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The far-off hills
By Rita Anton. 1979
Following her husband's death in 1976, Anton spent several years in India as a volunteer Jesuit Lay Missionary. Having travelled…
extensively in India, she presents a realistic look at this nation in transition. 1979.The crystal bible: a definitive guide to crystals
By Judy Hall. 2003
This text covers all the major stones currently available and many lesser known, recently discovered crystals. This is a comprehensive…
guide to crystals, their shapes, colours and applications. The text also covers the practical and esoteric properties of each crystal, including spiritual, mental, psychological, emotional and physical effects, plus its use in crystal healing. 2003.Readers will relish this inside glimpse into the life of a child star who looks to her heavenly Father. Whelchel…
tells how her developing trust in God has enabled her to grow in grace through seasons of pressure, pain, and prosperity. 2001.The endless steppe
By Esther Rudomin Hautzig. 1995
During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by…
the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. She recounts here the trials of the following five years spent on the harsh Asian steppe. Grades 5-8. 1995, c1968.The establishment man: a portrait of power
By Peter C Newman. 1982
The faith: [what Christians believe, why they believe it, and why it matters]
By Harold Fickett, Charles W Colson. 2008
Addresses questions about the Christian religion and its tenets, drawing on historical events and present-day anecdotes to illustrate its joyful…
aspects while explaining the faith's embrace of the example and message of Jesus. 2008.The errand runner: reflections of a rabbi's daughter
By Leah Rosenberg. 1981
The essential gesture: writing, politics and places
By Nadine Gordimer, Stephen Clingman. 1988
This personal history of 27 years, 1959 to 1986, of Afrikaner domination in South Africa charts the response of novelist…
Nadine Gordimer to the crisis of apartheid and the struggle of the blacks to free themselves. 1988.The epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin classics)
By N. K Sandars. 1977
English version of the adventures of the great Mesopotamian King of Uruk in the third millennium B.C., including his fruitless…
search for immortality and his friendship with Enkidu, the wild man from the hills. Also alludes to the legend of the Flood, agreeing in many details with the Biblical story of Noah. 1977.The conspiracy to silence the Son of God
By Tal Brooke. 1998
Reveals the incredible things that are happening before our eyes. Timely, probing, and in the end, encouraging - this book…
dispels the encroaching darkness with the blinding light of the only Savior. 1998.The common made holy: Being Conformed To The Image Of God
By Neil T Anderson, Robert L Saucy. 1997
The doctrines of grace in John
By Steven J Lawson. 2013
In this series, Steven Lawson demonstrates that the Gospel of John offers one of the clearest presentations of the doctrines…
of grace in all of Scripture, revealing that salvation is all of God from beginning to end. 2013.The dark side of Islam
By R. C Sproul. 2013
In this interview, Dr. R.C. Sproul and Abdul Saleeb discuss the differences between Islam and Christianity. As Saleeb exposes the…
true teachings of Islam, he explains why fundamentalist Muslims are so aggressive in their attempt to wipe out all other religions. This interview is especially helpful for those who are witnessing to Muslims in their communities. 2013.The consequences of ideas
By R. C Sproul. 2013
The Christmas story & the story of the wisemen
By Laura Van Leeuwen. 2017
The cookie cure: a mother/daughter memoir of cookies and cancer
By Susan Stachler, Laura Stachler. 2018
When twenty-two-year-old Susan Stachler was diagnosed with cancer, her mother, Laura, was struck by déjà vu. The same illness that…
took her sister's life was threatening to take her daughter's too. Heartbroken but steadfast, Laura pledged to help Susan through the worst of her treatments. When they discovered that Laura's homemade ginger cookies soothed the side effects of Susan's chemotherapy, the mother-daughter duo soon found themselves opening the business "Susansnaps" and sharing their gourmet gingersnaps with the world. 2018.The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the love affair that rocked the crown
By Penny Junor. 2018
Royal biographer Penny Junor tells the story of the woman reviled as a pariah who, thanks to numerous twists of…
fate, became the popular princess consort. Junor argues that although Camilla played a central role in the darkest days of the modern monarchy--Charles and Diana's acrimonious and scandalous split--she also played a crucial role in restoring the Royal Family's reputation, especially that of Prince Charles. 2018.The Dillinger days
By John Toland. 2017
John Dillinger's thirteen-month criminal career captured the imagination of Depression-era America and is chronicled here, along with fellow outlaws like…
Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, and Machine Gun Kelly. 2017.The courage to compete: living with cerebral palsy and following my dreams
By Elizabeth Kaye, Abbey Curran. 2015
Abbey Curran lives by the motto "If you can dream it, you can do it." She was born with cerebral…
palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not to. After realizing her own dream, she went on to help other disabled girls achieve their goals by starting Miss You Can Do It, a national nonprofit pageant for girls and women with challenges and special needs. In this uplifting memoir, Abbey tells a story of overcoming the odds, fulfilling her life's goals, and finding in herself the courage to compete, even as she continues to inspire the same spirit in others. For junior and senior high readers. 2015.The dead inside: a true story
By Cyndy Etler. 2017
All Cyndy wanted was to be loved and accepted. By age fourteen, she had escaped from her violent home, only…
to be reported as a runaway and sent to a "drug rehabilitation" facility that changed her world. To the public, Straight Inc. was a place of recovery. But behind closed doors, the program used bizarre and intimidating methods to "treat" its patients. Etler recounts her sixteen months in the living nightmare that Straight Inc. considered "healing." For senior high readers. 2017.