Portrait of the Master by James Twyman, ISBN 1899171436
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The story begins in Assisi, Italy, when St. Francis determines to travel to the Near East to try to influence the Sultan in Syria to make peace with the Christians. If the Muslims only knew Jesus' real message, he thinks, they would stop the terrible holy war known in Europe as the Crusades. Brother Leo of the Order is charged to accompany him and draw the saint's official portrait, something Francis allows only now because he thinks he may not return alive.
On the journey, Francis shapes his plea for peace, with Leo as an eager student. Each day's lesson becomes a line of the prayer which ultimately wins the Sultan over and gives them safe passage in Muslim lands.
Francis's famous Peace Prayer: "Lord, make me an instrument of yourpeace...", and the portrait, in which Leo paints Francis as Jesus himself, are at the center of this powerful teaching about inner and outer peace. Another amazing portrait of Jesus by an Indian artist is reproduced on the cover.
Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II by Jerry E. Strahan, ISBN 0807123390
Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II, by Jerry E. Strahan, is the first biography of perhaps the most forgotten hero of the Allied victory. It was Higgins who designed the LCVP (landing craft vehicle, personnel) that played such a vital role in the invasion of Normandy, the landings in Guadalcanal, North Africa, and Leyte, and thousands of amphibious assaults throughout the Pacific. It was also Higgins who, after twenty years of failure by the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Ships, designed and constructed an effective tank landing craft in sixty-one hours - a feat that caused the bureau to despise him. In 1938, Higgins owned a single small boatyard in New Orleans employing fewer than seventy-five people. Through exceptional drive, vision, and genius, his holdings expanded until by late 1943 he owned seven plants and employed more than twenty thousand workers. Because of his reputation for designing and producing assault craft in record-breaking time, Higgins was awarded the...
Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II by Jerry E. Strahan, ISBN 0807123390 
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D.I.Y. Girl: The Real Girl's Guide to Making Everything from Lip Gloss to Lamps by Jennifer Bonnell, ISBN 0142500488
Featuring full-color photos and illustrations along with step-by-step instructions, this do-it-yourself book shows teen girls how to make jewelry, beauty products, personalized birthday gifts, original bedroom decor, and much more.
D.I.Y. Girl: The Real Girl's Guide to Making Everything from Lip Gloss to Lamps by Jennifer Bonnell, ISBN 0142500488
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