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Working as a Christian doctor in a place controlled by the Macau Mafia, Dr. Bill Swan was in constant danger of being discovered as an underground Christian missionary. Using Macau as a base, he smuggled Bibles into China and slipped through the net of the Chinese Communist government. He established medical clinics and staffed them with Christian nurses, doctors, and teachers who set up underground churches. They were always in danger of being discovered. Some actually were. People disappeared, and lives were lost. The story is true, and the life he lived is an inspiration to those who are called to take the story of Christ to a world that has never heard it. As one of his converts asked, “This is good news. Why haven’t we heard this story before?”
In the gritty 1960's streets of Queens in New York City, a young girl and her older brother forge an alliance against their cold and indifferent parents. But when their home becomes unbearable, he flees, leaving her to face the neglect alone. Seeking freedom and a fresh start, she escapes to Greenwich Village at eighteen, hopeful for a brighter future through college. However, the allure of the Village's bohemian culture ensnares her, plunging her into a harrowing spiral of temptations and pitfalls. Through encounters with a diverse cast of characters, she learns profound lessons as she finds her way back from the brink. In this poignant tale of survival, growth, and self-discovery, she weaves a tapestry of personal triumphs and tribulations, trying to finding her way in a world that once seemed impossibly bleak.
Part I: An Odyssey of Childhood & Early Youth is a fictional account, together with personal, dramatic license, of the era of the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II. It focuses on the joys and fears of children and families in desperate times. Part II: War and The Home Front is a seamless continuation, focusing on fears and challenges of the familiar, principal character under fire in the Pacific. This fictional narrative, generating comrades in arms, tracks a Marine unit during World War II. Parallel are the same familiar characters who are dedicated to the home front's war effort and display loyalty and courage in crises
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Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in blue jeans, T-shirts and sneakers. How did this come about? What changes in American culture were reflected in fashion? What role did popular culture play?This important overview of American fashion in the twentieth century considers how Americans went from imitating British and French fashion to developing their own sense of style. It examines such influences on dress as class, jazz and hip hop, war, the space race, movies, television and sports. Further, the book shows how gender, psychology, advertising, public policy, shifting family values, the American design movement and expertise in mass production profoundly influenced an American style that has been exported across the globe. From New York City's Bohemians to Hollywood's stars, Twentieth-Century American Fashion reveals the continuing importance of clothing to American identity and individual experience.