Newlyweds Glen and Bessie Hyde plan to set a record by navigating the treacherous rapids of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, only to vanish one month later, in a historical novel that interweaves the story of their fateful journey with their families' desperate efforts to find them. A first novel.

Grand Ambition: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Michaels, Lisa

United States

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

"An absorbing, affecting and beautifully written novel."―New York Times Book Review In Lisa Michaels's enthralling debut novel, she weaves the tale of two young newlyweds, Glen and Bessie Hyde, who set out in 1928 to run the rapids of the Grand Canyon. The pair hoped to set a record: Bessie would be the first woman to negotiate that treacherous stretch of the Colorado River. When they failed to appear at their destination on time, Glen's father mounted a desperate search to find them. Based on the few known facts of a true story, Grand Ambition contemplates our need for risk and danger, and treats with great complexity the power of youthful passion. Reading Group Guide included.

W.W.Norton&Company

The author recounts her youth in the sixties and seventies as a child of leftist activists, from wandering the country's highways to growing vegetables in a California commune

Split: A Counterculture Childhood

Biographies & Memoirs

Regional U.S.

Chapters Pub Ltd

In this "disarmingly amiable reminiscence" (The Atlantic Monthly) that "may be the best argument for the left since Marx" (The New Yorker), poet and writer Lisa Michaels blends memoir with social commentary to tell a remarkable tale of growing up as a child of political activists during the early seventies. Michaels's upbringing was marked by communes, rallies, and road trips; as a young girl she traveled across the country with her mother and stepfather in a customized mail truck, complete with a wood stove, while her father spent two years in jail for his part in an antiwar protest. Raised in a rural California town, Michaels craved conformity, but eventually she came to share many of her parents' long-held values. By a writer of uncommon perception, SPLIT offers "a rare glimpse of a life that embodies a time" (Vogue).

Arts & Literature

Mariner Books

What if God is not in control? And what if this lack of control isn’t because God is weak or uninvolved? What if, instead, God’s powerful and universal love is inherently uncontrolling?
In this book, more than eighty writers explore uncontrolling love, an idea first suggested by Thomas Jay Oord in his award-winning work, The Uncontrolling Love of God: An Open and Relational Account of Providence (IVP Academic). Contributors explore uncontrolling love in practical, political, scientific, personal, economic, biblical, ethical, and philosophical dimensions. Many tell stories and pose questions. Others offer novel ideas to make sense of life or promote well-being. Oord offers introductions to key ideas and concepts.
“This book is amazing! Each essay contains precisely worded insights and thoughtful, practical responses to Oord’s book, The Uncontrolling Love of God. Essayists cite their own reasons for recognizing, claiming, and articulating what Oord calls “essential kenosis theology.” In an array of accessible vignettes, essayists illustrate Oord’s relational thesis: God’s love is necessarily self-giving and others-empowering.
-- Karen Winslow, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biblical Studies, Azusa Pacific University
“Jesus proclaimed God as a loving parent, and this basic approach dominates in the New Testament. But many people revere controlling power more than love. Thomas Jay Oord has reclaimed the good news of the uncontrolling love of God. Many rejoice and respond with uncontrolling love for one another and all God’s creatures. This book embodies the response of the church, lay people and pastors, students and teachers, liberals and conservatives. Readers can join in this work of theology by witnessing to what a loving God is doing in the world.”
-- John B. Cobb, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University

Uncontrolling Love: Essays Exploring the Love of God, with Introductions by Thomas Jay Oord

Religion & Spirituality

Baker, Chris

Drurey, Craig

Coffin, Gloria

Kirksey, Graden

Ward, Donna Fiser

Religious Studies

SacraSage Press

Align with the elements of nature and unlock your feminine power of creation! Would you like to begin to prosper and thrive financially in more soul-filled ways, strengthen your authentic leadership abilities as you nourish your inner femininity, or experience a deeper sense of your purpose and passion as you fully express your essence? The rich content in this book will help you gain some vital support from nature for the organic growth of your creations and strengthen your inner abilities to powerfully expand your business and life success. Each chapter focuses on a specific way of utilizing the elemental forces or nature's rhythms to enhance your ability to thrive. This guide introduces eight extraordinary women from all walks of life who have mastered nature's success system to energize and enhance health, wealth, and passion in their personal and professional lives. Along with Hay House mover and shaker, Natural Rhythms author, and president Lisa Michaels, their stories and insightful strategies will inspire and empower you. Discover tools to live your life richly and fully by engaging the elemental forces of nature and embracing the feminine power of creation now.

Nature's Success System: Secrets to Energize Your Health, Wealth, and Passion With the Feminine Power of Creation

Balboa Pr

PROSPEROUS PRIESTESS HANDBOOK: A Guide to Unlock the Secret Riches of Your Inner Creation GoddessDiscover the sacred alchemical art of creating a soul-filled, spirit-rich, financially thriving Divine Feminine life and business.Recent #1 Bestseller in Kindle Store: GoddessAuthor Lisa Michaels, 2010 Hay House Mover and Shaker, shares the secrets to unlocking the power of working with the Divine Feminine, nature’s elemental forces and the wisdom of the Goddess so you can co-create a rich abundant life aligned with your unique life purpose that’s divinely inspired.Awakening the Priestess within develops and strengthens your ability to access greater levels of prosperity, to bring your inner creation riches into the outer world of form. The process of drawing the formless into form begins internally with your deep Divine Feminine connection to source. You access it through the abundant inner well of creation. Living your life purpose is a soul-filled creative process, an ongoing act of creation. So, the more you understand how creation functions, and the more you learn to trust in the creative process, the easier it is to uncover your life purpose, take it to the next level, and to express it fully. Become a juicer, richer, soul-filled woman in every arena of your life as you learn to strengthen your feminine leadership abilities as well as your life and business creation skills. When you learn to honor the sacred in everything you do by directly connecting to the Divine as you go about the practical matters of life in every area—from home and family, to business and career, to community service and creative expression—prosperity flows.Unfortunately, too many women find themselves desperately searching for something but may have no idea what it is or where to find it. The Prosperous Priestess Handbook walks you through a step-by-step discovery process that nudges you to recognize the creative urges you experience, while offering you specific guidance to co-create with the Goddess, bringing you prosperity in many forms, whether in your personal life, your career, or in your business.When you apply your creation focus to your life and your business you can manifest some fabulous results. Examples of how women’s lives have changed from activating the archetype of the Priestess and working with the elemental forces include: -Attracting large sums of money.- Experiencing large increases in monthly cash flow.- Attracting love relationships.- Improving communication and relationships.- Clearing emotional blocks to pregnancy or adoption.- Effectively going off anti-depressants after years of being on them.- Aligning with life work.- Increasing alignment with soul purpose.- Accessing more creativity.- Finding greater levels of life balance.The Prosperous Priestess Handbook will show you just how much your outer world reflects your inner experience. And the elemental forces will remind you how much you can impact and influence your experiences with increased awareness.Designed to raise the level of conscious awareness you carry, each of the wisdom-filled insightful chapters ends with a tip, short assignment, or journaling exercise intended to raise your vibration and connection to purpose and passion. As one reviewer says, the Prosperous Priestess Handbook “is an amazing simple recipe book for connecting to your inner guidance.”The Prosperous Priestess Handbook is a mindful addition to any seeker’s library, intended especially for women who are ready to listen to the whispers of their inner soul.

Prosperous Priestess Handbook: A Guide to Unlock the Secret Riches of Your Inner Creation Goddess

New Age & Spirituality

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Natural Rhythms: A Sacred Guide Into Nature's Creation Secrets  Manifest your dreams, goals, and desires by aligning with the elemental forces of nature - your most powerful, divinely-inspired teacher – as you move into greater levels of health and wellness, creativity and wholeness.  In Natural Rhythms: A Sacred Guide Into Nature's Creation Secrets, bestselling author and Hay House Mover and Shaker Lisa Michaels reveals how to open to the guiding insights of the natural world and honor the sacred in everything you do by directly connecting to the Divine as you go about the practical matters of life.  Discover how to: - focus your intentions for creation.  - listen to and apply the elemental forces of nature – Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Spirit – to ALL your creations.  - deepen your alignment with the natural rhythmic cycles of the sun, moon, and stars in order to gain heightened levels of inner peace and balance.  - access your own inner wisdom, knowing, and divinity.   Natural Rhythms: A Sacred Guide Into Nature's Creation Secrets is applicable in every area of your life: from home and family, to business and career, to community service and creative expression.  Learn how to:  - release old emotional baggage  - improve relationships  - activate your ability to take action  - increase your ability to thrive   Once you understand the sacred forces of nature, you’ll have a bridge for uniting Spirit and matter. Learn to connect to the forces of nature as your power tool for creation as you go about the practical matters of life - from creating a meal, changing diapers, planting vegetables, paying bills, building wealth, and working in your career.

Natural Rhythms: A Sacred Guide into Nature's Creation Secrets

Align with the elements of nature and unlock your feminine power of creation! Would you like to begin to prosper and thrive financially in more soul-filled ways? Strengthen your authentic leadership abilities as you nourish your inner feminine? Experience a deeper sense of your purpose and passion as you fully express your essence? The rich content in this book will help you gain some vital support from nature for the organic growth of your creations and strengthen your inner abilities to powerfully expand your business and life success. Each chapter focuses on a specific way of utilizing the elemental forces or Nature's rhythms to enhance your ability to thrive. Introducing eight extraordinary women from all walks of life who have mastered Nature's success system to energize and enhance health, wealth, and passion in their personal and professional lives. Along Hay House Mover & Shaker, Natural Rhythms author and president Lisa Michaels, their stories and insightful strategies will inspire and empower you. Discover tools to live your life richly and fully by engaging the elemental forces of Nature and embracing the Feminine power of creation now.

Nature's Success System: Secrets to Energize Your Heath, Wealth & Passion with the Feminine Power of Creation

Grand Ambition

Newlyweds Glen and Bessie Hyde plan to navigate the treacherous rapids of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, but vanish one month later, in a novel that interweaves the story of their fateful journey with their families' efforts to find them.

Thomas T. Beeler

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Michaels, Lisa. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Michaels, Lisa

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Michaels, Lisa. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Grand Ambition: A Novel

Grand Ambition: A Novel

Split: A Counterculture Childhood

Split: A Counterculture Childhood

Uncontrolling Love: Essays Exploring the Love of God, with Introductions by Thomas Jay Oord

Nature's Success System: Secrets to Energize Your Health, Wealth, and Passion With the Feminine Power of Creation

Prosperous Priestess Handbook: A Guide to Unlock the Secret Riches of Your Inner Creation Goddess

Natural Rhythms: A Sacred Guide into Nature's Creation Secrets

Nature's Success System: Secrets to Energize Your Heath, Wealth & Passion with the Feminine Power of Creation

Grand Ambition