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The Emperor's New Clothes and Other Stories brings together more of Geoffrey Thomas's short stories, each brimming with the bigheartedness, warmth and homespun humour that he is known for. From historic Europe to the Asian continent, Geoffrey Thomas introduces a series of curious characters in his mesmerising collection based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales: a golden swan flies around the world; an old poet has a mysterious visitor; an Emperor...
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This story is excerpted from The Boy Who Shouted "Wolf!" But There Wasn't a Wolf: And Other Tales by Geoffrey Thomas. These short stories are brimming with the big-heartedness, warmth and homespun humour that the author is known for. Geoffrey Thomas introduces extraordinary characters in this fantastical tale based on Aesop's fable. Perfect for Middle Grade (9–12 year-old) readers and teeming with gospel truth and encouragement.
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How far will he go to keep them safe?It was more than a break-in. More than a stalking. It was personal. When a stalker targets his wife and two daughters, journalist Jack Crittendon must uncover who the person is and what his motives are if he is to protect the ones he loves. The investigation leads Crittendon into a world of behind-closed-door secrets and faith gone awry, as does his story on a missing pastor, whose apparent suicide is more...
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A book of power, beauty and grandeur, here is a majestic rendition of the love of God. Rarely has a piece of Christian literature combined the simplicity of the storytelling art with the profound depths of the Christian faith. In this sweeping saga, spanning from eternity to eternity, you will discover some of the deepest riches afforded the believer. Who is fit to be the beautiful bride of God? How shall the Carpenter, rising from the dead, bring...
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This story is excerpted from The Pied Piper of Hamelin: And Other Tales by Geoffrey Thomas. These short stories are brimming with the big-heartedness, warmth, and homespun humor that the author is known for. Geoffrey Thomas introduces incredible characters in this captivating tale based on the famous story by the Brothers Grimm. Perfect for Middle Grade (9–12 year-old) readers and teeming with gospel truth and encouragement.
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This story is excerpted from The Emperor's New Clothes: And Other Stories by Geoffrey Thomas. These short stories are brimming with the big-heartedness, warmth and homespun humour that the author is known for. Geoffrey Thomas introduces curious characters in this mesmerising story based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. Perfect for Middle Grade (9–12 year-old) readers and teeming with gospel truth and encouragement.
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After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His Letters and Papers from Prison became a prized testimony to Christian faith and courage, read by thousands. Now in Life Together there is Pastor Bonhoeffer's experience of Christian community. This story of a unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years reads like one of Paul's letters....
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In conformity with the Church's translation guidelines, the New Catholic Version is intended to be used by Catholics for daily prayer and meditation, as well as private devotion and group study as an alternative to other translations currently available. This faithful, reader-friendly translation of the New Testament was prepared by the same team as the NCV Psalms released in 2002 and widely acclaimed for its readability and copious, well-written,...
89) Nathan Coulter
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This, the first title in the Port William series, introduces the rural section of Kentucky with which novelist Wendell Berry has had a lifelong fascination. When young Nathan loses his grandfather, Berry guides listeners through the process of Nathan's grief, endearing the listener to the simple humanity through which Nathan views the world. Echoing Berry's own strongly held beliefs, Nathan tells us that his grandfather's life 'couldn't be divided...
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The Pied Piper Of Hamelin and Other Tales brings together more of Geoffrey Thomas's short stories, each brimming with the big heartedness, warmth and homespun humour that he is known for. From royal families to humble villagers, Geoffrey Thomas introduces a series of incredible characters in his captivating tales based on the famous stories by the Brothers Grimm: a princess struggles to sleep; a musician is chased out of town; a fisherman makes a...
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The most urgent call upon God?s people is to live as followers of Jesus. The most indicting critique against the church is as simple: its failure to do so. As the leader of an evangelical theological seminary that trains men and women as leaders for the church and society, Mark Labberton writes: "People ask many questions about how their lives relate to the world. What are our lives in this world about? What are we to make of being human? Why are...
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In the bestselling tradition of The Scarlatti Inheritance and The Rheineman Exchange, a compelling thriller in which one man's actions can change the course of history. In the fall of 1940, the Nazis are at the height of their power-France is occupied, Britain is enduring the Blitz and is under threat of invasion, America is neutral, and Russia is in an uneasy alliance with Germany. Stephen Metcalfe, the younger son of a prominent American family,...
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The "intensively reported and fluidly written" true-crime account of the heroic security guard accused of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (Wall Street Journal).
On July 27, 1996, security guard Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, the town square of the 1996 Summer Games. Inside was a bomb, the largest of its kind in FBI and ATF history. The bomb detonated amid a crowd of fifty thousand people. But...
95) Chain of Events
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A stunning debut thriller about a code that threatens humanity - and the only man can crack it. William Sandberg, once a well-respected military cryptologist pursuing cutting-edge research, is a ruined man. His career is in shambles, his marriage is over, and he's succumbed to a dark depression. But William's talents haven't gone unnoticed. A nameless, top-secret organization abducts him and tasks him with a daunting mission: decode a message that...
96) Through My Eyes
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Very few combatants, also known as grunts, have been willing or able to share their view of the life-long memory that still keeps them wondering if the dreams and nightmares will ever end. This is an expensive story to write in terms of personal emotion; to walk through that year again so others can sense, feel and understand what it's like to be a soldier, in the field, taking orders along with his buddies and making every effort to get their deadly...
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For many people, worry, anxiety, and fear are constant companions: fear of death, fear of danger, fear of disease. In today's unpredictable and contentious world, who can blame us?
All too often, these fears are crippling, keeping us from the life God has called us to live. Is there any hope amidst all this darkness?
There is. As Christians, we have been given all we need in order to face down even the most frightening, unexpected, and overwhelming...
98) Saved from What?
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Have you ever been asked by a stranger, "Are you saved?" Many Christians use this question as an opportunity to tell someone about Jesus. But a common response to that question might catch us off guard: "Saved from what?" Until this essential question can be answered, we won't be able to make sense of Christ's sacrifice or explain it to others.
In Saved from What?, Dr. R.C. Sproul reveals that the greatest danger we face is the holy wrath of God...
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In 1953, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, a baby boy was born--dead. The attending physician set his little body aside and tended to his mother for eighteen minutes. Now, more than sixty years later, that boy leads an internationally known ministry that encourages hundreds of thousands every year. The Boy Born Dead tells his incredible story from the perspective of his best friend, David Wideman. As a teenager in the small town of Liberty, Missouri, in the...
100) Your Mind Matters
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"Knowledge is indispensable to Christian life and service," writes John Stott. "If we do not use the mind which God has given us, we condemn ourselves to spiritual superficiality." While Christians have had a long heritage of rigorous scholarship and careful thinking, some circles still view the intellect with suspicion or even as contradictory to Christian faith. And many non-Christians are quick to label Christians as anti-intellectual and obscurantist....