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Ramayana: Divine Loophole
by Sanjay PatelA 21st century retelling of a 2500-year-old story: Artist and veteran Pixar animator Sanjay Patel lends a lush, whimsical illustration style and lighthearted voice to one of Hindu mythology's best-loved and most enduring tales.Teeming with powerful deities, love-struck monsters, flying monkey gods, magic weapons, demon armies, and divine love, Ramayana: Divine Loophole tells the story of Rama, a god-turned-prince, and his quest to rescue his wife Sita after she is kidnapped by a demon king.From princesses in peril to gripping battles, scheming royals, and hordes of bloodthirsty demons, this incredible retelling of the classic Ramayana for kids is the ultimate adventure story presented with an unforgettably modern touch.Fans of Sanjay Patel's books, including The Little Book of Hindu Deities and Ganesha's Sweet Tooth, will be entranced by this ancient story brought to life with more than 100 dazzlingly colorful illustrations. Readers of all ages who love Hindu as well as Celtic, Roman, Chinese, and Greek mythology, and mythological creatures, will enjoy this timeless tale and its essential themes of duty, honor, and loyalty.RAMAYANA ILLUSTRATED FOR A NEW GENERATION: Even readers familiar with this ancient tale will find delight and new understanding in these pages. This keepsake volume includes more than 100 colorful full-spread illustrations, a detailed pictorial glossary of the cast of characters who make up the epic tale, and sketches of the work in progress.GREAT FAMILY READ-ALONG: A hit with parents eager for enthralling books to share with the whole family, Ramayana: Divine Loophole's "incredible illustrations and simple story for kids make this perfect bedtime reading for children aged five and above . . . [A] fun, technicolor way to introduce Hindu mythology to your children." (theswaddle.com)PIXAR ARTIST AUTHOR: Sanjay Patel is a wildly talented artist whose work as an animator and storyboard artist for Pixar Animation Studios includes Monsters, Inc., A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3, Ratatouille, and The Incredibles. His short film Sanjay's Super Team was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.Perfect for:Readers who love Hindu goddesses, Indian mythology, and ancient adventure talesEducational material for classroom or homeschool curriculumGift giving for Diwali, birthday, graduation, or any special occasionFans of Pixar movies, Classic Tales from India, The Illustrated Mahabharata, and D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
Rambam's Ladder: A Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give
by Julie SalamonThe Eight Steps of Giving Nearly a thousand years ago the great philosopher and physician Maimonides, known to Hebrew scholars as Rambam, pondered the question of righteousness Out of it came the Ladder of Charity. Rambam's Ladder, written by Julie Salamon, the bestselling author and New York Times culture writer, is a book that will inspire every reader to get a toehold on the ladder and start climbing. In eight chapters, one for each rung, the book helps us navigate the world of giving. How much to give? How do we know if our gifts are being used wisely? Is it bettter to give anonymously? Along the way, Rambam's Ladder will help all of us make our lives, and the lives of those around us, better.
Ramified Natural Theology in Science and Religion: Moving Forward from Natural Theology (Routledge Science and Religion Series)
by Rodney HolderThis book offers a rationale for a new ‘ramified natural theology’ that is in dialogue with both science and historical-critical study of the Bible. Traditionally, knowledge of God has been seen to come from two sources, nature and revelation. However, a rigid separation between these sources cannot be maintained, since what purports to be revelation cannot be accepted without qualification: rational argument is needed to infer both the existence of God from nature and the particular truth claims of the Christian faith from the Bible. Hence the distinction between ‘bare natural theology’ and ‘ramified natural theology.’ The book begins with bare natural theology as background to its main focus on ramified natural theology. Bayesian confirmation theory is utilised to evaluate competing hypotheses in both cases, in a similar manner to that by which competing hypotheses in science can be evaluated on the basis of empirical data. In this way a case is built up for the rationality of a Christian theist worldview. Addressing issues of science, theology and revelation in a new framework, this book will be of keen interest to scholars working in Religion and Science, Natural Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Biblical Studies, Systematic Theology, and Science and Culture.
Rammohun Roy and the Making of Victorian Britain
by Lynn ZastoupilThis book investigates Rammohun Roy as a transnational celebrity. It examines the role of religious heterodoxy - particularly Christian Unitarianism - in transforming a colonial outsider into an imagined member of the emerging Victorian social order It uses his fame to shed fresh light on nineteenth-century British reformers, including advocates of liberty of the press, early feminists, free trade imperialists, and constitutional reformers such as Jeremy Bentham. Rammohun Roy's intellectual agendas are also interrogated, particularly how he employed Unitarianism and the British satiric tradition to undermine colonial rule in Bengal and provincialize England as a laggard nation in the progress towards rational religion and political liberty.
Rampart Nations: Bulwark Myths of East European Multiconfessional Societies in the Age of Nationalism (New Perspectives on Central and Eastern European Studies #1)
by Liliya Berezhnaya Heidi Hein-KircherThe “bulwark” or antemurale myth—whereby a region is imagined as a defensive barrier against a dangerous Other—has been a persistent strand in the development of Eastern European nationalisms. While historical studies of the topic have typically focused on clashes and overlaps between sociocultural and religious formations, Rampart Nations delves deeper to uncover the mutual transfers and multi-sided national and interconfessional conflicts that helped to spread bulwark myths through Europe’s eastern periphery over several centuries. Ranging from art history to theology to political science, this volume offers new ways of understanding the political, social, and religious forces that continue to shape identity in Eastern Europe.
Ramshackle Ode: Poems
by Keith LeonardA sparkling debut collection from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet that makes an ecstatic argument for living Containing joy and suffering side by side, Ramshackle Ode offers elegies and odes as necessary partners to bring out the greatest power in each. By turns celebratory, meditative, tender, and rebellious, these poems reimagine the divisions and intersections of life and death, the human and the natural world, the brutal and the beautiful. Time and again, they choose hope.From an award-winning young poet in the tradition of Marie Howe, Walt Whitman, Gerald Stern, and contemporary American bard Maurice Manning, Ramshackle Ode presents a new voice singing toward transcendence, offering the sense that, though this world is fragile, human existence is a wonderfully stubborn miracle of chance.
Ramtha - The White Book
by RamthaThe general introduction to Ramtha and his teachings now revised and expanded with a Foreword by JZ Knight, a glossary of terms and concepts used by Ramtha, a detailed index and a commentary essay showing the significance of Ramtha's teachings. It addresses questions on the Source of all existence, our forgotten divinity, life after death, evolution, love, the power of consciousness and the mind, lessons from nature, and Ramtha's ascension.
Ranch Hideout: Dangerous Testimony Ranch Hideout Final Verdict (Smoky Mountain Secrets)
by Sandra RobbinsIn this inspirational romantic suspense, a witness in a criminal trial falls in love with the government agent assigned to protect her.A key witness in an impending criminal trial, Liz Madison Kennedy finds refuge at a friend’s ranch in rural Tennessee. But when she faces down an attacker in a parking lot, she fears her hideout location has been compromised. The handsome stranger who saves her life makes Liz feel safe for the first time in ages. Undercover FBI agent Gabriel Decker has one mission: make sure Liz lives to testify. But with her location leaked, he can’t keep his identity hidden from her. Once his secret’s revealed, though, Liz no longer seems to trust him—or their fledgling friendship. Yet with a relentless killer in pursuit as they flee into the mountains, Gabriel is all who stands between her and a deadly bullet.
Ranch Refuge
by Virginia VaughanHER COWBOY BODYGUARDR Laura Jackson trusts no man-especially after her father's gambling debts force her into the crosshairs of a ruthless loan shark. But when fearless army-ranger-turned-cowboy Colton Blackwell charges in to save her from the barrel of a gun, the self-reliant nurse must accept his help. Whisking Laura away to his secluded Louisiana ranch doesn't provide the sanctuary Colton planned. But he intends to keep his promise to protect her, despite secrets in his past that could drive her away. Laura may have a bounty on her head, but the only thing at risk under Colton's care will be her heart.
Ranch Showdown
by Tina WheelerSeeking refuge at a ranch… Has fiery consequences After being threatened by her sister&’s ex, Sierra Lowery has forty-eight hours to surrender documents linking him to a bombing before he kills her and kidnaps her nephew. With the evidence missing and anyone who helps becoming a target, hiding out with Detective Cole Walker, her college sweetheart, might be her only chance for survival. But as explosives detonate in the wake of their search, their ranch safe haven could become a dangerous trap. From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Ranch Under Fire
by Tina WheelerA witness on the run. A mission to survive. Fleeing after witnessing a shooting in her office, Bailey Scott must rely on cowboy Jackson Walker for protection when the gunman turns his sights on her. With a drug ring determined to silence her, Jackson promises to protect her at his ranch. But he&’s an undercover DEA agent with secrets he can't reveal. Can he take down the criminals before their pursuers lead them straight into an inescapable trap?From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Ranch Under Siege
by Sommer SmithA reporter and an ex-Navy SEAL must rely on each other when dangers converge on an Oklahoma ranch in this inspirational romantic suspense mystery.Boston-based journalist Madison Burke has two goals when she heads to the Oklahoma ranch where her father works as a foreman: heal a family rift . . . and escape the person targeting her. Except the danger follows her, forcing ranch owner and former Navy SEAL Briggs Thorpe to step in and uncover the violent attacker’s identity. Can Madison rely on him to find the truth and keep her alive?From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Rancher Daddy
by Lois RicherHis Perfect Family All rancher Luc Cramer's ever wanted is to someday have a family of his own. And from the moment he meets five-year-old orphan Henry, he's determined to give the little boy a home and a father. So the good-looking cowboy enlists his neighbor Holly Janzen to help him with the adoption process. As she spends time with Luc and adorable Henry, she knows she's losing her heart to them. But once Luc finds out Holly's long-held secret, will he still see her as the wife and mother that she is clearly meant to be?
Rancher Under Fire
by Vickie McdonoughSABOTAGE AT ANGELFIRE RANCH Jackson Durant would go to any lengths to protect his young daughter and his ranch. He knows the puzzling incidents on his homestead are no accidents. Someone is after him...but who? And why? Reporter Mariah Reyes is determined to find out. She never expected her pursuit of a story on the reclusive rancher would endanger her life-nor that she'd fall for the cowboy. But when Jackson's daughter is kidnapped, she'll do anything to help save the little girl-even if it means becoming a target herself.
Rancher for the Holidays: The Amish Midwife Yuletide Cowboys Rancher For The Holidays
by Myra JohnsonRancher for the Holidays is a heartwarming, inspirational romance set in the heart of Texas from award-winning author Myra Johnson.Downsized from his corporate job, Ben Fisher’s donning boots and a cowboy hat to try ranching through the holidays on his uncle’s spread. The handsome city slicker turns heads wherever he goes, but he soon begins to fall for one special redhead.Marley Sanders has the work-obsessed bachelor doing the unthinkable, volunteering in the community and dreaming of wedding bells and babies. But Ben’s sweet country girl insists she’s never leaving Alpine, Texas, and he’s set to ride out with the first job offer. Unless Marley can convince him to take the job of her forever cowboy.
Rancher to the Rescue
by Barbara PhinneyA woman agrees to her boss’s convenient wedding proposal, but his past may keep them from a lifetime of love in this inspirational historical romance.A Practical EngagementClare Walsh isn’t too keen on marrying, but it’s the only way for her to keep her family home . . . and custody of her two younger brothers. So when rancher Noah Livingstone offers a union in name only, Clare reluctantly agrees. Accepting Noah’s strictly practical proposal has an unexpected catch, though—she’s actually falling for him.Though Noah is drawn to vibrant, independent Clare, he knows romantic feelings will only complicate their marriage of convenience. But when secrets from his past threaten Noah’s fragile new family, he must make a difficult choice. Will Noah risk all his dreams to secure a real future with Clare?
Rancher to the Rescue (Three Brothers Ranch)
by Arlene JamesFirst comes saving a woman’s day . . . then comes healing his own heart. A Smith brother takes love one step at a time in this heartwarming romance.Coming to the aid of a woman in her broken-down car, Jake Smith finds the answer to his childcare problems. Kathryn Stepp needs a job, and the widower needs a nanny for his son. As they help each other, Jake is caught between attraction and his refusal to marry again. But sometimes a woman doesn’t just fall for a hero—she rescues him right back.
Rancher to the Rescue and A Cowboy in Shepherd's Crossing
by Arlene James Ruth Logan HerneA new path for the cowboy?Rancher to the Rescue by Arlene James Coming to the aid of a woman in her broken-down car, Jake Smith finds the answer to his childcare problems. Kathryn Stepp needs a job, and the widower needs a nanny for his son. As they help each other, Jake is caught between attraction and his refusal to marry again. But sometimes a woman doesn&’t just fall for a hero—she rescues him right back.A Cowboy in Shepherd's Crossing by Ruth Logan Herne Cowboy bachelor Jace Middleton was ready to leave Shepherd&’s Crossing for good—until he learns his family&’s unspoken secrets. Now Jace finds himself not only caring for his twin baby nieces, but working with beautiful, strong-willed designer Melonie Fitzgerald to renovate his grandmother&’s run-down estate. Love wasn&’t part of the plan…but Jace soon finds himself wishing Melonie could become part of his unexpected family.USA TODAY Bestselling Author Ruth Logan Herne
Rancher's Refuge
by Linda GoodnightRancher Austin Blackwell knows a wounded creature when he sees one. Although Annalisa Keller won't reveal how she ended up stranded in Whisper Falls, his conscience refuses to let her leave. The little Ozarks town could be the perfect place for her to start over-just as it was for him. Trying to keep his own past hidden, Austin finds himself falling for the vulnerable beauty with too many secrets. Before long, Annalisa's warmth and love of life work their way into Austin's heart...and promise never to leave.
Random Acts of Kindness Then & Now: The 20th Anniversary Of A Simple Idea That Changes Lives
by M. J. Ryan Addie JohnsonThe original bestseller that inspired a movement, plus new stories and wisdom from people whose lives it has changed. More than twenty-five years ago, Conari Press published Random Acts of Kindness, and launched a simple movement—of people being kind to one another in their daily lives. Now the editors of Conari Press have compiled Random Acts of Kindness Then and Now, which includes the original book along with new material sourced from Facebook, Twitter, and various other social networks. It combines the best of twenty-first-century crowd-sourced wisdom with the best of twentieth century social activism. The inspiration for the kindness movement, Random Acts of Kindness is an antidote for a weary world. Its true stories, thoughtful quotations, and suggestions for generosity inspire readers to live more compassionately in this beautiful new edition. The original Random Acts of Kindness was named a Best Bet for Educators in 2000 by USA Today. This expanded edition can help a whole new generation of readers restore their faith in humanity.
Random Reflections From An Everyday Sinner
by Bill ClarkRandom Reflections from an Everyday Sinner is a collection of thoughts and reflections about experiencing life from one common man&’s perspective. It speaks of interpersonal experiences in life and the struggles of incorporating belief into a pragmatic and productive world view.The collection of writings are primarily the result of encouragement from my wife, friends, and acquaintances made over a lifetime of extensive work-related travel, Church involvement and general encounters with family members and others navigating through life.&“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.&” --Oscar WildeThe writings were also therapy. After experiencing the death of parents, 50+ years of working and getting &“retired&” by a corporate takeover and experiencing other common traumas of life, I needed to slow down and readjust my perspective on life. I needed to learn how to stop just reacting and become a better contributor to my own mental health and to the lives of those I encounter.There are a handful of universal truths in these writings. You&’ll know them when you read them. But mostly, this is just a record of experience and opinion. Hopefully you&’ll read these knowing they are intended as encouragement and not as an invitation to philosophical combat. If you disagree with something written here figure out what your position looks like, so you can encourage yourself and others.&“Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results.&” --Denis WaitleyRespectfully,Bill Clark
Randy Travis: Storms of Life (Music in American Life)
by Diane DiekmanRandy Travis’s 1986 breakthrough put him at the forefront of Nashville’s new traditionalist sound and, in the words of Garth Brooks, saved country music. The singer’s warm baritone and all-time classic songs like “Forever and Ever, Amen” landed him atop the charts sixteen times. His cross-genre appeal brought a level of multiplatinum success that no country artist before him had ever achieved. Diane Diekman’s biography follows the life and career of one of country music’s most beloved figures. Steered from a troubled path as a teen, Travis served a long apprenticeship under manager and future wife Lib Hatcher before being rejected by the Nashville music industry as “too country.” The single “On the Other Hand” and his smash debut album did away with the doubters and began a dominant four-year run that stretched into ongoing success as a recording artist, trailblazing live performer, and actor in film and television. Diekman uses dozens of interviews and in-depth research to fill in the details of Travis’s pre-fame life and his enormous impact on country, popular, and gospel music. From there, she pivots to telling the story of the singer’s difficult divorce from Hatcher, subsequent problems with alcohol and run-ins with the law, and the challenges he overcame in the aftermath of a devastating 2013 stroke. Informed by a wealth of new research and interviews, Randy Travis is the first in-depth biography of the country music legend.
Ranger to the Rescue
by Renae BrumbaughAMELIA COOPER HAS SWORN OFF LAWMEN FOR GOOD Now any man who wants to claim the hand of the intrepid reporter had better have a safe job. Like attorney Evan Covington. Amelia is thrilled when the handsome lawyer comes courting. But when the town enlists him as a Texas Ranger, Amelia isn't sure she can handle losing another man to the perils of keeping the peace. Evan never expected his temporary appointment to sink his relationship with Amelia. Or to instantly plunge them headlong into danger. But when Amelia and his sister are both kidnapped, the newly minted lawman must rescue them-if he's to have any chance at love.
Ransom (Northern Border Patrol #4)
by Terri ReedDesperate to rescue her sister, a woman gets caught up in a diamond smuggling ring in this inspirational romantic suspense mystery.Liz Cantrell is terrified when she receives a call from a man holding her newlywed sister captive—and she’s convinced her sketchy brother-in-law’s involved. Willing to pay any price for her sister’s freedom, Liz flies to Niagara Falls with the ransom: an uncut diamond necklace worth millions. But the moment she lands, a handsome, world-weary Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent takes her into custody. Blake Fallon’s determined to catch a ruthless diamond smuggler—and the pretty antiques dealer trying to save her sister could be just the break his case needs. But as they team up to rescue Liz’s sister and trap the criminal mastermind, a desperate standoff will threaten everything they hold precious—including their lives.Northern Border Patrol: Keeping the US–Canadian border safe
Ransom Rescue: A Thrilling Suspense Novel (Roads to Danger #2)
by Katy LeeFramed and fighting for her life…When race-car track owner Veronica Spencer discovers stolen cars in a garage on her track, she knows she&’s been framed. But before she can do anything about it, the criminals kidnap her. Now FBI agent Ethan Gunn, the man sent to take her down, must break his cover to save Roni&’s life. But with killers and the FBI on their trail, Ethan must find a way to keep her safe and clear her name.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.