With more than 30 years of experience as a marriage counselor, Dr. Gary Chapman has heard it all. He has helped couples...
(01/30/12) With more than 30 years of experience as a marriage counselor, Dr. Gary Chapman has heard it all. He has helped couples at every stage of marriage and at pivotal points in their relationships—from those just discovering the joys and trial of marriage to those who are ready to call it quits. After many years of counseling, Dr. Chapman noticed a pattern: everyone he had ever counseled had a “love language,” a primary way of expressing and interpreting love. He also discovered that, for whatever reason, people are usually drawn to those who speak a different love language than their own. Of the countless ways we can show love to one another, five key categories, or five love languages, proved to be universal and comprehensive—everyone has a love language, and we all identify primarily with one of the five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Since The 5 Love Languages® debuted in 1992, over five million copies have been...See less
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Lily Owens is a fourteen-year-old white girl, searching for her identity through her deceased mother's past. Lily is...
(01/30/12) Lily Owens is a fourteen-year-old white girl, searching for her identity through her deceased mother's past. Lily is constantly tormented by her father, T. Ray, as well as neighborhood boys. Despite her troubles, Lily is very creative. She is forced to work the Peach Stand on the road by their farm on summer days and daydreams of ways to escape her station in life, whether its getting to be a popular girl by going to "Manners School" or becoming a famous writer. She constantly misses and wonders about her mother as she has only a few things left to remind her of her mother, which she keeps hidden from T.Ray. Narrator of the story. T.Ray Owens: the father of Lily Owens and the widower of Deborah Fontanel-Owens. He is insensitive, emotionally neglectful towards his daughter and physically abusive. T. Ray owns a peach orchard, which consumes most of his time. Lily does not call him Daddy or Dad or Father; she just calls him T. Ray, like everyone else. Rosaleen Daise: the maid of Lily's...See less
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This is a very hard read, but really well written. I have always liked books set during the WWII time period. THis one...
(01/30/12) This is a very hard read, but really well written. I have always liked books set during the WWII time period. THis one offers a unique perspective from that of a child. Spoiler Alert: In the end, I ... Read full reviewSee less
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Now Available! Beth Moore's Latest Video-Driven Bible Study Bible scholars compare James to the prophet Amos. In other...
(01/30/12) Now Available! Beth Moore's Latest Video-Driven Bible Study Bible scholars compare James to the prophet Amos. In other ways James more closely resembles the Book of Proverbs than any New Testament book. Come along with Beth Moore on a journey to get to know both the man and the Book of James. You will never be the same again. Topics in this study include: joy, hardship, faith, reversal of fortunes for rich and poor, wisdom, gifts from above, single-mindedness, the dangers of the tongue, humility, and prayer. Plus, Beth introduces a 5-tiered study approach that she has never done before.See less
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