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Midwives (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.00 — 164,551 ratings — published 1997
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.20 — 80,892 ratings — published 2002
The Frozen River (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.37 — 695,656 ratings — published 2023
The Midwife of Hope River (Hope River #1)
by (shelved 21 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.04 — 19,642 ratings — published 2012
The Birth House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 16 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.04 — 47,089 ratings — published 2006
The Midwife's Revolt (Midwife, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.01 — 17,632 ratings — published 2012
The Midwife of Venice (Midwife #1)
by (shelved 10 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.63 — 14,095 ratings — published 2011
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.96 — 10,027 ratings — published 1990
My Name Is Mary Sutter (Mary Sutter, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.84 — 26,558 ratings — published 2010
Birthmarked (Birthmarked, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.88 — 49,011 ratings — published 2010
Lady in the Mist (The Midwives, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,459 ratings — published 2011
The Midwife's Confession: A Captivating Mystery Thriller and Emotional Family Drama (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.09 — 46,073 ratings — published 2011
The Reluctant Midwife (Hope River #2)
by (shelved 8 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.11 — 7,757 ratings — published 2015
The Secrets of Midwives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.86 — 37,813 ratings — published 2015
The Midwife's Apprentice (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.73 — 43,788 ratings — published 1995
The Red Tent (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.21 — 642,999 ratings — published 1997
Shadows of the Workhouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.17 — 27,963 ratings — published 2005
Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives (Midwife Trilogy #3)
by (shelved 7 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.30 — 19,686 ratings — published 2009
The Last Midwife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.94 — 7,629 ratings — published 2015
Midwife of the Blue Ridge (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.57 — 1,284 ratings — published 2008
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,105 ratings — published 2006
Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mystery, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.91 — 16,247 ratings — published 1999
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.36 — 6,978 ratings — published 2002
The Pull of the Stars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.95 — 91,843 ratings — published 2020
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.14 — 28,172 ratings — published 2014
Eleanore of Avignon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,814 ratings — published 2024
Lady Tan's Circle of Women (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.35 — 230,311 ratings — published 2023
The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.25 — 358 ratings — published 2019
The Book of Negroes (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.47 — 93,147 ratings — published 2007
Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,438 ratings — published 1972
A Vision of Light (Margaret of Ashbury, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,217 ratings — published 1988
A Midwife's Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,343 ratings — published 1986
The Midwife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.03 — 892 ratings — published 1992
The German Midwife (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.21 — 38,098 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,968,776 ratings — published 2018
The Runaway Midwife (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.82 — 3,075 ratings — published 2017
The Midwife's Tale (Midwife Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.67 — 2,991 ratings — published 2012
My Notorious Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.05 — 15,285 ratings — published 2013
Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, 1844-1939 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.81 — 135 ratings — published 2003
Heart's Safe Passage (The Midwives, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.08 — 783 ratings — published 2012
Prized (Birthmarked, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.97 — 24,246 ratings — published 2011
Murder on Sisters' Row (Gaslight Mystery, #13)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,558 ratings — published 2011
Murder on Marble Row (Gaslight Mystery, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,262 ratings — published 2004
Murder in Little Italy (Gaslight Mystery, #8)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,716 ratings — published 2006
The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 3.76 — 2,409 ratings — published 2008
The Amish Midwife (Women of Lancaster County #1)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.17 — 4,345 ratings — published 2011
Murder on Mulberry Bend (Gaslight Mystery, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.07 — 7,221 ratings — published 2003
The Midwife's Secret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.18 — 14,734 ratings — published 2021
Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,647 ratings — published 2023
Virgin River (Virgin River, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as midwives)
avg rating 4.01 — 82,129 ratings — published 2007
“Wanasayansi wana uwezo wa kupeleleza hadi kipindi cha karne ya kwanza ambapo Yesu aliishi, alikufa, alifufuka na alipaa kwenda mbinguni, na wana uwezo wa kujua mambo mengi kwa hakika yaliyofanyika katika kipindi hicho na hata katika kipindi cha kabla ya hapo.
Kuna miujiza ambayo Yesu aliifanya ambayo haiko ndani ya Biblia. Kwa mfano, Biblia inasema Yesu alizaliwa ndani ya zizi la ng’ombe wakati sayansi inasema alizaliwa nje ya zizi la ng’ombe; na muujiza wa kwanza kuufanya ambao hauko ndani ya Biblia ni kutembea mara tu baada ya kuzaliwa, na watu na ndege wa angani kuganda kabla ya kuzaliwa Masihi na kabla ya wakunga kufika kumsaidia Maria Magdalena kujifungua.
Akiwa na umri wa miaka sita, sayansi inasema, Yesu alikuwa akicheza na mtoto mwenzake juu ya paa la nyumba ya jirani na mara Yesu akamsukuma mwenzake kutoka juu hadi chini na mwenzake huyo akafariki papo hapo. Watu walipomsonga sana Yesu kwa kumtuhumu kuwa yeye ndiye aliyesababisha kifo cha mwenzake, na kwamba wangemfungulia mashtaka, Yesu alikataa katakata kuhusika na kifo hicho.
Lakini walipozidi kumsonga, aliusogelea mwili wa rafiki yake kisha akamwita na kumwambia asimame. Yule mtoto alisimama! Huo ukawa muujiza mkubwa wa kwanza wa Yesu Kristo, kufufua mtu nje ya maandiko matakatifu.
Kuna mifano mingi inayodhihirisha uwepo wa Mungu ambayo wanasayansi hawawezi hata kuipatia majibu. Tukio la Yoshua kusimamisha jua limewashangaza wanasayansi hadi nyakati za leo. Mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 70 wanasayansi walijaribu kurudisha muda nyuma kwa kompyuta kuona kama kweli wangekuta takribani siku moja imepotea kama ilivyorekodiwa katika Biblia.
Cha kushangaza, cha kushangaza mno, walikuta saa 23 na dakika 20 zimepotea katika mazingira ambayo hawakuweza na hawataweza kuyaelewa. Walipochunguza vizuri walikuta ni kipindi cha miaka ya 1500 KK (Jumanne tarehe 22 Julai) ambacho ndicho tukio la Yoshua la kusimamisha jua na kusogeza mwezi nyuma digrii 10, ambazo ni sawa na mzunguko wa dakika 40, lilipotokea.
Kwa kutumia elimu ya wendo, elimu ya kupanga miaka na matukio ya Kibiblia, dunia iliumbwa Jumapili tarehe 22 Septemba mwaka 4000 KK. Hata hivyo, mahesabu ya kalenda yanaonyesha kuwa Septemba 22 ilikuwa Jumatatu (si Jumapili) na kwamba kosa hilo labda lilisababishwa na siku ya Yoshua iliyopotea.
Hayo yote ni kwa mujibu wa Profesa C. A. Totten, wa Chuo Kikuu cha Yale, katika kitabu chake cha ‘Joshua’s Long Day and the Dial of Ahaz: A Scientific Vindication and a Midnight Cry’ kilichochapishwa mwaka 1890.
Kama hakuna Mungu iliwezekanaje Yoshua aombe jua lisimame na jua likasimama kweli? Iliwezekanaje Yesu aseme atakufa, atafufuka na atapaa kwenda mbinguni na kweli ikatokea kama alivyosema? Ndani ya Biblia kuna tabiri 333 zilizotabiri maisha yote ya Yesu Kristo hapa duniani na zote zilitimia – bila kupungua hata moja. Utasemaje hapo hakuna Mungu? Mungu yupo, naamini, sijui.
Tukio la Yesu kufa, kufufuka na kupaa kwenda mbinguni si la vitabu vitakatifu pekee, hata sayansi inakubaliana na hilo.”
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Kuna miujiza ambayo Yesu aliifanya ambayo haiko ndani ya Biblia. Kwa mfano, Biblia inasema Yesu alizaliwa ndani ya zizi la ng’ombe wakati sayansi inasema alizaliwa nje ya zizi la ng’ombe; na muujiza wa kwanza kuufanya ambao hauko ndani ya Biblia ni kutembea mara tu baada ya kuzaliwa, na watu na ndege wa angani kuganda kabla ya kuzaliwa Masihi na kabla ya wakunga kufika kumsaidia Maria Magdalena kujifungua.
Akiwa na umri wa miaka sita, sayansi inasema, Yesu alikuwa akicheza na mtoto mwenzake juu ya paa la nyumba ya jirani na mara Yesu akamsukuma mwenzake kutoka juu hadi chini na mwenzake huyo akafariki papo hapo. Watu walipomsonga sana Yesu kwa kumtuhumu kuwa yeye ndiye aliyesababisha kifo cha mwenzake, na kwamba wangemfungulia mashtaka, Yesu alikataa katakata kuhusika na kifo hicho.
Lakini walipozidi kumsonga, aliusogelea mwili wa rafiki yake kisha akamwita na kumwambia asimame. Yule mtoto alisimama! Huo ukawa muujiza mkubwa wa kwanza wa Yesu Kristo, kufufua mtu nje ya maandiko matakatifu.
Kuna mifano mingi inayodhihirisha uwepo wa Mungu ambayo wanasayansi hawawezi hata kuipatia majibu. Tukio la Yoshua kusimamisha jua limewashangaza wanasayansi hadi nyakati za leo. Mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 70 wanasayansi walijaribu kurudisha muda nyuma kwa kompyuta kuona kama kweli wangekuta takribani siku moja imepotea kama ilivyorekodiwa katika Biblia.
Cha kushangaza, cha kushangaza mno, walikuta saa 23 na dakika 20 zimepotea katika mazingira ambayo hawakuweza na hawataweza kuyaelewa. Walipochunguza vizuri walikuta ni kipindi cha miaka ya 1500 KK (Jumanne tarehe 22 Julai) ambacho ndicho tukio la Yoshua la kusimamisha jua na kusogeza mwezi nyuma digrii 10, ambazo ni sawa na mzunguko wa dakika 40, lilipotokea.
Kwa kutumia elimu ya wendo, elimu ya kupanga miaka na matukio ya Kibiblia, dunia iliumbwa Jumapili tarehe 22 Septemba mwaka 4000 KK. Hata hivyo, mahesabu ya kalenda yanaonyesha kuwa Septemba 22 ilikuwa Jumatatu (si Jumapili) na kwamba kosa hilo labda lilisababishwa na siku ya Yoshua iliyopotea.
Hayo yote ni kwa mujibu wa Profesa C. A. Totten, wa Chuo Kikuu cha Yale, katika kitabu chake cha ‘Joshua’s Long Day and the Dial of Ahaz: A Scientific Vindication and a Midnight Cry’ kilichochapishwa mwaka 1890.
Kama hakuna Mungu iliwezekanaje Yoshua aombe jua lisimame na jua likasimama kweli? Iliwezekanaje Yesu aseme atakufa, atafufuka na atapaa kwenda mbinguni na kweli ikatokea kama alivyosema? Ndani ya Biblia kuna tabiri 333 zilizotabiri maisha yote ya Yesu Kristo hapa duniani na zote zilitimia – bila kupungua hata moja. Utasemaje hapo hakuna Mungu? Mungu yupo, naamini, sijui.
Tukio la Yesu kufa, kufufuka na kupaa kwenda mbinguni si la vitabu vitakatifu pekee, hata sayansi inakubaliana na hilo.”
―
“Midwifery was not illegal in the state of Idaho, but it had not yet been sanctioned. If a delivery went wrong, a midwife might face charges for practicing medicine without a license; if things went very wrong, she could face criminal charges for manslaughter, even prison time. Few women would take such a risk, so midwives were scarce: on the day Judy left for Wyoming, Mother became the only midwife for a hundred miles.”
― Educated
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