Giving and receiving mercy is central to living a life of passion and is central to living the life God calls us to. We all need mercy at different times in our lives, and we all have an obligation to give mercy to others at different times in our lives. If you think about it, God’s mercy is overwhelmingly generous. He calls us to respond with the same spirit of generosity. The perfect companion for the Year of Mercy called for by Pope Francis, Beautiful Mercy provides an encounter with th...

Burma oozes greed, corruption, and hope. When an Air ForceX-37B mini-space shuttle mysteriously crash lands along theChina-Burma border, the Department of Homeland Security tagscontractor Gar Randolph to get it back. India and China deployspecial-forces to do the same. All will co-exist for the next severalweeks.Gar assembles a most unusual team to find the wreckage and carryits Top Secret components back to Siam. Included is the last...

Papua, with its vast regions of unexplored jungles and isolatedindigenous tribes, is home to a medicinal plant with potentcurative powers. The plant’s unique ability to regeneratehuman nerves is even more consequential. Neurologicalscientist Ripon Siraj and his research botanist sister, Rava,search Papua’s interior rivers for this rare miracle plant whenthey become the target of a scurrilous Asian virologist.A co-worker and his girlfr...

This special collection of prose and poetry was created by survivors of sexual discrimination and/or abuse.These pieces were written specifically for audio and present a range of emotion, including anger. For too long, victims have been told to be quiet, to keep a secret, to be ashamed, to be blamed, and we now say No More. It is time to speak. It is time to form a chorus of voices that demand change, and encourages others to action..Edited by Tanya Eby. Assistant Editor: K...

Un true crime fascinante del chef Anthony Bourdain, centrado en la cocinera que llegó a ser conocida como «la mujer más peligrosa de Estados Unidos».Como tantos irlandeses, Mary Mallon había llegado al Nuevo Mundo huyendo de la hambruna que asolaba su país natal. En una Nueva York dispuesta a convertirse en la mayor metrópolis mundial, trabajó noche y día en espacios insalubres, labrándose una merecida fama de cocinera hábil y eficaz que la llevó a servir...

With international human rights under challenge, this book represents a comprehensive critique that adds a social policy perspective to recent political and legalistic analysis.Expert contributors draw on local and global examples to review constructs of universal rights and their impact on social policy and human welfare. With thorough analysis of their strengths, weaknesses and enforcement, it sets out their role in domestic and geopolitical affairs.Including a forward by...

Do you want to implement diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at your institution, but you don't know where to start?In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, a small Catholic secondary school erupted in controversy. Students and alumni took to social media to share stories of their own experiences with racism on campus. It was clear that the school's culture needed to change.Enter Sr. Colleen Mary Mallon, who joined the high school as the director...

This first volume of the definitive edition of her fiction includes four novels and eight classic stories by the witty and provocative writer who defined a generationIn 1942, Mary McCarthy provoked a scandal with her electrifying debut novel, The Company She Keeps, announcing the arrival of a major new voice in American literature. A candid, thinly-veiled portrait of the late-1930s New York intellectual scene, its penetrat...

Ask most adults who Typhoid Mary was, and they'll tell you a lie. They'll tell you she was someone who killed hundreds of people. Maybe even thousands. They'll tell you she was a woman who knew she had a deadly disease and didn't care that she spread it to others. But is it true? No. Most of it is not true. Here is Mary's story.Read about her early beginnings as a 15-year-old girl who traveled alone from Ireland to New York. There she had to find a job, so she began work as a serva...

In a globalized world and an "age that cannot name itself," how do Christian communities sustain a recognizable gospel identity? How might examining tradition and identity formation from both theology and cultural anthropology help churches approach the challenges of being a follower of Jesus today? With these questions in focus, Colleen Mallon studies symbol systems in the works of anthropologists Mary Douglas, Victor Turner, and Clifford Geertz and places her findings in dialogue with a ...

Bad Blood is an original Deathlands story written specifically for GraphicAudio and is available in no other format.The Cornerstone saga continues as a disgruntled Ryan and troubled Jak return from their harrowing scavenger mission to find that there are two mysterious new arrivals in the ville, presumed initiates to the ways of Gaia, the Earth Mother. Krysty explores her relationship with Matriarch in this flourishing paradise founded on the beliefs instilled in her as a child, bu...

This volume supports educators in integrating meaningful education for social justice and sustainability across a wide range of curricular subjects by drawing on educational theory, innovative pedagogical approaches and creative ideas for teaching and learning. Both practical and theoretical in its approach, it addresses subject areas ranging from mathematics to visual arts to language teaching. Chapters provide subject entry points for teachers seeking to embed social justice and sustaina...