Minggu, 25 Agustus 2019

Twist of Faith (Ava Saunders Book 1) Free Pdf

ISBN: B071FT6D17
Title: Twist of Faith (Ava Saunders Book 1) Pdf

When family secrets are unearthed, a woman’s past can become a dangerous place to hide…

After the death of her adoptive mother, Ava Saunders comes upon a peculiar photograph, sealed and hidden away in a crawl space. The photo shows a shuttered, ramshackle house on top of a steep hill. On the back, a puzzling inscription: Destiny calls us.

Ava is certain that it’s a clue to her elusive past. Twenty-three years ago, she’d been found wrapped in a yellow blanket in the narthex of the Holy Saviour Catholic Church—and rescued—or so she’d been told. Her mother claimed there was no more to the story, so the questions of her abandonment were left unanswered. For Ava, now is the time to find the roots of her mother’s lies. It begins with the house itself—once the scene of a brutal double murder.

When Ava enlists the help of the two people closest to her, a police detective and her best friend, she fears that investigating her past could be a fatal mistake. Someone is following them there. And what’s been buried in Ava’s nightmares isn’t just a crime. It’s a holy conspiracy.

Twisted I picked this for my January First Read because the book listed as a thriller sounded too gruesome, although generally I would have chosen that one. What a surprise- this book is a mystery thriller. It's a very convoluted story, exciting and with unexpected twists- kept me guessing all the way to the end. I will not inject spoilers into my review, it has highly entertaining characters, and quite a complex plot.I will definitely read more by this author, this was a very surprising, very good book.Adult thriller that will keep you reading all the way to the unsatisfying ending. I was very involved with this mystery, reading it pretty much straight through. It had a decent writing style, and interesting characters. The plot was quite involved, and the story had some intriguing twists.I wish that I could have liked the Heroine more than I did. But then again, I'm sure the lack of depth on that character was deliberate. I enjoyed the book--up until the ending. If you can call it an ending. I felt rather cheated after I'd invested my time to read it. I may be in the minority with just an "OK" rating, but I definitely felt unsatisfied. If there's a sequel, I doubt that I'll read it--as I prefer books that end with more resolution.Terrible... I’ll give the book one star bc it is a decent read in terms of pace and intrigue. It kept me interested despite many eye-rolling moments. That said, when you add it all up, along with an absolutely, mind-bogglingly, idiotic ending, I walked away wishing I hadn’t invested the minimal time it took to read this book. As with many of the Kindle First offerings, this was disappointing to say the least. I’m just glad I didn’t lose my money along with my time. Consider yourself warned.

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Selasa, 20 Agustus 2019

Through the Eyes of a Lion Download

ISBN: 0718032144
Title: Through the Eyes of a Lion Pdf Facing Impossible Pain, Finding Incredible Power

_'...he has this story. And he has told it well. With candor. With honesty. With hope.' -Max Lucado Pastor and New York Times bestselling author 'This is one of the most powerfully transparent books I have ever read.' -Sheila Walsh, Speaker, Bible teacher, and bestselling author 'This is a book that will help everybody, in every walk of life.' -Carl Lentz, Pastor, Hillsong NYC 'Levi has framed up some practical thoughts and shares some experiences that can help us not only to cope with the pain of loss but to... thrive as a result.' - Bob Hurley, Chairman and founder, Hurley LLC Levi Lusko is the pastor of Fresh Life Church, a multisite church in Montana, and the founder of Skull Church and the O2 Experience. He serves as host for Greg Laurie's Harvest Crusades and travels internationally to speak at churches and conferences. He takes pleasure in small things like: black coffee, new shoes, and fast internet. He and his wife, Jennie, have four daughters, Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven.

What will you do when the unthinkable happens in your life?
Her parents called her Lenya Lion because of her ferocious personality and hair that had been wild and mane-like since birth. But they never expected that, five days before Christmas, their five-year-old daughter would suddenly go to heaven after an asthma attack. How do you walk out of an emergency room without your daughter?

In 
Through the Eyes of a Lion, Pastor Levi Lusko shares the eye-opening truth of the power of hope in a world that is often filled with pain, suffering, and loss. He says, "This book isn't a manual for grieving, but a manifesto for high-octane living, and through it I want you to see that God made you for a purpose. There is a wild and wonderful calling on your life, a microphone in your hands. Jesus wants you to look at the adventure of your life through His eyes, the eyes of a Lion."

Part memoir but all overtly instructive and deeply inspirational, 
Through the Eyes of a Lion gives readers the tools they need to face their fears and turn their journey into a roar story.
Chapter themes include:
  • Don't rely on the naked eye
  • Run towards the roar
  • There's no such thing as a wireless anchor
  • Let God use your pain
  • Cue the eagle

What we do in life really does echo in eternity. You are destined for impact, and there's not a moment to lose!

Grace, Grace! Proud to leave Review #667!! Levi and Jennie Lusko have a heart to open up, be vulnerable, and show you that in the midst of what is IMPOSSIBLE, in the greatest pain you face ... God can use to prove His Great Love for others. I had the honor of teaching Lenya Avery as one of my Four Year Olds at Fresh Life Church, where I call myself the #selfproclaimedpastorofthefouryearolds. Lenya taught me that God can use a Spicy, Strong Personality to shine LOUD for the love of Jesus. Her faith was large at age four, and when she went Home at age five none of those left behind will ever be the same. God loves you greatly, even when facing impossible pain. Pick up this book, share with others who are hurting, and know that God has great plans for you, even in the hardest days. And thank you to my sweet friends, Levi and Jennie, for being open for God to use you and this platform you have been scarred with, and giving it back with Honor and Glory back to God. Grace, Grace!Change when you experience Trauma A great book to read when you have expereinced a life changing trauma in your life. The author is very open with grief and also uses humor at times. His wriitng is very easy to read and he communicate in every day language. He takes the reader through steps on learning how our lives are worth living and to celebrate even the hurtful things in life because we can use them in extraordinary ways.Life changing...helped me find purpose in the pain. This book was life changing! I started reading it while my mom was battling cancer, a short while after finishing my mom was called home to be with Jesus and when speaking at her memorial service I spoke about this book and the impact it had on me and shared a few quotes. This book really opened my eyes and helped me find purpose in the pain of loosing my mom. I have recommended it to numerous people and even started a fund in which people donated to, in memory of my mom, and I purchased 150 copies of this book to hand out to people, to hopefully impact their lives the way this book impacted mine and also hope and pray people come to know Jesus through this. I'm so glad Levi took the time to share his story of hurt and heatache and chose to make good out of such a terrible situation. This booked changed me and I highly recommend it!

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Sabtu, 10 Agustus 2019

Hunting LeRoux Pdf

ISBN: 0062859137
Title: Hunting LeRoux Pdf The Inside Story of the DEA Takedown of a Criminal Genius and His Empire

“An amazing story, a triumph of investigative reporting and storytelling, Elaine Shannon’s Hunting LeRoux inhabits a global world of crime and policing that very few people have even heard of, much less understand. It reveals not just the newest methods, but a cast of characters who could only exist in modern times, equally proficient with weapons and computers. There’s nothing else quite like it.” (Mark Bowden, New York Times bestselling author of Black Hawk Down and national correspondent for The Atlantic)“Elaine Shannon’s Hunting LeRoux is an investigative masterpiece. It’s the most comprehensive look at the inner workings of a complex, high-level DEA operation ever put on paper. It’s a fascinating look at an international crime syndicate and the charismatic and lethal next-generation crime lord who weaponized the internet to build a new kind of empire. Paul LeRoux is a calculating, cold-blooded killer and one of the most intriguing and frightening criminals I’ve ever read about. It’s a testament to Shannon’s skill as a writer that she fuels the book with such a detailed preoccupation with process that Hunting LeRoux reads like a propulsive page-turning thriller. Meticulously documented and with exclusive access to almost all of the key players on both sides of the law, this is the definitive work on the rise and fall of malign actor Paul LeRoux as well as a jaw-dropping crime saga. Shannon takes the reader inside the story so that you’re in the room, on the hunt, and dead center in the middle of the action with elite DEA agents operating without borders in a tense and dangerous Global manhunt to take down a twenty-first-century criminal kingpin. It’s a stunning work by a master investigative journalist.” (Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel and The Power of the Dog)“The New Now of transnational crime. Elaine Shannon’s incisive, you-are-there account of cyber-crime syndicate godfather Paul Calder LeRoux is a scorching, hair-raising glimpse into a new kind of criminal who’s altogether terrifying because he’s altogether real. (Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestsellingauthor of Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone) This is a trip into a world I didn't know existed.  It's like slipping through a wormhole into an alternate universe.  It's a dark place, but there are good men and women in it, trying to stop the worst from happening. If you want to get to know them and how they think, take this journey with me.

With a foreword by four-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Michael Mann.

The story of Paul LeRoux, the twisted-genius entrepreneur and cold-blooded killer who brought revolutionary innovation to international crime, and the exclusive inside story of how the DEA’s elite, secretive 960 Group brought him down.

Paul LeRoux was born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa. After a first career as a pioneering cybersecurity entrepreneur, he plunged hellbent into the dark side, using his extraordinary talents to develop a disruptive new business model for transnational organized crime. Along the way he created a mercenary force of ex-U.S. and NATO sharpshooters to carry out contract murders for his own pleasure and profit. The criminal empire he built was Cartel 4.0, utilizing the gig economy and the tools of the Digital Age: encrypted mobile devices, cloud sharing and novel money-laundering techniques. LeRoux’s businesses, cyber-linked by his own dark worldwide web, stretched from Southeast Asia across the Middle East and Africa to Brazil; they generated hundreds of millions of dollars in sales of arms, drugs, chemicals, bombs, missile technology and murder. He dealt with rogue nations—Iran and North Korea—as well as the Chinese Triads, Somali pirates, Serb mafia, outlaw bikers, militants, corrupt African and Asian officials and coup-plotters.

Initially, LeRoux appeared as a ghost image on law enforcement and intelligence radar, an inexplicable presence in the middle of a variety of criminal endeavors. He was Netflix to Blockbuster, Spotify to Tower Records. A bold disruptor, his methods brought international crime into the age of innovation, making his operations barely detectable and LeRoux nearly invisible. But he gained the attention of a small band of bold, unorthodox DEA agents, whose brief was tracking down drugs-and-arms trafficking kingpins who contributed to war and global instability. The 960 Group, an element of the DEA’s Special Operations Division, had launched some of the most complex, coordinated and dangerous operations in the agency’s history. They used unorthodox methods and undercover informants to penetrate LeRoux’s inner circle and bring him down.

For five years Elaine Shannon immersed herself in LeRoux’s shadowy world. She gained exclusive access to the agents and players, including undercover operatives who looked LeRoux in the eye on a daily basis. Shannon takes us on a shocking tour of this dark frontier, going deep into the operations and the mind of a singularly visionary and frightening figure—Escobar and Victor Bout along with the innovative vision of Steve Jobs rolled into one. She puts you in the room with these people and their moment-to-moment encounters, jeopardy, frustration, anger and small victories, creating a narrative with a breath-taking edge, immediacy and a stranger-than-fiction reality.

Remarkable, disturbing, and utterly engrossing, Hunting LeRouxintroduces a new breed of criminal spawned by the savage, greed-exalting underside of the Age of Innovation—and a new kind of true crime story. It is a look into the future—a future that is dark.

Poor production quality. I don’t know whether the story is any good or not but the book quality is terrible.I opened it for the first time and it fell apart .Chucked it in the bin.So disappointed.Fantastic read I’ve read a ton of true crime books over the years about drug traffickers and crime for profit. This one ranks among the best.Like Raymond Reddington from BlackList, But Le Roux loves nobody. Great reading. I got it on Kindle. The character breakdown of Paul Le Roux is fascinating. I believe his motivation was to become the next Godfather or Pablo Escobar, Dipping his fingers into anything illegal that he could. From fathering the opioid crisis in the US, to running meth into China from North Korea, to selling missile technology to Iran.This book even goes into the characters of the Private Military Contractors that Le Roux hired to kill anyone that may have stolen from him.

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Minggu, 04 Agustus 2019

Gateways to Art Pdf

ISBN: 0500292035
Title: Gateways to Art Pdf Understanding the Visual Arts (Second edition)
Author: Debra J. De Witte
Published Date: 2015-10-06
Page: 688

Debra J. DeWitte is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art & Art History at the University of Texas/Arlington.Ralph M. Larmann is a Professor of Art and the University of Evansville, Indiana.M. Kathryn Shields is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Guilford College, North Carolina.

The revised and expanded edition of the market-leading art appreciation college textbook.

The Second Edition of Gateways to Art features an even greater emphasis on visual culture and contemporary art. All new "Visual Galleries" conclude each chapter, creating valuable connections throughout the text, while a unique chapter on Content and Analysis leads students step-by-step through detailed analyses of seminal artworks. Last, but not least, recurring “Gateways to Art” features teach students to examine works of art from all angles: formal analysis, media, history, and themes. 1,725 illustrations in color and black-and-white

interesting and fun This was a required textbook for my art class. It is easy to read and really explains the different concepts of art. I Mary half way thru bit and have actually learned a lot. My daughter enjoys looking thru it and seeing what mommy is learning as well.... I will be keeping this one and not selling it back at the end of the semester.Missing pages! Ordered this book for rental, arrived in decent condition. Sat down to take a test and realized pages are missing from the very first unit. Very crucial pages of art work that I was quizzed upon and needed to have been able to see.Extremely unhappy at this moment. I will not be ordering rented books again, for they cannot guarantee I’m getting what I paid for.I will say, this is a fine author and well organized textbook. This is in no way reflective of the authors.Excellent textbook Learned a lot about art. Required textbook for art appreciation. Goes into details about styles, materials, and history. I really enjoyed learning more in depth about featured pieces of work and their artists.

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