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In President Packer's characteristic warmth and authoritative manner, he examines in appropriate detail the doctrines and practices surrounding the holy temples that dot the world. This timely and valuable book will help members at every stage of life as it focuses on a temple's purpose, beauty, and the blessings it offers.
Part one offers the Lord's invitation: "Come to the temple." It sets forth the requirements for attendance basically, preparation
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"A parable is 'a brief, simple story told to illustrate or teach a moral or spiritual truth,'" writes President Boyd K. Packer. "This is a Christmas parable." With that introduction, President Packer relates the tender story of a man whose strange dream during a difficult Christmas season awakens him to the reality of the Savior's atonement. This meaningful story is highlighted by President Packer's own paintings. A Christmas gift sure to be remembered.
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
AN NPR BEST BOOK
Selected by New York Times' critic Dwight Garner as a Favorite Book
A Washington Post Best Political Book
A New Republic Best Book
A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political journalists of our generation
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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2011
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From Ann Packer, author of the New York Times best-selling novels The Dive from Clausen’s Pier and Songs Without Words, a collection of burnished, emotionally searing stories, framed by two unforgettable linked narratives that express the transformation of a single family over the course of a lifetime.
A wife struggles to make sense of her husband’s sudden disappearance. A mother mourns her teenage son through the...
A wife struggles to make sense of her husband’s sudden disappearance. A mother mourns her teenage son through the...
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When their younger sibling returns, the three oldest Blair children find their lives disrupted in ways they could have never imagined as they each tell their story that is interwoven with portraits of their family at crucial points in their history.
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HarperCollins Publishers
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2018
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Brought to you by the award-winning chefs behind the Honey & Co. empire, Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich present simple and delicious Middle Eastern dishes that are easy to make and a pleasure to serve. Wholesome, fresh and seasonal ingredients are organised into chapters For Us Two, For Friends, For the Weekend, For a Crowd and The Kitchen. Enjoy authentic recipes like Jerusalem sesame bread filled with harissa and lemon chicken, tuck into...
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Retired architect Otto Laird is living a peaceful, if slightly bemused, existence in Switzerland with his second wife, Anika. Once renowned for his radical designs, Otto now spends his days communing with nature and writing eccentric letters to old friends (which he doesn't mail). But Otto's comfortable life is rudely interrupted when he learns that his most significant and revolutionary building, Marlowe House, a 1960s tower block estate in South...
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Deseret Book Company
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2013
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In this dispensation, only six men have served longer as a General Authority than
Boyd K. Packer. President Packer is known for his poetry, his parables, his teaching, and his twin loves of woodworking and birds. From his nine books, this volume brings together hundreds of discourses featuring some of the most treasured and memorable lessons and wisdom. Perfect for family night, lesson enhancement, or personal inspiration, President Packer follows
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Your Family Can Be Stronger... Your Kids Better Protected... And You Can Do It in 30 DaysAs a parent, you know the challenges against you can seem overwhelming. While you're trying to raise thoughtful, considerate, innocent children, popular culture seems to want to turn your children against you. Schools sometimes seem less places of learning than bazaars where your children are sold bad language and surly attitudes - or worse, drugs and sexually...
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Are you looking to understand the importance of healthy dog food? Ready to feed your dog healthy, delicious and homemade dog food that is easy to prepare? Then you will want to read on to get all the details..... Believe it or not your dog requires the proper nutrition in the proper amount. Identifying the good, the bad and the ugly about dog food is very important when it comes to the health of your dog. I provide you with all the relevant details...
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In this book, Newsmax senior financial analyst and lifelong investor Andrew Packer reviews the latest challenges facing investors today. Packer outlines a step-by-step approach to understanding the current investment environment, and what to look for when allocating your capital today. Rather than swinging for the fences and hoping for the best, Packer reveals high-reward, yet low-risk investment opportunities still available to investors today. These...
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An acclaimed journalist and novelist explores the legacy and future of American liberalism through the history of his family's politically active history
George Packer's maternal grandfather, George Huddleston, was a populist congressman from Alabama in the early part of the century-an agrarian liberal in the Jacksonian mold who opposed the New Deal. Packer's father was a Kennedy-era liberal, a law professor and dean at Stanford whose convictions...
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Throughout his career as a journalist, George Packer has always been attuned to the voices and stories of individuals caught up in the big ideas and events of contemporary history. Interesting Times unites brilliant investigative pieces such as "Betrayed," about Iraqi interpreters, with personal essays and detailed narratives of travels through war zones and failed states. Spanning a decade that includes the September 11, 2001 attacks and the election...
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Now restored to print with a new Foreword by Philip Gourevitch and an Afterword by the author, The Village of Waiting is a frank, moving, and vivid account of contemporary life in West Africa. Stationed as a Peace Corps instructor in the village of Lavié (the name means "wait a little more") in tiny and underdeveloped Togo, George Packer reveals his own schooling at the hands of an unforgettable array of townspeople-peasants, chiefs, charlatans,...
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Tired of investing the "right way" only to see years of gains evaporate in mere months? Worried about the potential danger in the stock market right now? Concerned that stubborn politicians or central bankers in Washington will do something boneheaded to derail your retirement? It's time to seize your financial destiny. In his new book, Money news Financial Editor Andrew Packer, author of the runaway bestseller Aftershock's High Income Guide, explores...
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If you are a morani (warrior), you have your spear at the ready-you could be the hero, but you will have to wait until the morning light before you can go out and prove yourself. If it is a lion, you want to be the first to spear it-and if the lion turns on you, make sure it mauls you on your chest or stomach, on your face, shins, or throat. Any place where you can show your scars with pride, show the incontrovertible evidence of courage. A scar on...
18) Betrayed: A Play
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Based on George Packer's account in The New Yorker, Betrayed is a riveting and morally complex drama that explores in the Iraqis' own words the ways in which we have already abandoned them.
Millions of Iraqis, spanning the country's religious and ethnic spectrum, welcomed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. But the mostly young men and women who embraced America's project so enthusiastically that they were prepared to risk their lives for it by aiding...
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Today's investment environment can be daunting, at best. Trying to find solid returns without the nasty, associated risks can be extremely difficult. The High Income Guide will lead you to investments that are often ignored simply because most people don't know about them. In fact, most "financial experts" don't even know about them. Knowing your investment options, however, is just a start. Each and every day brings new challenges, which is why it...
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"Ready To Discover The Fun World Of Making Candy?" "Looking to understand the essentials in how to make candy?" "Tired of having candy that is gritty and lacks consistency and flavor?" This Practical Guide Is Designed For Those That Might Not Really Understand The Science Behind How To Make Good Quality Candy and Are Looking To Expand Their Candy Making Skills. Believe it or not, there are fundamental and essential elements that is needed to understand...