I wish you could hear the song i'm listening to as i write this... explores the classic tale of adolescent rebellion but it is more complex. How do young people deal with the apparent universal desire for attention and fame? The social media today have made the fulfillment of this desire accessible to more people. But this work explores this issue very personally and deeply. When the young narrator asks her grandmother why is everyone in their family so eager to perform as a musician, the grandmother challenges her by stating “ Who in this world doesn' t want to be famous? Who would shy away from attention, notoriety? Who would want to hide their talent?” The narrator- a talented singer who prefers to sing only for her own enjoyment - decides she would. Her confrontation with what is expected of her and her own struggle to understand why and how she is different is the hub of this novella.

This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.

America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring classics. Nothing brings the roarin '20s to life like Tea for Two or I'm just Wild About Harry; the Great Depression is evoked in all of its pain and misery in songs like Brother Can You Spare a Dime?; God Bless America revives the powerful hope that American democracy promised to the world during the dark days of World War II; Young at Heart evokes the postwar optimism of the '50s. And then there are the countless songs of love, new romance, and heartbreak: As Time Goes By, Always, Am I Blue...the list is endless. Along with telling the stories behind these songs, America's Songs suggests, simply and succinctly, what makes a song great. The book illuminates the way each great song melds words and music - sentiment and melody - into a seamless whole. America's Songs also traces the fascinating but mysterious process of collaboration, the give-and-take between two craftsmen, a composer and a lyricist, as they combined their talents to create a song. For anyone interested in the history of the songs that America loves, America's Songs will make for fascinating reading.

What goes on in human beings when they make or listen to music? What is it about music, what gives it such peculiar power over us, power delectable and beneficent for the most part, but also capable of uncontrollable and sometimes destructive force? Music has no concepts, it lacks images; it has no power of representation, it has no relation to the world. And yet it is evident in all of us–we tap our feet, we keep time, hum, sing, conduct music, mirror the melodic contours and feelings of what we hear in our movements and expressions. In this book, Oliver Sacks explores the power music wields over us–a power that sometimes we control and at other times don’t. He explores, in his inimitable fashion, how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revivify neurological avenues that have been frozen, evoke memories of earlier, lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to a time when the world was much richer. This is a book that explores, like no other, the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.

Acclaimed author Jennifer A. Nielsen brings her signature twists and high-stakes action to the fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling Ascendance Series! King Jaron has outwitted the Prozarians and returned to his own kingdom with one secret in his pocket that not even his friends know about. He's hoping that secret will help him finally bring stability to Carthya. But a surprise attack on his own land -- on the castle itself -- reminds Jaron that nothing is easy. The Prozarian Monarch threatens to crumble Jaron's entire kingdom. And that's not the only thing in danger: With old enemies and new rumors circling around him, even Jaron's relationship with Imogen is uncertain. This former False Prince will need his best tricks and many allies at his side to hold Carthya together.

Traditional Chinese edition of Sing You Home. Jodi Picoult deftly tackles another controversial subject, this time, the subject of gay rights. Specifically, the right of gay women carrying a fetus and raising a baby. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

I'm going to start by creating a basis for what God is referring to when he says, "Sound the Alarm." We are to be the Lord's Watchmen, and God is bringing us up to do so. We were having meetings at the park in Litchfield, IL over the summer when God spoke to our ministry, "Revival Waves of Glory," and told us that we were to be watchmen for the Lord. We are to be those who stand and watch in the Spirit, seeing and hearing the truth. We are to take a stand on behalf of the United States of America. The true red, white, and blue would seep through those who serve as true Lord's watchmen. God is preparing the ministry to be like these godly men and women. I'm telling you, we didn't sure what to do with it at the time, so we placed it on the shelf until December 31st, 2012, when we published a Word of the Lord for 2013. God told us He wanted to hold a Sound the Alarm Conference, and He provided us the dates of February 23rd-25th, 2013. This was predicted, and we are following God's instructions. The meeting took place in the midst of an eight-month Revival at Waves of Revival in Belleville, Illinois. It's important for you to understand that it's not about us; it's about accomplishing what we need to do. This is a critical hour, and we must grasp the concept of a Watchman. God will also have me speak about Gatekeepers. God said there was a gate over this region that was being unlatched and opened. One thing I'd like you to realize is that we need gatekeepers as well. To put it another way, we must keep an eye on what is going on in Heaven, since not only does good arrive and leave from Heaven, but evil also comes and departs from the second Heaven. We must recognize that there have been events in America that the Church has simply ignored. We've merely given it a wink. We haven't taken a firm stance. There has been some picketing by Christians, to be sure. They'll stand out on the street with a placard, claiming that something is wrong here and there. But how many people realize that we need to do more than hold a picket sign? I'm not talking about setting fire to people's barns. We aren't dealing with flesh and blood. We're dealing with high-ranking principalities, powers, and wickedness. I'm not going out with picket signs after today, and I'm not going to do this or that. What I'm going to do is assume authority and declare that there will be a supernatural taking hold of the Church rising up and banding together in this hour. Putting aside trivial things and nitpicking things that are simply getting in the way when it comes to the Church. To realize that no matter what denomination you belong to, we can all come together and pray for the same goal: the safety of our country. That is the United States of America's safety.