The Empty Stocking

Heroin, Heartbreak, and Hard Liquor. These are just a few of the elements at play in Willis Gordon's second collection "The Empty Boulevards." Told in beautifully compact style, Gordon tells the stori

General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1967Original Publisher: National Academies Original Identifier: NAP:90314Notes: This is an OCR reprint of the original rare book. There m

The students in Dr. Warnock's bands often succinctly express deep values and lessons that they gained while simply learning to play their instruments. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, and always in

With their family grown and their house to themselves Joe and Jillian should be content, but something is lacking...satisfying sex. Jillian has never enjoyed the act, doing only what was necessary to

"Not an Empty Promise" gives first-hand accounts of the author's experiences during her mission in war-torn Vietnam, in Indonesia, and in a ministry to Asian immigrants in California. It was a time of

"Not an Empty Promise" gives first-hand accounts of the author's experiences during her mission in war-torn Vietnam, in Indonesia, and in a ministry to Asian immigrants in California. It was a time of

"Joe and I had been forthright about children. I was pretty sure I wanted them, Joe was pretty sure he didn't. Since we each perceived in the other some room for movement, the difference didn't worry

An Empty Bottle is a collection of short stories that would otherwise have been consigned to the realm of forgotten things. Written over many years, many published around the world and others achievin

A Long and Restless Journey in Pursuit of Happiness with Empty Hands of Faith: An Authoritative Resource for Bushfallers is a brilliant "how to" collection of essays that addresses the predicaments su

Life passes us by so quickly. Sometimes memories are forgotten and pictures fade away when the future is unknown and the past is all I could cling to. Life became an empty shell. Hopeless and barren,

Emotions are the center pieces in everyone's life. We all have them and we all try to hide them. The boiling tides of anger to the confusing waves of love and the empty wandering fields of self-doubt.

David was dropped into an empty house one day with no recollection of who he was. When he learns that he's actually dead and in Hell, he's determined to return to life to figure out who he was and why

It is a moonlit night in 1868 when twenty-year-old Samuel Lee Simms hops into an empty boxcar and travels away from the ghosts that haunt his old life in the Carolinas. As twilight seeps through the t

As a sinner enters the confessional, he glances about the empty church. Father Dan Rutledge waits patiently for Ray Cronin to begin his declarations of guilt. No one hears the squeak of church door as

As a sinner enters the confessional, he glances about the empty church. Father Dan Rutledge waits patiently for Ray Cronin to begin his declarations of guilt. No one hears the squeak of church door as

The Igbo people in Nigeria continue to make some movements toward Christianity, but many fail to practice the faith properly. Tribal traditions and old beliefs continue to be mixed with Christian concepts. By exploring the problem from a psychological and pastoral perspective, author Bartholomew N. Okere seeks to discover ways to advance the Christian faith.Okere, an ordained Catholic priest, asks serious questions about the nature of religion: Can someone believe in a supernatural being without any proof that the being is a ecting his life?Can the notion of God be therapeutic in any sense, especially when people face di rent life-threatening situations? Can a hungry person sing and praise God on empty stomach? Can the name of God be employed for political gains?The Christian religion in Nigeria has dramatically a ected the people of Igboland. Discover why this is so important, and learn more about faith, religion, and life in Nigeria in "An Appraisal of the Growth of the Christian Fai

Jewels Jones believed herself to be dull and unattractive. Living in the shadows of her empty life, where she was comfortable. Never wanting for attention and certainly never receiving it. Love didn't

Christmas Day of 2005 was the last time four generations of author Nora Burch's family would gather at the same table for a Holiday dinner. By the same time the following year, there were two empty se

Christmas Day of 2005 was the last time four generations of author Nora Burch's family would gather at the same table for a Holiday dinner. By the same time the following year, there were two empty se

The world we inhabit is enchanted—every tree, rock, and star, and even "empty" space itself, is teeming with living energy and awareness. And it's all nearer to us than our own breath. Why, then, can'

At the height of his career as a journalist, Tony Schwartz hit an unexpected wall.??Why did success suddenly feel so empty???How could he add richer meaning to his everyday life???What guides could he

When the patients of psychiatrist Dr. Max Bodine decide they can no longer remain passive about their situations--lonely, empty lives--they take action, leading to some startling solutions to their pr