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Friendship letters volume 2
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"Doretta Schwartz used to be so happy and passed her positive attitude along to friends in several letters she wrote each month. But that all changed the day she learned of her fiancae's death and a heavy weight of depression fell upon her. Feeling empty,she puts away her letter writing and won't even respond to calls from friends. William's twin brother, Warren, is also grieving his loss, while at the same time, trying to be supportive to his parents...
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"Stifled by tragedy, thirteen-year-old Grace Mockingbird yearns to escape her mother's controlling, grieving hand and find her voice in a small Kentucky coal mining town. A tragic family loss has driven a wedge between Grace and her mother, who seems to be silently punishing Grace by withholding her love. Grace does penance in every chore while doubting she'll ever earn her mother's forgiveness. But change arrives with the hot winds of summer as the...
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Dericott tales volume 4
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Set in medieval England, eighteen-year-old Louisa teams up with the chivalrous knight, Sir Charles, to find hidden treasure and save her younger sister Margaret before their uncle marries her off.
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Murphy Shepherd volume 4
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When MacThomas Pockets finished his last tour as part of the Scottish Special Forces, he was hired to consult for a film director to finesse some scenes-- and ends up moving to L.A. to work as the bodyguard for movie star Maybe Joe Sue. The Joe Sue the public sees with her perfect life is a far cry from the private one with a traumatic youth, a history of pills, and desperate for a child of her own. Their paths have diverged-- but when Joe Sue hits...
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After being released from prison, DeAndre struggles to make a new life for himself and his family. But when his past shows up in the doorway of his art studio, begging for a place in his heart and life, he is forced to make decisions that will alter his life forever.
Nine-year-old Mercy has questions no one will answer. That is, until her brother reveals that he knows the whereabouts of her birthfather. Is the man whose blood runs in her veins a...
7) Early Days
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"Chapter 1 — My Birthday
It was on my seventeenth birthday that I first heard — or felt — God's voice. In those days, we seemed to have a happy extended family in Anathoth and I was welcome in it. Times are different now..."
From a family of priests in the peaceful reign of good King Josiah, came a young man Jeremiah, bringing words from God to his people. It was no message for the fainthearted, either. It was a message of Terror on Every...
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As a child, Benny Ribble bears the brunt of his parents' anger. Never good enough, he nonetheless tries to please them and hear some words of praise. When he finds himself on the receiving end of a girl's attention and affection, he thinks he's finally escaped the abuse he's suffered his whole life. Sadly, his marriage soon turns into another battlefield. Every time his wife, Alma, bursts his balloon of achievement with her put-downs, he sees himself...
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As an Israelite slave, she sees no hope for a future. But she soon discovers the fate of nations may rest in her hands.
Keren, a gifted young Jewish scribe in the household of Daniel, learns languages and swordsmanship alongside the great man's sons and their friend Jared. But a tragic accident changes the course of her life, and she finds herself far from home,
charged with a mysterious task: teach a shepherd boy to be a lord. She soon hears hints...
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Cora Mae Stewart's world collapses when Sherman destroys the Georgia cotton mill where she works and has her arrested for treason and sent North. Faced with impossible choices, she does what she must to keep a little girl safe in an unhospitable land.Convinced he won't survive the war, Union Sergeant Ethan Howard determines to make his death count for something. But Cora Mae gives him a reason to live. Trouble is, he's just arrested her on Sherman's...
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As our hero continues his off-the-record visits with Jesus Christ, his best friend draws him onto the wrong side of a moral and political issue. Amidst the drama and chaos, he learns two powerful truths: His identity is not in what he does for a
living. His identity is not in what people think of him. Despite it all, amidst victories and catastrophic failures, he learns his identity, now and forever, is as God's "deeply loved son." Join Will Thomas...
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When she is forced to leave her beloved Prince Edward Island to attend Lakeside Ladies Academy after the death of her parents, the last thing Adelaide Rose MacNeill expects to find is three kindred spirits. The "Ladies of the Lake," as the four girls call themselves, quickly bond like sisters, vowing that wherever life takes them, they will always be there for each other. But that is before: Before love and jealousy come between Adelaide and Dorothy,...
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Summary of Ian Caldwell's The Fifth Gospel is a literary thriller that takes place in 2004 at the Vatican, the chief residence of the Catholic Pope in Italy. The novel follows the aftermath of Vatican museum curator, Ugolino Nogara's, murder.
Brothers, Alex and Simon Andreou, are both priests. Alex is a Greek Orthodox priest and Simon is a Roman Catholic priest as well as Vatican diplomat in the Secretariat. Their opposing religious affiliations place...
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#1 Amazon BESTSELLING title by Author J.P. Sterling
When sixteen-year-old Aubergine's parents uproot her from the posh NYC life to live off-grid in a tiny home, she reaches out to the only person available for friendship-the boy-next-door.
Aubergine White, a talented ballerina and a self-professed mean girl, who enjoys all the advantages of being a gorgeous, rich girl at her elite New York City private school, seems to have it all, until her parents...
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What do you do when your heart yearns for more but obligation holds you back?
Jedidiah lives in the 1800's Wheeling, Virginia - a boy who dreams of traveling west and the adventures that await him. His parents, however, cling to the hope and expectation that he will follow in his father's footsteps and become pastor of the local church.
When he convinces his parents to let him go west with some friends of the family, Jed discovers adventures far...
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In the spiritual realm surrounding us are angels and demons. Can you see them? Can you hear them?
The Starfish Island Gang continues to battle demonic forces. The angels are watching and ready to help. Each gang member is trying to navigate this unseen world while facing the personal battles demons throw at them.
Only one more special shell remains to be found, and they hope this will help them finish this battle once and for all.
Andrew and Lee...
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Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope.
Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.
Life in the Philippines seems like paradise-until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl...
18) Worthy of Legend
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1906
After a summer of successful pirate-treasure hunting, Lady Emily Scofield and her friends must hide the unprecedented discoveries they've made, thanks to the betrayal of her own family. Horrified by her brother, who will stop at nothing to prove himself to their greedy
father, Emily is forced to take a stand against her family-even if it means being cut off entirely.
Bram Sinclair, Earl of Telford, is fascinated with tales of King Arthur and...
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Upon his return home from the battlefields of Europe in 1918, Col Blackwood, a UK Army infantry officer, is reunited with his family on Christmas Eve after nearly four years away. In the midst of telling his children a bedtime story, we learn of Artaban, a Magi priest, and the fourth wise man to present gifts to the newborn King. As a result of dissension among his fellow Magians, Artaban has no other choice but to embark on this journey alone. Though...
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Renata Gustafson Dixon has it all. Just ask her; she'll tell you.
Until the day one of her sisters dredges up a name from the past and starts a chain of events that will rock the very foundation of all their lives.
Suddenly, the world Renata has worked so hard to build begins to resemble nothing more than a house of cards, and she no longer knows who she can trust. Certainly not her sisters, and apparently, not her husband, either. Maybe not even...
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