Award Winning Books
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On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural LifeOpinionated and iconoclastic, Petersen writes with humor and a well-honed craft that will delight fans of Edward Abbey. --Library Journal (starred review) Twenty-five years ago David Petersen and his wife, Caroline, pulled up stakes, trading Laguna Beach, California, for a snug hand-built cabin in...
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The Adoration of Jenna FoxWho is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before...
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Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured BooksThe inspiring true story of demonstrators standing up for the love of a library, from a New York Times bestselling illustrator In January 2011, in a moment that captured the hearts of people all over the world, thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and...
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SomedaySomeday I am going to be a great artist. Today I am off to help my dad paint the shed. It's hard to be content with the present moment when you are little. The future has infinitely more possibilities Here, the prolific and poetic...
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The Cheyenne Indians, Volume 1: History and SocietyThe Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Their Ways of Life is a classic ethnography, originally published in 1928, that grew out of George Bird Grinnell's long acquaintance with the Cheyennes. Volume I looks at the tribe's early history and migrations, customs, domestic life, social...
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Body GeographicA memoir from the award-winning author of My Lesbian Husband, Barrie Jean Borich's Body Geographic turns personal history into an inspired reflection on the points where place and person intersect, where running away meets running toward, and where dislocation means finding oneself. One coordinate...
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The Book of What StaysFor any of us, what stays? For the arsonist's wife who has not yet left? The devout saint trudging another mile in his nail-shoes? The lost couple in their dying moments in a Nebraska blizzard? The old woman who refuses to leave her home...
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Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860To most people living in the West, the Louisiana Purchase made little difference: the United States was just another imperial overlord to be assessed and manipulated. This was not, as Empires, Nations, and Families makes clear, virgin wilderness discovered by virtuous Anglo entrepreneurs. Rather,...
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Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North AmericaWhat would a theology of the Church look like that took seriously the fact that North America is now itself a mission field? This question lies at the foundation of this volume written by an ecumenical team of six noted missiologists--Lois Barrett, Inagrace T....
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Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual LifeSo you're the little woman who started this big war, Abraham Lincoln is said to have quipped when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin converted readers by the thousands to the anti-slavery movement and served notice that the days...
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Preaching as WorshipMuch current literature on church worship rarely mentions preaching, and vice versa. Worship is often seen as restricted to music and liturgy while preaching is assumed to operate on different principles for different purposes. But veteran preacher Michael Quicke argues that preaching should be...
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The Mystery of God: Theology for Knowing the UnknowableChristianity Today 2014 Book Award WinnerHow can I know God if he is incomprehensible? Is it possible to know God in a way that takes seriously the fact that he is beyond knowledge? Steven Boyer and Christopher Hall argue that the "mystery of God"...
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Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated WorldOf all the gifts that Jesus left us, his peace is most elusive. We long for it in our homes, in our relationships, in our life situations. One place we can look and see "living peace" is in the lives of the Amish. But...
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The KnightIn The Knight, the third installment in the bestselling series of thrillers featuring FBI criminologist Patrick Bowers, the stakes have never been higher. Agent Bowers is used to tracking the country's most dangerous killers, but now it looks like a killer is tracking him....
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Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen KellerA heartwarming portrait of an unforgettable woman by the critically-acclaimed author of Abe's Honest Words and Martin's Big Words. This picturebook biography is an excellent and accessible introduction for young readers to learn about one of the world's most influential luminaries. With her signature...
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The Informant: A True StoryFrom an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes a gripping account of one of the most captivating and bizarre tales in the history of the FBI and corporate America. It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: Mark Whitacre, a senior executive at...
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With Every Breath"Camden takes readers on a breathless ride..."--RT Book ReviewsIn the shadow of the nation's capital, Kate Livingston's respectable life as a government worker is disrupted by an encounter with the insufferable Trevor McDonough, the one man she'd hoped never to see again. A Harvard-trained...
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Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the WordAre you a word person? A curiosity seeker? An explorer? Take a look at these twenty-six extraordinary individuals for whom love of language is an extreme sport. Step right up and read the genuine stories of writers so intoxicated by the shapes and sound...
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Teen Cuisine: New Vegetarian2013 International Association of Culinary Professionals Award Winner--Children, Youth and Family categoryTeens will celebrate all the great features in this exquisite cookbook that speaks directly to today's most popular eating trends.Features: 50 mouthwatering, original step-by-step recipes for all times of day arranged into sections...
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Helen & Troy's Epic Road QuestWitness the epic battle of the cyclops Visit the endangered dragon preserve Please, no slaying. Solve the mystery of The Mystery Cottage, if you dare Buy some knick knacks from The Fates They might come in handy later. On a road trip across an...
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