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The 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 666min
In September, 1939, George Lucius Salton's boyhood in Tyczyn, Poland, was shattered by escalating violence and terror under German occupation. His father, a lawyer, was forbidden to work, but 11-year-old George dug potatoes, split wood, and resourcefully helped his family. They suffered hunger and deprivation, a forced march to the Rzeszow ghetto, then eternal separation when 14-year-old George and his brother were left behind to labor in work camps while their parents were deported in boxcars to die in Belzec. For the next three years, George slaved and barely survived in 10 concentration camps, including Rzeszow, Plaszow, Flossenburg, Colmar, Sachsenhausen, Braunschweig, Ravensbrck, and Wobbelin. Cattle cars filled with skeletal men emptied into a train yard in Colmar, France. George and the other prisoners marched under the whips and fists of SS guards. But here, unlike the taunts and rocks from villagers in Poland and Germany, there was applause. "I could clearly hear the people calling: 'Shame! Shame!'... Suddenly, I realized that the people of Colmar were applauding us! They were condemning the inhumanity of the Germans!" Of the 500 prisoners of the Nazis who marched through the streets of Colmar in the spring of 1944, just 50 were alive one year later when the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division liberated the Wobbelin concentration camp on the afternoon of May 2, 1945. "I felt something stir deep within my soul. It was my true self, the one who had stayed deep within and had not forgotten how to love and how to cry, the one who had chosen life and was still standing when the last roll call ended." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ken Kliban. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/012772/bk_adbl_012772_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Heavy: A Mother, A Daughter, A Diet - A Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 469min
For readers and listeners of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Bringing Up Bebe, a mother's unflinching memoir about helping her seven year-old daughter lose weight, and the challenges of modern parenting. When a doctor pronounced Dara-Lynn Weiss's daughter Bea obese at age seven, the mother of two knew she had to take action. But how could a woman with her own food and body issues - not to mention spotty eating habits - successfully parent a little girl around the issue of obesity? In this much-anticipated, controversial memoir, Dara-Lynn Weiss chronicles the struggle and journey to get Bea healthy. In describing their process - complete with frustrations, self-recriminations, dark humor, and some surprising strategies - Weiss reveals the hypocrisy inherent in the debates over many cultural hot-button issues: from processed snacks, organic foods, and school lunches to dieting, eating disorders, parenting methods, discipline, and kids' self-esteem. Compounding the challenge were eating environments - from school to restaurants to birthday parties - that set Bea up to fail, and unwelcome judgments from fellow parents. Childhood obesity, Weiss discovered, is a crucible not just for the child but also for parents. She was criticized as readily for enabling Bea's condition as she was for enforcing the rigid limits necessary to address it. Never before had Weiss been made to feel so wrong for trying to do the right thing. The damned if you do/damned if you don't predicament came into sharp relief when Weiss raised some of these issues in a Vogue article. Critics came out in full force, and Weiss unwittingly found herself at the center of an emotional and highly charged debate on childhood obesity. A touching and relatable story of loving a child enough to be unpopular, The Heavy will leave listeners applauding Weiss's success, her bravery, and her unconditional love for her daughter.b ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda Amanda Tepe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003360/bk_rand_003360_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Secret Things of God: Unlocking the Treasures Reserved for You , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 300min
A powerful attraction exists in the universe: an attraction between the Creator and the creation He loves. A positive, Christian "alternative" to Rhonda Byrne's The Secret, The Secret Things of God reveals 20 age-old secrets of God, some of which have been true since before Creation and others that were revealed 2,000 years ago when the Creator of the Universe became human. Dr. Henry Cloud brings his insights as both a psychologist and a student of spiritual life to the eternal principles that govern listeners' goals, desires, relationships, and lives. These same truths, if activated in people's lives, are guaranteed to fill them with security, hope, and relationship with the eternal Creator. Cloud also reveals how these truths, found in Judeo-Christian teachings, intersect and interface with the spiritual longings expressed in the principles found in The Secret and similar works. Recognizing and applauding the search for truth and a connection with a power beyond the human, Cloud leads listeners into relationship with a God who loves them and has given all to save them. Many Christians have believed in God all their lives and claim Jesus as their Savior, but continue to live a joyless, defeated life. They are no better able to weather the inevitable pains of life than those who claim no faith at all. The secret to true joy, inner peace, sustaining hope, powerful purpose, and more is locked in their minds but has not been activated in their hearts and lives. The Secret Things of God reveals 20 profoundly simple secrets and gently guides listeners in how to unlock and activate the power of these truths. The title is based on 1 Corinthians 4:1-2: "Regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dr. Henry Cloud. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000990/bk_sans_000990_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Our Presidents & Their Prayers: Proclamations of Faith by America's Leaders , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 243min
What is the single most important common thread that unites all American Presidents - such a small number of extraordinary people from different centuries, parties, backgrounds, and experiences - as they shoulder the overwhelming responsibilities of the office of president of the United States? There is only one possible answer: their faith. As a respected national leader and a man of deep faith himself, Senator Rand Paul has written Our Presidents & Their Prayers in collaboration with James Randall Robison to remind us all that in a country founded by religious people, that abiding and rock-solid belief in God has been the key to each and every president's strength. Senator Paul's inspiring look into the heartfelt sentiments and personal prayers of leaders past and present becomes a powerful testament to our incredible accomplishments: winning the revolution, writing the Constitution, and leading the world as the most exceptional and longest-lasting democracy in history. It's nothing short of a miracle, then and now. Every man who has answered the people's call to become president has looked for and found answers in his faith as he faced the nation's problems, and each president has frequently described his reliance on the Creator in his public speeches, official proclamations, and private prayers. Join Senator Paul in applauding the important role faith has played in our country through over 225 years of triumphs and struggles, justice and injustice, accomplishments and setbacks, war and peace. In Our Presidents & Their Prayers, Senator Paul stands up to the doubters in this most timely and important affirmation of how faith and prayer have always guided us and why they must continue to do so as we face major decisions for the future of our country. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the aud ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rand Paul, James Randall Robinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/002263/bk_hach_002263_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Texas Tornadoes Collection 1: Three Christian Football Romances Texas Tornadoes 3.5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 689min
Three Christian Football Romances to steal your heart! Defending My Heart - The man who broke her heart. The second chance she's not sure if she wants. Emmitt Brown's demons are even bigger than he is, and as a defensive lineman for a pro-football team, that's something. When the team captain tasks his defensive line to go home for Christmas and get rid of their biggest past regret, Emmitt finds himself returning to the small town he grew up in to find the woman he never should have left. Too bad she hates him and tells him to go away. Mia Carter can't believe Emmitt Brown is back in town. She does not need this right now. Especially since he's been the ghost who won't leave her conscience alone for the past five years and especially since she recently lost her husband. But when the pro football player steps up and offers to help her son fight cancer, she finds herself reluctantly agreeing. Now, they have to make a choice: Dig into the past and let the truth bring them together, or lose the Christmas miracle right in front of them. Another heart tugging, swoon worthy romance from best-selling author Lorana Hoopes. This first book in the Texas Tornadoes series will have you laughing, crying, and applauding at the grace of God. Grab your copy and prepare to see God shine today by clicking above. Run with My Heart - A football player who's lost. A woman in danger of losing all she loves. Could he be the Christmas Miracle she's been praying for? Pro football player Tucker Jackson has a chip on his shoulder. His mother died when he was young, his father threw himself into his work, and the team he now plays for is in danger of losing their season. His anger drives him to a bar where an ensuing fight earns him service at a community center. Can he find a way to tame his ire before it destroys his dreams forever? Shelby Doll has a heart for kids, but the commu ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lorana Hoopes. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/219271/bk_acx0_219271_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 278min
Dr. Perkins’ final manifesto on race, faith, and reconciliation. We are living in historic times. Not since the civil rights movement of the 60s has our country been as vigorously engaged in the reconciliation conversation. There is a great opportunity right now for culture to change, to be a more perfect union. However, it cannot be done without the church, because the faith of the people is more powerful than any law government can enact. The church is the heart and moral compass of a nation. To turn a country away from God you must sideline the church. To turn a nation to God the church must turn first. Racism won't end in America until the church is reconciled first and then, and only then, it can spiritually and morally lead the way. In this, his crowning work, Dr. Perkins speaks honestly to the church about the things he’s discovered to be crucial about reconciliation, discipleship, and justice...the principles vital to a complete ministry of reconciliation. He offers a call to repentance to both the white church and the black church. He explains how band-aid approaches of the past won't do. And while applauding these starter efforts, he holds that true reconciliation won't happen until we get more intentional and relational. True friendships must happen and on every level. This will take the whole church, not just the pastors and staff. The racial reconciliation of our churches and nation won't be done with big campaigns or through mass media. It will come one loving, sacrificial relationship at a time. The Gospel and all that it encompasses has always traveled best relationally. We have much to learn from each other and each have unique poverties that can only be filled by one another. The way forward is to become "wounded healers" who bandage each other up as we discover what the family of God really looks like. Real relationships, sacrificial love between actual people, is the way forward. Nothing less will do. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Calvin Robinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/oasi/002254/bk_oasi_002254_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Admiring and Applauding God
Admiring and Applauding God - Meditations on the Excellencies of God's Character: ab 37.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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After the Rain
AFTER THE RAIN With this recording, Clare Fischer presents for the first time, a program of original music that falls distinctly into the category of 'classical.' Well known and admired for decades as composer, arranger and pianist of singular originality, he is thought of first for his accomplishments in the jazz field. Clare remarked recently that until about fifteen years ago he thought that he needed to keep his jazz and classical writing somehow separate. More recently he acknowledged that he is what he is - a natural mixture of both. Jazz and classical influences as they are exquisitely entangled in Clare's mind, from his earliest composition to most recent, are heard in these extraordinary recordings. Every perceived moment of beauty or emotion from life experience, whether from music, literature, art or personal relations inevitably affects an artist's work. As an awakening to classical music, Clare's high school music director and first mentor, Glenn Litton, played a recording of Shostakovich's First Symphony for Clare, then age 13. He soon heard Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Ellington's Black, Brown and Beige. The merging of influences had begun. During the years he played in Mr. Litton's high school band, Clare studied and performed on whatever wind instrument was needed to fill out the group's instrumentation. He refers to that as his earliest (and hands-on) study of orchestration. Clare's only period of actual piano study before his university training, was from age 9 to 11. At age 12 he began to play the cello and later declared that instrument his major upon entering Michigan State University in 1947. At the same time, Clare submitted to the composition department a piano sketch of what is heard on this recording as The Early Years, (Movement II) from the Suite for Cello. As one hears this early composition and considers the chronology, it is staggering to think that it was conceived by an 18-year-old composer from a small town in Michigan. It seems clear that Clare never made a conscious decision to be a composer - he was one, fully formed, by the time he graduated high school. It is certainly unlikely that the distinguished composer H. Owen Reed, another mentor and life-long close friend (and the man to whom Clare submitted this early work), was accustomed to encountering such exceptional youthful efforts. As part of the requirement for his Master of Music degree from MSU, Clare composed Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra. During the subsequent years of his professional career other notable classical compositions include: Rhapsody Nova for Woodwind Soloist and Wind Band, Piano Quartet, Cornucopia for Brass Ensemble, Miniature for Mallet Percussion and Strings and Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano. Of these, only the last, which was commissioned and performed by Richard Stoltzman, has been commercially recorded. On recordings of his own works, Clare has performed on alto sax, e-flat valve trombone, cello, clarinet and bass clarinet. For a recent recording project Clare purchased and learned to play a complete choir of bugles as he composed for them. In the 1980's Clare was 'discovered' by a number of pop vocal artists who chose him to write - mostly for rock and roll recordings - string and orchestral accompaniments to be over-dubbed on their vocal and rhythm tracks. Prominent among these artists are Prince, Vanessa Williams, Robert Palmer, Paul McCartney and Paula Abdul. On one particular date, Clare surrounded a harmonically simple pre-recorded pop vocal and rhythm track with a sweeping orchestral arrangement that left orchestra members applauding. Observing the star and her band while listening to the playback, their slight lifting of the chest and broad smiles seemed to say, 'I didn't know we were that good.' SUITE FOR CELLO AND STRING ORCHESTRA In 1999, with leftover time at the end a record date for which Clare had written the string arrangements, he was able to record The Early Years (Movement II), with Cecilia Tsan as cello soloist. Cecilia, whose solo playing was previously unknown to Clare, showed remarkable presence and identification with the music. After finally hearing this realization of his earliest work (1947), Clare then composed After the Rain and Finale to give the work a three-movement structure. The outer movements were written for Cecilia, produced by Clare and recorded later in 1999. TIME PIECE Time Piece was recorded in 1998 at Capitol Studios with a full symphony orchestra chosen, conducted and produced (paid for!) by Clare. Clare says of this work: 'The title refers to the 44 years between the original conception of this work and it's first hearing. The first half of Homage was conceived and scored in 1953. The original ideas for the second half of the movement were conceived in 1953 but the actual writing of the music took place in 1987.' The homage referred to here is to Igor Stravinsky. Clare's inspiration being the early ballet music of that influential composer. 'The Elegy portion of the second movement, Elegy and Blues was, conceived in 1987. The Blues section was composed sometime in the early 1950's and it represents a manifestation of the duality of my existence as a composer. The piano solo in this movement was freely improvised and transcribed by Clare for this recording. 'The third movement, Fugue and Finale, was conceived in 1987, the fugue theme is jazz-like in phrasing but not in choice of notes. There are sections where I have utilized jazz orchestral procedures but in a classical way, i.e. The use of plunger mutes in the brass including combinations of the tight closed plunger and French horn brass mutes.' This entire work was commissioned by the Reader's Digest Meet the Composer program. The third movement was performed in concert by the New American Orchestra in 1988. Plans to perform the entire work were never completed. BACHLUDES I and II The recordings of these two works are, according to Clare, nearly twenty years old. The performance is striking in quality and these compositions represent, once again, the depth of expression and uniqueness that Clare's harmonic concept always delivers. Harmony equals emotion. I like to imagine that the old Kapellmeister of Leipzig would be thrilled to hear the harmonic priciples he codified taken, as they are by Clare, to the tenth power. -------------- In an over entertained world where music is so often sold to our generation with great calculation and cynicism, the release of this music creates an important and original musical document. Popular culture thrives on the synthetic while Clare Fischer has always woven his own pure harmonic cloth. The breadth of his distinguished accomplishments is greatly widened by the release of these recordings. Gary Foster February 2001.- Shop: odax
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