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他，為台灣宣教史留下權威見證，首度漢譯 她，塵封於浩瀚檔案的百年信件，終於出土 本書由巴克禮牧師的《為基督贏得福爾摩沙》（Formosa for Christ, 1935）及伊莉莎白牧師娘的《從台灣遙寄給男孩女孩的書信》（Letters from Far Formosa to Boys and Girls, 1910）兩書合譯而成。 1875年，26歲的巴克禮牧師由英國長老教會差派來台，一生在台宣教60年，1935年以86高齡逝於台南。巴牧師創設台灣最早的大學、創辦台灣第一份報紙、大力推行白話字、重譯白話字《聖經》、增補《廈英大辭典》等，是宣教巨擘，更是推動台灣歷史的關鍵人物。《為基督贏得福爾摩沙》一書，是巴牧師在智慧圓熟的晚年，為關心海外宣教的英國長老教會青年所寫。巴牧師在書中回顧了台灣教會從無到有，從草創到蓬勃的發展歷程，他向讀者介紹當時的台灣社會及在日本教育下成長的新興世代的整體面貌，概述教會身處這般社會背景，如何在醫療、教育事工做出種種努力，最終得到何種成果及面臨怎樣難題。 伊莉莎白牧師娘是巴牧師的牽手，她在生命的晚期，為英國的少年寫了《從台灣遙寄給男孩女孩的書信》。牧師娘在書中描述隨同巴牧師進入獵首者的部落，參與和解儀式的驚險經歷；也談到搭船前往東台灣，與阿美族人共度的美好時光。她還說了七個漢人信徒的故事，當中有抽鴉片、殺女嬰的惡習，也有好善樂施的基督徒老人的善舉。牧師娘用溫柔幽默的文字，為讀者勾勒出早期台灣人的鮮活形象。 巴克禮牧師夫婦以其虔誠的信仰，數十年如一日的服事，成就了為台灣奉獻一生的典範身影，其著作早已超越宗教界線，不僅是他們鍾愛台灣的最佳見證，更是台灣人要共同珍惜的精神資產。 ｜本書特點｜ 一、 《為基督贏得福爾摩沙》是台灣基督長老教會奠基者巴克禮博士所撰，英文原版出版於1935年，歷來被視為台灣教會發展史的權威著作，卻遲遲未有漢譯本，因而這次由台灣基督長老教會歷史委員會、台南東門巴克禮紀念教會企劃，聘請熟稔教會史料的專家細心翻譯、校註，終於推出這本期待已久的漢譯版，本書除了完整精譯原文之外，更補充萬餘字的註解，並附上數十張珍貴的相關圖片，讓現代讀者更能親近這本經典作品。 二、 巴克禮牧師在《為基督贏得福爾摩沙》一書中，詳細回顧台灣教會從無到有，從草創到興盛的發展歷程，他用親身參與者的角度，逐一檢視台灣傳統社會的

Lauren and her three BFFs show football and other sports aren’t just for boys in this fifth installment of the relatable and empowering The Invincible Girls Club chapter book series that fans of The Baby-Sitters Club series will love!It’s career week in Miss Taylor’s class! When Lauren says that she wants to be a football announcer, some of her classmates laugh and ask how she could work in a sport she can’t even play. Lauren is bummed out, especially since she knows a ton about football. She feels even worse when she wants to play kickball at recess and the boys won’t let her join their teams.Instead of backing down, Lauren, Emelyn, Ruby, and Myka challenge them to a game―boys against girls. The prize: control of the kickball field during recess. But when Lauren’s competitiveness comes out at practice, the BFFs start to butt heads, and Lauren starts to wonder what she really wants out of this. Can the girls get ready for the big game? And will Lauren decide what’s worth fighting for?

In Daily Giving Service: A History of the Diocesan Girls’ School, Hong Kong, Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung and her fellow contributors present a comprehensive history of one of Hong Kong’s oldest girls’ schools. As an alumna of the school, Chan-Yeung traces the history of her alma mater from its establishment in 1860, to its development over the last 160 years until the recent decade. Having experienced stability and turbulences in Hong Kong in the twentieth century, the school has become one of the most prominent girls’ schools in the city. In several chapters written by other alumnae, various aspects of school life of different eras are reconstructed and remembered. The author and other contributors focused on the postwar era in which Hong Kong grew from a small city to a global metropolitan. The expansion of the Diocesan Girls’ School largely followed this trend. The history of the school has also long been connected with the socio-economic development of Hong Kong society, sharing its ha

Newbery Medalist Tae Keller delivers a middle grade fantasy adventure about three girls who fall into a fairy tale world. Should they stay forever, or find a way to escape?Mihi Whan Park loves fairy tales. She wants to be a princess more than anything, but everyone tells her she's not the princess type. But when she and her new friends, Savannah and Reese, discover a portal to a fairy tale realm inside the fridge in their school library, Mihi finally gets her shot: She and her friends can learn to be princesses! They just have to make it through a very rigorous training program first . . .But princess training turns out to be more than Mihi bargained for, and the fairy tale world is not the wonderful place she imagined. Soon, Savannah and Reese decide they're ready to go home, and Mihi has to decide where her loyalties lie: With her friends and her future at home, or with her princess dreams?

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel that illuminates the true cost of honor, duty, and love.All marriages have a breaking point. All families have wounds. All wars have a cost. . . .Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of everyday life---children, careers, bills, chores---even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then an unexpected deployment sends Jolene deep into harm's way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her family, but as a solider she has always understood the true meaning of duty. In her letters home, she paints a rose-colored version of her life on the front lines, shielding her family from the truth. But war will change Jolene in ways that none of them could have foreseen. When tragedy strikes, Michael must face his darkest fear and fight a battle of his own---for everything that matters to his family.At once a profo