Dorie

'Someone has said that when you have nothing left but God, you realize that God is enough. God had stood beside me when no one else wanted me. He was not going to abandon me now. God would have to heal the emotional pain that throbbed through my body.' As a child, Dorie was rejected by her mother, sent to live in an orphanage where she was regularly beaten by the orphanage director, was beaten time and again by cruel foster parents, and was daily told that she was ugly and unlovable. Dorie never knew love until a group of college students visited the orphanage and told her that God loved her. As she accepted that love, her life began to change. Dorie is the thrilling, true account of what God's love can do in a life. Doris Van Stone takes readers through the hard years of her childhood into her fascinating years as a missionary with her husband to the Dani tribe in New Guinea. With the rise of illegitimate births, the increase in divorce statistics, and the frightening escalation of child abuse, this story stands as a reminder that God's love, forgiveness, and grace are greater than human hurt and sorrow. More than 170,000 in print.

The James Beard Award-winning and New York Times magazine columnist shares the irresistibly informal food she makes for her husband and friends.

From James Beard Award-winning and NYT best-selling author Dorie Greenspan, a baking book of more than 150 exciting recipes Say "Dorie Greenspan" and think baking. The renowned author of thirteen cookbooks and winner of five James Beard and two IACP awards offers a collection that celebrates the sweet, the savory, and the simple. Every recipe is signature Dorie: easy--beginners can ace every technique in this book--and accessible, made with everyday ingredients. Are there surprises? Of course! You'll find ingenious twists like Berry Biscuits. Footlong cheese sticks made with cream puff dough. Apple pie with browned butter spiced like warm mulled cider. A s'mores ice cream cake with velvety chocolate sauce, salty peanuts, and toasted marshmallows. It's a book of simple yet sophisticated baking. The chapters are classic: Breakfast Stuff - Cakes - Cookies - Pies, Tarts, Cobblers and Crisps - Two Perfect Little Pastries - Salty Side Up. The recipes are unexpected. And there are "Sweethearts" throughout, mini collections of Dorie's all-time favorites. Don't miss the meringue Little Marvels or the Double-Decker Caramel Cake. Like all of Dorie's recipes, they lend themselves to being remade, refashioned, and riffed on.

When young Chris Dutton and his mother Dorie strolled into a pawnshop in Idaho Falls to kill a few lonely hours, they had no way to know that the used trumpet Chris bought and the second-hand L.C. Smith typewriter Dorie proudly carried away would eventually change their lives forever. Chris' father, Ross Dutton, was determined to reach the top rung of Ace Corporation's ladder by constantly agreeing to relocate whenever and wherever the big wheels at home office dictated. By the time his father was transferred from the Far West to the Deep South, Chris and Dorie had learned the bitter lesson that the only way to avoid the pain of saying good-bye to places and people was not to say hello. While Ross basked in success by complacently accepting the Southern way of life, Chris and Dorie turned to the trumpet and the typewriter to help them bridge the gap of loneliness they fell into each time Ross took another step up the corporate ladder by complacently accepting the cultural and political chaos which was taking place in the South in the early 1960's. Dorie privately retained her personal beliefs while advising Chris to, "When in Rome, eat Spaghetti." The emotional wall which Dorie and Chris constructed around themselves began to crumble when Chris and his trumpet were drafted by the school principal to form a six-boy band and Dorie again got out her L.C. Smith typewriter and resumed working on a manuscript she had begun writing in Idaho. "It's just a simple little love story," she called it. When the "simple little love story" was published, its words spread across Dixie like kudzu vines. Violence erupted. Blood was shed. Lives were forever changed.

For over a year, Dorie-Lynn has desperately tried to find a way back to the strange and mysterious world she had left so abruptly. Her mission there had just started and her encounter with the evil queen has made her more determined than ever to complete it. A glimpse of a familiar face and an impulsive decision will bring her back to the land she has longed for. Once there, Dorie sets out on a journey that will take her to the land's deepest waters, uncovering a reality that she could never have dreamed of. However, not everything is what it seems and the lessons she learns there are as unfathomable as the waters beneath. Truth, deception and consequence follow Dorie as she continues her dauntless quest to unite a once peaceful and noble land...THE LAND OF IDOJ.

After the horrifying events of her last trip to Idoj, Dorie-Lynn is determined to be more vigilant than ever in her thoughts and actions. However, she soon realizes that in order to carry on with her mission to save the land, she must make an unimaginable personal sacrifice. It is a critical decision that she is not sure she is ready for. With surprising support from an unexpected new friend, Dorie starts to come to terms with her past and seeks to embrace her destiny. But it isn't easy for someone who has done the unthinkable. Emerging from the deepest waters and venturing to the highest peaks of Idoj, Dorie faces an ongoing battle between her head and her heart. Uncovering more shocking truths about the evil Queen Aneleh and the world around her, Dorie's journey becomes an unending test of both her physical and mental strength. An unceasing barrage of emotions, twists and turns follow Dorie on her never-ending pursuit to unite a once peaceful and noble land...THE LAND OF IDOJ.

Dorie, Maddie, and Destiny represent the different sides of our Inner Child. Dorie the shy, sweet child; Maddie the social butterfly; and, Destiny the princess “want to be”. They are flamingos, but sisters as well. As sisters will do, they get along with each other one day, and annoyed at each other the next day. Dorie’s New Hat shows a glimpse of their lives together. In this story Dorie needs a new hat for a special occasion, but finds it frustrating to find the perfect hat. Will her sisters come to her rescue or will Dorie never find the hat of her dreams? Read this story and find out for yourself!

Late again... Dorie-Lynn Rothesay wondered what her punishment would be this time. Would she receive another lecture or would it be something far worse? Nothing she ever dreamed could prepare her for what would happen next: journeying to a far-off land with creatures unlike anything she had ever seen, meeting - not one - but two secretive young men who catch her eye, and the start of a perilous task destined just for her. In this land, Dorie discovers that not only do her daydreams have meaning, but there is a reason that she has them too. They reveal a dangerous mission of good versus evil set in a once united and noble land... ...THE LAND OF IDOJ