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22121) Viking Ferry
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Marieke is looking forward to spending some time with family and friends in The Netherlands. When she wakes up from a nap on the ferry across the Channel, nothing is as she has left it. She finds herself amongst a group of Vikings, who take her with them. Unable to leave the castle, she is left wondering if she will ever make it back to her own people. Should you forgive your enemies, even if they're time-travelling Vikings? This Novella deals with...
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ROBERT P CROSBY: BORN JULY 1,1928
Chi son? Sono un poeta, un consultante, e un cantante. Che cosa faccio? Scrivo, consulto, e canto.
E como vivo? Vivo!
Who am I? I am poet and consultant and a singer. What do I do? I write and consult and sing.
How do I live? I live!
(thanks to Puccini (La Boheme) for (most of) this biography)
While walking up London's Drury Lane, Bob rushed into a pub to borrow pen and paper as the poem "Love and LOVE" emerged....
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Every Day Can Be an Adventure
Skunk and Raccoon can't wait for the first snowfall of the season. And then one wintery day, it happens-they wake to find Buttercup Grove blanketed in crisp, white snow.
They invite their woodland friends to join in a day of winter fun. Together, they pile the snow into a hill and sled down it. And they build a snowman. It's the best day ever!
Once the snow starts to melt, does that mean their amazing time is over? Skunk,...
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For generations, people all over the world have been touched by the godly insights of Oswald Chambers. Now Everything Counts presents his work in a new and fresh form especially designed to speak to today's generation. Writer Steve Case has distilled and expanded the truth, wisdom, and spiritual insight so that a new generation will be moved by these soul-stirring revelations. The new format builds upon the verses for each day. It excerpts the essence...
22125) Real, Not Perfect
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Tessa has lived a trouble-free life as the only child of two loving parents-she is well-liked, gets straight As, is on the competitive swim team, and is active in her church youth group. It's a pretty perfect life! That is, until she comes home from swim practice one day to find that her parents are divorcing. Along with that, her BFF has moved to Florida, and Tessa gets stuck in Intro to Drama-possibly the worst class ever!
Soon Tessa's mom sinks...
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Margaret B. Ingraham's collection Exploring this Terrain bids the reader to join her in a journey of discovery. In a world in which speed is increasingly regarded as a virtue and distraction is its inevitable consequence, each of these poems offers escape and consolation. One by one they invite the reader to be still, to observe, to listen, to "taste and see" — and ultimately to experience the wonder that only attention can discover hiding in the...
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I don't know how we got here, where the beginning / of the end started, when we drifted so / far apart we were no longer us.
Under Clouds and City Lights is a collection of 131 poems dedicated to the universal experiences that tie people together. Inspired by the small moments that empower each of us to be whom we truly are, respected poet Caitlin Ju hopes to inspire readers to slow down and appreciate the little things. In her debut book, Caitlin...
22128) If I Were a Cat
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This rhyming children's tale tells the story of a playful groundhog whose only wish is to be a cat until he realizes his own specialness as the star of Groundhog Day.
Through the groundhog's narration, the reader gets a glimpse into the life of a colony of well-cared-for, happy outside cats.
If I Were a Cat fosters the idea of celebrating our unique and remarkable selves.
Don't miss the other books in this series, I Liked You Much...
22129) Trial By Ordeal: Poetry
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In a short period, Karen Mobley lost her family through death, was hit by a car, broke her leg, and experienced a number of calamities. This sequence of poems, Trial By Ordeal, explores her role as a daughter, sister, and lover as her faith is challenged. A visual artist, Mobley's poems are rich with her artist vision and observed experience. The poems chronicle loss as she seeks awe and astonishment in nature and survives the loss of family, disability,...
22130) Noah and the Mighty Ark
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Noah built the mighty ark. Then he called creatures that "crept or crawled or hopped or flew or stomped or tromped, or s-s-slithered too." Children will love hearing how Noah comforts all the animals on their journey in this beloved Bible story brought to life with lyrical rhyming text by Rhonda Gowler Greene and whimsical illustrations by award-winning artist Margaret Spengler.
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Almost every day for 35 years, Arthur Stace spent hours writing a single word – Eternity – on and around the streets of Sydney. Sometimes his mission took him much further afield, to country New South Wales and even to Melbourne.Stace's identity was a mystery for more than two decades. Then, after his 'unmasking' in 1956, he became a reluctant folk hero. By the time he died, in 1967, his was a household name and the word Eternity was ingrained...
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Eugene England (1933—2001) one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals in modern Mormonism-lived in the crossfire between religious tradition and reform. This first serious biography, by leading historian Terryl L. Givens, shimmers with the personal tensions felt deeply by England, during the turmoil of the late twentieth century. Drawing on unprecedented access to England's personal papers, Givens paints a multifaceted portrait...
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AlphaFete is a classic experience of Caribbean Carnivals from A to Z. What a festive way to celebrate love all over the world! This book is an invitation to the collective Caribbean culture of history, dance, music, folklore, food, and traditions practiced by west Indian people. After reading this awesome book, download the AlphaFete song and sing along with the lyrics inside, but be careful! This music may cause extreme happiness and inability to...
22134) The Loud Family
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Everybody's met a family like the Louds! You know-the family whom noise seems to follow. Whether readers have found themselves on the shushing or the apologizing side, they will appreciate this zany tale that helps kids-big and small-appreciate that even a Loud can be God's gift at the right moment!
22135) Project: Run Away
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The miraculous power of prayer-to protect, guide, and heal-plays an important role in the sixth adventure of the Girls of 622 Harbor View. Fleeing her abusive ex-husband, Emily's mother packs up her two children and disappears down a rainy Oregon highway. Emily's friends are devastated-they haven't even been on the ski trip yet!-and they're worried. But what can they do?
22136) Mystery in the Jackson House
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How could a Triple Dog Dare Smack go so wrong?When the class bully goes just one step too far, Roger can't take anymore.It's now or never.Time to stand up and take on the terror of the 8th grade. And here he is. Facing an overnight stay in the haunted Jackson house with the world's biggest bully. But what secret has this long-abandoned house held for so many years?How far will Roger go to solve it?And how does the Chicago mob fit into all of this?Reviewsl...
22137) The Fall
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When you've lost all you've desperately sought to keep, why bother hoping for a second chance?
With her pent up faith in love unraveling, former hopeless romantic Emery Brooks is a shell of the girl who once craved a love story that mirrored her grandparents' fifty-year marriage. Taking all efforts to guard her heart, she isolates herself from everything she's ever loved, including her music and faith, now battling the same cynicism she worked so...
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Young women are under more pressure than ever before: pressure to be pretty, to be successful, to have a perfect selfie game. Is it possible for them to be their true selves? Or must they fit into the same mold as the rest of their peers? Into this world of ever-growing pressure bursts Emma Mae Jenkins with a message of hope and unabashed joy.
Emma Mae knows what it feels like to be judged and bullied, but she chooses to ignore the haters and instead...
22139) The Heart's Journey
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May the poetry in this book serve as a reminder to remain humble and kind towards all beings.
Embody divine, deep, and unconditional Love for self and others.
Openly give of yourself to the rest of the world.
Smile more, forgive often, and let go of wrongdoings.
Tune into your heart's rhythm to understand your life's purpose.
Always stay true to your heart's desire.
Follow the sacred path of the heart to answer the necessary questions:
• Who am...
22140) Good Sam vs. Bullies
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As an award-winning author recognized by Toastmasters of San Antonio, Texas, Mary Aparisi has three loves: writing for young people, writing for theatre, and humorous prose. Her work has appeared in the Maryland English Journal, Dawn Is After the Turkey Calls, a play for youth for the United Methodist Church, A Journey with Paul, and Susanna Wesley, a one-actress play in which she appeared in historic churches in Maryland. She worked on a committee...
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