Friday’s Christian eBooks
Small Town Love Story Collection
by Multiple Authors
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9 Small Town Stories by USA Today Bestselling Authors
Get books in nine different series, from nine amazing, USA Today bestselling authors! In this bundle, you’ll (of course) get small towns and fun side characters, but also diverse, younger, older, military, and SWOON-WORTHY heroes!
Do you love that small-town feel where you know everyone, and everyone knows you? Fit right in with this escape away from city life, where heroes better have manners, the town busybody knows all your business, and every guy has known every girl his whole life. Grab this boxed set and don’t miss SMALL TOWN LOVE STORY!
Making Memories of Love
by Lilah Rivers
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In Laten, Illinois, Kate Townsend feels like a prisoner since the tragic accident that claimed her parents, haunted by a past that she can’t remember. Desperate to escape the suffocating memories that surround her, Kate seizes the chance for a fresh start out West, responding to a bridal advert that promises a new life. Little did she know, a secret friend from her past will also be waiting in the new town.
Is perhaps this offer in the mail-order bride ad too good to be true?
Simon Porter is a man whose heart has been shattered by tragedy but who still has hope for a future filled with love. When he sees Kate, he is struck by her uncanny resemblance to his lost love, but he soon realizes that she has no memory of him or their past together…
Three Devout Brides on the Road to Salvation
by Olivia Haywood
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Three courageous women ready to follow God’s calling. Three ranchers in searching for redemption. Will they follow his Light and find their salvation? Three of my best-selling Christian Historical Romance stories in a single Inspirational Collection! It’s time to stay home and enjoy them!
If you like an overlooked but determined heroine whose prayers guide her in the harsh Old West, and she experiences a heartfelt romance in an era where the Lord’s guidance is crucial, read on!
#1 A Devoted Bride for the Distrustful Cowboy
#2 An Unconventional Woman to Restore his Faith
#3 A Bold Proposal to Redeem his Suffering Soul
Chelsea’s Choice
by Joi Copeland
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Silver Springs, Colorado, needs a change, and Jeremiah Harden’s the one for the job.
It’s time for Silver Springs to elect a new mayor, and Jeremiah Harden wants the job. As part owner of the mercantile with his pa, he’s torn between family obligation and serving the town. He doesn’t want to walk the path alone and requests the services of Milly Crenshaw, the owner of Westward Home and Hearts Matrimonial Services. Milly finds him a bride, but she isn’t what Jeremiah expected. But is she what he needs?
Chelsea Chandler grants the request of her dying grandmother to get married and move away from Botson’s unforgiving society…
Eloise and the Grump Next Door
by Jenny Proctor, Emma St. Clair
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I’m not sure which is worse – the lawyer handling my grandmother’s estate or the attack pelican living on the screened-in porch. Just kidding – I’ll take the pelican any day.
After graduation, I thought I’d be off to grad school, doing research on my favorite poet. Instead, I’m renovating my late grandmother’s home and posting about the process on Instagram. Talk about a detour…
But here I am. Turning Gran’s beach house into a bed and breakfast–a process that would be a lot easier if I didn’t have to deal with the grumpy lawyer living next door. It doesn’t help that the night Jake and I met, I got a little tipsy, and he had to carry me back to my hotel…
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(Oakley Island Romcoms Series)
The Secret Diary
by Barbara Goss
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Secrets are told, so that with time, they may be discovered.
Were Betsy Wheeler’s father and brother criminals? The sheriff, Noah Sommers, intends to find out and arrest them.
Betsy finds her mother’s diary, the entries confuse her because they made little sense at first. When she finds the key to the entries, she discovers more than she’d ever imagined. Things were far from what appeared on the surface.
At first meeting, sparks flew between Noah and Betsy. They didn’t like each other. Would the shootings, and murders bring them closer or further apart?
A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin
by Sam Storms
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Understand How God Banishes Your Sin, So You Can Let It Go Too
Every Christian has experienced days or even seasons of feeling extreme guilt over past or present sins, thinking that God is angry or disgusted with them – sometimes even wondering if they’re truly saved. This often happens when believers fixate on their sins while forgetting what Christ has already done on their behalf at the cross. Sam Storms explains it this way: “What consumes us is what we have done by sinning. What ought to consume us is grateful meditation on what God has done with our sinning.”
A Ready Defense
by Josh McDowell
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Be prepared “in season and out” with this handy reference book of faith.
Timely and biblically based, Josh McDowell’s work offers defenses in 60 of the most-challenged areas of faith. All in one easy-to-reference volume, this book will strengthen your commitment and help you stand firm against challenges to the truth.
Abduction in the Dark
by Jenna Night
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Her sanctuary is breached… and a child’s life is at stake.
When kidnappers attempt to abduct her nephew, Tanya Rivera will do anything to protect him—even team up with bounty hunter Danny Ryan. But after Tanya unknowingly crosses the path of the criminal mastermind, she becomes the new target. With Danny by her side and her nephew finally safe elsewhere, it’s a race to untangle the culprit’s web before deadly danger catches up with them…
Selling 101
by Zig Ziglar
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Here in a short, compact and concise format is the basics of how to persuade more people more effectively, more ethically, and more often. Ziglar draws from his fundamental selling experiences and shows that while the fundamentals of selling may remain constant, sales people must continue learning, living, and looking: learning from the past without living there; living in the present by seizing each vital moment of every single day; and looking to the future with hope, optimism, and education.
Edward’s Menagerie
by Kerry Lord
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Create a suave high-flying rhino, a lovesick elephant who knows her way around a kitchen, and a seriously chivalrous tiger…
With just two weeks to go before her baby Edward’s due date, yarn enthusiast Kerry Lord picked up a crochet hook for the first time, and a new obsession began. Over the next twelve months, the collection of crochet animals expanded week by week until Edward’s Menagerie was complete—with forty unique patterns.
Thursday’s Christian eBooks
Caught in the Act
by Lisa Renee
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The new Creative Arts teacher, Page Martin, didn’t want to put on a Christmas play in the first place. She loved art, but in Clear Creek County, one teacher had to cover all creative aspects. Drama included. The pressure is amped when single dad, Dion Sanders, a stakeholder expects his precious girl to sing as an angel in the production. The only problem is, she can’t sing for nuts.
Now the tourism board plans to sell tickets to raise funds to restore the old theatre. Dion offers to build stage sets in exchange for singing lessons for his daughter. Page can’t refuse…
Dreams of the Heart
by Penny Zeller
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Sometimes the hardest battles take place in the heart.
Poverty and abuse at the hands of her drunkard father leaves Hannah Bane trapped and alone. Without hope, she prays for a miracle just on the off-chance God will hear her. Will the handsome new deputy, who seems to be watching her every move, be Hannah’s one chance to escape the only life she’s ever known?
For as long as he can remember, John Mark Eliason has wanted to be a deputy sheriff. When a job opens in the nearby town of Poplar Springs, he eagerly accepts, but finds his greatest mission won’t be tracking down criminals and bringing justice to the ruthless Wyoming town, but saving a beautiful young woman he barely knows…
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(Wyoming Sunrise Series)
Season Two Snafu
by Cindy M. Amos
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Sparks fly when Chastain Landers submits a demo video to promote the baseball team’s charity raffle and gains a job for season two at Riverfront Stadium. Working alongside the handsome Promo Team leader Reynolds Newby seems dreamy until a series of odd happenstances occur around the ballpark. Down on the field, hard-working groundskeeper Clint Ryder has trouble keeping his crew in line, but a substitute assignment brings pretty sports trainer Tanya Whiting out of the dugout and into his arms. Both Reynolds and Clint struggle to keep day-to-day operations intact as the home team quests for postseason playoffs.
Will there be too many snafus to win a championship this season?
Two couples dare to ride the tempest and find love during season two!
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(Home Run Hunter)
Love in the Shadow of her Past
by Ellen Knightley
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Harmony Benson has no idea what her life looked like before she ends up stranded on a beach and with her memories lost… The new town she enters luckily welcomes her and while she tries to figure her life out, the sheriff’s family takes her in and cares for her. Her kind and talented nature make them feel close to her and her struggles from the start, but she cannot rest until she can regain her identity…
Will this kind and charming sheriff be the key to uncovering her past?
Sheriff Stefan Dawson has always put his job first, caring for his town’s safety until a girl arrives lost and in need of his help, forcing him to change his priorities…
Just a Cowboy’s Convenient Marriage
by Jessie Gussman
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A man who lost everything. A woman squatting on a property that’s not hers. An aunt who suggests a marriage of convenience.
When Smith Long strides into his new hometown, he doesn’t expect to get bowled over by a woman chasing her cow whom she claims has fallen in love with a pig. Doesn’t every small town have that one crazy person?
He’s not laughing later, though, when his aunt informs him that in order for him to receive the old, rundown property she’d promised him, he has to marry the crazy woman he’d hoped to never see again…
To both Abrielle and Smith, marriage is more than convenience and a vow is a lifetime commitment. Will they see how much they have in common and decide they need each other?
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(Flyboys of Sweet Briar Ranch in North Dakota Series)
Seven-Mile Miracle
by Steven Furtick
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His Final Words Are Your New Beginning. It’s Good Friday. The Son of God is giving up his life. What does he want to say to us in His final hours? What does He tell the people standing at the foot of the cross, to pass down to the ages? He speaks only seven short statements. Words of forgiveness, salvation, relationship, abandonment, distress, triumph, and reunion. Seven statements that mean everything.
In Seven-Mile Miracle, Pastor Steven Furtick shows us how Jesus’s last words offer mile markers for our journey in relationship with God. It’s a lifelong journey and it’s not always easy. But Jesus is both our guide and our destination as we travel.
Chasing Shadows
by Lynn Austin
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For fans of bestselling WWII fiction comes a powerful novel from Lynn Austin about three women whose lives are instantly changed when the Nazis invade the neutral Netherlands, forcing each into a complicated dance of choice and consequence.
Lena is a wife and mother who farms alongside her husband in the tranquil countryside. Her faith has always been her compass, but can she remain steadfast when the questions grow increasingly complex and the answers could mean the difference between life and death?
Lena’s daughter Ans has recently moved to the bustling city of Leiden, filled with romantic notions of a new job and a young Dutch police officer. But when she is drawn into Resistance work, her idealism collides with the dangerous reality that comes with fighting the enemy.
The Jesus Who Surprises
by Dee Brestin
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Offering a fascinating perspective on the historic, poetic, and prophetic books of the Old Testament, Brestin draws on her deep understanding of the full scope of the Bible to explore the timeless story of God’s quest to rescue each of us. She combines rich teaching, memorable storytelling, and an in-depth Bible study component to create a resource that shows readers how the story began (the books of Moses), how to live in the story (the poetic books), and how the story will end (the prophets).
Distortion
by Terri Blackstock
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When Juliet Cole’s husband of fifteen years is murdered before her eyes, she thinks it was a random shooting. Devastated and traumatized, she answers hours of questioning, then returns home to break the tragic news to her sons. But a threatening voicemail escalates this from a random shooting to a planned, deliberate attack.
Juliet realizes that she and her children are in danger too—unless she meets the killers’ demands…
All Creatures Great and Small &
All Things Bright and Beautiful
by James Herriot
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All Creatures Great and Small: In the rolling dales of Yorkshire—a simple, rural region of Northern England—a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice…
All Things Bright and Beautiful: After his first day on the job, Herriot’s mentor warns him that the life of a country veterinarian is full of small triumphs and big disasters, but that he’d never be bored…
Wednesday’s Christian eBooks
A Royal Secret
by JaNae Griffin
Catherine is the princess of Merick. She stumbles into an American while sneaking out of the palace.
Landon is visiting her country, not looking for love, until, he meets a sophisticated woman he can’t stop thinking about.
Her father, the king, despises Americans; she falls in love with one, and hides her relationship, and identity, taking her freedom to a whole new level…
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(Born Royal Series)
A Model Bride
by Autumn Macarthur
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Her plans for her Europe trip didn’t include falling in love!
When Tiffany Gallagher flies to London to spend the holidays with her family, volunteering at a homeless shelter on Christmas Day isn’t part of her plan. Nor is having to travel to Edinburgh with Mac, the grump and cynical wounded Scottish photojournalist also volunteering at the shelter, to get the New Year’s Eve she’d dreamed of, a Scottish Hogmanay.
Returning to London, she sets up an ambitious back-to-work partnership between the shelter and Pettett & Mayfield’s department store. But her scheme means she and Mac are thrown together…
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(The Macleans Series)
Love’s New Beginnings
by Penny Zeller
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Where it all began…
Lydie Beauchamp recently moved with her aunts—sisters Myrtle and Fern—to the untamed Wyoming Territory. When a teaching position in nearby Willow Falls captures her attention, can she leave her aunts, one of whom just suffered a broken heart, and embark on this new adventure? Will she find the courage to persevere in the midst of challenges, one being a handsome challenge named Solomon Eliason?
Reverend Solomon Eliason has the goal of making a difference. Hired as the pastor of Willow Falls, he must convince the congregation that he is able to undertake the role of a reverend…
Dial R for Rodeo
by Heather Blanton
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If he loses the town, he loses her…
Emma Jane Ross, determined to save her family’s tiny FM station in Why Me, WY, thinks she’s struck gold when she manages to hire famous DJ Bobby Ringo.
She’s disillusioned almost immediately. There’s no way the grungy, boozing, city boy is going to mesh with the folks in Why Me. But to everyone’s surprise, Bobby and the town of quirky characters slowly develop a sincere affection for each other. Why, even he and the prickly Emma Jane flirt with a growing attraction…
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(You Are on the Air Series)
An Earl’s Valentine Story
by Bridget Barton
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Titania Thorpe is happier enjoying life by herself than chasing romance or meeting suitors. However, when she is forced by her meddling aunt to attend her first London Season, she quickly catches the eye of the Earl of Essex, William Arlington. Shortly after, the two of them start exchanging letters, and Titania finds herself wishing William could be her Valentine…
Will Titania’s heart soften despite her lack of faith in romance? Will she find her own happily ever after by the charming Earl’s side?
After years in America, William returns to England to receive his mother’s ultimatum; he has to find a suitable bride, or she’ll find one for him…
Always With You
by Jessie Gussman
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One night changed everything…
Cassidy Kimbell killed a man when she was only nineteen. Torque Baxter took the blame, serving ten years for her crime.
He told her to flee the scene of the accident. He told her to run. He told her to keep her mouth shut, so that’s what she’d done. She’d let a boy with a crush become an innocent man behind bars. Today, that man is being released…
Cassidy would have to give up the life she’s built for the last ten years. She’d have to sacrifice it all, just like he did.
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(Baxter Boys Series)
Fallout
by Carrie Stuart Parks
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Her carefully crafted life is about to be demolished.
After a difficult childhood, Samantha Williams craves simplicity: jigsaw puzzles, lectures at the library, and the students she adores in her role as an elementary school art teacher in the dusty farming community of LaCrosse, Washington.
But when an SUV crashes into the building where she teaches, her entire world is upended. Samantha manages to keep the children safe, but her car isn’t so lucky. Oddly, her purse—with her driver’s license, credit cards, and other identification—is missing from the wreckage.
Women of the Word
by Jen Wilkin
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“Women of the Word will help all who read it to find their way deeper into the Word of God without having to be seminary educated, a genius, or even an especially good student.” – Kathy Keller
We all know it’s important to study God’s Word. But sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. What’s more, a lack of time, emotionally driven approaches, and past frustrations can erode our resolve to keep growing in our knowledge of Scripture. How can we, as Christian women, keep our focus and sustain our passion when reading the Bible?
The Path of Faith
by Brandon D. Crowe, Benjamin L. Gladd
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The closely related biblical themes of covenant and law have often been debated. Yet they are among the most important topics in Scripture―theologically and practically. They address how God graciously relates to us and how we ought to live on a daily basis.
In this ESBT volume, Brandon Crowe builds on previous books in the series as he considers covenant and law throughout both Old and New Testaments. The Path of Faith lays out key principles such as the obligation of people to obey their Creator, how Jesus’ perfect obedience to God’s law opens the way to eternal life, and what the law means for us today as we continue walking by faith.
The Story of Jesus for Kids
by Zondervan
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This is a small, softcover booklet with a big message. The Story of Jesus for Kids uses the clear, accessible language of the New International Reader’s Version (NIrV) to tell the story of the most significant person who ever lived. The NIrV is written for a third grade reading level. Compelling and powerful, it’s also a compact, low-priced way to share the Jesus story in one seamless narrative. The Story of Jesus for Kids is one book that will be read again and again.
Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites
by Mary Beth Lagerborg, Mimi Wilson
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Filled with all-new cycles – two one-month cycles, two two-week cycles, and three specialty cycles: gourmet, summer, and gluten-free – their trademark method remains the same: You shop for an entire cycle all at once, buying in bulk and saving money. You do all the food prep for the cycle the next day, freezing and refrigerating what needs to be kept cold, stocking the pantry when appropriate.
Tuesday’s Christian eBooks
Share, Save, Spend
by Hope McCardy, Brooke and Lee
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Basic Lessons in Managing Money
Share, Save, Spend introduces children to three basic principles for managing their money. First, kids will learn how to share (give). They will be taught that one way to show they care is to share their allowance with others. Next, the youngsters will learn the important principle of saving for their future. Finally, they are encouraged to spend the remainder of their money wisely.
This WISDOM book seeks to show our children that when they follow these wise suggestions, they will feel so good in the end. Remember:
W is for WISE
I is for INSIGHTFUL
S is for SENSITIVE
D is for DISCERNING
O is for OBEDIENT
M is for MOTIVATED
Hills of Nevermore
by Janalyn Voigt
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Can a young widow hide her secret shame from the Irish preacher bent on helping her survive?
In an Idaho Territory boom town, America Liberty Reed overhears circuit preacher Shane Hayes try to persuade a hotel owner to close his saloon on Sunday. Shane lands face-down in the mud for his trouble, and there’s talk of shooting him. America intervenes and finds herself in an unexpectedly personal conversation with the blue-eyed preacher. Certain she has angered God in the past, she shies away from Shane…
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(Montana Gold Series)
The Vows We Keep
by Victoria Everleigh
Can a former priest find love? The second book in the best-selling Catholic women’s fiction series, Vows for Life.
After leaving the Catholic priesthood with a dispensation from the Pope, Tristan O’Connor finds himself single, unemployed, and looking for a place to live. He longs for a family life, but being an ex-priest isn’t a selling point on the dating scene.
When an unfortunate accident brings Miranda into his life, he begins to believe the love and marriage he’s hoped for are possible. But after a young woman claiming to be his sister shows up on his doorstep, he starts to question everything he thought he knew about his late mother.
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(Vows for Life Series)
Tales of Enchanted Matches
by Aria Norton
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Three of my best-selling Regency romance stories! Delightful romances full of emotion, drama, action, plot twists, and of course, love!
The Merriest Debutante Season
Mesmerised by a Noble Stranger
Saved by a Lady
“Wow, what a great set of books. Well written, full of love, intrigue, drama and just sweetness. All characters are well defined and work well in with each of these books. Each story has a great storyline and a happily ever after. Would recommend this book to others.” by Amazon Customer
An Unexpected Governess to Tame his Wild Heart
by Ava Winters
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She’s left all alone with nothing but a governess ad to guide her way. He’s unwilling to accept a woman helping him. How can their hearts heal when life with a stranger takes its toll on them?
Biddie has nothing left in the world but a chance to travel West and become a governess. Still, she never expected to find a man taking no responsibility over his troublesome nephews and baby niece. How can she show this family that love is the way to heal your wounds?
Can Biddie and Arch understand that fate brings them together to rekindle their faith in love or is it too late for their souls to get together?
Her Secret Son
by Linda Goodnight
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To protect her child… She concealed the truth
The last person rancher Harlow Matheson expects to meet while out on horseback in a rainstorm is injured – and barely conscious – NFL star Nash Corbin. Four years ago, Nash betrayed Harlow’s family. Now she must nurse Nash back to health while concealing the truth from him – that he is the father of her son. But as the two grow close, how much longer can Harlow keep her secret?
Benedict XVI
by Peter Seewald
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In this first volume, coveringthe years 1927–1965, we witness Joseph Ratzinger’s early days, living above his father’s police station. Ratzinger came to adulthood through the years of National Socialism. Though hostile to the rise of Hitler, his family knew well about Dachau and Ratzinger himself was conscripted into the Hitler Youth. Joseph Ratzinger proved to be a man of exceptional intellectual gifts and by the time of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) he was already noted as one of the outstanding intellects present and was nominated a ‘peritus’ or theological expert. This was also the time of the start of his friendship with the Swiss theologian Hans Küng who was to become his nemesis.
Life Everlasting
by Robert Whitlow
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With her client’s husband somewhere between this world and the next, attorney Alexia Lindale makes an everlasting choice. The youngest son of a family consumed by greed, Baxter Richardson lingers on this earth in a coma. His wife wants him dead to protect her secrets. His brother wants him dead to gain control of the family empire. And though Baxter’s father fights to keep him alive, even he has ulterior motives.
But Baster has a surprising ally. A classically trained painist, Ted Morgan believes music can be used as prayer…
All Things Wise and Wonderful
by James Herriot
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World War II intrudes on the pastoral life of the Yorkshire veterinarian and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of All Creatures Great and Small.
Only a couple of years after settling into his new home in northern England, James Herriot is called to war. In this series of poignant and humorous episodes, the great veterinarian shares his experiences training with the Royal Air Force, pining for a pregnant wife, and checking in on the people back home who made his practice so fascinating. As the young men of Yorkshire are sent into battle and farmers consider the broader world they’re a part of, Herriot reflects on the lives—human and animal alike—that make his home worth fighting for.
Leadershift
by John C. Maxwell
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Change is so rapid today that leaders must do more than stay the course to be successful. If they aren’t nimble and ready to adapt, they won’t survive. The key is to learn how to leadershift.
John C. Maxwell helps leaders gain the ability and willingness to make leadership changes that will positively enhance their organizational and personal growth. He does this by sharing the eleven shifts he made over the course of his long, successful leadership career.
Remember Me
by Tracie Peterson
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Brand New Release from Bestselling, Award-winning author Tracie Peterson
From the Yukon to Seattle, the hope of a new beginning waits just around the corner.
Addie Bryant is haunted by her past of heartbreak and betrayal. After her beau, Isaac Hanson, left the Yukon, she made a vow to wait for him. When she’s sold to a brothel owner after the death of her father, Addie manages to escape with the hope that she can forever hide her past and the belief that she will never have the future she’s always dreamed of.