the Holocaust, the voices of Child Survivors are finally being heard.
Child Wanted
by Renee AndrewsA Mother's Second Chance Lindy Burnett can hardly believe it: she's found her son. In the three years they've been separated, Lindy has thought of nothing else but her little boy. But Jerry doesn't remember her-and he's about to be adopted. His would-be father, schoolteacher Ethan Green, would do anything for the child-except give him up. Ethan has no idea of Lindy's connection to the boy, but there is no denying the connection Ethan feels to her. His painful past makes him hesitant to trust her, but their mutual love for Jerry might be strong enough to help them find their way home...to each other.
Child of Grace
by Irene HannonA fan favorite romance from bestselling author Irene Hannon After giving up a high-powered corporate job, mom-to-be Kelsey Anderson decides to follow her dream. She moves to her late grandmother's lake house and decides to open a quilting shop in town. Then former handsome army doctor Luke Turner moves in next door. The war-weary man stirs feelings in Kelsey that soon have her rethinking all her plans. But she worries if Luke will ever accept her and her baby. Kelsey must come to terms with the past, and trust there's a future with Luke in God's plan... Originally published in 2011
Child of Her Heart
by Irene BrandHER BABY...OR HER MARRIAGE?Sonya Dixon thought her marriage was perfect. Her handsome and successful husband, Byron, truly loved her. Or did he? The night Bryon learned she was pregnant, Sonya's world fell apart. He demanded she choose: her baby...or their marriage.Sonya could never give up her baby. But with no home and little money, her life seemed hopeless. Then Daniel Massie, a kind and tender attorney, showed her that strength and hope were just a prayer away. Was her life truly over, Sonya wondered...or was it just beginning?Welcome to Love Inspired™-stories about life, faith and love that will lift your spirits and gladden your heart. Meet men and women facing the challenges of today's world and learning important lessons about life, faith and love.
Child of Mine
by Bonnie K. WinnIt was love at first sight when Matt Whitaker opened his door to see a baby in his brother's arms-Matt's nephew, Danny, abandoned by his heartless high-society mother. And then Danny's father was killed in an accident, and Matt, an ill-prepared bachelor, vowed before God to love and protect this child as his own. Danny's mother, Leah Hunter, had been desperately searching for her baby for eight years-ever since his father snatched him. At last, a clue leads her to the small town of Rosewood, Texas. . . ;and her son's guardian.
Child of the Dawn: A Magical Journey of Awakening
by Gautama ChopraBased on The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Child of the Dawn tells a rich and colorful tale about an orphan boy, Hakim, who is lost, alone, and seeking his purpose in life. As Hakim becomes aware of himself and his lowly position in life, he dreams he is a king in a luxurious palace, surrounded by servants and adoring subjects. The stark contrast with his waking life inspires in him a desperate urge to make such a life his own. He embarks upon a quest for power and wealth, thinking this will bring him the happiness he seeks. It is a search for meaning, a quest for love, the justification of his entire existence.
Child of the Mist (These Highland Hills Ser. #1)
by Kathleen MorganIN THE HARSH SCOTTISH HIGHLAND OF 1564, SUPERSTITIONS THREATEN A TRUCE. A TRAITOR PLANS HIS ATTACK... AND A NEW LOVE IS BORN. An arranged betrothal was never the course Anne MacGregor imagined her life would take. Yet when her father explains that her cooperation is the only way to bring about the long-sought truce between feuding families, Anne has no other choice. A simple ceremony pledging Anne's hand in marriage after one year commitment is the only seal to the promise of peace. But when the arrangement requires the reluctant Anne to follow Niall Campbell back to his home, she soon discovers that peace is not so easily achieved. Before they even arrive. rumors about her abound, and her safety is threatened. Meanwhile, Nialls ascension as leader of his clan is in jeopardy, as a traitor works to bring about his downfall. As Niall and Anne begin to see beyond each other's defenses, love takes them by surprise. But will it be enough to defeat their foes? Or will the truce be broken, their lives forfeit, and war return to their beloved land?
Child of the River
by Irma JoubertA compelling coming of age story with an unlikely and utterly memorable heroine, Child of the River is a timeless tale of heartbreak and triumph set in South Africa at the dawn of apartheid. Persomi is young, white, and poor, born the middle child of illiterate sharecroppers on the prosperous Fourie farm in the South African Bushveld. Persomi's world is extraordinarily small. She has never been to the local village and spends her days absorbed in the rhythms of the natural world around her, escaping the brutality and squalor of her family home through the newspapers and books passed down to her from the main house and through her walks in the nearby mountains. Persomi's close relationship with her older brother Gerbrand and her fragile friendship with Boelie Fourie--heir to the Fourie farm and fortune--are her lifeline and her only connection to the outside world. When Gerbrand leaves the farm to fight on the side of the Anglos in WWII and Boelie joins an underground network of Boer nationalists, Persomi's isolated world is blown wide open. But as her very small world falls apart, bigger dreams become open to her--dreams of an education, a profession, a native country that values justice and equality, and of love. As Persomi navigates the changing world around her--the tragedies of war and the devastating racial strife of her homeland--she finally discovers who she truly is, where she belongs, and why her life--and every life--matters. The English language publication of Child of the River solidifies Irma Joubert as a unique and powerful voice in historical fiction. International bestselling author IRMA JOUBERT was a history teacher for 35 years before she began writing fiction. Her stories are known for their deep insight into personal relationships and rich historical detail. She is the author of eight novels and a regular fixture on bestseller lists in The Netherlands and in her native South Africa. She is the winner of the 2010 ATKV Prize for Romance Novels.
Child on His Doorstep (Rescue Haven #2)
by Lee Tobin McClainIn this inspirational romance by a USA Today bestseller, a professor learns about faith and forgiveness when a toddler and a nanny enter his life.Suddenly a father after his little brother is abandoned on his doorstep, Corbin Beck has no idea how to care for a toddler. Thankfully, former hometown party girl Samantha Alcorn is making a fresh start as a live-in nanny. As Corbin bonds with little Mikey—and sparks fly with Samantha—they begin to feel like a family. But Samantha’s secret could change everything . . .
Child's Mind
by Christopher WillardThe interest in teaching meditation to children is growing rapidly, as a number of recent stories in the mainstream media have documented. Child's Mind aims to teach parents and child professionals how to integrate mindfulness into their work with children and teach both young children and adolescents the basics of mindfulness and meditation. The book is a great resource for anyone who work with young people, including family coordinators at retreat centers, religious instructors in a range of traditions, teachers, therapists, and medical professionals. Child's Mind aims to teach children the power that comes with the comfort of just being, as well as the capacity to be, be aware, and be comfortable with oneself.