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Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Physical Desc
314 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Haunted by her sister's mysterious disappearance, Lucy Wilson arrives in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the spring of 1911 to work for Cora Wilson Stewart, superintendent of education. When Cora sends Lucy into the hills to act as scribe for the mountain people, she is repelled by the primitive conditions and intellectual poverty she encounters. Few adults can read and write.Born in those hills, Cora knows the plague of illiteracy. So does Brother Wyatt,...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Five New Yorkers must come together in order to save their city from destruction in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six. When a young man crosses the bridge into New York City, something changes. He doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Pilgrim's Progress is a 1678 Christian allegory written by the Puritan preacher John Bunyan. Begun while Bunyan served a 12-year jail sentence for his nonconformist preaching, the novel unfolds over two parts, one concerning Christian, and the other his wife Christiana and their sons. Both concern the central characters' ordeals in traveling from the worldly to the sublime, and are filled with allegorical characters with names like Hypocrisy and...
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of prayers, sermons, and inspirational passages that incorporates material from each of the novels in the Mitford series. In addition, fans will get to hear directly from author Jan Karon, in a brand-new essay about her own personal journey in faith and the ways that the Mitford novels have impacted her.
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
167 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless and nearly hopeless until a secondhand red coat lands her a job as Mrs. Claus at a department store, in a tender story about fresh starts.
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Ready to call it quits after four years of marriage, Jaime and C. J. Fitzpatrick are blown into the home of Mattie and Sol Riehl during a winter storm, two couples from different worlds who may help each other understand the true meaning of love this Christmas.
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
172 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Betty Kowalski isn't looking forward to the holidays. She just can't seem to find Christmas in her heart. There's church, of course. But who can she bake for these days? And who would care whether or not she pulled out the Christmas decorations? Her new neighbor just adds to the problem. He's doing home improvements that don't appear to be improving much of anything. These days when Betty looks out the window, she sees a beat-up truck, a pile of junk,...