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The Rumor by Hannah Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEli Schrock’s life is pleasant enough. He likes his work as a farrier in his father’s smithy. He likes the girl he’s courting, Rebecca Hochstettler. Yet there is no passion for what he does or where he lives, and part of him yearns to see more of the world and get more of an education than the standard Amish eighth grade.When he meets Susanna Wittmer, though, everything changes... -
A Promised Tomorrow by Sylvia Price
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Yoder Family Saga follows widow Miriam Yoder and her four unmarried daughters, Megan, Rebecca, Josephine, and Lillian, as they discover God’s plans for them and the hope He provides for a happy tomorrow. The Yoder women struggle to survive after Jeremiah Yoder succumbs to a battle with cancer. The family risks losing their farm and their livelihood... -
A Greater Glory by James Scott Bell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA force of nature in turn-of-the-century Los Angeles . . .Kit Shannon, trial lawyer, in a world where men control the courtroom . . .or think they do. The bestselling series continues! Having proved she's a legal success, Kit Shannon again battles injustices found in Los Angeles, the city she has come to love. She now takes up the cause of a society woman who fears her dark past will be exposed... -
Joshua and the Shepherd by Joseph F. Girzone
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWith simple and profound prose, Joseph Girzone bringing to light incredible insights into modern Christianity and adds to his bestselling series with the story of the revolutionary Joshua in a contemporary setting.It is the end of a bitter cold winter... -
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Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the congressman who led the first impeachment of Donald J. Trump, the vital inside account of American democracy in its darkest hour, and a warning that the forces of autocracy unleashed by Trump remain as potent as ever... -
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper by Brant Pitre
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA revelatory exploration of the Jewish roots of the Last Supper that seeks to understand exactly what happened at Jesus’ final Passover. “Clear, profound and practical—you do not want to miss this book.”—Dr. Scott Hahn, author of The Lamb’s Supper and The Fourth Cup Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist shines fresh light on the Last Supper by looking at it through Jewish eyes... -
Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation by Candace Owens
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPolitical activist and social media star Candace Owens explains all the reasons how the Democratic Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she and many others are turning right. What do you have to lose? This question, posed by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to potential black voters, was mocked and dismissed by the mainstream media... -
Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir by Marie Yovanovitch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine—a pioneering diplomat who spent her career advancing democracy in the post-Soviet world, and who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power during the first impeachment of President Trump. Marie Yovanovitch was at the height of her diplomatic career when it all came crashing down... -
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels by Kenneth E. Bailey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeginning with Jesus' birth, Ken Bailey leads you on a kaleidoscopic study of Jesus throughout the four Gospels. Bailey examines the life and ministry of Jesus with attention to the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus' relationship to women, and especially Jesus' parables... -
Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this incisive and razor-sharp analysis of one of the most important issues facing us today, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt draw on their combined expertise of over 40 years to examine how dictators come to power, and how they help to foster a poisonous culture of polarisation, fear and suspicion that persists even after their time in power is over... -
Nuestra Senora de Kibeho: Un mensaje del cielo al mundo desde el corazon de Africa by Immaculée Ilibagiza
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThirteen years before the bloody 1994 genocide that swept across Rwanda and left more than a million people dead, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ appeared to eight young people in the remote village of Kibeho. Through these visionaries, Mary and Jesus warned of the looming holocaust, which they assured could be averted if Rwandans opened their hearts to God and embraced His love... -
Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith by Russ Ramsey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDid you know Vincent van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime and that during the last three months of his life he completed an average of one painting every day? Did you know that Michelangelo's David is covered in a dusting of human skin? Did you know Caravaggio murdered several people while he was painting some of the most glorious paintings of biblical scenes the world has ever... -
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III by Peter Baker, Susan Glasser
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCo-authored by the Chief White House correspondent at The New York Times and the Washington columnist at the The New Yorker, this is a biography any would-be power broker must own: the story of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III, the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world... -
The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American by Andrew L. Seidel, Susan Jacoby
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWas America founded on Judeo-Christian principles? Are the Ten Commandments the basis for American law? In the paperback edition of this critically acclaimed book, a constitutional attorney settles the debate about religion’s role in America’s founding.In today’s contentious political climate, understanding religion’s role in American government is more important than ever... -
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A Marvelous Work and a Wonder by LeGrand Richards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is a new release of the original 1950 edition... -
The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha by Anonymous, NRSV Bible Translation Committee
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Oxford NRSV Bible offers readers an unbeatable combination of quality construction, affordability, and the most accurate translation of the Bible available today. Churches and homes across America overwhelmingly choose the NRSV for its easy-to-understand translation and its sensitivity to inclusive language... -
The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy by Thomas Sowell
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThomas Sowell's provocative critique of liberalism's failuresSowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years... -
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe myths and reality behind the state of Israel and Israeli-Palestinian conflict—from “the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history” ( New Statesman )In this groundbreaking book, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation, the outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of... -
Our Heritage: A Brief History of the LDS Church by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe central message of this book is the message declared by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since its beginning... -
The Five Thousand Year Leap: 28 Great Ideas That Changed the World by W. Cleon Skousen, Glenn Beck
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNEW in 2009! THE FIVE THOUSAND YEAR LEAP 30 Year Anniversary Edition with Glenn Beck's Foreword! No other edition offers the revisions and updates of this remarkable book detailing how the Founding Fathers used 28 principles to create a 5000 year leap in freedom, prosperity, and progress; all based upon morality, faith, and ethics... -
The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America by Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom two top New York Times journalists, the breathtaking untold story of the plan to overturn Roe v. Wade and the consequences for women, abortion, and the future of America. In June 2022, Americans watched in shock as the Supreme Court reversed one of the nation’s landmark rulings. For nearly a half century, Roe was synonymous with women’s rights and freedoms. Then, suddenly, it was gone... -
A Gift of Love: Sermons From "Strength To Love" and Other Preachings by Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe classic collection of 16 sermons preached and compiled by Dr. Martin Luther King, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of the greatest orators in U.S. historyAs Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love , a volume of his most best-known homilies. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962... -
Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women' by Caelainn Hogan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUntil alarmingly recently, the Catholic Church, acting in concert with the Irish state, operated a network of institutions for the concealment, punishment and exploitation of 'fallen women'. In the Magdalene laundries, girls and women were incarcerated and condemned to servitude...Categorized as:
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Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSimple Justice is generally regarded as the classic account of the U.S. Supreme Court’s epochal decision outlawing racial segregation and the centerpiece of African-Americans’ ongoing crusade for equal justice under law.The 1954 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education brought centuries of legal segregation in this country to an end... -
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Concise Theology by J.I. Packer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTheology matters! At last it can be understood easily, thanks to this “layman's language” approach to biblical belief. Authored by J. I. Packer, one of the premier theologians of Christianity, this summary of Christian teaching covers nearly 100 major Christian beliefs from a Reformed perspective. Brief, easy-to-understand chapters offer precise descriptions without sacrificing depth... -
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism by Gregory A. Prince, Wm Robert Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOrdained as an apostle in 1906, David O. McKay served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Under his leadership, the church experienced unparalleled growth—nearly tripling in total membership—and becoming a significant presence throughout the world.The first book to draw upon the David O. McKay Papers at the J... -
The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization by Vishal Mangalwadi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUnderstand where we came from.Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization...Categorized as:
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Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert J. Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRob Morgan's inimitable style will help people reacquaint themselves with the hymns of the faithful. His goal is to keep these traditional hymns vital and meaningful to all generations.Don't look for a dry recounting of boring stories... -
Halley's Bible Handbook: An Abbreviated Bible Commentary by Henry H. Halley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHalley's Bible Handbook, the classic layperson's companion text, includes a concise Bible commentary, important discoveries in archaeology, related historical data, church history, maps, and more... -
Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the United States Senate, an institution controlled by people who are almost exclusively white, overwhelmingly male, and disproportionately conservative...
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