Our Father Abe

Our Father Abe
Author: Harvey L. Barash
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1991
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780962963414

Gentle Satan

Gentle Satan
Author: Alan Saffron
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2009-08-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0143010719

'This book reminded me of The Sopranos' Sydney Morning Herald Abe Saffron was Australia's most notorious underworld figure, for decades known as 'Mr Sin' and the 'King of King's Cross'. His wife called him something different: 'Gentle Satan'. This fascinating memoir by his son Alan tells us why, for the first time revealing the truth about the main and his crimes – both professional and personal. Growing up, Alan counted the money from Abe's brothels and hotels, and frequented his illegal bars and strip clubs, including the famous Les Girls, The Roosevelt and the Pink Pussycat. He describes Abe's corrupt deals with premiers, police commissioners and a prime minister – many of whom he met – as well as the real estate deals that 'legitimised' Abe's fortune. But Alan's most compelling stories are about his own highly volatile relationship with his authoritarian father, and his mother's struggle to deal with Abe's affairs, including the attention he gave to his 'second family', up till his death and beyond. An incredible story of family loyalties, betrayals, illegitimate siblings and contested inheritance, all in the powerful grip of a flawed millionaire patriarch.

Abe

Abe
Author: Richard Slotkin
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2001-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780805066395

A stunning work of historical imagination, Abe immerses the reader in the past Abraham Lincoln kept hidden: the isolating poverty and frontier violence that shaped his character. Marked by the death of his beloved mother and the struggle to keep reading and learning in the face of his father's fierce disapproval, Abe perseveres, growing into the man who changed the course of American history. Abe comes of age in the course of a dramatic flatboat journey down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. Along the way, Abe and his companions encounter slavery firsthand and experience the violence -- and the pleasures -- of rough river towns, plantations, and the cities of Natchez and New Orleans. Numerous historical figures make appearances alongside the colorful characters of the Mississippi: preachers and vigilantes, planters and thieves, prostitutes and lady reformers. Transformed by what he has seen and done, Abe returns to make his final break with his father and to step out of the wilderness into New Salem -- and history. Richard Slotkin's Abe draws deeply on historical scholarship, but it is not biography. Instead, it is a vivid, persuasive re-creation of the life young Lincoln might have lived, and of the people, scenes, and influences that helped produce the character and conscience of the man often called the greatest of all Americans.

Cutting for Stone

Cutting for Stone
Author: Abraham Verghese
Publisher: Random House India
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2012-05-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 8184001754

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.

Our Father's World

Our Father's World
Author: Edward R. Brown
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2008-03-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830834842

What does the Bible have to say about creation care and the responsibility of Christians? Edward Brown offers a biblical framework for creation care as well as practical steps that ordinary Christians can take to exercise good ecological stewardship.

Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch

Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch
Author: Julie Abe
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316493864

A young witch must pass a coming-of-age quest or risk losing her magic forever in this enchanting fantasy -- perfect for fans of Kiki's Delivery Service and Aru Shah and the End of Time. Sometimes all you need is a pinch of magic... Eva Evergreen is determined to earn the rank of Novice Witch before her thirteenth birthday. If she doesn't, she'll lose her magic forever. For most young witches and wizards, it's a simple enough test: One: Help your town, do good all around. Two: Live there for one moon, don't leave too soon. Three: Fly home by broomstick, the easiest of tricks. The only problem? Eva only has a pinch of magic. She summons heads of cabbage instead of flowers and gets a sunburn instead of calling down rain. And to add insult to injury, whenever she overuses her magic, she falls asleep. When she lands in the tranquil coastal town of Auteri, the residents expect a powerful witch, not a semi-magical girl. So Eva comes up with a plan: set up a magical repair shop to aid Auteri and prove she's worthy. She may have more blood than magic, but her "semi-magical fixes" repair the lives of the townspeople in ways they never could have imagined. Only, Eva's bit of magic may not be enough when the biggest magical storm in history threatens the town she's grown to love. Eva must conjure up all of the magic, bravery, and cleverness she can muster or Auteri and her dreams of becoming a witch will wash away with the storm.

From the Father to His Sons

From the Father to His Sons
Author: Cortez J. Wash
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Currently, postmodernists produce ideas to defame God’s traditional family structure and eliminate patriarchs. They believe the family nucleus is repressive and fueled by “patriarchal tyranny”; therefore, it must be dismantled. After the dismantling, society will embrace a “new chaotic order,” which will usher in a distorted repackaging of “the family.” This unbiblical initiative is not wholeheartedly accepted in our nation. Unfortunately, it is being propagated by the media as normalcy. We must be spiritually prepared to defend our worldview against propaganda of this caliber. Cortez Wash is a husband and father who firmly holds strong biblical values. He believes fathers and husbands are crucial stakeholders in defending God’s unit: the family. In his book From the Father to His Sons: Conversations on Fatherhood and Husbandhood, Cortez reverberates Yahweh’s desire for fathers and husbands to return to the spiritual helm of their homes rightfully. He elaborates that God (Yahweh) wants husbands and fathers committed to: studying and obeying His Word daily, fasting and applying His principles as we abide in His purpose, loving, strengthening, and listening attentively to their wives loving, disciplining (in love), and instilling Christian principles in their children. Furthermore, Cortez expounds that husbands/fathers are equipped through the Holy Spirit to pull down strongholds and lead their homes. He believes God’s Word brings transformation, which will affect our homes, communities, workplaces, and the cities we live in. From the Father to His Sons: Conversations on Fatherhood and Husbandhood is an introspective text that causes the reader to take inventory and begin removing all spiritual hindrances.

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
Author: Michael Burlingame
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 1048
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1421410680

Burlingame interprets Lincoln’s private life, discussing his marriage to Mary Todd, the untimely death of his son Willie to disease in 1862, and his recurrent anguish over the enormous human costs of the war.