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18141) Amish redemption
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Joshua Bowman is ready to go home. After spending time in prison for a crime he did not commit, he is putting everything behind him and reconciling with his fractured family. When a devastating tornado throws him unexpectedly into the path of Mary Kaufman and her daughter, Hannah, he feels the first spark of life after months. But Mary's adoptive dad is the Englisch sheriff--and he would never trust her care to a man with Joshua's past. Plus the lovely...
18142) Sophie's world
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Sophie LaCroix books volume 1
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A sixth-grade field trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, stimulates the overactive imagination of future film director Sophie LaCroix, leading her to use eighteenth-century tactics to save a friend from humiliation by the popular girls.
18143) Horse dreams
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Backyard horses volume 1
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Horse-crazy fourth-grader Ellie James constantly dreams about having a horse of her own, and God finally seems to have answered her prayers, but not with the gleaming black stallion she has been longing for.
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Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul is Pearl S. Buck's profoundly touching memoir of her zealous Southern Presbyterian missionary father, Absalom Sydenstricker. Andrew (as he is, called in the book) set off for China in 1880 and spent most of the next half century there until his death in 1931. From isolated settlements in the poor, hostile interior, he made long preaching trips through lands convulsed by famine, banditry, and revolution.
Sydenstricker...
18145) What I love about you
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What I Love About You tells the story of a mom desperately trying to get her kids to fall asleep by playing a game that would be continued to be played for years to come. A simple yet impactful game about sharing what one mom loved about her children from that day demonstrates to readers the power of affirming one's children and how that unconditional love can help them achieve their dreams
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In addressing her grandchildren in the foreword to this autobiography, Helen Hayes writes: 'It is no longer fashionable to have faith, but your grandmother has never been famous for her chic.' It is, in fact, because of her tenacious faith in the world that Helen Hayes decided to write this book as a legacy for her grandchildren, to be read one day when they are grown.
In setting down all the family stories, the backstage anecdotes and her recollections...
18147) Serpent of Moses
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A Fast-Paced Follow-up to the Bestselling Suspense Elisha's Bones! Just three years after the recovery of Elisha's bones, Dr. Jack Hawthorne has given up teaching and resumed the practice of archaeology, although his frequent absences have put a strain on his relationship with Esperanza. Things heat up when Esperanza receives a call from an antiquities dealer with troubling news about Jack, and her fears are confirmed. Jack has gone to Libya in search...
18148) The Art of Communicating
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Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life's most important skill. How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can really hear?
How can we listen with compassion and understanding?
Communication fuels the ties that bind, whether in relationships, business, or everyday interactions....
18149) These tangled threads
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"Daughtie Winfield is outspoken in her support for the rights of others, from the mill girls threatening a strike over pitiful working conditions to the immigrants living on the other side of town. So she is unprepared for the hostility aroused by her growing friendship with Liam Donohue, an Irish artisan. As dissension and upheaval threaten the textile industry, Daughtie longs for peace - in her work and within her heart"--The publisher.
18150) El Sobrino del Mago
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Narnia… donde los bosques son tupidos y frescos, donde animales parlantes cobran vida… un nuevo mundo donde comienza la aventura.
Digory y Polly se conocen y se hacen amigos durante un frío y húmedo verano en Londres. Su vida se llena de aventuras cuando el tío de Digory, Andrew, quien se cree mago, los envía a… otro lugar. Allí encuentran el camino a Narnia, que acaba de surgir con la canción del león, y se encuentran con la malvada...
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Three contemporary novels of recovery, romance, and finding who you really are come together for the first time in this ebook-only bind-up of bestselling author Amy Clipston's Roadside Assistance Series. Contains:
Roadside Assistance: Emily Curtis is used to dealing with her problems while under the hood of an old Chevy, but when her mom dies, Emily's world seems shaken beyond repair. Driven from home by hospital bills they can't pay, Emily
...18152) Loving her Amish neighbor
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"After her buggy's damaged in an accident, pregnant widow Lucy Schwartz is reluctant to accept help from Gabriel Fisher. He tugs at her heart, and falling in love again is risky. But as her neighbor insists on pitching in while her buggy's out of commission, keeping her distance from him could prove impossible. Because this wounded Amish bachelor might be just what she and her daughter need... From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness...
18153) Until the dawn
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A volunteer for the new Weather Bureau, Sophie van Riijn sees no harm in setting up a rooftop weather station at an abandoned mansion atop a windswept cliff -- until Quentin Vandermark arrives ready to tear it down and bury his family troubled past.
18154) The red ribbon
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"In Carroll County, a corn shucking is the social event of the season, until a mischievous kiss leads to one of the biggest tragedies in Virginia history. Ava Burcham isn't your typical Blue Ridge Mountain girl. She has a bad habit of courtin' trouble, and her curiosity has opened a rift in the middle of a feud between politicians and would-be outlaws, the Allen family. Ava's tenacious desire to find a story worth reporting may land her and her best...
18155) Where does God live?
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A young girl learns from her grandmother that she can find God all around her.
18156) Believe
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"Janine is the "Soul Survivor," the girl who, as a small child, was the only survivor of a Palestinian suicide bomb in Israel that killed her parents. Ten years on, she feels like she's public property more than her own person"--
18157) Snowbound with the best man
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"Snowed in with the best man at a wedding weekend, florist Kelly Nelson cant help but notice that the handsome widower seems overwhelmed raising his young daughter. So Kelly is delighted when her own daughter befriends the girl. But when the little matchmakers target Kelly and Bruce with an adorable Valentine's Day plot, will the reluctant single parents give love a second chance?
18158) Dakota dawn
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Dakota plains volume 1
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Previously published in 1993 by Barbour Books.
She stepped off the train, found her trunk full of quilts, hand-embroidered linens, and household treasures painted with rosemaling designs, and looked anxiously for Hans. The pelting March snow stung her cheeks. "Where is he? Dear God, what will I do?" When Hans failed to arrive at the train station that night, Nora found herself thrown into a life she never expected--Reverend and Mrs. Moen and Carl...
18159) The kissing bridge
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Caught between a stifling Amish community and an unnerving outside world, a devout young woman on the run is about to become the newest arrival to West Kootenai, Montana.
18160) One shining moment
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American century series volume 3
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The war in Europe is over and a new feeling of freedom is sweeping across America. The skirts are getting shorter, the women are getting faster, and the Stuart family is caught up in a sea of changes. From the Arkansas hills to the streets of Chicago, with a stop off in Hollywood on the way, One Shining Moment will hold readers in its mesmerizing grip. From daring cross-country flights to seedy speakeasies to the Salvation Army headquarters, the Stuarts...