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The sword is forged
By Evangeline Walton. 1983
Torn from Troy (Odyssey of a slave ; #1)
By Homer, Patrick Bowman. 2011
Ancient Troy. After his city is destroyed by the Greeks, 15-year-old orphan Alexi is enslaved and forced aboard a ship…
bound for faraway Ithaca, under the command of the Greek warrior Odysseus. But none could foresee the perils of the cursed voyage to come: a brutal raid on the Cicones, a visit to the bewitching Lotus Eaters, and a grisly encounter with a Cyclops. Alexi has no idea how much worse his life is about to get. Descriptions of violence. Followed by "The sea god's curse". For junior high readers. c2011. (Odyssey of a Slave ; 1)The world's desire (Ballantine adult fantasy series)
By Andrew Lang, H. Rider Haggard. 1953
Odysseus is visited by Aphrodite who promises Helen of Troy to him. After being captured, Odysseus escapes to Egypt, now…
the home of Helen. He rejects the advances of Queen Meriamun in favour of Helen, but must face the queen's vengeance. First published in 1890. 1953.More church folk
By Michele Andrea Bowen. 2010
Twenty-five years after the events of Church Folk (DB 93002), the Reverend Theophilus Simmons and the preachers of St. Louis's…
Gospel United Church are preparing for the Triennial General Conference. Family life and shenanigans by other pastors promise that the conference will be one to remember. 2010The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic
By Ramesh Menon. 2003
Ancient Indian epic rendered in modern prose. Recreates the legend of Prince Rama, his banishment to the forest, his wife…
Sita's abduction by the demon emperor, and Rama's rescue of her. The hero's journey, one of physical and spiritual devotion, embodies traditional Hindu cultural beliefs. Includes Menon's introduction. 2001Nora's ribbon of memories: A Novel (Prairie Winds Ser. #3)
By Stephanie Grace Whitson. 1999
Irene Peale's nephew Noah and friend Reagan take her back home to speed up her recovery from a stroke. When…
Reagan opens a box containing a "charm string," Irene begins to tell the story of Nora O'Dell, a young girl seeking love and happiness in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sequel to Karyn's Memory Box (DB 53516). 1999The circlemaker
By Maxine Rose Schur, Maxine Schur. 1994
Mendel is twelve in 1852 when the czar's soldiers come to his small Ukrainian town looking for Jewish conscripts. Knowing…
his parents will risk their lives to protect him, he runs away. He is helped by a mysterious freedom fighter who pairs him with another fugitive, Dovid, the town bully. Their dangerous trip to the Hungarian border teaches Mendel what his father meant when he said "only the closed circle can keep us whole." For grades 4-7 and older readersThe day Christ was born (Harper jubilee books ; HJ37)
By Jim Bishop. 1977
A journalist's reverential re-creation of the people, places, institutions, and events associated with the first Christmas. Bishop's evocative retelling is…
based on historical knowledge of the marriage customs, taxation, clothing, food, and other aspects of life around the time of Jesus' birthRiver: where faith and consecration converge : a historical novel. Book two
By Dean Hughes. 2020
When the settlers from the Muddy River Mission, including the Davis family, move to Long Valley in Utah, they establish…
the town of Orderville, the most successful and longest-lasting attempt at living the United Order. LDS Fiction AdultInto the flames: Into The Flames (Fire and steel #06)
By Gerald N Lund. 2019
Begins as Adolf Hitler completes his transformation of the German Republic into a total, harsh dictatorship and as the Great…
Depression continues to ravage the United States. The tumultuous times bring new experiences, new challenges, new opportunities, and not a few tragedies into the lives of the Eckhardt and Westland families. LDS fiction. AdultBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
By Lew Wallace.
The Healer’s Heart: A Modern Novel of the Life of St. Luke
By Diane M. Komp. 2006
If you have no cause worth dying for, do you have a reason to live?"Jedus say, 'Come folla me!' Bot…
de man ansa um say, 'Sah, fus leh me go an bury me papa.'"Luke 9:59, De Good Nyews Bout Jedus Christ Wa Luke Write (Gullah)While sorting through family papers following his father's massive stroke, Dr. Luke Tayspill, Yale Medical School's top infectious disease specialist, stumbles across a manuscript written decades earlier by his beloved grandfather. The book bears an ominous title, The Deaths of Lukas Tayspill-not death, but deaths. A closer inspection reveals that the book is about three characters with the same name. The first two Lucas Tayspills were 19th century Quakers who suffered martyrs' deaths. The third story-set in the future-ends abruptly with the arrival of a Dr. Lucas Tayspill in a plague-ridden, war torn African land. Was his grandfather foretelling Luke's own life story-and prophesying his death?Luke sets out on a deeply personal journey to Sierra Leone. But his pilgrimage to understand death leads to a powerful and unexpected encounter with the essence of life. Will Luke fulfill his grandfather's vision?This contemporary look at the spiritual journey of a doctor named Luke, The Healer's Heart thoughtfully brings the Gospel physician into our twenty-first century world.From the Trade Paperback edition.Woman of Means (Daughters of Faith #2)
By Thom Lemmons. 2000
In this second release in the Daughters of Jerusalem series, Thom Lemmons explores the question of what happened to Lydia,…
Paul's first European convert. Woman of Means uses strong characters and an imaginative plot to take readers to biblical times for possible answers. As readers view the struggles of life through fresh eyes, they will be reminded of the commonality of all human struggle and our shared need for God's grace. All those who seek to run well in the race of life will be inspired by the story of a young widow whose indomitable will helps her to survive, and whose restless soul leads her to God.From the Trade Paperback edition.Whitethorn Woods
By Maeve Binchy. 2006
The town of Rossmore is a special place, full of character and charm. Nestled beside the Whitethorn Woods, the town…
has grown since the days when it was small and friendly and everyone knew everyone else. But it still has the woods, with the well dedicated to St Ann, where generations have come to pray or make wishes or just to look back at the pretty little town. Which is why there is going to be such a fuss about the plans for the new road, cutting through Whitethorn Woods.The people of Rossmore are divided. No one is more concerned than the curate, Father Brian Flynn, who has no idea which faction to support. Surely Neddy Nolan's family should take the compensation being offered for their land? But wasn't Neddy's mother given a cure at the well many years ago? And what about the childless London woman who came to Whitethorn Woods begging the saint for help, with unexpected consequences?Read by Caroline Lennon and Steven Armstrong(p) 2007 Audible LtdMother of Faith (Daughters of Faith #3)
By Thom Lemmons. 2001
Many commentators assume John's reference to "the chosen lady and her children" in 2 John 1 refers to the church.…
But what if there really was a respected Christian sister in the community to whom John entrusted his epistle? What might have been this woman's life story? What might she remember of the apostle "whom Jesus loved"? Thom Lemmons's biblically based fiction -- third in his popular Daughters of Faith series -- recounts what life might have been like for this woman, whom he envisions as a young Nubian mother. In his dynamic portrait of "Amanis," we become eyewitnesses of the last days of the apostolic era, gleaning insights into our own ways of dealing with monumental change within the church and society today.The Baby: A Video Novel
By Viva. 1975
A former superstar of Andy Warhol's Factory offers an intimate tale of sex, drugs, art, and motherhood, based on video…
recordings The Baby is not your average parenthood novel. Viva, a. k. a. Viva Superstar--actor, writer, painter, denizen of Andy Warhol's world-famous Factory, and early pioneer in video arts--weaves a tale of childbirth and motherhood with often-shocking candor, exploring a new mother's mixed emotions and her internal and external conflicts. Based on filmed records created by Viva's husband, Michael Auder, of their daughter's difficult birth and early development, and interspersed with stills from their life, Viva's addictive video novel tells the story of a fictional couple, Augustine and Frederick Marat, whose unorthodox parenting takes them from New York to Paris to Casablanca to California. In her own unique style, Viva explores breast-feeding and breast pumps, infidelity and incest while offering startlingly intimate details of a family's singular lifestyle. An unabashedly autobiographical literary invention, alternately outrageous and honest, revelatory and touching, The Baby is truly one of a kind.Small Pleasures: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
By Clare Chambers. 2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021'A WORD-OF-MOUTH HIT' Evening Standard 'A very fine book... It's witty and sharp…
and reads like something by Barbara Pym or Anita Brookner, without ever feeling like a pastiche'David Nicholls'Perfect'India Knight 'Beautiful' Jessie Burton'Wonderful'Richard Osman 'Miraculous'Tracy Chevalier 'A wonderful novel. I loved it'Nina Stibbe 'Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind' Lissa Evans 'This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. I honestly don't want you to be without it'Lucy Mangan'Gorgeous... If you're looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more' Pandora Sykes'Remarkable... Small Pleasures is no small pleasure'The Times'An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating'Mail on Sunday'Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' Guardian'An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish' The Sunday Times 1957, the suburbs of South East London. Jean Swinney is a journalist on a local paper, trapped in a life of duty and disappointment from which there is no likelihood of escape. When a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. As the investigation turns her quiet life inside out, Jean is suddenly given an unexpected chance at friendship, love and - possibly - happiness. But there will, inevitably, be a price to pay.Book of the Year for: The Times, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Daily Express, Metro, Spectator, Red Magazine and Good HousekeepingThe Most Fun We Ever Had: Now a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
By Claire Lombardo. 2019
APRIL 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A literary…
love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler . . . outstanding and highly enjoyable' Observer'The Most Fun We Ever Had is as good as books come' Telegraph'I loved this book' Bryony Gordon'The perfect, engrossing holiday read' RED'A gripping and poignant ode to a messy, loving family in all its glory' Madeline Miller'A moving, immersive, often very funny study of family and sisterhood' Sunday Times'Like Meg Wolitzer. A forensic dissection of family past and present, I loved it. If you like reading about relationships, this one is for you.' Pandora SykesMEET THE SORENSON FAMILY.MARILYN has somehow fallen into motherhood and spent four decades married toDAVID, who's pretty certain he loves her more than anyone has ever loved another person.WENDY, their eldest, a cause for concern, soothes herself with drink after being widowed young,while VIOLET, lawyer-turned-stay-at-home-mother, is disturbed by the reappearance of a son placed for adoption fifteen years earlier.LIZA, a professor, is pregnant with a baby she's not sure she wants by a man she's not sure she lovesand GRACE, their dawdling youngest daughter, lives a lie that no one in her family suspects.