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Ribbon of Years

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hatcher, Robin Lee, PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, A realistic portrayal of a woman committed to God despite her circumstances. Miriam's unwavering faith throughout the decades of her life not only sustains her, but also impacts the lives of those around her in miraculous ways. Fans of Francine Rivers will love the inviting style of Robin Lee Hatcher.

Lord of the Rings Pendant Arwen?s Evenstar (Sterling Silver)

Arwen the Elven Princess, known also to her people as Evenstar because of her unparalleled beauty, is destined to leave Middle-Earth and sail to the Undying Lands of the West. While this fate looms before her, she falls in love with Aragorn, a mortal man, and is then faced with the heart-wrenching choice to leave Middle-Earth with her people or forego her immortality for the man she loves. Capture the brilliance of the Evenstars enduring beauty. Based on the actual pendant worn in the Lord of the Rings film, this piece is crafted in sterling silver. Measures 6 cm in length and comes complete with chain.

The Gift of Julian of Norwich

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Manton, Karen / Muir, Lynne, PUBLISHER: Ave Maria Press, In a time of political violence and religious censorship, Julian of Norwich dared to speak about love and her understanding of God through her remarkable book of 'Showings' or revelations. This series of sixteen visions came to her during a severe illness when she was thirty. Her message is that God who is all love, all goodness, and the source of all existence, will make all things well. Yet Julian also asks: 'How shall all be well?' in the face of suffering and pain. Superb illustration and calligraphy combine with translations and insights to provide a fascinating account of Julian's world.

How to Catch a Bogle

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jinks, Catherine, PUBLISHER: HMH Books for Young Readers, "If ever a chill entered her soul, or the hope suddenly drained from her heart, she knew a bogle was to blame." Ten-year-old orphan Birdie McAdam is tougher than she looks. She's proud of her job as apprentice to Alfred the Bogler, a man who catches monsters for a living. Birdie lures the bogles out of their lairs with her sweet songs, and Alfred kills them before they kill her. On the mean streets of Victorian England, hunting bogles is actually "less "dangerous work than mudlarking for scraps along the vile Thames river. (See glossary) Or so it seems--until the orphans of London start to disappear...

La strada in fondo al mare

Leah Fleming For May Smith, travelling with her husband and baby girl Ellen, stepping foot on the Titanic marks the start of an incredible journey, one which is destined to take her from the back streets of Bolton to the land of opportunity: the United St

La strada in fondo al mare

Leah Fleming For May Smith, travelling with her husband and baby girl Ellen, stepping foot on the Titanic marks the start of an incredible journey, one which is destined to take her from the back streets of Bolton to the land of opportunity: the United St (cod. I_)

The Door of Facade

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conrad, Becky, PUBLISHER: Infinity Publishing (PA), Passion, desire, deception, beliefs, self-preservation. Becky Conrad has many doors to choose from. Will what awaits her on the other side be her escape, her answer to prayer, or her near demise?

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Durrow, Heidi W., PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. With her strict African American grandmother as her new guardian, Rachel moves to a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring mixed attention her way. Growing up in the s, she learns to swallow her overwhelming grief and confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. In the tradition of Jamaica Kincaid's "Annie John" and Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," here is a portrait of a young girl- and society's ideas of race, class, and beauty. It is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice.

I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eisenstein, Bernice, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, In this innovative memoir, Bernice Eisenstein combines her skills as a writer and illustrator to distill her memories of growing up in the s in the shadow of the Holocaust. Drawing on the harrowing experiences of her parents-both of them Holocaust survivors-and the fragmented stories of other family members lost in the war, she explores the impact of their legacy on her own life. A groundbreaking exploration of personal history in the tradition of Art piegelman's "Maus," "I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors" is a searingly honest and deeply moving work that speaks to the universality of memory and loss.

Looking for Cassandra Jane

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carlson, Melody, PUBLISHER: Tyndale House Publishers, Written in first-person, memoir style, this is the heart-touching story of Cass Maxwell, a girl struggling to find her identity during the turbulent sixties and seventies. Forced to make her own way from childhood, Cass's strength of spirit lifts her above her circumstances as God calls her to a life of hope and freedom.

The Positive Childtm: Through the Language of Love

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Delaflor, Ivonne, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, In , Ivonne Delaflor had an accident that changed her perception of life forever. After a near death experience, she began to listen to her higher guides and the voice of God and began to pursue, with grand courage, her spiritual journey. Ivonne Delaflor is a certified trainer of The Parent Talk System created by Mr. Chick Moorman, and teaches meditation classes to young children in Cancun, Mexico. She is the mother of two children. Ivonne is the Creator of the Mastery Life non-profit organization that is constantly researching the evolution and the sharing of spiritual life. As a passionate child advocate, her mission is to assist all children throughout the world to never ever forget who they are. She offers regular seminars, conferences and workshops for parents in Cancun, Mexico and assists others to do so. You may contact her through her website: http: //www.masterylife.com/ or you can send email to her at

The Stars Compel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roessner, Michaela, PUBLISHER: Tor Books, Tommaso Arista is the son of two of the most prestigious families of chefs to the household of Cosimo Ruggerio, noble astrologer to the Pope, and a powerful political figure in Florence and Rome. His mother is a Befanini -- the hereditary cooks of the de' Medici family, bound to the Dukes of Florence by centuries of both service and blood, family in all but the name. Catherine de' Medici is the only legitimate heir to the de' Medici fortune and titles. She is the Duchessina, but the title, and the incredible wealth, will go to the man who marries her. When her uncle and guardian, Pope Clement, recalls her to Rome to use her and her dowry as a precious pawn in his political maneuverings with the crowns of Europe, Catherine chooses Tommaso as her personal chef and head of her household -- he will go with her to serve and protect her, and to be her friend in a dangerous place. Catherine has plans for her future, plans that do not include being sold as part of the Pope's treaty with France.

Roboz: A Painter's Paradox

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Taylor, John Russell, PUBLISHER: David Messum, Zsuszi Roboz the person is a unique mixture of British and exotic; Zsuzsi Roboz the artist is a unique mixture of Classical and Romantic. Though she was born and raised in Hungary, a dramatic series of events brought her to Britain in her teens, and all her subsequent life has been spent there. Her art is in once sense intensely Romantic, concerned with the mysterious and magical life of the imagination. But it is all founded on a finely disciplined grasp of classic draughtsmanship, acquired from the best sources: she was one of Annigoni's favourite pupils. This book tells her story, its agonies and ecstasies, and traces the roots of her passionate art. Along the way she has known and portrayed many extraordinary men and women, especially those - the musicians, the dancers, the actors, the painters, the girls of the Windmill - who have been one way and another connected with the arts. Her portrait drawings range from Spanish gypsies and Croatian peasants to aristocratic grandees and the great beaut

Spin Us a Dream

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Potter, Charlotte, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, Charlotte has a deep compassion for those who suffer. It is this compassion that drives her to share many stories from her life and the lives of those around her. She includes references from the Bible to support her source of strength in the tragedies of life. Her story of physical death in , Godas loving hand and her battle through the road to recovery are included. She has also included stories of loneliness and ridicule as she struggled most of her life to find love. She does find the true love she was searching for after forty-plus years of pain and suffering. This book is bound to touch the lives of those who read it.

Index of the Journal of Paleontology, Vols.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hoare, Richard, PUBLISHER: Bowling Green University Popular Press, This is an index of Vols. of the Journal of Paleontology.

The Absence of Gray: A Book of Poetry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Daniels, Amy, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, The thought behind the book THE ABSENCE OF GRAY is to dissuade the concepts of gray or of uncertainty. The poems persuade you to think a different way or expound on ideas that you already believe to be true. This poetry represents feelings of happiness, sadness, peace, rage, unrest, and victory. I hope the journey through this book is one of benefit and consciousness.

What Matters

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Petkus, Diana Traina, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, "What Matters" is a collection of poems, as seen in the beauty of life and nature, that reveal the author''s intimate knowledge and rich experience of the reality of God''s love, and her attraction to the full flowering of her own.

The Laundress Catches Her Breath

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Corso, Paola, PUBLISHER: CavanKerry Press, This powerful collection of poetry features a chain-smoking, working-class Italian American woman struggling to support herself and find meaningful work in a depressed mill town. She endures the indignity of a low-paid job that she can't afford to leave. The poems follow her tumultuous relationship with her father, a retired mill worker, her love for her educated uncle dying of cancer, and her escape from this soiled life through her ritual of doing laundry.

Street of the City

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hill, Grace Livingston, PUBLISHER: Living Books, When a handsome young man comes to tell Frannie that her mother is very ill, she wants nothing more than to go home. But her kind messenger assures her that he will take care of everything. Touched by his concern and sensitivity, Frannie's love for him begins to grow. There is only one problem: He is from the wealthy side of the river, and she is from the poor side. Will the jealousy and schemes of their friends pull them apart--or show them the road to faith and love? Grace Livingston Hill is the beloved author of more than 100 books. Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love.

Economic Journal (Macmillan), 9 volumi

Vendo 26 fascicoli della rivista trimestrale "Economic Journal. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Economic Society", edito a cura di Macmillan (Londra). Si tratta dei fascicoli e (estremi compresi), ovvero dei volumi (anni ). Volumi in buone condizioni, come da foto. I'm selling 26 issues of the three-monthly journal "Economic Journal. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Economic Society", edited by Macmillan (London). The issues go from n. 285 to n. 292 and from n. 297 to n. 324 (that is volumes n. , respectively years ). The issues are in good conditions, as in the picture.

Sinful Inheritance

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mitchell-Williams, Candis, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, The opening moments of this page turner will quickly draw you into the life of a beautiful young woman, her parents, the man in her life, and a deranged killer a a killer with a mysterious connection to the tortured young woman and her family. As Jennifer struggles to hold on to her sanity and face her motheras alcoholism and impending death, her fatheras depression, and a failing family business as best she can, her worst nightmares come to life as secrets and lies threaten to tear her away from the man that she loves and place her, and all those close to her, directly into the path of a cold-blooded killer. Who is the mysteriously evil aSin Killera and what is his connection to Jennifer and her family? Will Jennifer and Nathanas love survive or will dangerous secrets from a distant past drive them apart forever?

The House of Mirth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wharton, Edith, PUBLISHER: Createspace, Set among the glittering salons of Gilded Age New York, Edith Wharton's most popular novel is a moving indictment of a society whose soul-crushing limitations destroy a woman too spirited to be contained by them. The beautiful, much-desired Lily Bart has been raised to be one of the perfect wives of the wealthy upper class, but her drive and her spark of independent character prevent her from conforming sucessfully. Her desire for a comfortable life means that she will not marry for love without money, but her resistance to the rules of the social elite endangers her many marriage proposals and leads to a dramatic downward spiral into debt and dishonor. One of Edith Wharton's most bracing and nuanced portraits of the life of women in a hostile, highly ordered world, "The House of Mirth" unfolds with the force of classical tragedy.

Of Landscape and Longing: Finding a Home at the Water's Edge

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Servid, Carolyn, PUBLISHER: Milkweed Editions, Though Americans move frequently and often live far from the place they were born, they retain a memory of the landscape of childhood. For Carolyn Servid, and for others who love shorelines and boats, this imprinted place is where water meets trees. Using memoir as a means of meditation, Servid writes about connections to the land and the ways our love of a place can lead us to see it as an adversary, as she once felt during an ascent in Glacier Bay; as something to be consumed, as in the sprouting of mansions in the valleys of Colorado; or as a lover, as in her intimate, abiding knowledge of the shore near her home, where her greatest pleasure is to row her Banks dory among the whales and nearby islands.

Room to Grow: An Appetite for Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gold, Tracey / McCarron, Julie, PUBLISHER: New Millennium (GB), Now a married mother of two young boys, Tracey's is an account of a trip to hell and back. It is a journey of discovery and a chronicle of the very difficult lessons Tracey learned and must abide by every day of her life.

White Sea

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mathis, Cleopatra, PUBLISHER: Sarabande Books, "Cleopatra Mathis... brandishes the gifts of a talented poet who has hit her stride."-"The New York Times Book Review" "As long as we have Mathis' clarity of imagination, the intricacy and breadth of her engagement with the world and the depth of her meeting of others, we'll have the warmth to help us deal with our own centers of cold."-A.R. Ammons Strong, unsentimentally emotional sixth collection set on the frigid shores of Provincetown.

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