This book details the life-journey of Stella Baum Braunstein, an entrepreneur during a period when that term seldom referred to a woman. It begins with her early years as the child of Eastern European immigrants in the low-income section of Philadelphia, and a teacher who characterizes her as having leadership qualities recognized by others even when she herself did not see them. While still a teenager, Stella worked for a jeweler. Her sales ability so impressed him that he sent this 18-year-old on a buying trip to New York City, authorized to order up to $10,000 worth of Trifari jewelry....

If you think the Bible is boring or too hard to understand, you just gotta meet these very real people as they step out of the pages of Genesis. They are definitely very human. Definitely not humdrum. Listen in, while: Adam describes his first day of life. No critters are welcome in Mrs. Noah's house. Jacob wakes up to find he has married the wrong girl. "Blended family" problems almost result in murder. Living nightmare: naked on a slave block, for sale to the highest bidder. That's what's inside--real people and their stories. Take a fresh look at Genesis as its people clue you in about...