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God loves you: he always has, he always will
By David Jeremiah. 2012
Christian pastor and host of the radio and television program Turning Point uses scripture and anecdotes to discuss God's love,…
which he says is unlimited and unending. Explains that rules such as the Ten Commandments and the threat of punishment for sin are also aspects of that love. Bestseller. 2012Wishing on the midnight star: my Asperger brother
By Nancy Ogaz. 2004
Shy, thirteen-year-old Alex Stone wants to impress his classmate Brianna Santos, avoid the neighborhood bully, and be a normal teenager,…
but he has to watch over Nic, his older, autistic brother. That complicates everything until he realizes how much he loves Nic. For grades 5-8. 2004A personal devil: A Magdalene la Batarde Mystery (Magdaline la Batarde Ser. #No. 2)
By Roberta Gellis. 2001
London, 1139. Beautiful brothel-keeper Magdalene la Bâtarde enlists the help of her admirer, Sir Bellamy, when blind prostitute Sabina, one…
of Magdalene's former employees, needs assistance. Sabina's lover, Master Mainard the saddle maker, has been accused of murdering his nagging wife. Some descriptions of sex. 2001Hafid, now widowed, at age sixty embarks on another speaking tour to promote positive thinking. This latest self-help book presents…
his ten vows of success. Sequel to "The Greatest Salesman in the World."Show me a sign (Show Me a Sign)
By Ann Clare LeZotte. 2020
1805. Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone communicates…
in a shared sign language. But a scientist determined to discover the origins of the islands' widespread deafness decides that she makes the perfect live specimen--and kidnaps her. For grades 4-7. 2020Glimpses of grace: daily thoughts and reflections
By Madeleine L'Engle. 1996
For half a century, Madeleine L'Engle has spun magic with words, touching millions of lives and earning a devoted readership…
with her award-winning fiction, candid reflections on her personal and family life and graceful meditations on faith. Now, Glimpses of Grace captures the essence of L'Engle's literary gift in one unprecedented volume. Ranging freely throughout L'Engle's remarkable lifework of more than 40 volumes of fiction and nonfiction, adventure stories, family dramas, autobiography and religious commentary, editor Carole P. Chase has collected evocative passages and arranged them as daily readings that offer illuminating bits of wisdom, provocative insight, and, above all, engaging and intelligent daily inspiration. With enduring power and resonance, each of these 366 rich selections speaks to the simple joys and sorrows of daily life and the deepest questions of the human heart and spirit, while reflecting the exhilarating artistry of one of the most spiritually alive and articulate storytellers of this century. AdultGlamorous Illusions
By Lisa T. Bergren. 2012
When Cora Kensington learns she is the illegitimate daughter of a copper king, her life changes forever. Even as she…
explores Europe with her new family, she discovers that the most valuable journey is within. The first book in the Grand Tour series takes you from the farms of Montana through England and France on an adventure of forgiveness, spiritual awakening, and self-discovery.My Father’s Will
By Roets Magdel. 2015
Stephan Howard Hammond knew he could count on his children to squander the fortune he would leave them in his…
will. His anguish over their future left him no choice but to find someone dependable to provide for them when the money ran out. This meant he had to reveal some deep hidden secrets, not knowing what the effect would be, unaware that Francine had already discovered part of the truth. Struggling through her own shock and disappointment she decided to keep quiet about what she had found until it was too late. With more secrets revealed, she must still go through with the plans her father's will provided for her; throw their inheritance to the wind. And withstand their unsympathetic treatment of her. How My Father's Will Came About: Enjoying a slice of cheese cake and an espresso in a coffee shop one day, Magdel overheard two men behind her boasting about all the things they planned to do with the money they were about to inherit from their late father's estate. One wanted a speedboat; the other wanted to get his private pilot's license. Oh, how the girls would love them. Right at this point the idea for a story was born in her mind. She took out her notebook and started making notes to research boats and airplanes, and a number of other things, like private companies and estates. She decided there had to be five children to share an inheritance. Being some sort of artist herself, she chose the main character, Francine, to be an artist, but a much more professional one than Magdel. From there she worked out the plot and built the characters.It’s summer in Adders Fork. The sun is out, the sky is blue and things are going swimmingly for Rosie…
Strange, thank you very much. The Essex Witch Museum has been relaunched with a new Ursula Cadence wing and picnic grounds. Then developers roll into the sleepy village to widen the road. When the centuries-old Blackly Be boulder, said to mark the grave of a notorious witch but now in the car park of the Seven Stars, is moved, all hell breaks out. Within hours a slew of peculiar phenomena descends and, when a severed head is discovered atop the boulder, the locals can take no more and storm the Museum to demand someone take action. Can Rosie and Sam unravel the mystery? And what of the ancient treasure that could drastically change someone&’s fortunes and offer a motive for murder?Strange Sight: An Essex Witch Museum Mystery
By Syd Moore. 2017
The La Fleur restaurant has a slew of unusual phenomena. Bonnet-clad apparitions pass through walls, blood leaks from ceilings and…
rats besiege the dining room. Experts from the Great Essex Witch Museum are called in to quell these strange sights. But before Rosie Strange and Sam Stone can do their thing events turn darker. For La Fleur&’s chef has been strung up and slaughtered like a pig. More oddly, the only witness, the owner&’s daughter Mary, swears blind a ghost did it. Rosie and Sam must find out what&’s happening before Mary takes the fall. But intuitions and tip-offs lead them stumbling into the dark waters of the past, exposing secrets of a wider conspiracy, as well as secrets all Rosie&’s own. With strange chills Rosie and Sam learn that seeing isn&’t always believing, while thoughts of truth may be just as illusory.Empire of Wild: A Novel
By Cherie Dimaline. 2019
A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLEROne of the most anticipated books of the summer for Time, Harper's Bazaar, Bustle and Publishers Weekly'Deftly…
written, gripping and informative. Empire of Wild is a rip-roaring read!' Margaret Atwood'Empire of Wild is doing everything I love in a contemporary novel and more. It is tough, funny, beautiful, honest and propulsive' Tommy Orange, author of There There 'Dimaline turns an old story into something newly haunting and resonant' New York Times'Close, tight, stark, beautiful - rich where richness is warranted, but spare where want and sorrow have sharpened every word. Dimaline has crafted something both current and timeless' NPR'Revelatory... Gritty and engaging, this story of a woman and her missing husband is one of candor, wit and tradition'Ms. Magazine Broken-hearted Joan has been searching for her husband, Victor, for almost a year - ever since he went missing on the night they had their first serious argument. One hung-over morning in a Walmart parking lot in a little town near Georgian Bay, she is drawn to a revival tent where the local Métis have been flocking to hear a charismatic preacher. By the time she staggers into the tent the service is over, but as she is about to leave, she hears an unmistakable voice.She turns, and there is Victor. Only he insists he is not Victor, but the Reverend Eugene Wolff, on a mission to bring his people to Jesus.With only two allies - her Johnny-Cash-loving, 12-year-old nephew Zeus, and Ajean, a foul-mouthed euchre shark with deep knowledge of the old Métis ways - Joan sets out to remind the Reverend Wolff of who he really is. If he really is Victor, his life and the life of everyone she loves, depends upon her success.Inspired by traditional Métis legends, Cherie Dimaline has created a propulsive, stunning and sensuous novel.Rosie Strange is back in the latest of the fabulously creepy Essex Witch Museum Mysteries Secretly Rosie Strange has always…
thought herself a little bit more interesting than most people – the legacy her family has bequeathed her is definitely so, she&’s long believed. But then life takes a peculiar turn when the Strange legacy turns out not just to be the Essex Witch Museum, but perhaps some otherworldly gifts that Rosie finds difficult to fathom. Meanwhile Sam Stone, Rosie&’s curator, is oddly distracted as breadcrumb clues into what happened to his missing younger brother and other abducted boys from the past are poised to lead him and Rosie deep into a dark wood where there lurks something far scarier than Hansel and Gretel&’s witch… Praise for the Essex Witch Museum Mysteries: &‘I gleefully submitted to a tale of witchcraft, feminism, mysterious strangers, historical atrocities, plucky heroines and ghastly apparitions – and came away more proud than ever to be an Essex girl.&’ Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent &‘Confident, down-to-earth Essex girl Rosie is an appealing character, and there is plenty of spooky fun in this spirited genre mashup.&’ GuardianThe Misfortunes of Others (Bernard and Snooky)
By Gloria Dank. 1993
Caribbean Sunset with a Yellow Parrot: Belchester Chronicle (The Belchester Chronicles #5)
By Andrea Frazer. 2014
Lady Amanda Golightly’s dutiful butler Beauchamp is getting married and she provides him and his bride with a wonderful present…
– a honeymoon in the Caribbean. There’s just one snag – Lady Amanda and her friend Hugo are going too! One of Lady A’s old friends is hosting a school reunion, and so the Belchester party joins some of the other old girls in crossing for the reunion by sea – on a ship very accurately named the Seven Seas Floating Party Town.On embarkation, life is typically uneventful: the tropical island paradise is rife with murder, smuggling, blackmail, and much, much, more. With Lady Amanda’s unerring nose for nefarious deeds, she, Hugo, and the besotted newlywed Beauchamps are off detecting once more – aided by plenty of coconut rum – and the local hot sauce.Northern Spy: A Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick
By Flynn Berry. 2020
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK'You'll devour Northern Spy . . . I loved this thrill…
ride of a book'Reese Witherspoon'A sharp, moving thriller: you lose your breath for adrenalin'Abigail Dean, author of Girl A'An exciting thriller... A domestic noir with a difference'Adrian McKinty, author of The Chain'A chilling, gorgeously written tale'New York Times'Nerve-shredding suspense'Daily Mail'Thrillingly good... Flynn Berry shows a le Carré-like flair for making you wonder what's really going on at any given moment'Washington Post A producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news of another IRA raid comes on the air: as the anchor requests the public's help in locating those responsible for this latest attack - a robbery at a gas station - Tessa's sister Marian appears on the screen, pulling a black mask over her face.The police believe Marian has joined the IRA, but Tessa knows this is impossible. But when the truth of what has happened to her sister reveals itself, Tessa will be forced to choose: between her ideals and her family. Praise for Flynn Berry'Breathtaking . . . Berry writes thrillingly'New York Times'Beautifully paced and satisfyingly ominous'Guardian'Mesmerizingly effective'The Times 'A thrilling page-turner'Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train'Berry's clever, thrilling writing wound me in and left me heartbroken'Fiona Barton, author of The Widow'What a book! A skillful and compelling exploration of families, crime, and class'Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You GoThe Brontë sisters' first poetry collection has just been published, potentially marking an end to their careers as amateur detectors,…
when Anne receives a letter from her former pupil Lydia Robinson.Lydia has eloped with a young actor, Harry Roxby, and following her disinheritance, the couple been living in poverty in London. Harry has become embroiled with a criminal gang and is in terrible danger after allegedly losing something very valuable that he was meant to deliver to their leader. The desperate and heavily pregnant Lydia has a week to return what her husband supposedly stole, or he will be killed. She knows there are few people who she can turn to in this time of need, but the sisters agree to help Lydia, beginning a race against time to save Harry's life.In doing so, our intrepid sisters come face to face with a terrifying adversary whom even the toughest of the slum-dwellers are afraid of . . . The Red Monarch.Praise for Bella Ellis and the series:'Evocative and utterly enchanting' Sarah Hilary'Bella Ellis is a very special talent' Angela Clarke'Brilliantly entertaining and original' C.L. Taylor'More heart-warming than blood-chilling' Sunday Express'Ellis's writing flows beautifully' Yorkshire Magazine'Elegant, witty and compulsively readable - I think the Brontë sisters would have been delighted' Rosie Walsh'A breath-taking concept . . . Fun, charming and intriguing' Araminta Hall'A delight' Wall Street JournalNorthern Spy: A Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick
By Flynn Berry. 2020
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK'You'll devour Northern Spy . . . I loved…
this thrill ride of a book'REESE WITHERSPOON'A chilling, gorgeously written tale... Berry is a beautiful writer with a sophisticated, nuanced understanding of this most complicated of places'NEW YORK TIMES'Thrillingly good... Flynn Berry shows a le Carré-like flair for making you wonder what's really going on at any given moment' WASHINGTON POST'An elegantly wrought story about the perils of not being what you seem... Nerve-shredding suspense'DAILY MAILA producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news of another IRA raid comes on the air. As the anchor requests the public's help in locating those responsible for this latest attack - a robbery at a gas station - Tessa's sister appears on the screen pulling a black mask over her face.The police believe Marian has joined the IRA, but Tessa knows this is impossible. But when the truth of what has happened to her sister reveals itself, Tessa will be forced to choose: between her ideals and her family.A new Brontë Mystery from Bella Ellis, a pen name for bestselling author, Rowan Coleman.The Brontë sisters' first poetry collection…
has just been published, potentially marking an end to their careers as amateur detectors, when Anne receives a letter from her friend Lydia Robinson.Lydia has eloped with a young actor, Harry Roxby, and following her disinheritance, the couple been living in poverty in London. Harry has become embroiled with a criminal gang and is in terrible danger after allegedly losing something very valuable that he was meant to deliver to their leader. The desperate and heavily pregnant Lydia has a week to return what her husband supposedly stole, or he will be killed. She knows there are few people who she can turn to in this time of need, but the sisters agree to help Lydia, beginning a race against time to save Harry's life.In doing so, our intrepid sisters come face to face with a terrifying adversary whom even the toughest of the slum-dwellers are afraid of...The Red Monarch.(P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton LimitedFor the Dead (Detective Charlie Lager #2)
By Lina Bengtsdotter. 2019
DI Charlie Lager returns to investigate a long-buried disappearance in this 'atmospheric', 'evocative' and 'arresting' page-turner of a procedural from…
the new Swedish queen of crime fiction ************She must find the truth about Francesca. Before the past catches up with her...AN UNSOLVED MYSTERYThirty years ago, teenager Paul Bergman was found drowned in Gullspång's lake, and his best friend Francesca vanished from her home. Paul's death was ruled a suicide, and Francesca was never found.A DETECTIVE'S OBSESSIONDI Charlie Lager is still haunted by childhood memories of a strange house and the missing girl who once lived there.A DEADLY SECRETConvinced that the original investigation was flawed, Charlie is determined to uncover what really happened all those decades ago. But someone out there is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the truth from coming out...************Praise for Lina Bengtsdotter:'A thriller that lingers in the memory' - SUNDAY TIMES'Atmospheric, evocative...a first-class procedural...an excellent thriller' - CRIME TIME'Dark Nordic noir' - THE i'Takes crime fiction to a disturbingly personal, high level' - SHOTS'Intelligent and arresting' - MORNING STAR'A brilliant, dense crime novel' - DAGENS NYHETERRemember Me: A Novella about Finding Our Way to the Cross
By Sharon Garlough Brown. 2019