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The Seven Deadly Sins in the Work of Dorothy L. SayersThe impact of Dorothy L. Sayer's work is a powerful one. She was a gifted artist who worked in many genres and addressed many issues, but her achievement goes beyond creative skill and variety of range. What she consistently communicates about Sin--the basic problem...
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Trying Home: The Rise and Fall of an Anarchist Utopia on Puget SoundThe true story of an anarchist colony on a remote Puget Sound peninsula, Trying Home traces the history of Home, Washington, from its founding in 1896 to its dissolution amid bitter infighting in 1921. As a practical experiment in anarchism, Home offered its participants...
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The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic RealityThe global economy has reached a turning point. As energy and food prices escalate and debt levels explode, paths that led to economic expansion now go nowhere. The recession will not end in a recovery, yet in the coming years we can still thrive--if...
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The Last King of LydiaA defeated king stands on top of a pyre. His conqueror, the Persian ruler Cyrus, signals to his guards; they step forward and touch flaming torches to the dry wood. Croesus, once the wealthiest man of the ancient world, is to be burned alive....
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Outlive Your Life: You Were Made to Make a DifferenceDear Friend, May I share a story that is very dear to my heart?It's a story of hillbillies and simple folk, net casters and tax collectors. A story of a movement that exploded like a just-opened fire hydrant out of Jerusalem and spilled into...
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Wine with Food: Pairing Notes and Recipes from the New York TimesINDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards -- 2014 GOLD Winner for Cooking 100 wines paired with more than 100 dishes, from two of the most respected experts in the business. Pairing wine and food can bring out the best qualities in each. But how...
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Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments: A Compendium of Contemporary Biblical ScholarshipAcademy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books of the YearChristianity Today's Books of the Year ECPA Gold Medallion The third of IVP's critically acclaimed series of dictionaries of the New Testament provides focused study on the often-neglected portions of the New Testament: Acts, Hebrews,...
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Preaching with Variety: How to Re-Create the Dynamics of Biblical GenresThis new volume in the "Preaching With" series reveals how pastors can preach in a way that employs--with creativity--the six writing genres or forms found in the Bible. Each chapter includes practical "Try this" suggestions and ends with a quick checklist for preachers to...
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The Story of PassoverOn Passover, Jewish people all over the world celebrate their freedom from slavery and their beginnings as a great nation. This simple introduction to the Passover story pairs an engaging retelling with bold illustrations, perfect for young readers. One of the most significant holidays...
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Moja Means One: Swahili Counting BookPrimarily a Swahili counting book, Moja Means One is also meant to be a gift of heritage, a glimpse of what is unique about East Africa.--School Library Journal. Full color.Author: Muriel L. FeelingsPublisher: Turtleback BooksPublished: 08/15/1992Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.40h x 10.50w x...
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The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian FolktalesCombining traditional Appalachian folktale plots with a contemporary sensibility, writer and storyteller Anne Shelby creates fourteen lively, original stories of a funny, magical, yet familiar world.Many of the stories feature a girl named Molly Whuppie, who is clever, brave, and strong. Encountering witches, giants,...
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American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890As the year 1890 wound to a close, a band of more than three hundred Lakota Sioux Indians led by Chief Big Foot made their way toward South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation to join other Lakotas seeking peace. Fearing that Big Foot's band was...
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Outdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure AnthologyMore college students than ever are majoring in Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Education, or Adventure Education, but fewer and fewer Americans spend any time in thoughtful, respectful engagement with wilderness. While many young people may think of adrenaline-laced extreme sports as prime outdoor activities, with...
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The Good Times Are All Gone Now: Life, Death, and Rebirth in an Idaho Mining Town"Julie Weston's book could have been subtitled Growing Up in America-against a background of poison from one of the most notorious mining operations in the world. Weston's insights are unforgettable; her writing is wonderful." - Mary Clearman Blew, author of All but the Waltz...
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Accidents of NatureI'm in the middle of a full-blown spaz-attack, and I don't care. I don't care at all. At home I always try to act normal, and spaz-attacks definitely aren't normal. Here, people understand. They know a spaz-attack signals that I'm excited. They're excited too,...
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James Madison: The American Presidents Series: The 4th President, 1809-1817A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father. Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles...
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Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights MarchA memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes A Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor BookKirkus Best Books of 2015Booklist Editors' Choice 2015BCCB Blue Ribbon 2015 As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery,...
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The Eagles Are BackThe American bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States, was once dangerously near to extinction. With the help of dedicated volunteers and decades of hard work, the eagle population made a dramatic comeback. This moving picture book tells the story of one...
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We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian HolocaustEllen Cassedy's longing to recover the Yiddish she'd lost with her mother's death eventually led her to Lithuania, once the "Jerusalem of the North." As she prepared for her journey, her uncle, sixty years after he'd left Lithuania in a boxcar, made a shocking...
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Hoosh: Roast Penguin, Scurvy Day, and Other Stories of Antarctic CuisineAntarctica, the last place on Earth, is not famous for its cuisine. Yet it is famous for stories of heroic expeditions in which hunger was the one spice everyone carried. At the dawn of Antarctic cuisine, cooks improvised under inconceivable hardships, castaways ate seal...
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