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Ribbons of steel volume 2
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"With the loss of her first true love, Carolina Adams finds life at the family plantation nearly unbearable. Desperate to escape, she moves to Baltimore to become a nanny to Victoria, a little girl whose mother has died. After breaking his wedding engagement with Virginia Adams, Carolina's older sister, James Baldwin immerses himself in work for the B&O Railroad, the other passion in his life besides Carolina. But when a shocking business proposal...
3) Beyond Hope
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Maine State Police need small-town police officer Reese Link to help decode a killer's mysterious M.O. when victims of a new killer are found floating in lakes deep in the state forest. But Reese, haunted by the demons of her past, may just find that she is the one in a killer's sights....
"Molly Black has written a taut thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat... I absolutely loved this book and can't wait to read the next book in...
4) Beyond Hope
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In a deadly game of multinational terrorism, detective Helen Keremos searches for a long-lost 60s revolutionary who happens to be the daughter of a right-wing U.S. presidential candidate. The Keremos mysteries was one of the first lesbian detective series
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Our lives have been disrupted by a pandemic, but at some point we will find a new normal. What will we do then? Better, what should we do then?
Bruce Epperly has been writing while living through this time as a pastor, teacher, author, and grandparent. He provided some lessons for a hopeful, fulfilling life during the pandemic in his book Faith in a Time of Pandemic. In this book, he goes beyond that time to look at what these experiences should...
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In the aftermath of the latest battle, the stakes are higher than ever before. Time's hardly an ally to Nicholai's army of paranormal soldiers. The Tomes remain hidden, and the clock is ticking for the Essenced poisoned with the demon's incurable toxin.
Beyond those worries, magic might be vanishing, a twist that could insurmountably cripple the army's capabilities prior to the war's conclusion.
Never has the conflict felt so desperate, with danger...
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Transformation is the real life, fast-moving story of David and his friends, who live and sometimes die, in the pursuit of peace.
Meet David as he faces a pistol aimed at his head ready to fire, only fast action saves his life. When his mistress leaves David, look into the black pit with him as he spirals downward. Taste the metallic barrel of the shotgun in his mouth, as David decides whether to live or die. Listen to Bill, who tells David about...
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Like campfire tales told late at night, No Hope Beyond This Point is meant to give you a chill.Each stories centers around the theme of "No Hope", while monsters, ghosts, and karma enact their revenge.So, if you liked the Fear Street collection, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, or the Pseudopod podcast, then hopefully you'll find something to enjoy in this book as well.
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Is the Lord seriously good? Even despite seemingly ongoing and unrelenting loss? Why have I experienced troubles of great magnitude without relief? Why have I not been healed?
Author Debbie Oelke has struggled with questions such as these for most of her adult life. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at twenty-five, Debbie and her family were painfully aware of the possible outcomes, as her grandmother had also lived her short life dealing with the...
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Where is God when we are hurting or in despair? How can we find hope even when we feel hopeless? Pain, struggle, and despair are part of life, and they test our character as God's people. John Wimmer approaches these challenges to our faith realistically and thoughtfully. He does not offer easy answers or platitudes like "Everything happens for a reason. "We can't always understand or control many things that happen to us, but we can choose how we...
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In the face of grief and loss, have you ever wondered how you will ever move beyond your tears and emptiness? Is it possible to find purpose and meaning after you have suffered the death of a loved one? "The risen Christ meets us in our tears." With these gentle words Trevor Hudson invites you to enter the deeply moving Gospel story of the garden encounter between the risen Christ and Mary Magdalene on the first Easter morning. In the Foreword, Dallas...
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Forgiveness isn't needed until there is an infraction. Healing doesn't happen unless there is pain. Progress does not occur until that first step is taken.
You are not alone. Many of us have experienced the put-downs and humiliating snubs from individuals and groups of people. The unknown source of this treatment can cause fear, anger, and frustrations that only those bullied can understand. Personally, I learned from bullying that I need to consider...
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Sord was born after the second Great Debacle. He attends high school in Prosperity, the domed nation-state and last known large assemblage of humans and hybrids on Earth. His father disappeared in a mysterious physics experiment, and his mother makes him read an ancestor's diary to understand what life was like before the debacles. Trouble seems to shadow the poor guy. Then there's Daisy, his ebullient new girlfriend, and they embark on an adventure...
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This book critically engages with the proliferation of literature on postcapitalism, which is rapidly becoming an urgent area of inquiry, both in academic scholarship and in public life. It collects the insights from scholars working across the field of Critical International Political Economy to interrogate how we might begin to envisage a political economy of postcapitalism.
The authors foreground the agency of workers and other capitalist subjects,...
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With devastating clarity and gentle humour, Mabel Hewitt relives her extraordinary childhood in the shadow of two world wars. Born in the thirties when the threat of the poorhouse hung over working families, 92-year-old Mabel remembers a chaotic home life dominated by a father traumatised after years in the trenches at Ypres. She was just 10 when war clouds gathered again, as sirens wailed and Mabel took shelter underground with her mother and sisters....
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February, 2009, in the midst of Australia's worst ever bushfire disaster, Jan Graham asked the question: "What can I do to help?" She had no idea that this question would lead her and her husband, John, into three years of intense relief work, helping survivors of the Black Saturday Fires.
This is not another bushfire story, though that is the setting. This is a story about how a local church and community responded in the face of crisis, and it asks...
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Kingdom beyond Borders is a collection of true stories, told by refugees, unwanted people living in extraordinarily difficult circumstances. Helping Hands Ministry in Athens, Greece, shines as a bright beacon on the long and treacherous refugee highway. There, the heroes of this book, like thousands of others, found help, acceptance, and friendship; but above all, they found the key that unlocked the secret to the Kingdom. These are their stories....
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For many women, life feels like one big time crunch: Each day, they rush pell-mell from this responsibility to that, taking care of everyone around them-except themselves. In a rare quiet moment, they may have a sense of restlessness, a longing for balance and purpose. But finding the renewal they desire evades them-until now. Redeeming Eve helps readers examine the deeper, more painful issues hiding behind a too-full schedule and enables them to...
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Like campfire tales told late at night, No Hope Beyond This Point is meant to give you a chill.
Each of the thirteen short stories and poems center around the theme of "No Hope". The tales vary from monsters and ghosts, to karma enacting revenge.
So, if you liked the Fear Street collection, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz, or the Pseudopod podcast, then hopefully you'll find something to enjoy in this book as well.
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