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Little. Very Good. 142 x 209 x 23mm. Paperback. 2018. 320 pages. <br>Improve your personal and professional relationshi ps instantly with this timeless guide to communication, listening skills, body language, and conflict resolution. A wall of silen t resentment shuts you off from someone you love....You listen to an argument in which neither party seems to hear the other....Yo ur mind drifts to other matters when people talk to you.... Peo ple Skills is a communication-skills handbook that can help you e liminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bo lton describes the twelve most common communication barriers, sho wing how these roadblocks damage relationships by increasing defe nsiveness, aggressiveness, or dependency. He explains how to acqu ire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, an d work out problems with others. These are skills that will help you communicate calmly, even in stressful emotionally charged sit uations. People Skills will show you: · How to get your needs met using simple assertion techniques · How body language often speaks louder than words · How to use silence as a valuable comm unication tool · How to de-escalate family disputes, lovers' qua rrels, and other heated arguments Both thought-provoking and pr actical, People Skills is filled with workable ideas that you can use to improve your communication in meaningful ways, every day. Editorial Reviews About the Author Robert Bolton, Ph.D., is pr esident of Ridge Consultants in Cazenovia, New York, a firm that specializes in improving human performance in industry, health ca re, education, and government. His staff has taught communication skills to thousands of managers, salespersons, first-line superv isors, secretaries, customer-relations personnel, teachers, membe rs of the clergy, health-care workers, couples, and others. --Thi s text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this t itle. Excerpt. ® Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. C HAPTER ONE Skills for Bridging the Interpersonal Gap I wish I h ad some way to make a bridge from man to man...Man is all we've g ot. Cross Daman in Richard Wright's Outsider COMMUNICATION: HUM ANITY'S SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT When one person communicates to anot her through the medium of language something takes place between them that is found nowhere else in nature. This ability to turn m eaningless grunts into spoken and written words constitutes human ity's most important distinction. Language has made possible the development of those characteristics that differentiate Homo sapi ens from all other creatures. No wonder the German philosopher Ka rl Jaspers claims, Man's supreme achievement in the world is comm unication from personality to personality. THE INEFFECTIVENESS O F MOST COMMUNICATION Although interpersonal communication is hum anity's greatest accomplishment, the average person does not comm unicate well. One of the ironies of modern civilization is that, though mechanical means of communication have been developed beyo nd the wildest flight of the imagination, people often find it di fficult to communicate face-to-face. In this age of technological marvels we can bounce messages off the moon and land space probe s on Mars, but we find it difficult to relate to those we love. I have become increasingly aware of the inadequacy of most commun ication. In our society it is rare for persons to share what real ly matters -- the tender, shy, reluctant feelings, the sensitive, fragile, intense disclosures. It is equally rare for persons to listen intently enough to really understand what another is sayin g. Sometimes people fix their gaze on a friend who is talking and allow their minds to wander off to other matters. Sometimes, whi le the friend speaks, they pretend to listen but are merely marki ng time, formulating what they will say as soon as they discover a way to begin talking. Nathan Miller caustically remarked that c onversation in the United States is a competitive exercise in whi ch the first person to draw a breath is declared the listener. I neffective communication causes an interpersonal gap that is expe rienced in all facets of life and in all sectors of society. Lone liness, family problems, vocational incompetence and dissatisfact ion, psychological stress, physical illness, and even death resul t when communication breaks down. In addition to the personal fru stration and the heartache resulting from it, the interpersonal g ap is now one of the major social problems of our troubled societ y. THE ACHE OF LONELINESS Many people today yearn for warm, pos itive, meaningful relatedness to others, but seem unable to exper ience it. The psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan put it this way: The deepest problem of people is loneliness, isolation, and diff iculty of self-esteem in our society. Whereas the problem in Freu d's early decades was sexual repression, and the chief problem in the early thirties, when Karen Homey wrote, was disguised hostil ity, today it is loneliness. There are two kinds of aloneness. S olitude can be a creative, joyous, full aloneness. But loneliness is a painful, dead, empty aloneness. Loneliness is being acutely aware of one's isolation and alienation from others. As David Ri esman pointed out, when one is not vitally in touch with oneself or others, loneliness can occur even in the midst of a crowd. Lo neliness -- the sound of the word conveys some of the heartache a ssociated with it. Try saying the word aloud several times in a s orrowful voice: Loneliness...loneliness...loneliness... The very word has a melancholy ring to it. It represents much pain for man y people. Several reasons have been given for the increased ache of loneliness in modern times. Materialism (finding one's solace in things rather than in people), the mobility of people, uproot edness of families and the bureaucratic structure of organization s -- these are just a few. I am convinced that another major caus e of this interpersonal gap, and the one that may be easiest to r ectify, is inadequate methods of interpersonal communication. SO MUCH LOST LOVE Unfortunately, the most intense loneliness today is often found in the family where communication is breaking dow n or is in a shambles. Marriage, the most complicated of human re lationships, cannot flourish without effective communication. Cou ples hoping to establish an enriching marriage often lack the nee ded relational skills and end up living parallel lives in a marri age without intimacy. The often-quoted words of the poet T. S. El iot describe what may be a typical family: Two people who know t hey do not understand each other, Breeding children whom they do not understand And who will never understand them. Proximity wit hout intimacy is inevitably destructive. When communication is bl ocked, love's energy turns to resentment and hostility. Frequent bickering, withering sarcasm, repetitious criticism, or an icy re treat into silence and sexual unresponsiveness result. One woman, after describing her family's dysfunctional patterns of communic ation said, I live in a psychological slum, not a home. As most parents can attest, it is no easy thing to raise children today. Virginia Satir, a leader in the family therapy field, writes: Pa rents teach in the toughest school in the world -- The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, th e classroom teacher, and the janitor....You are expected to be ex perts on all subjects pertaining to life and living....There are few schools to train you for your job, and there is no general ag reement on the curriculum. You have to make it up yourself. Your school has no holidays, no vacations, no unions, no automatic pro motions or pay raises. You are on duty or at least on call 24 hou rs a day, 365 days a year, for at least 18 years for each child y ou have. Besides that, you have to contend with an administration that has two leaders or bosses, whichever the case may be -- and you know the traps two bosses can get into with each other. With in this context you carry on your people-making. I regard this as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat and blood p roducing job in the world. Healthy communication is vitally impo rtant in raising a family. For couples who have competence in com munication skills, parenthood can be one of the most rewarding an d joyous experiences of their lifetime. When parents have not mas tered skills for accurate, congruent communication, the resulting anguish, alienation, and loneliness for parents and children ali ke can be devastating. Readers of Ann Landers's advice column we re shocked when they read that 70 percent of the people respondin g to her survey said they were sorry they had children. Though he r sample was not a true cross-section of the population, and thou gh Landers admitted that readers with negative feelings had a str onger compulsion to respond than those with positive feelings, th ere was considerable evidence to support her survey's general res ults. Dr. Harcharan Sehdev, Director of the Children's Division o f the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas, said, The Landers l etters appear to reflect the general changing trends and opinions of family systems and the place of children in our homes and soc iety. Communication is the lifeblood of every relationship. When open, clear, sensitive communication takes place, the relationsh ip is nurtured. When communication is guarded, hostile, or ineffe ctive, the relationship falters. When the communication flow is l argely obstructed, the relationship quickly deteriorates and ulti mately dies. Where communication skills are lacking, there is so much lost love -- between spouses, lovers, friends, parents and c hildren. For satisfying relationships, it is essential to discove r methods that will help us to at least partially bridge the inte rpersonal gaps that separate us from others. A KEY TO SUCCESS AT WORK Eighty percent of the people who fail at work do so for on e reason: they do not relate well to other people. One's producti vity as a supervisor or manager, nurse or secretary, mental healt h worker or janitor, laborer, attorney, physician, clerk, or mini ster is greatly enhanced by the ability to communicate well. In f act, it is difficult to think of a single job in which communicat ion is unimportant. A mechanical engineer mused, I thought my en gineering training was all I would need. But I spend most of my t ime on people problems. A teacher commented, I was educated to be a physics teacher. Since I've been in the classroom, I discovere d I teach people. I spend most of my energy trying to restore ord er. Why didn't my graduate program help me with this? Communicati on skills are clearly keys to on-the-job success. A LIFE-OR-DEAT H MATTER Most human interaction is for better or for worse. Each moment with another person can be an opportunity for discovery a nd growth or for the erosion of identity and the destruction of o ne's personhood. Our personality development and mental and physi cal health are linked to the caliber of our communication. One do es not become fully human without interaction with other human be ings. Indeed, the philosopher Martin Heidegger refers to language as the dwelling place of being. People need people. As the titl e of one book had it, You can't be human alone. Each person matur es through enhancing dialogues with others. In The Mystery of Bei ng, Gabriel Marcel observes, When somebody's presence does really make itself felt, it can refresh my inner being; it reveals me t o myself, it makes me feel more fully myself than I should be if I were not exposed to its impact. Conversely, lack of communicat ion or frequent exposure to poor communication diminishes one's s elfhood both emotionally and physically. Many believe that mental illness is primarily a problem of inadequate communication. The psychologically sick individual has not achieved good human relat ionships. According to Carl Rogers, The whole task of psychothera py is the task of dealing with a failure in communication. Defic ient communication can affect a person's physical health. The ext ent to which constructive or destructive dialogue influences bodi ly functions, however, comes as a surprise to many people. Emper or Frederick, the thirteenth-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empi re, wanted to know what language had been spoken at the birth of mankind in the Garden of Eden. Was it Hebrew, Greek, or Latin? He ordered an experiment in which the original circumstances would be re-created as closely as possible. A group of infants were to be isolated from hearing human speech from the moment of birth un til they spoke their language. The babies were to be raised by we t nurses who were strictly charged to maintain complete silence w hen with the babies. All the conditions of the experiment were su ccessfully carried out. The result? Every one of the babies died. The lack of communication is often toxic and can be lethal. The film Second Chance provides a clinical portrayal of this type of physical deterioration in modern times. The fifteen-minute movie shows how lack of human interaction slowed the growth of twenty- two-month-old Susan so drastically that her size and weight were that of a child half her age. Susan's deterioration was dramatica lly arrested when, during hospitalization, she was given loving i nteraction and care for over six hours a day for two months. YOU CAN CHANGE There is one thing certain about your methods and st yle of communication: they are primarily learned responses. Your most influential instructors were probably your parents, who in t urn learned their approach to communication from their parents. T eachers, scout leaders, friends, and many others added their inpu t. Through radio, television, and other sources, our culture has influenced the way you communicate. Not many people have had mod els of effective communication in their home environments. The lu cky few who have had such models seem to be naturals at communica ting well. What seems natural, however, is usually the result of their good fortune at having learned to communicate effectively f rom early childhood. Many of us, however, were taught to communic ate poorly by well-intentioned people who themselves were taught inadequate ways of relating. As far as communication is concerned , many of us are victims of victims. We first experienced the tr aining process at an early age. Parents or parent-substitutes rew arded some kinds of nonverbal behavior, like smiling, and they co mmunicated displeasure over other ki, Little, 2018, 3, Holt Paperbacks. Very Good. 19 x 13cm. Paperback. 2000. 181 pages. <br>One dark and stormy night in 1956, a stranger name d Fludd mysteriously turns up in the dismal village of Fetherhoug hton. He is the curate sent by the bishop to assist Father Angwin -or is he? In the most unlikely of places, a superstitious town t hat understands little of romance or sentimentality, where bad bl ood between neighbors is ancient and impenetrable, miracles begin to bloom. No matter how copiously Father Angwin drinks while he confesses his broken faith, the level of the bottle does not drop . Although Fludd does not appear to be eating, the food on his pl ate disappears. Fludd becomes lover, gravedigger, and savior, tra nsforming his dull office into a golden regency of decision, unas hamed sensation, and unprecedented action. Knitting together the miraculous and the mundane, the dreadful and the ludicrous, Fludd is a tale of alchemy and transformation told with astonishing ar t, insight, humor, and wit. Editorial Reviews Amazon Review Fetherhoughton, the shabby and provincial village of Hilary Mant el's fifth novel, Fludd, possesses a charm that is, at best, late nt. The surrounding moorland is foreboding, the populace is queru lous and ill-educated, and the presiding priest is an atheist. It 's 1956, and drabness is general to this English backwater. Until , that is, the appearance of a disarming young priest who, appare ntly, has been dispatched to wrest Fetherhoughton out of its supe rstitious stupor. One of the novel's several wonders is that Flud d surpasses all expectations. Father Angwin, Fetherhoughton's di sbelieving priest, has--much to the displeasure of his superiors- -grown comfortable with the entrenched, misapprehending devoutnes s of his flock. Fludd, who may or may not be the curate sent to d eliver the wayward, exerts an immediate, if unexpected, influence . He intrigues the townspeople, flusters the church's gaggle of n uns, kindles a welcome self-examination in Father Angwin, and aro uses the passion of the young and yearning Sister Philomena. A ch arge of possibility suddenly animates the village, accompanied by several incidents that seem midway between coincidence and mirac le. Fludd, however, remains beset by an insistent disillusionment --his clarity, it seems, arcs outward only. Mantel's cramped and pliant village is a marvel. Fetherhoughton wrestles not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, again st the rulers of the darkness of this world, insists the dour hea dmistress, Mother Perpetua. A local tobacconist, not so trivially , just might be the devil in human garb. Fludd's gift lies in une arthing all the lovely and fearsome truths buried just beneath th e surface. The frightening thing is that life is fair, he observe s, but what we need... is not justice but mercy. The fruits of th is conviction, in Fetherhoughton, are rebellion, self-assertion, and even scandal; but Mantel's lovely tale suggests that difficul t possibility is fair compensation for a sloughed predictability. --Ben Guterson From Publishers Weekly Originally published in 1989 in the U.K., Mantel's slim, intense novel displays the autho r's formidable gift for illuminating the darker side of the human heart, offering metaphoric and literal incarnations of the power ful central images of Catholicism. Her circa-1956 setting of Feth erhoughton, a provincial English village surrounded on three side s by gloomy moors, is stark and dreary, a dead end where unwanted people are unceremoniously dumped. Such is the case of Sister Ph ilomena, a sturdy farm girl-turned-nun banished from an Irish con vent because her sister Kathleen breaks convent rules. It becomes apparent that Philomena will not fit in anywhere, as she is a st range mix of innocence and knowledge, a sage romantic. Philomena finds an unlikely confidant in Father Angwin, the parish priest, who has lost his faith, thinks the town tobacconist is the devil and fears the threat of a youthful replacement for his post. When a rain-soaked man named Fludd arrives on a stormy night, Angwin assumes it is the newly appointed curate, but even so, the two be come close friends and, in time, Angwin sheds his bitterness and paranoia to become a more compassionate, wiser person. Fludd swee ps the nosy housekeeper, Agnes, off her feet with his gentlemanly manners and cool confidence, but Philomena is also strangely att racted to the devilish Fludd, who magically transforms everyone h e meets. The monstrous Mother Perpetua, headmistress of the St. T homas Aquinas School, is the lone exception, and she ends up bein g a key player in the rural face-off between good and evil. Hawth ornden Prize-winner Mantel (The Giant, O'Brien) uses her knack fo r dry wit and lovely, scene-setting detail to liven up crisp, uti litarian prose, revealing, as her characters do, the ever-surpris ing divine in the mundane. (June) Copyright 2000 Reed Business I nformation, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Originally published in 1989 in the U.K., Mantel's slim, intense novel displays the autho r's formidable gift for illuminating the darker side of the human heart, offering metaphoric and literal incarnations of the power ful central images of Catholicism. Her circa-1956 setting of Feth erhoughton, a provincial English village surrounded on three side s by gloomy moors, is stark and dreary, a dead end where unwanted people are unceremoniously dumped. Such is the case of Sister Ph ilomena, a sturdy farm girl-turned-nun banished from an Irish con vent because her sister Kathleen breaks convent rules. It becomes apparent that Philomena will not fit in anywhere, as she is a st range mix of innocence and knowledge, a sage romantic. Philomena finds an unlikely confidant in Father Angwin, the parish priest, who has lost his faith, thinks the town tobacconist is the devil and fears the threat of a youthful replacement for his post. When a rain-soaked man named Fludd arrives on a stormy night, Angwin assumes it is the newly appointed curate, but even so, the two be come close friends and, in time, Angwin sheds his bitterness and paranoia to become a more compassionate, wiser person. Fludd swee ps the nosy housekeeper, Agnes, off her feet with his gentlemanly manners and cool confidence, but Philomena is also strangely att racted to the devilish Fludd, who magically transforms everyone h e meets. The monstrous Mother Perpetua, headmistress of the St. T homas Aquinas School, is the lone exception, and she ends up bein g a key player in the rural face-off between good and evil. Hawth ornden Prize-winner Mantel (The Giant, O'Brien) uses her knack fo r dry wit and lovely, scene-setting detail to liven up crisp, uti litarian prose, revealing, as her characters do, the ever-surpris ing divine in the mundane. (June) Copyright 2000 Reed Business I nformation, Inc. Review Hilary Mantel's wildly inventive novel about a reincarnated alchemist and an imaginary village in Englan d in the fifties is 'in every sense a magical book'. ?Listener, E ngland Fludd...establishes [Mantel] in the front rank of novelis ts writing in English today. ?The Guardian (London)) About the Author Hilary Mantel twice won the Booker Prize, for her best-sel ling novel Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The fin al novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy, The Mirror & the Light, debute d at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and won critical ac claim around the globe. Mantel authored over a dozen books, inclu ding A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black, and the memoir Givi ng Up the Ghost. About the Author Hilary Mantel twice won the Bo oker Prize, for her best-selling novel Wolf Hall and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies. The final novel of the Wolf Hall trilogy, Th e Mirror & the Light, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestsel ler list and won critical acclaim around the globe. Mantel author ed over a dozen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyon d Black, and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost. Excerpt. ® Reprinte d by permission. All rights reserved. Fludd A NovelBy Hilary Ma ntel Holt Paperbacks Copyright © 2000 Hilary Mantel All right re served. ISBN: 9780805062731 ONEOn Wednesday the bishop came in pe rson. He was a modern prelate, brisk and plump in his rimless gla sses, and he liked nothing better than to tear around the diocese in his big black car.He had taken the precaution-advisable in th e circumstances-of announcing himself two hours before his arriva l. The telephone bell, ringing in the hall of the parish priest's house, had in itself a muted ecclesiastical tone. Miss Dempsey h eard it as she was coming from the kitchen. She stood looking at the telephone for a moment, and then approached it gingerly, walk ing on the balls of her feet. She lifted the receiver as if it we re hot. Her head on one side, holding the earpiece well away from her cheek, she listened to the message given by the bishop's sec retary. Yes My Lord, she murmured, though in retrospect she knew that the secretary did not merit this. The bishop and his sycopha nts, Father Angwin always said; Miss Dempsey supposed they were a kind of deacon. Holding the receiver in her fingertips, she repl aced it with great care. She stood in the dim passageway, for a m oment, thinking, and bowed her head momentarily, as if she had he ard the Holy Name of Jesus. Then she went to the foot of the stai rs and bellowed up them: Father Angwin, Father Angwin, get yourse lf up and dressed, the bishop will be upon us before eleven o'clo ck. Miss Dempsey went back into the kitchen, and switched on the electric light. It was not a morning when the light made a great deal of difference; the summer, a thick grey blanket, had pinned itself to the windows. Miss Dempsey heard the incessant drip, dr ip, drip from the branches and leaves outside, and a more urgent metallic drip, pit-pat, pit-pat; it was the guttering. Her figure moved, the electric light behind it, over the dull green wall; i mmense hands floated towards the kettle; as in a thick sea, her l imbs swam for the range. Upstairs, the priest beat his shoe along the floor and pretended to be coming.Ten minutes later he had go t himself up; she heard the creak of the floorboards above, the g urgle of water from the washbasin, his feet on the stairs. He sig hed as he came down the hallway, his solitary morning sigh. Sudde nly he was behind her, hovering: Agnes, have you something for my stomach?I daresay, she said. He knew where the salts were kept; but she must get it for him, as if she were his mother. Were ther e many at seven o'clock Mass?It's funny you should ask, Father sa id, just as if she did not ask it every morning. There were a few old Children of Mary, along with the usual derelicts. It wouldn' t be some special feast of theirs, would it? Walpurgisnacht?I don 't know what you mean, Father. I'm a Children of Mary myself, as you perfectly well know, and I've not heard of anything. She look ed aggrieved. Were they wearing their cloaks and all?No, they wer e in mufti, just their usual horseblankets.Miss Dempsey brought t he teapot to the table. You ought not to make mock of the Sodalit ies, Father.I wonder if something has got out about the bishop co ming? Some intelligence of a subterranean variety? Am I to have b acon, Agnes?Not with your stomach in its present state.Miss Demps ey poured from the pot, a thick brown gurgling stream, adding to the noise: the dripping trees, the wind in the chimneys.And anoth er thing, he said. McEvoy was there. Father Angwin hunched himsel f over the table. He warmed his hands around his cup. When he sai d the name of McEvoy, a shadow crossed his face, and hovered abou t his jaw, so that Miss Dempsey, who was given to imagination, th ought for a moment she had seen what he would look like when he w as eighty years old.Oh yes, she said, and did he want something?N o.I wonder why you mention him then?Dear Agnes, give me some peac e. Go and let me compose myself for His Corpulence. What does he want, do you think? What's he after this time?Agnes went out, a d uster in her hand, her face full of complaints. Whatever he had m eant about subterranean intelligence, surely he was not accusing her? Nobody but the bishop himself, forming the intention in his deep heart, had known he meant to visit-except perhaps the sycoph ants might have known. Therefore she, Miss Dempsey, could not kno w, therefore she could not hint, divulge, reveal, to the Children of Mary or anyone else in the parish. Had she known, she might h ave mentioned it. Might-if she had thought that anyone needed to know. She herself was the judge of what anyone needed to know. Fo r Miss Dempsey occupied a special mediatory position, between chu rch, convent, and everyone else. To acquire information was her p ositive duty, and then what she did with it was a matter for her judgement and experience. Miss Dempsey would have eavesdropped on the confessional, if she could; she had often wondered how she m ight manage it.Left at the breakfast table, Father Angwin stared into his teacup and shifted it about. Miss Dempsey had not master ed the use of a strainer. Nothing in particular could be seen in the leaves, but for a moment Father Angwin thought that someone h ad come into the room behind him. He lifted his face, as he did i n conversation, but there was no one there. Come in, whoever you are, he said. Have some stewed tea. Father Angwin was a foxy man, with his deadleaf-colour eyes and hair; head tilted, he sniffed the wind, and shied away from what he detected. Somewhere else in the house, a door slammed. Consider Agnes Dempsey: duster in ha nd, whisking it over the dustless bureau. In recent years her fac e had fallen softly, like a piece of light cotton folding into a box. Her neck too fell in floury, scalloped folds, to where her c lothing cut off the view. Her eyes were round, child-like, bright blue, their air of surprise compounded by her invisible eyebrows and her hair, a faded gold streaked with grey, which sprang up f rom her hairline as if crackling with static. She had pleated ski rts, and short bottle-shaped legs, and pastel twin-sets to cover the gentle twin hummocks of her bosom. Her mouth was small and pa le and indiscernible, made to ingest the food she liked: Eccles c akes, vanilla slices, miniature chocolate Swiss rolls that came w rapped in red-and-silver foil. It was her habit to peel off the f oil carefully, fold it as thin as a pencil, twist it into a ring, and pop it on her wedding finger. Then she would hold out both h ands-fingers bloodless and slightly bent by incipient arthritis-a nd appraise them, a frown of concentration appearing as a sing, Holt Paperbacks, 2000, 3, Hodder and Stoughton. Good. 120 x 180mm. Paperback. 1973. 224 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.<br>The amazing story of Corri e ten Boom, a heroine of the Dutch Resistance who helped Jews esc ape from the Nazis and became one of the most remarkable evangeli sts of the 20th century, is told in her classic memoir, now retol d for a new generation. Editorial Reviews Review Nadia May does great credit to the writers of this true story....Her emotional control makes the tension and horror of the family s plight more real and hideous....The listener is left with a story of extraord inary humanity, goodness and overwhelming love. --AudioFile Read er May has the right tone and accent to convey Corrie s middle-ag ed presentation. The soul searching and questioning that Corrie e xpresses comes out clearly through the reader. --Kliatt A story of hope and faith. Its conversational style makes it especially e ffective in audio. -- Indianapolis Star. Narrator Nadia May provi des an authentic and engaging vocal presentation of this fine wor k. --Library Journal. --. --This text refers to an out of print o r unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a co ncentration camp matron beating a prisoner.Oh, the poor woman, Co rrie cried.Yes. May God forgive her, Betsie replied. And, once ag ain, Corrie realized that it was for the souls of the brutal Nazi guards that her sister prayed. Here is a book aglow with the gl ory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian spinster whose li fe was transformed by it. A story of Christ's message and the cou rageous woman who listened and lived to pass it along -- with joy and triumph! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailabl e edition of this title. About the Author CORNELIA JOHANNA ARNOL DA TEN BOOM, generally known as CORRIE TEN BOOM, (April 15 1892 A pril 15 1983) was a Dutch, Christian Holocaust survivor who helpe d many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. Ten Boom co-wro te her autobiography, The Hiding Place with Americans JOHN AND EL IZABETH SHERRILL who have edited Guidepost magazine and have auth ored several books. --This text refers to an out of print or unav ailable edition of this title. From AudioFile When Ten Boom's cl ose-knit, deeply Christian Dutch family, who lived over their wat ch shop, became involved in the Dutch resistance after the Nazi i nvasion, the consequences were dire. Bernadette Dunne gives Ten B oom a slightly worn voice, which works well for a story told in r etrospect. Dunne also indicates other characters with ease and su ppleness. She manages to convey the remarkable way the book maint ains a sense of warmth, kindness, and hopefulness while depicting the horrors of Nazi-run prisons and work camps. Dunne also rende rs Ten Boom's sometimes-faltering but profound faith as it should be, with deep feeling but no taint of self-righteousness. With s ensitivity and tact, Dunne gives this harrowing story the engagin g narration it merits. W.M. ® AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine --T his text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. ., Hodder and Stoughton, 1973, 2.5<

2009, ISBN: 9780340179307

Tristram, 1998. in8. 1998. Broché. 122 pages. En juillet 1942 une enfant Rachel Blum échappe par miracle à la rafle du Vel'd'hiv'.Recueillie alors par des religieuses catholiques confiée… More...

Tristram, 1998. in8. 1998. Broché. 122 pages. En juillet 1942 une enfant Rachel Blum échappe par miracle à la rafle du Vel'd'hiv'.Recueillie alors par des religieuses catholiques confiée quelques années plus tard à des parents juifs traditionalistes elle grandit hantée par la mémoire des siens mais déchirée entre l'esprit des Chrétiens qui pardonnent tout et celui des juifs qui ne pardonnent rien. L'Evangile dit Aime tes ennemis mais la Thora dit Zakhor ! Souviens-toi ! . Adam né du mariage de Rachel avec un médecin de Compiègne ne pourra faire autrement que de poursuivre cette quête dramatique découvrant son chemin à tâtons en Allemagne puis jusqu'à Jérusalem.Ainsi à travers des protagonistes si proches de nous ce roman semble-t-il être celui des âmes juives en conflit avec elles-mêmes depuis le commencement des temps. Une fois de plus se trouve posée la question à ce jour restée sans réponse : Etre juif c'est quoi ? . Dans Les Ames juives comme dans Le Camp ou Les Serpents (parus chez Gallimard) c'est par une écriture dépouillée au service d'un récit lui-même limpide que Pierre Bourgeade parvient à entraîner le lecteur vers les régions les plus obscures de l'être paperback. Bon Etat., Tristram, 1998, 2.5, Hodder and Stoughton. Good. 120 x 180mm. Paperback. 1973. 224 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.<br>The amazing story of Corri e ten Boom, a heroine of the Dutch Resistance who helped Jews esc ape from the Nazis and became one of the most remarkable evangeli sts of the 20th century, is told in her classic memoir, now retol d for a new generation. Editorial Reviews Review Nadia May does great credit to the writers of this true story....Her emotional control makes the tension and horror of the family s plight more real and hideous....The listener is left with a story of extraord inary humanity, goodness and overwhelming love. --AudioFile Read er May has the right tone and accent to convey Corrie s middle-ag ed presentation. The soul searching and questioning that Corrie e xpresses comes out clearly through the reader. --Kliatt A story of hope and faith. Its conversational style makes it especially e ffective in audio. -- Indianapolis Star. Narrator Nadia May provi des an authentic and engaging vocal presentation of this fine wor k. --Library Journal. --. --This text refers to an out of print o r unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a co ncentration camp matron beating a prisoner.Oh, the poor woman, Co rrie cried.Yes. May God forgive her, Betsie replied. And, once ag ain, Corrie realized that it was for the souls of the brutal Nazi guards that her sister prayed. Here is a book aglow with the gl ory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian spinster whose li fe was transformed by it. A story of Christ's message and the cou rageous woman who listened and lived to pass it along -- with joy and triumph! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailabl e edition of this title. About the Author CORNELIA JOHANNA ARNOL DA TEN BOOM, generally known as CORRIE TEN BOOM, (April 15 1892 A pril 15 1983) was a Dutch, Christian Holocaust survivor who helpe d many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. Ten Boom co-wro te her autobiography, The Hiding Place with Americans JOHN AND EL IZABETH SHERRILL who have edited Guidepost magazine and have auth ored several books. --This text refers to an out of print or unav ailable edition of this title. From AudioFile When Ten Boom's cl ose-knit, deeply Christian Dutch family, who lived over their wat ch shop, became involved in the Dutch resistance after the Nazi i nvasion, the consequences were dire. Bernadette Dunne gives Ten B oom a slightly worn voice, which works well for a story told in r etrospect. Dunne also indicates other characters with ease and su ppleness. She manages to convey the remarkable way the book maint ains a sense of warmth, kindness, and hopefulness while depicting the horrors of Nazi-run prisons and work camps. Dunne also rende rs Ten Boom's sometimes-faltering but profound faith as it should be, with deep feeling but no taint of self-righteousness. With s ensitivity and tact, Dunne gives this harrowing story the engagin g narration it merits. W.M. ® AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine --T his text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. ., Hodder and Stoughton, 1973, 2.5<

2009, ISBN: 9780340179307

Hodder and Stoughton. Good. 120 x 180mm. Paperback. 1973. 224 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.<br>The amazing story of Corri e ten Boom, a heroine of the Dutch Resistance who helped … More...

Hodder and Stoughton. Good. 120 x 180mm. Paperback. 1973. 224 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.<br>The amazing story of Corri e ten Boom, a heroine of the Dutch Resistance who helped Jews esc ape from the Nazis and became one of the most remarkable evangeli sts of the 20th century, is told in her classic memoir, now retol d for a new generation. Editorial Reviews Review Nadia May does great credit to the writers of this true story....Her emotional control makes the tension and horror of the family s plight more real and hideous....The listener is left with a story of extraord inary humanity, goodness and overwhelming love. --AudioFile Read er May has the right tone and accent to convey Corrie s middle-ag ed presentation. The soul searching and questioning that Corrie e xpresses comes out clearly through the reader. --Kliatt A story of hope and faith. Its conversational style makes it especially e ffective in audio. -- Indianapolis Star. Narrator Nadia May provi des an authentic and engaging vocal presentation of this fine wor k. --Library Journal. --. --This text refers to an out of print o r unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a co ncentration camp matron beating a prisoner.Oh, the poor woman, Co rrie cried.Yes. May God forgive her, Betsie replied. And, once ag ain, Corrie realized that it was for the souls of the brutal Nazi guards that her sister prayed. Here is a book aglow with the gl ory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian spinster whose li fe was transformed by it. A story of Christ's message and the cou rageous woman who listened and lived to pass it along -- with joy and triumph! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailabl e edition of this title. About the Author CORNELIA JOHANNA ARNOL DA TEN BOOM, generally known as CORRIE TEN BOOM, (April 15 1892 A pril 15 1983) was a Dutch, Christian Holocaust survivor who helpe d many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. Ten Boom co-wro te her autobiography, The Hiding Place with Americans JOHN AND EL IZABETH SHERRILL who have edited Guidepost magazine and have auth ored several books. --This text refers to an out of print or unav ailable edition of this title. From AudioFile When Ten Boom's cl ose-knit, deeply Christian Dutch family, who lived over their wat ch shop, became involved in the Dutch resistance after the Nazi i nvasion, the consequences were dire. Bernadette Dunne gives Ten B oom a slightly worn voice, which works well for a story told in r etrospect. Dunne also indicates other characters with ease and su ppleness. She manages to convey the remarkable way the book maint ains a sense of warmth, kindness, and hopefulness while depicting the horrors of Nazi-run prisons and work camps. Dunne also rende rs Ten Boom's sometimes-faltering but profound faith as it should be, with deep feeling but no taint of self-righteousness. With s ensitivity and tact, Dunne gives this harrowing story the engagin g narration it merits. W.M. ® AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine --T his text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. ., Hodder and Stoughton, 1973, 2.5<

1973, ISBN: 0340179309

[EAN: 9780340179307], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Hodder and Stoughton], 224 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.The amazing story of Corri e ten Boom, a heroine of the Dutch Resistance who… More...

[EAN: 9780340179307], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Hodder and Stoughton], 224 pages. Cover worn. Text tanned.The amazing story of Corri e ten Boom, a heroine of the Dutch Resistance who helped Jews esc ape from the Nazis and became one of the most remarkable evangeli sts of the 20th century, is told in her classic memoir, now retol d for a new generation. Editorial Reviews Review Nadia May does great credit to the writers of this true story.Her emotional control makes the tension and horror of the family s plight more real and hideous.The listener is left with a story of extraord inary humanity, goodness and overwhelming love. --AudioFile Read er May has the right tone and accent to convey Corrie s middle-ag ed presentation. The soul searching and questioning that Corrie e xpresses comes out clearly through the reader. --Kliatt A story of hope and faith. Its conversational style makes it especially e ffective in audio. -- Indianapolis Star. Narrator Nadia May provi des an authentic and engaging vocal presentation of this fine wor k. --Library Journal. --. --This text refers to an out of print o r unavailable edition of this title. From the Inside Flap Corrie Ten Boom stood naked with her older sister Betsie, watching a co ncentration camp matron beating a prisoner.Oh, the poor woman, Co rrie cried.Yes. May God forgive her, Betsie replied. And, once ag ain, Corrie realized that it was for the souls of the brutal Nazi guards that her sister prayed. Here is a book aglow with the gl ory of God and the courage of a quiet Christian spinster whose li fe was transformed by it. A story of Christ's message and the cou rageous woman who listened and lived to pass it along -- with joy and triumph! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailabl e edition of this title. About the Author CORNELIA JOHANNA ARNOL DA TEN BOOM, generally known as CORRIE TEN BOOM, (April 15 1892 A pril 15 1983) was a Dutch, Christian Holocaust survivor who helpe d many Jews escape the Nazis during World War II. Ten Boom co-wro te her autobiography, The Hiding Place with Americans JOHN AND EL IZABETH SHERRILL who have edited Guidepost magazine and have auth ored several books. --This text refers to an out of print or unav ailable edition of this title. From AudioFile When Ten Boom's cl ose-knit, deeply Christian Dutch family, who lived over their wat ch shop, became involved in the Dutch resistance after the Nazi i nvasion, the consequences were dire. Bernadette Dunne gives Ten B oom a slightly worn voice, which works well for a story told in r etrospect. Dunne also indicates other characters with ease and su ppleness. She manages to convey the remarkable way the book maint ains a sense of warmth, kindness, and hopefulness while depicting the horrors of Nazi-run prisons and work camps. Dunne also rende rs Ten Boom's sometimes-faltering but profound faith as it should be, with deep feeling but no taint of self-righteousness. With s ensitivity and tact, Dunne gives this harrowing story the engagin g narration it merits. W.M. ® AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine --T his text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title., Books<

1974, ISBN: 9780340179307

London: London: Hodder and Stoughton and Christian Literature Crusade, 1974, 1974. Book. Good +. Mass Market Paperback. 2nd Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. M… More...

London: London: Hodder and Stoughton and Christian Literature Crusade, 1974, 1974. Book. Good +. Mass Market Paperback. 2nd Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. 2nd Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 221 pp. Moderate tanning of pages. Spine rubbed but still strong. No markings in text. Rear cover shows Ten Boom posing with Billy Graham. The remarkable story of Corrie Ten Boom's decision to hide Jews in Holland during the Holocaust, her imprisonment and how she learned to forgive her captors.., London: Hodder and Stoughton and Christian Literature Crusade, 1974, 1974, 2.5<