![]() ![]() thoughtful reflection questions designed to inspire you to a deeper experience of God.Bible study lessons that creatively blend story and Scripture to glean fresh insights. ![]() key scenes from Redeeming Love, selected to illustrate God’s loving pursuit of you.a personal reflection by Francine Rivers about the writing of Redeeming Love and the power of God’s Word.Redeeming Love: The Companion Study invites you to enter more fully into both the classic novel’s eternal message and the biblical story that inspired its writing. Through Redeeming Love, millions of readers have experienced the captivating love story of Angel and Michael Hosea that illustrates God’s power to redeem even the most lost among us. Venture deeper into the heart of the classic bestselling novel Redeeming Love with this six-week study and discover life-changing Bible truths. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She is currently a professor at the University of Arizona at Tucson. ![]() Silko has taught English at the Navajo Community College in Tsaile, Arizona, and at the University of New Mexico. She has been named a Living Cultural Treasure by the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Council, and has also received the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award. Silko's honors include a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Pushcart Prize for Poetry, and a Rosewater Foundation grant. Her other novels include Gardens in the Dunes (1999), and Almanac of the Dead (1992). A child of mixed Laguna Pueblo, Mexican, and white heritage, her first novel, Ceremony (1977), was one of the first published novels by an American Indian woman. She is also a writer of short stories and fiction. Contributor Internet Archive Language English 278 pages : 18 x 23 cm Storytelling is an integral part of Native American tradition. Her books of poetry include Storyteller (Seaver Books, 1981), and Laguna Women Poems (1974). ![]() She attended the University of New Mexico, and graduated with honors in 1969 with a B.A. ![]() Leslie Marmon Silko was born Main Albuquerque, New Mexico. ![]() ![]() Born in Dublin and raised in West Cork, Norton now lives in London. ![]() He presents The Graham Norton Show on BBC1, has a weekly show on BBC Radio 2, and writes a column for the Telegraph. About the Author: Graham Norton is one of the UK's best loved broadcasters. Book Description: A masterly tale of secrets and ill-fated loves told with perception and sensitivity. Will easily be one of my books of 2018.' 'A gripping, thoughtful tale about the search for identity, belonging and self-possession.' - OBSERVER 'Moving and darkly funny.' - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Smart, well-written and thoroughly entertaining.' - IRISH INDEPENDENT 'It's a sad and lovely book, brimful of tenderness and compassion, where the revelations of the past upturn the perceptions of the present.' - SUNDAY EXPRESS. A powerful, very sad story, beautiful writing, two time frames that are perfectly balanced. ![]() His grasp of human loneliness and longing is beautiful and comforting.' 'Atmospheric, creepy and impossible to put down.' - THE TIMES 'I raved about Holding two years ago. ![]() ![]() Review: 'A compelling and moving story, expertly told, that will draw you in and keep you in its grip until the last page.' - DAILY EXPRESS 'Magnificent. ![]() ![]() ![]() Another thing he’s learned? Don’t let a good thing slip away.įirst crushes get a second chance in Jordan's explosively sexy second Devil's Rock contemporary western romance (after Beautiful Lawman). They’ve both changed: Bri wants a story and Cruz just wants her. So he’s back home, facing the gossip, dodging reporters. Maybe starting over someplace new would be easier, but after years locked up, Cruz values his family-and his true friends-more than ever. If there’s a silver lining to the hell Cruz went through, it’s that losing his freedom put everything in perspective. ![]() What Bri doesn’t count on is Cruz taking “up-close and personal” to a whole new level. Cruz was wrongly accused of the high-profile crime for which he was imprisoned Gabriella’s desperate for the scoop that will get her career off the ground and get her out of Sweet Hill, where everyone still remembers her as “Flabby Gabby.” Being stuck in a supply closet with Cruz is the perfect opportunity to land an interview. Most women would be scared, but Gabriella’s only worried about resisting Cruz Walsh, who’s even hotter than he was back in high school. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A very good copy of one of Baum’s most fantastic and popular Oz adventures. Cloth with light soiling and expert restoration to original cloth. Interior with scattered light foxing and soiling. Pencil ownership signature to ownership page. Without extremely scarce original dust jacket. First issue, in primary binding with “The Reilly & Britton Co.” at spine foot. “Baum responded to his young readers’ pleas for ‘more about Dorothy… The Cowardly Lion also reappeared… the clockwork man, Tik-Tok, the first manmade mechanical figure in literature (years before the word ‘robot’ was invented)” (Eyles, 46). “Despite the popularity there was a hue and cry over Baum’s character omissions, which he made sure to rectify in the third of the series” (Franklin, 32). Octavo, original light tan cloth, cover color illustration, pictorial endpapers.įirst edition, first issue of the third Oz book, with many color headpieces and 40 full-page color illustrations by John R. “MORE ABOUT DOROTHY”: OZMA OF OZ, FIRST EDITION IN PRIMARY BINDINGīAUM, L. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a great book to read and an equally fine audible book. This novel has everything - war, survival, a legacy, romance, business savvy, friendship,humanity and more. It's interesting to read about the women taken prisoner by the Japanese in Malaysia, and the strength if the human spirit. That part of Nevil Shute's story is somewhat historically correct. ![]() The first part of the story occurs during World War II. A Town Like Alice takes place in England, Malaysia and Australia. What makes A Town Like Alice such a great book to read is the completion of an interesting and complex storyline. I kept looking for Joe or Jean to come greet us. We spent 2 nights and 3 days on a working station just outside Alice. (Personally I feel the original title fits the story better) I enjoyed A Town Like Alice so much that when my second husband and I traveled to Australia in 1999 I insisted we visit the outback, Alice Springs in particular. The Legacy was renamed A Town Like Alice. Through the years I delighted in both my son and rereading Nevil Shute's wonderful book. We argued over the custody of three things - our son, the dog and a book, The Legacy. ![]() Way back in the mid seventies my first husband and I divorced. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When the members of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Al-Jahiz, a group of primarily English men with enthusiasm for al-Jahiz, a Sudanese mystic who returned magic to the world about forty years prior, are brutally murdered by a man in a golden mask at one of their meetings, it is up to Fatma to track down the killer and solve the case. In 1912 Cairo, Fatma el-Sha'arawi is an agent of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, recently noted for having saved the world from a nefarious plot (see the events of the novelette, “A Dead Djinn in Cairo”, which take place prior to the novel). A Master of Djinn is the winner of the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel, the 2022 Locus Award for Best First Novel, and the 2022 Compton Crook Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the 2022 Mythopoeic Award for Fantasy Literature, the 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The book is part of Clark's the Dead Djinn Universe and follows the events of the novelette "A Dead Djinn in Cairo", and the novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015. ![]() ![]() A Master of Djinn is the award-winning 2021 fantasy steampunk novel by American writer P. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Teachers who use this book might scaffold it with additional resources that teach about the intensive planning and organization that went into this and other activist campaigns." - Booklist "The art throughout is a vibrant representation of the determination and courage of the civil rights movement. ![]() The experiences of segregation are sensitively depicted.A highly readable historical account which deserves a place on picture book and nonfiction shelves alike.– School Library Journal, starred review "This remarkable story remains relevant today as young readers think about their roles in the ongoing struggle for justice. Coretta Scott King Honor Award for Illustration 2019 Kirkus’ Best Picture Books of 2018 Chicago Public Library’s Best of 2018 The Children’s Book Review Best of nonfiction 2018 ? "A powerful retrospective glimpse at a key event." -Kirkus, starred review ? "Much of the text will provoke questions and important conversations between children and adult readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() This was a fascinating first novel of a series, which introduced us to a strange world. Roland must continue on his quest though, to catch the Man in Black, and reach The Dark Tower. Jake accompanies Roland on his quest, but things become very complicated when a portent of the future seems to indicate Jake is doomed. ![]() The most interesting person is the young boy Jake, abandoned on Gilead and with scattered memories of an Earth we know. Along the way he encounters surprising obstacles and intriguing people. Roland is on a quest to catch the Man in Black, which is taking him across a desert-ridden planet, where he slowly makes progress against this strange, mysterious, magical being. In this first book of The Dark Tower series, we meet The Gunslinger – Roland of Gilead. Read 330-page paperback edition in December 2020 Book Review – The Gunslinger – Stephen King ![]() ![]() Unlike other works of "monsterology," he links the production of meaning with the economic mode of production while also researching its manifestations across the world. approaches the topic from a more comprehensive framework. ![]() ![]() Monsters of the Market is an intriguing way of exploring economics, very much recommended reading." - Midwest Book Review From Frankenstein and the dissection of the market, vampires that feed off the misery of others, among other ideas. Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires, and Global Capitalism explores Marx's consistent use of folklore and monster as metaphor in his criticism of capitalism. "The most vicious of monsters are those with human faces. " Monsters of the Market is essential reading for anybody working in the field of critical social theory, critical sociology, political economy, etc., and suitable for a wide range of theory and culture courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels." - Mark Worrell, in: Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, 29 February 2012 ![]() ![]() Winner of the 2012 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. ![]() |