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Arena: Will Test Her Courage And Change Her Life Forever
By Karen Hancock. 2002
Allegorical Christian tale in which artist Callie Hayes is surreptitiously transported to an alien world. Armed with only a guidebook,…
she must trust the enigmatic Pierce, who helps her find a path through the treacherous Arena, her only hope of escape. Violence and some descriptions of sex. 2002The great divide
By T. Davis Bunn. 2000
Attorney Marcus Glenwood retreats to North Carolina following a devastating tragedy. He agrees to prosecute New Horizons, a local multinational…
conglomerate. Gloria Hall has disappeared while investigating the company's Factory 101 in China. Glenwood uncovers an international web of deceit that circles back to North Carolina. Christy Award. 2000Murder is no mitzvah: Short Mysteries About Jewish Occasions
By Abigail Browning. 2004
Short mysteries set against a background of Jewish culture and tradition and published between 1967 and 2000. Includes Doug Allyn's…
"The Christmas Mitzvah," Max Allan Collins's "Kaddish for the Kid," and Michael Kahn's "Bread of Affliction," in which a lawyer struggles to keep a Holocaust survivor's fortune from neo-Nazis. 2004The outside world
By Tova Mirvis. 2004
Two dissimilar Orthodox Jewish families are brought together by their children's marriage. Twenty-two-year-old "spinster" Tzippy Goldman and Bryan Miller, who…
wants to go by his Hebrew name, Baruch, fall in love in Jerusalem. As the couple builds a future together their relatives struggle to reconcile traditional and modern values. 2004A place called Wiregrass: a novel
By Michael Morris. 2002
Alabama. Erma Lee Jacobs flees her abusive husband, uncaring mother, and dead-end factory job and makes a fresh start in…
Wiregrass with granddaughter Cher. Friendship with elderly socialite Miss Claudia and the arrival of Cher's father force all three women to confront buried secrets. 2002A higher justice (Trials Of Kit Shannon Ser. #2)
By James Scott Bell. 2003
Los Angeles, 1906. Kit Shannon, devout Christian defense attorney, represents both a mother who lost her son in a trolley…
accident and a rail worker accused of attempted murder. The two cases pit her against powerful railroad men and politicians who seem to have something to hide. 2003A greater glory (Trials Of Kit Shannon Ser. #1)
By James Scott Bell. 2003
Los Angeles, 1905. Criminal lawyer Kit Shannon tries the case of Celia Harcourt, who is being blackmailed for past events…
that threaten her family's happiness. A murder intensifies Kit's involvement, forcing her to face a ruthless female prosecutor. Undaunted and aided by her strong religious beliefs, Kit exposes the truth. 2003The master quilter: an Elm Creek Quilts novel (Elm Creek Quilts Ser. #No. 6)
By Jennifer Chiaverini. 2004
The Elm Creek Quilters were quite surprised when master quilter Sylvia married Andrew Cooper on Christmas Eve. Now they are…
secretly conspiring to create a bridal quilt. But the project hits a snag when the local stitchers are confronted with their own personal problems. 2004The passion of Reverend Nash
By Rachel Basch. 2003
Haunted by the loss of two children and a failing marriage, reverend Jordanna Nash adopts a congregation in her sister's…
Connecticut town. When a young girl's pregnancy and a mother's disappearance test Jordanna's faith, she must overcome her own grief to help. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2003The face of God
By Bill Myers. 2002
Following his wife's death in Istanbul, Pastor Daniel Lawson discovers she had been given a mysterious stone--one of twelve from…
a breastplate representing the tribes of Israel. An Arab terrorist also has one of the stones, and as both men search for the remaining ones, lives of millions hang in the balance. Violence. 2002Shepherds abiding
By Jan Karon. 2003
This sequel to In This Mountain (RC 54446, BR 14211) centers on Reverend Kavanagh's restoration of an old créche. He…
transforms himself as he renews the decrepit set and as he interacts with the community: Hope at the bookstore, Andrew at the antiques shop, and the owners of the Main Street Grill. Bestseller. 2003Ben-Hur: a tale of the Christ
By Lew Wallace. 2003
Accused of attempting to assassinate the new governor of Jerusalem, Judah Ben-Hur is sentenced to life as a galley slave.…
Intermingled with the account of his escape and revenge against the friend who betrayed him is the story of Jesus, who changes Ben-Hur's world forever. Includes an introduction by Tim LaHaye. 1880Slumming
By Kristen D Randle. 2003
High school seniors Alicia, Nikki, and Sam, who are Mormons, decide to find three "losers" to take to the prom.…
Sam chooses a girl with a dark family secret; Alicia cozies up to the class geek; and Nikki befriends a rebel. But problems arise. For senior high readers. 2003The rescuer
By Dee Henderson. 2003
Following The Healer (BR 14407) paramedic Stephen O'Malley leaves his job due to burnout, grief from losing his sister, and…
loss of faith. But when his blind friend, Meghan, is threatened by a gang of jewel thieves he rescues her and rediscovers his roots. 2003Our Lady of the Forest
By David Guterson. 2003
A sickly sixteen-year-old runaway living in a Washington state rain forest sees visions of the Virgin Mary. As the news…
spreads Ann Holmes becomes a disciple of sorts while young priest Father Collins, unemployed logger Tom Cross and his paralyzed son, and others seek redemption. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2003Office of innocence: a novel
By Thomas Keneally. 2003
Newly ordained Catholic priest Frank Darragh serves a parish outside Sydney, Australia, in the early 1940s when a Japanese invasion…
seems imminent and American soldiers flood the area. Already at odds with his superiors, Darragh comes under investigation after a parishioner--an adulteress wife of a POW-- is murdered. Some strong language. 2002Death comes for the archbishop
By Willa Cather. 1927
A tale about the exploits of Bishop Jean Latour and Father Joseph Vaillant, French Catholic priests who organized pioneer and…
Indian missions throughout the newly created diocese of New Mexico in the second half of the nineteenth century. 1927The heart remembers
By June Masters Bacher. 1990
Oregon Territory, nineteenth century. After ten years in prison Julius Doogan returns to Lordsburg, and Yolanda fears he will jeopardize…
her marriage to Maynard Killjoy. She relies on her faith in God and the strength of her best friend, Rachel, as she and Maynard face several crises. Sequel to My Heart's Desire (BR 14935). 1990Buddha boy
By Kathe Koja. 2003
Teamed up with an unusual new high school student, Jinsen, for a class project, Justin discovers Jinsen's artistic skills. Intrigued…
by Jinsen's calm attitude toward the school bullies who torment him, Justin learns about Buddhism and reexamines his own values. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2003The book against God
By James Wood. 2003
Thomas Bunting, supposedly working on his doctorate in philosophy, is actually writing a secret book asserting his atheism. After his…
minister father dies in northern England and his concert pianist wife leaves him because of his chronic lying, Bunting is forced to reexamine his life. 2003