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Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Friendships are forever and love blooms in the most surprising ways in Katie McGarry's acclaimed Pushing the Limits series. Read the first three books and a novella in this Volume One collection!
PUSHING THE LIMITS: Book 1
No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl to outsider. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking hot loner, explodes into her life,
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Publisher
NorthSouth Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The legendary Gotthard Pass can be called the heart of Switzerland. It is the link between north and south, and between different languages and cultures. With captivating and humorous images, the author tells the story of how the Gotthard was conquered, from the arduous medieval journey on foot, through, the days of the stagecoach, right up to modern automobiles and high-speed trains. This engineering feat and a piece of Swiss transportation history...
Author
Publisher
Studio Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The ultimate guide to the biggest game of the year. 100% unofficial. This fully illustrated guide to Animal Crossing New Horizons will help you make the most of island life. You'll learn how to progress quickly during your first few days, attract villagers and keep them happy, expand and decorate your home, develop the island and create a paradise that everyone will want to visit. Inside you'll find everything from fashion and feng shui tips to themed...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this short primer, Gorski and Perry explain what white Christian nationalism is and is not; when it first emerged and how it has changed; where it's headed and why it threatens democracy. Tracing the development of this ideology over the course of three centuries and especially its influence over the last three decades, they show how white Christian nationalism motivates the anti-democratic, authoritarian, and violent impulses on display in our...
Author
Publisher
The Good Book Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A very long time ago, right here in this world, there was a garden. In the garden, everything was wonderful. The world was full of laughing and playing and smiling and fun. There was nothing bad, ever. There was no one sad, ever. But then, one day . . . Read the amazing story of the whole Bible, why Jesus died and rose again, and how you can be part of the story.
48) The cross
Author
Series
Kristin Lavransdatter volume 3
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Filled with sorrow over the fatal car accident of his wife and their unborn child, John Bevan erects a small cross near the scene of the accident and then withdraws from life and love. But when he encounters a young man kneeling before the cross, touching it up with white paint. John's conversations and travels with this mysterious man--known to him only as the Cross Gardener--forever change his world.
Author
Series
Crispin volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.
Author
Series
Crispin volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Winner of the Newbery Medal, Crispin: The Cross of Lead is an action-packed mystery and adventure from master storyteller Avi.
Sometimes I ran, sometimes all I could do was walk. All I knew was that if the steward overtook me, I’d not survive for long....
Crispin is a poor thirteen-year-old peasant in medieval England. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he has been declared a "wolf’s...
Sometimes I ran, sometimes all I could do was walk. All I knew was that if the steward overtook me, I’d not survive for long....
Crispin is a poor thirteen-year-old peasant in medieval England. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he has been declared a "wolf’s...
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of essays on the intersection of conspiracy theories and Christianity"--
""What is truth?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. -Francis Bacon Although Christians are followers of the Truth, many find themselves tempted by the alternate "truths" offered by conspiracy theories. Christianity and conspiracy theories have had a long, complicated relationship. But today conspiracy theories are bringing our already polarized...
Author
Publisher
William. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It is commonly claimed that Western Christianity teaches salvation as deliverance from sin through Jesus's sacrifice on the cross, while Eastern Christianity teaches salvation as deliverance from death -- and as deification -- through Christ's incarnation. But is it really true that no normative, unified doctrine of salvation is to be found in Scripture and tradition? Theologian Khaled Anatolios, deeply grounded in both East and West, here advances...
Author
Publisher
IVP Academic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"How has our understanding of cultural and historical context shaped our views on atonement? Combining missiology, theology, and biblical studies, theologian Jackson W. draws from the entire biblical canon to help Christians interpret Scripture more faithfully and form a richer, more robust theology of atonement"--
Author
Publisher
Convergent
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham explores the seven last sayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, combining rich historical and theological insights to reflect on the true heart of the Christian story. For Jon Meacham, like believers worldwide, the events of Good Friday and Easter reveal essential truths about Christianity. A former vestryman of Trinity Church Wall Street and St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Meacham delves into that intersection...
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