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Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

JAMEEL ZOOKIE MCGEE · WaterBrook
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Jameel McGee: "For the next three years not a day went by that I didn't think about my son who I had never seen and the cop who had kept me from him. And for most of those three years I promised myself that if I ever saw this cop again, I was going to kill him. I intended to keep that...
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Things i wish i'd known before we became parents

Gary D Chapman · Northfield Pub
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

"Things I Wish I d Known Before We Became Parents" has one goal: prepare you for the joys and challenges of raising young children. Two professionals Dr. Gary Chapman, longtime relationship expert and author of the #1 "New York Times "bestseller "The 5 Love Languages,...
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When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine

Monica Wood · Mariner Books; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Winner of the 2012 Sarton Memoir Award“Every few years, a memoir comes along that revitalizes the form…With generous, precise, and unsentimental prose, Monica Wood brilliantly achieves this . . . When We Were the Kennedys is a deeply moving gem!”—Andre Dubus III,...
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Experiencing God at Home

Richard Blackaby · B&H Books
Format: Hardcover

Experiencing God at Home takes a fresh path back into the rich roots of Henry Blackabys world-renowned Experiencing God writings to connect what happens in our homes to what happens in our churches. Here, his sons Tom and Richard Blackaby first establish the biblical case for the idea of experiencing...
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Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely

Lysa TerKeurst · Nelson Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The enemy wants us to feel rejected . . . left out, lonely, and less than.In Uninvited, Lysa shares her own deeply personal experiences of rejection--from the perceived judgment of the perfectly toned woman one elliptical over to the incredibly painful childhood abandonment by her father....
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Landmarks: Turning Points on Your Journey Toward God

Bill Delvaux · B&H Books
Format: Book

The well-worn rut that most of us live in is safe, comfortable . . . some would call it dead. By contrast, coming alive requires a willingness to journey into the unknown. Following Jesus is just such a path -- one that takes us deep into His death and then lifts us up into His resurrection.There...
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Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances

Rachel Anne Ridge · Tyndale Momentum
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The heartwarming tale of an irrepressible donkey who needed a home -- and forever changed a family.Rachel Anne Ridge was at the end of her rope. The economy had crashed, taking her formerly thriving business along with it. She had been a successful artist, doing work she loved, but now she felt...
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When Happily Ever After Shatters: Seeing God in the Midst of Divorce & Single Parenting

Sue Birdseye · Focus on the Family
Format: Print book

With abandonment and adultery, there is no five-step plan for survival, but there can be hope and healing. When Happily Ever After Shatters will be a comfort to those who grieve in solitude, and a hope-filled practical guide for those whose lives have changed irrevocably. Susan Birdseye...
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Days of Awe and Wonder: How to Be a Christian in the Twenty-first Century

Marcus J Borg · Harper One
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Showcasing some of his most enduring and insightful writings, including many previously unpublished works, a concise and illuminating introduction to Marcus J. Borg, the late spokesman for progressive Christianity and one of the most revered and influential theologians of our time.In his acclaimed...
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The Lucky Few: Finding God's Best in the Most Unlikely Places

Heather Avis · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

These are the faces that call me "mom," the three children who made me a mother. When I started my journey into parenthood I never thought it would look like this. I never planned on having three adopted children, and I certainly never imagined that two of them would...
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Hope in Front of Me: Find Purpose in Your Darkest Moments

Danny Gokey · NavPress
Format: Book

Stepping onto the American Idol™ stage just weeks after his first wife’s unexpected death, Danny Gokey experienced both the pinnacle of hope and the depth of despair. But his story began long before that. Danny’s dreams began to form when he was a child, only to take...
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Blush: A Mennonite Girl Meets a Glittering World

Shirley Hershey Showalter · Herald Press; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

I promise: you will be transported, says Bill Moyers of this memoir. Part Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, part Growing Up Amish, and part Little House on the Prairie, this book evokes a lost time, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, when a sheltered little girl with big dreams entered...
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Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family

Jennifer Lin · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover

Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world. Through the 150-year saga of a single family, this book vividly dramatizes the remarkable religious evolution of the world's most populous nation. Shanghai Faithful is both a touching family...
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Open Your Eyes: 10 Uncommon Lessons to Discover a Happier Life

Jake Olson · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Doctors removed Jake Olsons left eye at ten months old. When he was twelve, after years of radiation and chemotherapy, the cancer took his right eye as well. Thats when Jakes story really began.  When ESPN met Jake Olson, he was a twelve-year-old boy who wanted to spend his final weeks...
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