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Amid Thirsty Vines: Poems
by AlfaThemes of self-discovery, tending the garden of the soul, and nurturing yourself into blossom, Amid Thirsty Vines by Instagram poetry star Alfa is the collection you need to feel the power of the beautiful flowers within you, and to find the love you deserve. This volume belongs in the collection of every modern poetry fan.
Amiga, deja de disculparte: Un plan sin pretextos para abrazar y alcanzar tus metas
by Rachel HollisRachel Hollis, autora del superventas y fundadora de TheChicSite.com, exhorta a las mujeres a dejar de disculparse por sus deseos, esperanzas y sueños y, en cambio, perseguirlos con pasión y confianza.Rachel ha sido testigo con frecuencia de mujeres que tienen temor de lograr sus propios objetivos. Temen pasar vergüenza, no alcanzar la perfección o no ser lo suficientemente valiosas. Pero el mayor temor de todos es ser juzgadas por el solo hecho de tener una ambición.Habiendo aprendido a definirse a sí mismas a la luz de otras personas –ya sea como esposas, madres, hijas o amigas– muchas mujeres han olvidado quiénes son en realidad y quiénes deberían ser. En este libro la celebridad emprendedora en línea, Rachel Hollis, alienta a las mujeres a ser dueñas de sus esperanzas, deseos y metas, y les recuerda que no tienen que pedir permiso para desear alcanzar más. Con un llamado a las mujeres de todo el mundo para que no dejen de hablar de sus sueños, Hollis identifica las excusas de las que tienen que liberarse, los comportamientos que deben adoptar y las habilidades que necesitan adquirir, en el camino hacia el crecimiento, la confianza y la mejor versión de sus vidas.
Amiga, lávate esa cara: Deja de creer mentiras sobre quién eres para que te conviertas en quien deberías ser
by Rachel HollisCon un ingenio irónico y una sabiduría lograda con esfuerzo, la popular celebridad en línea y fundadora de TheChicSite.com, Rachel Hollis, ayuda a sus lectoras a liberarse de las mentiras que las mantienen alejadas de la vida exuberante y rebosante de alegría que deberían tener.Fundadora del sitio web sobre estilos de vida TheChicSite.com y directora ejecutiva de su propia compañía de medios, Chic Media, Rachel Hollis ha creado una base de fans en línea de cientos de miles de fanáticas al impartir consejos para una vida mejor, mientras revela intrépidamente su propio desorden. Ahora llega su tan esperado primer libro, presentando la típica combinación de honestidad, humor y consejos prácticos y directos.Cada capítulo comienza con una mentira específica que ella una vez creyó y la hizo sentir abrumada, indigna o lista para darse por vencida. Siendo una madre trabajadora, exmadre adoptiva y una mujer que ha lidiado con todo tipo de inseguridades acerca de su cuerpo y sus relaciones, Hollis habla con la comprensión y el afecto de una mejor amiga, ayudando a las mujeres a deshacerse de la mentalidad limitante que destruye su confianza en sí mismas e impiden el avance.Desde una obsesión pasajera por casarse con Matt Damon, hasta una ensoñación que involucra iguanas hipnóticas, a la petición de su hijo de que se comprara un collar para “ser como las otras mamás”, Hollis no oculta nada. Con fe y tenacidad inquebrantables, estimula a otras mujeres a vivir con pasión y prisa, y a despertar sus sueños dormidos.
Amigos: Supervivencia para adolescentes (Especialidades Juveniles)
by Mark Oestreicher Kurt JohnstonNo se preocupe, Amigos le proporcionará todos los consejos y secretos que necesita para aprovechar al máximo sus amistades. En las páginas de este libro hallará consejos útiles para la amistad como: • Qué puede aprender en la Biblia en cuanto a la amistad • Maneras de ser un buen amigo • Cómo lidiar con el conflicto y otras cosas peliagudas • Cómo hacer amigos, y más. Es normal sentirse algo abrumado debido a los montones de tareas escolares, la necesidad de comprender a la variedad de personas «interesantes» que trabajan en el colegio, y el hecho de tener que lidiar con los nuevos retos de cambiarse de ropa para la gimnasia frente a todos.
Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship (Amina Banana)
by Shifa Saltagi SafadiMeet Amina Banana! She&’s a determined and clever third grader, and star of a new chapter book series with a STEM twist. Perfect for readers of The Questioneers and Junie B. Jones!Amina loves bananas, science, and all things yellow! Her family recently arrived from Syria to Indiana, and she's starting at a brand-new school in a brand-new country. She&’s excited but also nervous, especially about making friends! But she develops the perfect formula to get everything just right:Speak English + wear a perfect outfit + be a good student + eat American food = Make American Friends! When the first few days are harder than Amina imagined, she&’s left worrying: why doesn't her formula add up?
Amina Banana and the Formula for Winning (Amina Banana)
by Shifa Saltagi SafadiMeet Amina Banana! This clever third grader is back in book two of this new chapter book series, determined to win her school&’s spelling bee. Perfect for readers of The Questioneers and Junie B. Jones!Amina Banana's third grade class is abuzz with excitement for the upcoming spelling bee. But spelling in English is tough for Amina. Still, she&’s going to prove to her classmates that even if English is an additional language for her, she can take home the gold medal.If only the formula for winning wasn't so complicated!Make more duaa + study spelling words every day until the spelling bee + write down each word ten times so my hand memorizes it + spell each word out loud ten times + don&’t get distracted by anything else! + don&’t share your secrets with anyone = WINNER!Amina is determined to win, but with a formula that long, how will Amina be able to study, keep up with tasks at home and stay true to her friends – who are also her biggest competition at the bee?
Amir Khusraw: The Poet of Sultans and Sufis (Makers of the Muslim World)
by Sunil SharmaSurveys the life and lyrics of the 14th century Persian-speaking Indian poet.
Amira & Hamza: The Quest for the Ring of Power (Amira & Hamza)
by Samira AhmedAmira and Hamza are back in this epic sequel, which takes readers on a thrilling magical adventure as the siblings face their most terrifying and formidable opponent yet.All human and jinn kind shall bow down to me. Control the Ring, control the worlds. Amira and Hamza have returned from Qaf, the magical Jinn world, as triumphant heroes—and life has been pleasantly quiet. Too quiet. Hamza is determined to have one last monumental, epic adventure before summer ends. But when sneaking off to explore an old, abandoned castle goes from life-changing adventure to potentially deadly, Amira and Hamza find themselves in the middle of another dangerous quest to save the worlds. One they didn&’t bargain for. The siblings are brought face to face with the evil dev, Ahriman, angry and out for revenge. And if Amira and Hamza thought Ifrit was bad, his dad Ahriman, the last in an ancient line of fire spirits, is far worse. Ahriman kidnaps Hamza and forces him to help locate the lost Ring of Power, an ancient and mysterious artifact that will allow him to rule the universe. Desperate to save her brother, Amira must outsmart perilous traps and confounding puzzles in a race against time to retrieve the artifact before Ahriman does... or say goodbye to Hamza and their world forever.
Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds
by Samira AhmedFrom bestselling author Samira Ahmed comes a thrilling fantasy adventure intertwining Islamic legend and history, perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the Land of Stories. On the day of a rare super blue blood moon eclipse, twelve-year-old Amira and her little brother, Hamza, can&’t stop their bickering while attending a special exhibit on medieval Islamic astronomy. While stargazer Amira is wowed by the amazing gadgets, a bored Hamza wanders off, stumbling across the mesmerizing and forbidden Box of the Moon. Amira can only watch in horror as Hamza grabs the defunct box and it springs to life, setting off a series of events that could shatter their world—literally. Suddenly, day turns to night, everyone around Amira and Hamza falls under a sleep spell, and a chunk of the moon breaks off, hurtling toward them at lightning speed, as they come face-to-face with two otherworldly creatures: jinn. The jinn reveal that the siblings have a role to play in an ancient prophecy. Together, they must journey to the mystical land of Qaf, battle a great evil, and end a civil war to prevent the moon—the stopper between realms—from breaking apart and unleashing terrifying jinn, devs, and ghuls onto earth. Or they might have to say goodbye to their parents and life as they know it, forever.…
Amira's Picture Day
by Reem FaruqiRamadan has come to an end, and Amira can't wait to stay home from school to celebrate Eid. There's just one hiccup: it's also school picture day. How can Amira be in two places at once?Just the thought of Eid makes Amira warm and tingly inside. From wearing new clothes to handing out goody bags at the mosque, Amira can't wait for the festivities to begin. But when a flier on the fridge catches her eye, Amira's stomach goes cold. Not only is it Eid, it's also school picture day. If she's not in her class picture, how will her classmates remember her? Won't her teacher wonder where she is?Though the day's celebrations at the mosque are everything Amira was dreaming of, her absence at picture day weighs on her. A last-minute idea on the car ride home might just provide the solution to everything in this delightful story from acclaimed author Reem Faruqi, illustrated with vibrant color by Fahmida Azim.
The Amish
by Donald B. Kraybill Karen M. Johnson-Weiner Steven M. NoltCompanion to the acclaimed PBS American Experience documentary.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLThe Amish have always struggled with the modern world. Known for their simple clothing, plain lifestyle, and horse-and-buggy mode of transportation, Amish communities continually face outside pressures to modify their cultural patterns, social organization, and religious world view. An intimate portrait of Amish life, The Amish explores not only the emerging diversity and evolving identities within this distinctive American ethnic community, but also its transformation and geographic expansion.Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, and Steven M. Nolt spent twenty-five years researching Amish history, religion, and culture. Drawing on archival material, direct observations, and oral history, the authors provide an authoritative and sensitive understanding of Amish society. Amish people do not evangelize, yet their numbers in North America have grown from a small community of some 6,000 people in the early 1900s to a thriving population of more than 320,000 today. The largest populations are found in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, with additional communities in twenty-eight other states and three Canadian provinces. The authors argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American imagination from "backward bumpkins" to media icons poses provocative questions. What does the Amish story reveal about the American character, popular culture, and mainstream values? Richly illustrated, The Amish is the definitive portrayal of the Amish in America in the twenty-first century.
The Amish: A Concise Introduction (Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies)
by Steven M. NoltThe essential introduction to Amish life and culture.There seems to be no end to our fascination with the Amish, a religious minority that has both placed itself outside the mainstream of American culture and flourished within it. Yet most people know very little about the nuanced relationship the Amish have with society or their own communities. Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork and collaborative research, Steven M. Nolt’s The Amish: A Concise Introduction is a compact but richly detailed portrait of Amish life. In fewer than 150 pages, readers will come away with a clear understanding of the complexities of these simple people. Writing in engaging and accessible language, Nolt explains how the Amish at once operate within modern America and stand very much apart from the world. Arguing that Amish life is shaped equally by internal and external social, political, and economic contexts, Nolt explores Amish identity as emerging from a complex cultural negotiation with modernity. He takes on much-hyped topics such as Rumspringa and reveals the distinctive Amish approach to technology. He also explains how Amish principles stand in contrast to contemporary American values, including rational efficiency, large-scale organization, and Western notions of individuality. Authoritative, informative, and illustrated, this guide provides a vivid introduction to a way of life many find fascinating but few truly understand.
The Amish and Technology: An Excerpt from The Amish
by Donald B. Kraybill Karen M. Johnson-Weiner Steven M. NoltHopkins Digital Shorts deliver high-quality scholarship and compelling narratives in an abbreviated, electronic format. Whether excerpted from forthcoming or classic backlist titles or developed with newly commissioned content, Hopkins Digital Shorts provide concise introductions to fundamental concepts, defining moments, and influential texts.Limits on technology are the signature mark of twenty-first century Amish identity. Riding in horse-drawn buggies and living unplugged from the public grid unmistakably separate Amish people from mainstream Americans. Yet the Amish do not categorically condemn technology. Nor are they technologically naïve. Rather, Amish communities selectively sort out what might help or harm them. More significantly, the Amish modify and adapt technology in creative ways to fit their cultural values and social goals. Amish technologies are diverse, complicated, and ever-changing. This digital short explores the complicated relationship between the Amish and technology today.
The Amish Animal Doctor: An Uplifting Inspirational Romance
by Patrice LewisWill she give up what she loves for who she loves? Forced to return home to care for her ailing mother, veterinarian Abigail Mast must make an impossible choice—between her career and her Amish community. And handsome neighbor Benjamin Troyer isn&’t making the decision any easier for her. When an opportunity to stay in Montana presents itself, can Abigail come to a decision that will yield the greatest rewards?From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
An Amish Arrangement
by Jo Ann BrownThe Farmer’s Instant FamilyJeremiah Stoltzfus hopes the Amish community of Harmony Creek will provide a fresh start…until days before closing on his new farm, he finds a beautiful trespasser. Mercy Bamberger claims the property is hers, promised by her late grossdawdi. Jeremiah can’t turn out the single mom and her daughter, nor can he leave. His solution: temporarily sharing the farm until ownership is settled. Once a city kid adopted by a Mennonite family, Mercy yearns to make the farm a haven for unwanted children. But living beside the handsome Amish farmer has her yearning for everything that’s eluded her…laughter, love and a forever family.
An Amish Arrangement and An Amish Noel: An Anthology
by Jo Ann Brown Patricia DavidsFinding Love and Family in Amish CountryAn Amish Arrangement by Jo Ann BrownJeremiah Stoltzfus hopes his new Amish community will provide a fresh start…until he finds a beautiful trespasser on his farm. Mercy Bamberger claims the property is hers, promised by her late grossdawdi. Jeremiah can’t turn out the single mom and her daughter, nor can he leave. His solution: temporarily sharing the farm until ownership is settled. But living beside Mercy soon has him yearning for love and a forever family.An Amish Noel by Patricia DavidsWhen Luke Bowman returns home, Emma Swartzentruber learns her rebellious girlhood crush is gone, and in his place is a handsome man who seems committed to serving the community. Luke’s even agreed to work for Emma’s ill father, whose last wish is to see his daughter wedded to a stable, loving man. And this Christmas, Emma finds that Luke may just be the one to capture her heart for good.
An Amish Baby for Christmas: Amish Christmas Memories A Cowboy Christmas A Christmas Baby For The Cowboy (Indiana Amish Brides #8)
by Vannetta ChapmanHoliday blessings aren&’t always easy… in this novel by USA TODAY bestselling author Vannetta Chapman With a baby on the way… can this struggling widow save her home? In danger of losing her farm after her husband&’s death, Abigail Yutzy needs help—even if she can&’t afford it. At her bishop's insistence, property manager Thomas Albrecht pitches in to aid the pregnant widow. With his troubled past and her shattered heart, their arrangement must stay business only. But their uneasy holiday alliance might just heal both their hearts… From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.Indiana Amish Brides Book 1: A Widow's HopeBook 2: Amish Christmas MemoriesBook 3: A Perfect Amish MatchBook 4: The Amish Christmas MatchmakerBook 5: An Unlikely Amish MatchBook 6: The Amish Christmas SecretBook 7: The Baby Next DoorBook 8: An Amish Baby for Christmas
Amish Baby Lessons
by Patrice LewisA brokenhearted Amish woman teaches a bachelor how to care for his niece in this inspirational romance.Tall, plain and awkward, Amish maed Jane Troyer has always been “useful.” Now she’s the temporary nanny for overwhelmed Amish bachelor Levy Struder and his baby niece. But Jane’s finding it hard to resist falling for the sweet boppli and the handsome, hardworking Levy. Can this spirited Plain Jane win a bachelor’s heart . . . and make their temporary arrangement permanent?From Harlequin Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
The Amish Bachelor's Baby (Amish Spinster Club)
by Jo Ann BrownA baby changes everythingfor the Amish Spinster ClubWorking in Caleb Hartz’s shop fits perfectly with Annie Wagler’s plan to match him with her twin sister—until Annie is drawn to him herself. But with his business, his farm and now his teenage runaway cousin and her baby, Caleb has no time for romance. Can they work together to care for mother and child—without losing their hearts?
The Amish Bachelor's Baby and Their Convenient Amish Marriage: An Anthology
by Jo Ann Brown Cheryl WillifordFamily and faith in Amish countryThe Amish Bachelor’s Baby by Jo Ann BrownWorking in Caleb Hartz’s shop fits perfectly with Annie Wagler’s plan to match him with her twin sister. But with his business, his farm, and now his teenage runaway cousin and her baby, Caleb has no time for romance. But working together to care for mother and child, Caleb and Annie may both need to protect their hearts…Their Convenient Amish Marriage by Cheryl WillifordThe last thing widowed single mother Verity Schrock expects is to find her former sweetheart back in town—with a baby. Now the bishop and Leviticus Hilty’s father are insisting the two marry for their children’s sake. But the wounded warrior hurt her once before. Can a marriage of convenience lead Verity to forgive and risk her heart again?
The Amish Bachelor's Bride: An Uplifting Inspirational Romance
by Pamela Desmond WrightMarrying in name only… Could lead to more than they expected Single mother Lavinia Simmons&’s world is turned upside down when she discovers her late husband gambled away their home. A quick marriage of convenience to bachelor Noem Witzel in return for caring for his niece and nephew is the solution both Lavinia and Noem need. Neither of them is looking for romance. But what if these perfect strangers have other ideas?From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
The Amish Bachelor's Choice
by Jocelyn McClayShe had every reason to go…Until he gave her one to stayAfter her father’s passing, Ruth Fisher is required to sell her family furniture business. She plans to leave the Amish community to pursue an Englisch education—until she meets the new owner. Malachi Schrock has ambitious plans for her father’s store, but when the transition sparks an unexpected attraction, could following her heart mean staying in Miller’s Creek forever?
The Amish Bachelor's Promise: An Uplifting Inspirational Romance
by Amy LillardFrom a lifelong friendship To an unexpected courtship… After years of overlooking his best friend, Amish farmer Freeman Yoder finally begins to see Evie Ebersol through new eyes. But Evie is convinced that she would be a rebound—and that her physical challenges would be a burden. Despite loving Freeman for most of her life and yearning for a family and home of her own, she refuses to hold Freeman to his decades-old promise to marry her. Now he&’s determined to show Evie that she&’s the only one he wants to build a future with.From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
The Amish Baker
by Marie E. BastA child brings them together…Will their differing Amish beliefs pull them apart?When his son breaks one of baker Sarah Gingerich’s prized possessions, widower Caleb Brenneman insists the boy make amends by doing odd jobs in her bake shop. A childless widow, Sarah can’t help falling for the boy…or his farmer father. But Caleb is progressive New Order Amish while Sarah holds traditional beliefs. Though they’re worlds apart, are they a perfect match?
The Amish Baker's Rival
by Marie E. BastHe’s more than just her competition…She’ll do anything to protect her bakery…no matter the cost to her heart.Amish baker Mary Brenneman is furious when handsome Englischer Noah Miller opens up a bakery right across from hers. Now she must win a local baking contest just to stay in business—and beat know-it-all Noah. But somewhere along the way, Noah and Mary’s kitchen wars are quickly warming into something more…