Thirst for Justice

Thirst for Justice
Author: David R. Boyd
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1773054910

For readers of John Grisham and William Deverell comes a political thriller ripped from today’s headlines. Lawyer and environmental activist David R. Boyd writes a riveting thriller about the psychological toll of a humanitarian crisis. Filled with tension and courtroom drama, Thirst for Justice will have you questioning what you believe about right versus wrong. Michael MacDougall is a talented trauma surgeon whose life in Seattle is slowly unraveling. Frustrated as an ER doctor and with his marriage in trouble, he volunteers with a medical aid charity in the Congo. Disconsolate at the lives he cannot save in the desperate conditions of the region, he is shattered by a roadside confrontation with the mercenary Mai Mai that results in unthinkable losses. Back home in Seattle, he is haunted by his experiences in Africa and what he sees as society’s failure to provide humanitarian aid to those who most desperately need it. Locked in a downward spiral, he becomes obsessed with making his government listen to him and dreams up an act of terrorism to shock his nation awake. Activist and lawyer David Boyd’s debut novel is a taut political thriller that begs the question: how far is too far when you’re seeking justice?

Thirsting for Living Water

Thirsting for Living Water
Author: Michael J. Mantel
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1514002930

When personal and global events threw Mike Mantel into a dark night of the soul, he embarked on a journey around the world to rediscover God's holistic gospel driven by compassion, justice, and mercy. Embark on your own adventure and open your eyes to the ways God is already at work at home, among neighbors, and to the ends of the earth.

Thirsting for Prayer

Thirsting for Prayer
Author: Jacques Philippe
Publisher: Scepter Publishers
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2017-03-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1594172129

"What the world most needs today is prayer. It is prayer that will give birth to all the renewals, healings, deep and fruitful transformations we all want for society today.... I am more and more convinced that everything comes from prayer and that, among the calls of the Spirit, this is the first and most urgent one we should respond to." Many have already benefited from Fr. Jacques’ best-selling book on prayer, Time for God. In Thirsting for Prayer, Fr. Jacques revisits some of the themes covered in that book and develops new insights that are both profound and practical. These reflections guide us with simplicity on the path to intimacy with God, helping us to develop an actual taste for personal prayer. This "school of prayer" opens us up to the encounter with God that transforms us from within. View Fr. Jacques Philippe's website and App (www.frjacquesphilippe.com)

Justice Interrupted

Justice Interrupted
Author: Elizabeth F. Thompson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674076095

The Arab Spring uprising of 2011 is portrayed as a dawn of democracy in the region. But the revolutionaries were—and saw themselves as—heirs to a centuries-long struggle for just government and the rule of law. In Justice Interrupted we see the complex lineage of political idealism, reform, and violence that informs today’s Middle East.

A Thirst for Home

A Thirst for Home
Author: Christine Ieronimo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1547610654

Perfect for common core, this story based on the true events of a young girl's transition from the poverty of Ethiopia to life in America will be an inspiration for young readers Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu. She becomes Eva in her new home in America, and although her life there is better in so many ways, she'll never forget her homeland and the mother who gave up so much for her. Told through the lens that water connects all people everywhere, this eye-opening, emotional story will get readers thinking about the world beyond their own.

Water Justice

Water Justice
Author: Rutgerd Boelens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107179084

An overview of critical conceptual approaches to water justice, illustrated with global historic and contemporary case studies of socio-environmental struggles.

Whose Water Is It, Anyway?

Whose Water Is It, Anyway?
Author: Maude Barlow
Publisher: ECW Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1773054279

“Maude Barlow is one of our planet’s greatest water defenders.” — Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; and that single-use plastic water bottles will not be available in public spaces. With its simple, straightforward approach, the movement has been growing around the world for a decade. Today, Paris, Berlin, Bern, and Montreal are just a few of the cities that have made themselves Blue Communities. In Whose Water Is It, Anyway?, renowned water justice activist Maude Barlow recounts her own education in water issues as she and her fellow grassroots water warriors woke up to the immense pressures facing water in a warming world. Concluding with a step-by-step guide to making your own community blue, Maude Barlow’s latest book is a heartening example of how ordinary people can effect enormous change.

White Picket Fences

White Picket Fences
Author: Amy Julia Becker
Publisher: NavPress
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1631469223

A Gentle Invitation into the Challenging Topic of Privilege The notion that some might have it better than others, for no good reason, offends our sensibilities. Yet, until we talk about privilege, we’ll never fully understand it or find our way forward. Amy Julia Becker welcomes us into her life, from the charm of her privileged southern childhood to her adult experience in the northeast, and the denials she has faced as the mother of a child with special needs. She shows how a life behind a white picket fence can restrict even as it protects, and how it can prevent us from loving our neighbors well. White Picket Fences invites us to respond to privilege with generosity, humility, and hope. It opens us to questions we are afraid to ask, so that we can walk further from fear and closer to love, in all its fragile and mysterious possibilities.

Blessed Are Those Who Thirst

Blessed Are Those Who Thirst
Author: Anne Holt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2012-12-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451634781

Criminal investigating officer Hanne Wilhelmsen considers the possibility of a serial killer as she tracks down a series of numbers written in blood appearing on walls all over Oslo.

Dangerous Thirst

Dangerous Thirst
Author: Ja'lisa Marie
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2019-07-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781073347568

29-year-old Royelle Kingsley, is considered to be a reserved, stuck up square, who lives a boring and dull life, following the strict rules and values she was raised with. Her sex life with her husband, 32-year-old Construction Business Entrepreneur Trevion, is mediocre at best. To spice things up between them, he decides to open Pandora's box and introduce a naive Royelle to the alternative world of swinging. But when everything good she thought she knew, turns into a chaotic swirl of lies, sex, and murder, she begins to challenge people and places she never would have suspected. In the end, what's good for the goose will always be good for the gander, and only the strong will remain standing.