Books with author R.J. Stephen

For the Summer 2018 World Cup, the ultimate book for soccer fans around the globe!The world will be riveted by the globe’s greatest sporting event in summer of 2018 (more than 27 million Americans watched the final game of the last tournament in Brazil). The 2018 edition will bring the sports’s greatest stars together, but who will take home the trophy?favorites Germany, France, Brazil, Argentina? Or a surprise?Belgium, Mexico, Portugal, or Colombia? And why is the World Cup the greatest event in sports? Whether you call the game soccer or football, whether you have been watching the game for decades or are new to the joys of the beautiful game, you’ll love what Stephen Rea has to say in World Cup Fever. Born in Belfast, and now rooting for Northern Ireland and Chelsea from his home in New Orleans, he breaks down what smart fans should know about the World Cups past and present. Chapters highlight shocking upsets; immortal players such as Pelé, Maradona, Zidane, Iniesta, Beckenbauer, Cruyff, and more; and the most thrilling games from every tournament, starting with tales of the thirteen teams that played in Uruguay 1930. With a look at the stars who will light up Russia in 2018?Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Paul Pogba (France), Neymar (Brazil), Thomas Müller (Germany)?this is the perfect read for anyone who believes that the World Cup is bigger than the Super Bowl, World Series, and Olympics combined. Often humorous and punctuated with personal anecdotes, passion, and knowledge, here is the beautiful game brought to life for every fan!

This luminous, gripping work follows the author and Finn regulars as they rebuild their lives and their team. With a masterful combination of dry humor and astute profundity, Rea reflects on his adopted city, providing powerful insight into the lives of the foreign-born and minority groups that stayed behind during Katrina due to the little they had to lose. Filled with equally hilarious and sobering anecdotes and no shortage of good soccer stories, Rea seamlessly weaves his experiences alongside his teammates’ harrowing survival stories. A breathtaking and incredible debut celebrating camaraderie, sportsmanship, and survival, Finn McCool’s Football Club stands out as a haunting and powerful memoir filled with laughter, loss, astonishment, and of course, soccer.

In 2004, Belfast-born Stephen Rea moved to New Orleans, a city where "football" means something entirely different than what it does back home. After struggling to find a place to watch European soccer games, Rea discovered Finn McCool's pub and its mixed clientele of good-humored European ex-pats, charismatic New Orleanians, and assorted matchless personalities. Before long he was playing on the pub's motley over-thirty-five fledgling soccer team. Gathered at the bar on August 27, 2005, members of the team were discussing their upcoming match, untroubled by the impending storm and unknowing that their city and team would nearly be obliterated by Hurricane Katrina in a matter of hours. Days later, the lucky among them were scattered across the country; the others struggled to survive as they awaited rescue in New Orleans. With clarity and compassion, Rea examines the disaster as he profiles the experiences of his teammates and their efforts to resurrect the team and pub that had become so central in all of their lives. A gripping and moving memoir about an unusual pub team and a devastating natural disaster, Finn McCool’s Football Club is a celebration of ex-pats and pubs, soccer and sportsmanship, and the strength it takes to rebuild a team, a city, and a life.

This Signature Series is an unmissable audiobook companion to Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. In this special edition you will have the opportunity to listen to Dr. Covey teach each of the 7 Habits; these are unique live recordings giving you his personal insights and examples regarding the application of the habits—to today's challenges. Each disc is filled with material you will not hear or read elsewhere.

Stephen Covey's THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE took the self-help market by storm in 1990 and has enjoyed phenomenal sales ever since. With over 15 million copies in print, the book has become a classic. Now a touchstone for millions of individuals, as well as for families and businesses, the integrated, principle-centered 7 Habits philosophy has helped readers find solutions to their personal and professional problems, and achieve a life characterized by fairness, integrity, honesty, and dignity. Covey's tried and true step-by-step approach can now be even more thoroughly explored in this new workbook. With the same clarity and assurance that Covey's readers have come to know and love, the workbook helps readers further understand, appreciate, and internalize the power of the 7 Habits. These engaging, in-depth exercises allow readers - both devotees and newcomers - to get their hands dirty as they develop a philosophy for success, set personal goals, and improve their relationships.

Mary and I Forty Years With The Sioux By Stephen r. Riggs This book I have inscribed to my own family. It will be of interest to them, as, in part, a history of their father and mother, in the toils and sacrifices and rewards of commencing and carrying forward the work of evangelizing the Dakota people. Many others, who are interested in the uplifting of the Red Men, may be glad to obtain glimpses, in these pages, of the inside of Missionary Life in what was, not long since, the Far West; and to trace the threads of the in-weaving of a Christ-life into the lives of many of the Sioux nation. “Why don’t you tell more about yourselves?” is a question which, in various forms, has been often asked me, during these last four decades. Partly as the answer to questions of that kind, this book assumes somewhat the form of a personal narrative.......

The family information in this book comes from a genealogy magazine published during the 1990s, now out of print. Contents of this very brief volume include all queries from the magazine mentioning individuals or families surnamed JEFFERSON (with 8 queries total), JEFFERS (3 queries), JEFFERY (JEFFERIES, JEFFRIES) (3 queries), JEFFCOAT (2 queries), JEFFORD (JEFFORDS) (1 query), or JEFFRION (1 query).The focus is on families in the southern United States.Genealogy queries such as these have long been a means for family researchers to share information. Although these queries were written by persons seeking information, the wealth of detail in them could prove valuable to you if you're working on the same names or lines.Typically, queries include information on births, deaths, marriages, children of a given couple, family migrations, etc. Some trace several generations of one family. Some even include colorful family stories passed down through the years!Note: If you aren't sure if the information in this book will be useful to your particular family research, why not borrow and read it for free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription?Other surnames occurring incidentally in the queries reproduced in this volume include ADAMS, ALDEN, ALLEN, ANSON, BABIN, BAINES, BAINS, BALL, BALLOW, BASS, BATES, BATEY, BATY, BAXTER, BEARDEN, BEATY, BERRY, BIAS, BIRMINGHAM, BONA, BOYLSTON - COLEMAN, BRYANT, BUCHANAN, CALLAHAN, CAMPBELL, CHAMBERLAINE, CHILDERS, CLARK, CLINGMAN, CONWAY, DEACONS, DEFER, DEFIR, DeFOUR, DEFUR, DRAKE, DUNCAN, ELMES, ESTES, FORBUSH, FORREST, GEFFERS, HARGRAVES, HARGROVE, HARGROVES, HARRIS, HENRY, HICKLIN, HOLLOWAY, HOLMAN, HOPKINS, HOWARD, HUSTON, HUTCHINS, HYDE, IRELAND, JANVRIN, JOHNSON, KNEUBEUHLER, KNOX, LACKEY, LAWRENCE, LEWIS, LINCOLN, LOCKRIDGE, LOUGHRIDGE, MABRY, MADDUX, MANN, MARTIN, McCORKLE, McLAIN, MILLER, MILLIGAN, MOSELEY, MULLIN, MURNAHAM, NAPIER, NICHOLS, NORREL, NORTON, PARSONS, PATTON, PAUL, PETTUS, PHILLIPS, PICKERING, PINKERMAN, PRUTFINGER, PRYOR, QUINCEY, QUINCY, REED, REID, RICKS, RIVES, ROWSEY, SAULS, SEXTON, SHIPPEE, SMITH, SQUIRE, STEELE, STONE, STREET, TACKETT, TARPLEY, TAYLOR, THOMAS, TOWNSEND, TURNER, WILLIAMS, WOOD, WRIGHT, and YEARGAN.

A prophecy, and a boy who quests toward his destiny...Fourteen-year-old Garinor is taken from his home with no idea why, but things go badly right away. Answers to his destiny and the fate of the kingdom are all around him, and it's up to Garinor to find the pieces and put them together.This novella is but one path of Garinor’s possible journey. To experience his entire quest and all the paths available to him, seek out Garinor’s Adventure: A Choose-the-Fate Novel. Over three dozen endings exist in novel, with many options along the way. As Garinor’s conscience, you choose the path to his destiny.Pre-selected paths through Garinor's AdventureIf you want to see different endings without tackling the entire novel, you can check out these Path novellas. The Castle Path The Labyrinth Path The Prince Path The Stone PathAlso available from Stephen J. Wolf Red Jade Fantasy Series Journeys in Kallisor The Shattered Shards The Assembly The Forgotten Tribe Delminor's Trials: A Prequel Coding for Kids Learn JavaScript: Build the Room Adventure Game Learn JavaScript: Build Mini Apps A Shocking Journey Learn about electricity and magnetism through analogies.

Sure, hangovers and throwing up in gutters sound glamorous, but Carol Martino has had it. Going into senior year, she’s going to straighten up. No more drinking, no more sex! The first step is to drop her handsome, but bad-influence boyfriend. The next step is to try to hook up with the school’s literary magazine editor, Gary McDevitt. He doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t drink, and judging by the literary magazine thing, it’s a good bet he’s a virgin.Carol wants Gary to help straighten her life out, but to her surprise, their relationship becomes much more.Mature teen, some sex talk, some language

Through their role in the development of the First Amendment and their exercise of the freedoms it grants, alternative religious groups have had a profound influence on American history. As Stephen J. Stein points out in this vivid overview, the history of alternative religion--from colonial Puritans to late-20th-century Branch Davidians--runs parallel to that of dissent in America. Committed to fairness of representation, Stein describes the evolution and structure of alternative religious movements from both sides: the critics and the religious dissenters themselves. He investigates obscure groups such as the 19th-century Vermont Pilgrims, who wore bearskins and refused to bathe or cut their hair, alongside better-known alternative believers, including colonial America's largest outsider faith, the Quakers; 17th- and 18th-century Mennonites, Amish, and Shakers; and the Christian Scientists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Black Muslims, and Scientologists of today. The book also covers the milestones in the history of alternative American religions, from the infamous Salem witch trials and mass suicide/murder at Jonestown to the positive ways in which these religions have affected racial relations and the empowerment of women.Religion in American Life explores the evolution, character, and dynamics of organized religion in America from 1500 to the present day. Written by distinguished religious historians, these books weave together the varying stories that compose the religious fabric of the United States, from Puritanism to alternative religious practices. Primary source material coupled with handsome illustrations and lucid text make these books essential in any exploration of America's diverse nature. Each book includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and index.