Guiding Lights

Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames or bonfires to modern-day lighthouse keeping. Yet most of their stories are little-known. Guiding Lights includes true stories from around the world, chronicling the lives of the extraordinary women who mind the world’s storm-battered towers. From Hannah Sutton and her partner Grant, the two caretakers living alone on Tasmania’s wild Maatsuyker Island, to Karen Zacharuk, the keeper in charge of Cape Beale on Canada’s Vancouver Island, where bears, cougars and wolves roam, the lives of lighthouse women are not for the faint of heart. Stunning photographs from throughout history accompany accounts of the dramatic torching of Puysegur Point, one of NZ’s most inhospitable lighthouses; ‘haunted’ lighthouses in across the US and their tragic tales; lighthouse accidents and emergencies around the world; and two of the world’s most legendary lighthouse women: Ida Lewis (US) and Grace Darling (UK), who risked their lives to save others. The book also explores our dual perception of lighthouses: are they comforting and romantic beacons symbolizing hope and trust, or storm-lashed and forbidding towers with echoes of lonely, mad keepers? Whatever our perception, stories of women’s courage and dedication in minding the lights — then and now — continue to capture our imagination and inspire.

In this easy-to-use reference, Naval Academy English professor Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot tells the stories behind sixty of the Academy's monuments and memorials. To personalize the memorials and the naval figures they honor, she has included letters, firsthand battle reports, Lucky Bag commentaries, award citations, and other documents. Along with famous quotations, the book also presents poems and tributes written by midshipmen that explain how the memorials have inspired them, along with original poems by the author. More than 140 illustrations, including black-and-white photographs and reproductions of historic sketches, visually enrich the book. In revealing the people and events behind the Academy s memorials, Arbuthnot provides models or guiding lights to help readers steer their own courses through life.

Based on the Emmy Award-winning daytime drama, this edition of the "New York Times" bestseller contains an all-new chapter, providing the latest news about Springfield's bad boy, Jonathan Randall.

Many people especially Christians claim to be walking in the light of Christ, however, why is there so many things wrong in this world? With so many lights and shadows of light, how can we know which to follow? How can we know we are really serving Jesus as Lord and savior and not some other spirit which looks like Christ? Bear in mind that there are many spirits that have gone out into this world that deny the very nature of Jesus Christ. Are you really sure you are in the true light? Jesus Christ clearly said, "As long as I'm in the world I'm the light of the world." Now ask yourself which other being has ever said such powerful words? Isn't Jesus the very God of old working salvation in the midst of the earth? Guiding Lights undoubtedly will encourage and strengthen the believer in Jesus Christ to continue to walk in the light just as how He is in the light.

We all need people to help us find the way. In this stirring new book, acclaimed author and educator Eric Liu takes us on a quest for those guiding lights. He shares invaluable lessons from people whose “classrooms” are boardrooms, arenas, concert halls, theaters, kitchens, and places of worship–and in the process, he reveals a surprising path to purpose. As he entered fatherhood and a phase of changing ambitions, Eric Liu set out in search of great mentors. He found much more. He encountered people from all walks of life, from all across the country, with something powerful to pass on about how to change lives. Among those Liu portrays in vivid and fascinating narratives are one of Hollywood’s finest acting teachers, who turns a middling young actress into a project for transformation; an esteemed major league pitching coach, haunted by the players he’s let down; a rising executive whose eye for untapped talent allows her to rescue a floundering employee; a master clown whose workshop teaches a husband-and-wife team to revamp their relationship, onstage and off; a high school debate coach whose protégée falters at the pinnacle, and thus finds triumph; and a gangland priest who has saved many and yet still must confront the limits of his power to heal. In these pages are remarkable stories of apprenticeship–of failure, hope, and discovery. These are stories of men and women who learned to hear the sound of other people’s voices and, in so doing, found their own way to a better and fuller life. As Eric Liu reminds us, these are our stories. Lyrical and accessible, Guiding Lights is a course to benefit any reader, a superb work of narrative nonfiction, and an exciting departure for its accomplished author. This book will change how we live, lead, learn, and love. Pass it on.

This is a colouring in book for all ages to have fun with and discover that we are not alone but a part of the Energy of Creation. There are 72 wonderful Mandalas to work with and meditate on. Each one specially designed to connect you with the Guiding Lights energies. Tables and notes setting out the meaning behind each of the 72 Guiding Lights and some basic concepts on Astrological processes have also been included. Once coloured in, the drawings can be used to complement meditation or can be viewed as a calendar for daily thoughts and inspiration. This book also includes a section that enables you to identify your own Personal Guiding Lights. It then shows how to create an Amulet for protection and guidance. The process of colouring in mediation enhances your journey of self discovery, giving you a better understanding of yourself and others for a balanced, happy, healthy, fulfilled and successful life.