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"I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." John 14:3. The Final Chapter From Billy Graham. Experience the glory of heaven as Billy Graham, the beloved evangelist, shares from his past, and his present, the reality of eternity. As our nation and world travail in the midst of political, economic, and cultural uncertainties, we can find comfort in the hope that comes from the unchanging truth of God's Word. Whether...
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Juno Films Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned farmhouse. Beside the body lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop, a prisoner of her own mind, survived on apples and rain water, waiting for God to save her. As her story unfolds, we learn about our systemic failure to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
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2013.
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English
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Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry--a fervent nationalism that made resistance...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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"Recounting his bright but troubled youth, DeQuincy Lezine offers a candid description of his deteriorating state of mind in college and how it led him to formulate a detailed suicide plan. Hard-earned wisdom then becomes practical advice for other young people: in easy-to-understand language, and drawing on the psychiatric expertise of David Brent, M.D., Lezine offers information on how to seek psychiatric treatment, how to get the most out of professional...
7) En Pointe
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Pantera Press
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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"Have you ever had an addiction? An obsession? Have you ever wanted something so much that you can't imagine your life without it? For me, that's dance. "This is a story about never giving up on your dreams, no matter what life throws at you. Chloe Bayliss was born to perform and thanks to a lot of hard work and determination, she's on her way to being a ballerina. At sixteen, she gets accepted into an international dance school and everything she...
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Rare Bird Books
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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In The White Album, Joan Didion famously wrote that "a place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively ... loves it so radically that he remakes it in his image." Cruising in her Daytona yellow Corvette Stingray, taking it all in behind dark glasses, Joan Didion claimed California for all time. Slouching Towards Los Angeles is a multi-faceted portrait of the literary icon who, in turn, belongs to us. This collection...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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A searching examination of all the dimensions of love, marriage, mourning, and kinship from two-time Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy. To strip the wallpaper off the fairy tale of The Family House in which the comfort and happiness of men and children has been the priority is to find behind it an unthanked, unloved, neglected, exhausted woman.The Cost of Living explores the subtle erasure of women's names, spaces, and stories in the modern everyday....
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Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Combines fifteen of the author's classic short stories with fifteen new stories in an anthology that features tales involving donkey basketball leagues, lethal wind turbines, and marriage. In these comfort-zone-destroying tales, including the masterpiece, War Dances, characters grapple with racism, damaging stereotypes, poverty, alcoholism, diabetes, and the tragic loss of languages and customs. Questions of authenticity and identity abound.
11) Surrender
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Capitol
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Grammy-nominated artist/producer/songwriter Maggie Rogers new album, is the follow-up to her massively beloved 2019 debut, Heard It in a Past Life, which entered Billboard's Top Album Sales chart at No. one and debuted at No. two on the Billboard 200. Praised by the likes of NPR, The New York Times, Rolling Stone. Pitchfork, TIME Magazine, and many others. Heard It in a Past Life landed Rogers a nomination for Best New Artist and went on to amass...
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Little, Brown
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[1995]
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English
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As O.J. waits to be judged by a jury of his peers, his commentary, thoughts, and relections are juxaposed with letters selected from the more than 300,000 he has received from people across the United States, since being incarcerate at the Los Angeles County Jail.
14) Cass County
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Capitol
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Includes performances by Dolly Parton, Martina McBride, Merle Haggard, and more.
15) How much I need
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Miami nights volume 5
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HTJB, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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She helped to bring me back to life. Now I want to return the favor. Milo When I open my eyes, I have no idea where I am or who I'm with. The woman beside my bed is lovely, with dark hair and eyes and a warm smile that makes me feel safe. I learn I've survived a major surgery that might've killed me after being shot in the neck, and Gianna is my nurse. She soon becomes the center of my universe as I recover. All I want is to get out of the hospital...
16) American love
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Sony Music
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Country star Jake Owen releases his fifth studio album, which includes the single American Country Love Song. Another track, If He Ain't Gonna Love You, was co-written by and features vocals from Chris Stapleton.
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Outlaw chronicles volume 01
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English
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"My name is Christy Snow. I'm seventeen and I'm about to die. I'm buried in a coffin under tons of concrete. No one knows where I am. ... Some will say that I m not really here. Some will say I'm delusional. Some will say that I don't even exist. But who are they? I'm the one buried in a grave. ... So who are you?"--P. [4] of cover.
18) Tear you apart
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MIRA
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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"Their passion will consume everything-- and everyone-- in its path ... ". I'm on a train. I don't know which stop I got on at I only know the train is going fast and the world outside becomes a blur. I should get off but I don't. The universe is playing a cosmic joke on me. Here I had my life a good life with everything a woman could want and suddenly there is something more I didn't know I could have. A chance for me to be satisfied and content...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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"The six sections of the book explore what it means to be a young woman living in a world that doesn't always hear her and tell the story of Kiran as she flees a history of trauma and raises her daughter, Sahaara, while living undocumented in North America. Delving into current cultural conversations including sexual assault, mental health, feminism, and immigration, this narrative of resilience, healing, empowerment, and love will galvanize readers...
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Paige Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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The Billionaire's Intern is a classic virgin-meets-billionaire romance - if your idea of classic is scorching hot angst with a plot twist that'll leave you begging for more ... No one's ever called me friendly. You don't get to where I am by being approachable. I'm used to seas of people parting for me. Especially in the lobby of the building I own, filled with people who work for me. Guess no one told the new marketing intern. She spills her coffee...