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The Red Tent
The red tent is the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and even illness Like the conversations and mysteries held within this feminine tent, this sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider's look at the daily life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only daughter, Dinah. Told in the voice of Jacob's daughter Dinah (who only received a glimpse of recognition in the Book of Genesis), we are privy to the fascinating feminine characters who bled within the red tent. In a confiding and poetic voice, Dinah whispers stories of her four mothers, Rachel, Leah, Zilpah, and Bilhah--all wives to Jacob, and each one embodying unique feminine traits. As she reveals these sensual and emotionally charged stories we learn of birthing miracles, slaves, artisans, household gods, and sisterhood secrets. Eventually Dinah delves into her own saga of betrayals, grief, and a call to midwifery. "Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and grudges," Anita Diamant writes in the voice of Dinah. "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to me the only surviving girl. They told me things I was too young to hear. They held my face between their hands and made me swear to remember." Remembering women's earthy stories and passionate history is indeed the theme of this magnificent book. In fact, it's been said that The Red Tent is what the Bible might have been had it been written by God's daughters, instead of her sons. --Gail Hudson.
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Home Staging for Profit: How to Start and Grow a Six Figure Home Staging Business in 7 Days or Less OR Secrets of Home Stagers Revealed So Anyone Can Start a Home Based Business and Succeed
A superb guide on how to earn up to $100,000 or more from a home staging business, national expert and best-selling author, Barbara Jennings of Decorate-Redecorate.Com, takes readers step by step through the maze of starting and growing a lucrative staging business, covering virtually everything one needs to know and do. With 37 years in staging, redesign, decorating and home business development, her large format, in-depth manual teaches the essential tactics and strategies so anyone can succeed who puts forth the effort. Holding nothing back, readers are privy to the inner secrets, can harness all of the author's insights, and avoid the pitfalls. The manual is loaded with numerous check lists, a wide variety of forms, over 140 pictures, specific how-to details and so much more. A free online discussion forum is also available to anyone interested, as well as free newsletters on a wide variety of decorating topics. Readers just need to visit her website to enroll. For anyone who loves decorating and working with people, staging is a fast growing industry with great profit potential no matter what the economic climate or where one lives. How often does one get to be paid while having fun? Home staging combines decorating techniques with real estate strategies so stagers can effectively help owners sell their homes in record time for record profits, a vital service needed today more than ever. Written in a personable and conversational style, Home Staging for Profit is a must read for anyone serious (or just exploring). Photos help capture the essence of staging while giving readers a clear idea of what to expect. No degree or prior experience is needed. The manual exemplifies solid business training plus decorating and staging specifics, including:
- numerous candid before and after pictures of actual, recent projects
- the top mistakes and common problems sellers make
- what stagers must do and understand
- how to identify a home's assets and faults
- how to interview and bond with real estate agents
- how to interview and bond with home owners
- the five ingredients for a successful staging service
- professional image, attitudes and ethics needed
- how to do consultations, submit bids, make presentations
- how to set up the business, licenses to get and so forth
- how to get clients and referrals from multiple sources
- how to profit from consultations and offer full staging services
- how to promote, maintain and sustain the business indefinitely
- how to price services with confidence and ease
- how to protect, organize and prioritize.
Jennings has written several books including Rearrange It, which teaches how to start and grow an interior re-design business. She has also written Staging Luxurious Homes and Staging Portfolio Secrets, and Advanced Redesign.Readers will also receive: - 47 staging tricks for instant home appeal
- 107 questions to ask agents and homeowners to help quote services
- detailed pricing guidelines for furnished and empty houses
- legal issues readers should know about
- extensive list of stager tools needed for actual projects
- extensive cleaning and painting guidelines
- a 29-page detailed checklist to make consultations easy
- list of over 300 possible business names
- detailed information on available visual aids, promotional tools, management tools, and dual certification courses, which were pre-developed to supplement reader's knowledge, increase confidence and hone design skills are also included (last chapter)
Bonus Section includes: - 15 handy reproducible forms ready to go
- multiple checklists and handout examples for value added services
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Price: $29.95
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The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life
Even well-versed Biblical scholars might be perplexed if asked about Jabez, a little-known man listed in 1 Chronicles, chapter 4. Yet his simple petition is the cornerstone of The Prayer of Jabez and has become a call to live a more "blessed life" for countless readers. The prayer is a simple one: "And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain.' So God granted him what he requested." In an era where many Christians shy away from anything that smacks of "name it and claim it," author Bruce Wilkinson alleviates misgivings by putting the prayer into perspective. Wilkinson, founder and president of Walk thru the Bible Ministries and a popular speaker for Promise Keepers, writes in a persuasive, conversational style that will woo even the most cynical reader. He has used the Jabez prayer for more than 30 years, and testifies enthusiastically to the changes it has wrought in his own life. Wilkinson challenges readers to recite the Jabez prayer every morning and keep a record of the changes that occur. The power, he emphasizes, is not in the prayer itself, but "rather, the power is in what you believe will happen as a result of the prayer, and the action you take." Wilkinson makes a convincing case. --Cindy Crosby.
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My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir
Samantha Abeel couldn't tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter -- and she was in seventh grade. For a straight-A student like Samantha, problems like these made no sense. She dreaded school, and began having anxiety attacks. In her thirteenth winter, she found the courage to confront her problems -- and was diagnosed with a learning disability. Slowly, Samantha's life began to change again. She discovered that she was stronger than she'd ever thought possible -- and that sometimes, when things look bleakest, hope is closer than you think. .
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Job: A Man of Heroic Endurance (Great Lives from God's Word Series, Vol. 7)
The trials of Job are legendary One righteous man suffering so many calamities, so much heartache But despite the fact that many have heard about Job and his trials, not many people truly understand what those trials were all about and what God was trying to accomplish through them. Job himself was confused about it all. What did I do to deserve such suffering? he cried out. Eventually, though, through tough questions and unexpected answers from God, Job gained new insights on suffering, patience, and endurance. And, more importantly, he learned how deeply he was loved by God. Sooner or later, we all go through our times of suffering and heartache, and the ancient story of Job offers timeless truth for us if we'll only listen. Now, in this illuminating study of Job's life, Charles Swindoll, in his trademark warm and insightful style, helps readers understand the key to developing heroic endurance. Additional titles in the Great Lives Series include: - Great Lives: David (0-8499-1382-9) $19.99
- Great Lives: Elijah (0-8499-1386-1) $21.99
- Great Lives: Esther (0-8499-1383-7) $19.99
- Great Lives: Joseph (0-8499-1342-X) $21.99
- Great Lives: Moses (0-8499-1385-3) $21.99
- Great Lives: Paul (0-8499-1749-2) $21.99
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Price: $7.49
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The Book of a Hundred Hands
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Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc
The king was going mad . . . So begins Polly Schoyer Brooks's account of one of history's most compelling stories and one of the world's most popular heroines-Joan of Arc. Brooks tells us of a fifteenth-century France ravaged by war, plague, and religious conflict; of a king who suffered fits of madness and his weak son who made a disappointing successor; and of a peasant girl from the countryside who accomplished what appeared to be miracles by rallying the dispirited French nation with her desire to see the rightful king rule. Little more than a year after her astounding triumphs-uniting the nation and securing the throne for Charles VII with her victory over the English at Orlean-nineteen-year-old Joan was imprisoned on charges of witchcraft and sorcery, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake. Polly Schoyer Brooks's detailed narrative unveils the spirited young woman who became a patron saint and continues to inspire courage and faith..
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Seven Years to Seven Figures: The Fast-Track Plan to Becoming a Millionaire (Agora Series)
In Seven Years to Seven Figures, self-made millionaire and renowned wealth coach Michael Masterson reveals the steps you can take to accumulate seven-figure wealth within seven years—or less. Seven Years to Seven Figures will give you the tools to increase your income, get the highest possible returns on investments, save wisely—and secure your financial future faster than you may have ever dreamed..
Price: $8.74
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