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The first book in Hendrickson's new Preacher's Toolbox series brings together a "who's who" group of today's most influential pastors, who share their understanding of prophetic preaching as well as their skills. The book is divided into two sections, "The Calling of Prophetic Preaching" and "The Craft of Prophetic Preaching," which deliver clear themes and practical takeaways on the art of preaching prophetically.
Speaking with grace and authority,...
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Una novela que reproduce, con pluma de vanguardia, el tiempo en el que las mujeres se abrieron un espacio en un mundo convulso, construyeron un sitio propio para ser, para vivir, para sentir. 1930, década del qué dirán por los zapatos rojos de tacón, por tener un amante, por salir de noche con un hombre, por usar o no usar, las miradas atentas para poner en tela de juicio la reputación de una mujer que no tiene más alternativa que crecer y se...
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Lovely and her dad would always take a walk in the park, but every time they would take this walk, Lovely always noticed her dad would stop in front of an enormous tree. So being the curious girl she was, she asked her dad why he would always look at that tree. Then her dad told her to look at the very top of this tree. There she saw the most beautiful and majestic thing she had ever seen. What she saw was many, many birds of all kinds on the tree....
24) Hell to Pay
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When ultra-shy pushover Faye Albert decides to live a little, she inadvertently binds her soul to Satan by following him on Twitter. Overnight her dreams of being confident, beautiful, and adored by men are coming true. No longer is she pushed out or pushed over.
But it comes at a price. If she doesn't figure out how to break the contract, she'll lose her soul to the Dark Prince forever.
With time running out, and no idea how to unfollow Satan, she...
25) Chopping Water
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In The Island Chronicles Book 1, Conscious, Christopher, whose name has been changed to William, is drawn by the music to the mysterious woman, Eleutheria, who lives in the house with the thatched roof overlooking Bourani Cove and the ancient lime kiln which still burns hot for those who know how and where to look. There, she tells him about trapping time in the old tower, inadvertently creating the dragon, and how he must contain the monster while...
26) Lena
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When Police Chief Alton Gravely and Officer Carothers escalate the feud between "Torreya's finest" and conjure woman Eulalie Jenkins by running her off the road into a north Florida swamp, the borrowed pickup truck is salvaged but Eulalie is missing and presumed dead. Her cat Lena survives. Lena could provide an accurate account of the crime, but the county sheriff is unlikely to interview a pet.
Lena doesn't think Eulalie is dead, but the conjure...
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Shome Dasgupta, a young American author of Bengali descent, uses magical realism to explore his South Asian roots in this series of fourteen stories mostly set in modern day Kolkata, the city his parents came from and the one where their extended families continue to live. The stories reflect the surrealistic dimensions of an American boy/man's visits "home." They engage with memorable individuals, from barristas to beggars, boatment to bus drivers....
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This is Geraldine's last mission on Earth, and her most difficult one. Sister, Helena, is trying to organize her 50th celebrations but without success as she upset her family by stealing her daughter's boyfriend. Geraldine comes along and tells her not to give up and say to the family 'Birds of a feather flock together'. Curious, they visit Helena, and finding out that she has also been visited by Geraldine, they help her with the party and getting...
29) My Afterlife
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My Afterlife will appeal to mature readers fascinated in the beauty of subtle changes like dandelions appearing or the glee when drinking a milkshake while acutely aware of life's unpleasantries. Skeeter McGee shares this intrigue and trepidation with the reader as a small-town genius whose life is truncated minutes before he's to graduate as valedictorian.
During his brief life, curiosity leads Skeeter to identify events and decisions guiding...
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Along the oldest river in North America, New River, Zoe and Tod take a vacation with their teenage child Diana, who is experiening a heartbreak. The beauty of Appalachia presents a new world in many ways, with intimations of past and future mixing together. When Diana is swept down river due to unknown causes, an unexpected world. opens. Laden with dangers and tests, the question arises as to whether love can be found.
31) The Cat's Job
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What is the Cat's Job?
Some say a cat's job is to be decorative. Some say it is to slay vermin. Some say a cat ought to earn his or her keep, and some think cats are mere pets. Some folks are dog people, but we don't need to talk too much about them here.
In this chapbook we look at a cat mayor at work, talk about cats as people, and share several fictional pieces dealing with the place of cats and their people in the universe at large.
The Cat's...
32) Huntress Moon
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Mia was bitten by a werewolf as a child and left for dead. But a magician called the Hunter saved her, using magic and healing arts. He smelled of smoke and cloves, and once she was healed, he left to continue hunting the werewolf who bit her. But he left some of his magic in her. Not only is Mia one of the rare female werewolves, but she grows to an enormous size and is able to wield magic. One day, she hears laughter and is drawn to a small group...
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Welcome to Luna City, Karnes County, Texas ... Population 2,456, give or take ... Business at the Luna Café & Coffee is looking up for fugitive former celebrity chef Richard Astor-Hall. The owners — elderly schoolteacher Miss Letty, and the irascible Doc Wyler have approved hiring another cook and expanding hours at the Café. Joe Vaughn, chief of the tiny Luna City Police Department, is coping with the demands of parenthood ... and both he and...
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Carmen, una joven de escasos recursos economicos que trabaja en un consultorio medico, donde se siente atrapada entre cuatro paredes, con un sueldo que apenas alcanza para sobrevivir, recibe una oferta de empleo que le ofrece el doble de su salario y le garantiza que podra viajar por toda Colombia. Su vida cambia de estar entre cuatro paredes, sin luz solar, a conocer muchos lugares y trabajar a plena luz del sol. Su familia, su casa y su vecindario...
35) Demoniacs
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Evie Mickelson is anything but your average hostage negotiator with acute mind control powers- but she is about to discover she's the key to a battle with the demonic forces of evil.And Demoniacs (Book 1 of The Revelationary War) is anything but your average urban fantasy road trip novel with dark angels, ninja nuns and djinns. It is also a speculation on the nature of evil and terrorism. It is a commemoration of the superheroes of popular culture....
36) Fault Lines
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A boy who wants to die. A girl who would do anything to live. A stranger with their fate in her hands.Cathie Ayala has never been to Santa María, the country of her parents' birth. Now her beloved godmother has gone missing in that South American nation's political turmoil. Risking her safety and sense of self, Cathie sets out to find the woman who raised her.Instead she stumbles on two young people facing crises of their own. Injured in a terrible...
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'…she cursed your farm and the church saying to all those who lived or went there they would suffer for ever more and be haunted by the devil.' Jeremiah's family farm has been cursed, and when his family members are struck one by one, he has no one to turn to but his sweetheart Victoria. However, Victoria is not who he thought, and after committing adultery, she falls pregnant. She promises the baby, on his third birthday to the Devil, and he is...
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medeo Modigliani, embittered and unrecognized genius, dies of meningitis on a cold January day in Montparnasse in 1920. Jeanne Hébuterne, his young wife and muse, follows 48 hours later, falling backwards through a window. Now a ghost, Jeanne drifts about the studio she shared with Modigliani-for she was not only his favorite model, but also an artist whose works were later shut away from public view after her demise. Enraged, she watches as her...
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Centré sur la vie d'une famille de colons dont la plantation est frappée par une malédiction naturelle, Balai de sorcière est un roman foisonnant o la réalité tragique est travaillée par la magie du carnaval.
Traduit de l'anglais par Christine Pagnoulle
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Balai de sorcière Balai de sorcière retrace l'histoire de la malédiction coloniale d'une île des Caraïbes. Le roman raconte les traversées, dévoile mémoires et archives, chemine...
40) Faith Healer
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Victoria G. Smith, named an outstanding writer by the Chicago Filipino Asian American Hall of Fame, explores the Filipino diaspora with magic, lyricism, and humor.
Ousted years ago from the Malacañang Palace in Manila, where he healed the people's ailments with the power God sent through his hands, Victor Mariano has made a peaceful, if lonely and uncertain, life for himself as the caregiver "Tita Vee" in a California long-term care facility.
Victor...
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