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Nurturing for Community

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thinandbeautiful.com

FOR YOUTH
by Liane Shaw
While 17-year-old Maddie has always felt a hole in her life, she now thinks she has found a way to fill it with her quest to mold her body into her ideal, thinnest shape. When she comes across the world of "thinspiration" websites, where young people encourage each other in their mission to lose weight, she quickly becomes addicted. Finally she has found a place where she is understood and where she can belong. Or has she?

$11.95

Violet

FOR CHILDREN
by Tania Duprey Stehlik
Violet goes to school with children who are all different colors – some are red, some are yellow and some are blue. But she is the only one who is purple. When one of her friends at school asks about her skin color she wonders – Why am I Violet?

$14.95

2012: Allow God to Wear Your Face:
Spiritual Care for Those Who Are Ill

by Alice G. Knotts
As a spiritual caregiver the greatest gift you have to offer is your calm, spiritual non-anxious presence. This book is a simple guide for people who wish to make visits with sick people more meaningful and effective.

$10.95

2012: 더 많이 구하라

얀 에겔란드 지음
유엔 긴급구호조정관으로 전쟁과 폭력, 자연재해로 얼룩진 바드다드, 콜롬비아, 다르푸르, 중동, 우간다 등 세계 곳곳에서 목숨을 걸고 구호활동을 했던 얀 에겔란드가 자신의 경험과 직접 목격한 실상, 우리가 할 수 있는 것이 무엇인지에 대해 소개한 책. 얀 에겔란드는 우리 시대 밑바닥 10억의 삶을 여과 없이 소개하며, 불편한 진실이지만 우리가 극복해야 할 과제들을 짚어본다.
$26.00

2012: Amazing Faces

FOR CHILDREN
by Lee Bennett Hopkins
A collection of poems focusing on universal emotions.
$18.95

2012: Asylum Denied

by David Ngaruri Kenney and Philip G. Schrag
Asylum Denied is the gripping story of political refugee David Ngaruri Kenney’s harrowing odyssey through the world of immigration processing in the United States. It is a story of courage, love, perseverance and legal strategy.
e-reader version available

$21.95

2012: Breathe: Finding Freedom to Thrive in Relationships After Childhood Sexual Abuse

by Nicole Braddock Bromley
With one in three women and one in six men experiencing some form of sexual abuse or assault, our world is full of survivors longing to be healed. The author guides abuse victims and those who love them from muffled existence to exuberant life.
e-reader version available

$12.99

2012: Cinco Prácticas de Congregaciones Fructíferas

ESPAÑOL
por Robert Schnase
Cuando una congregación posee una hospitalidad radical, una adoración apasionada, un desarrollo intencional de la fe, la misión y el servicio, y una generosidad extravagante nos demuestra que posee las prácticas esenciales para el crecimiento y vitalidad de la iglesia.
$18.00

2012: Creative Aging: Rethinking Retirement and Non-retirement in a Changing World

by Marjory Zoet Bankson
In a practical and useful way, Creative Aging explores the spiritual dimensions of retirement and aging. It offers creative ways for you to share your gifts and experience, particularly when retirement leaves you questioning who you are when you are no longer defined by your career.
This is a large print book; e-reader version available.
$16.99

2012: I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

by Nujood Ali
Nujood's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. She tells of her married life, of her daring escape and how she obtained her freedom, an extraordinary achievement in Yemen, where almost half of all girls are married under the legal age.
e-reader version available

$12.00