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 | G. K. Chesterton | The Orthodox Church in America has several million adherents, but little is known of its teaching or other distinctive features. This pithy work provides a short history of the Church, followed by a comparison of the points of difference in belief and practice between the Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Chesterton, G.K. | The Orthodox Church in America has several million adherents, but little is known of its teaching or other distinctive features. This pithy work provides a short history of the Church, followed by a comparison of the points of difference in belief and practice between the Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Howard Pyle | Here, Howard Pyle spins a Medieval tale of a young heir raised in a monastery, then plunged into the bitter feudal world of his father. It contains all the elements Pyle deals with so well… swordplay and daring adventure, romance and intrigue. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | J. Mark Stauffer, editor | Songbooks | ||
 | Karen Hesse | A poem cycle that reads as a novel, this Newbery Medal winner tells the story of Billie Jo, a girl who struggles to help her family survive the dust bowl years of the Depression. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Yoder, Pablo | Mauren was uneasy. For days now, Hurricane Mitch had been dumping tons of rain on Nicaragua. Living at the base of Pena de la Cruz made her nervous. Once more she gazed warily up the side of the mountain. Something caught her eye. Was that a movement? Her heart froze… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | The first book in C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by aliens and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. Once… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Lewis, C. S. | The first book in C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by aliens and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. Once… | Classics | |
 | Stephen Russell | Read a sample!We live in a world wracked with violence and hatred. Does that mean that every act of violence must be met with an equal or greater counterblow?Stephen Russell asserts that the biblical message calls for forgiveness and reconciliation in place of hatred, vengeance, and fear. Overcoming Evil God’s… | Books ⋅ Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Arnold Lobel | Whether Owl is inviting Winter in on a snowy night or welcoming a new friend he meets while on a stroll, Owl always has room for visitors! | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr | Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird. But there is no answer. Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Farley Mowat | Farley Mowat’s funniest book tells the adventures of Wol and Weeps, two owls from Saskatchewan who shake up a whole neighborhood, turn a house topsy-turvy, and outsmart Mutt, the dog hero of The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be. Wol brings dead skunks to the family dinner table and terrorizes the minister, the… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Holling Clancy Holling | A small canoe carved by an Indian boy makes a journey from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Malcolm Guite | The centerpiece of this volume is a sequence of fifty sonnets that reflect on the saying of Jesus in the Gospels, both those that kindle our hearts immediately and those ‘hard sayings’ that stop us in our tracks or dare us to see the world differently.Within this longer collection are… | Christian Living ⋅ Literature ⋅ Devotionals ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Paul David Tripp | What is your calling as a parent? In the midst of folding laundry, coordinating carpool schedules, and breaking up fights, many parents get lost. Feeling pressure to do everything “right” and raise up “good” children, it’s easy to lose sight of our ultimate purpose as parents in the quest for… | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | Elisabeth Elliot | Very few books on dating have stood the test of time like Passion and Purity. Its much-needed message remains strong and hopeful in an age when doing whatever feels right is common practice. Using her own life as an example, Elisabeth Elliot guides singles of both genders and of any… | Marriage | |
 | Bercot, David | The story of Saint Patrick as told in Let Me Die In Ireland, retold for young readers.Sixteen-year-old Patrick felt the cool tingle of the wet grass on his feet as he strolled through his father’s farm on a late spring morning. As was typical for the west coast of Britain, dense fog… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Living History Level 56 | |
 | Richardson, Don | “On every continent, in every nation, God is at work in and through the lives of believers. From the streets of Amsterdam to remote Pacific islands to the jungles of Ecuador and beyond, each international adventure that emerges is a dramatic episode that could be directed only by the hand… | Biography & History | |
 | Shari Zook | Longing for permission to be real about your own needs and struggles? Permission granted.As good Christian moms, we’re not supposed to ask for much. Jesus meets all our needs and we’re the light of the world to everybody else, right? Wrong.Shari Zook appeared to be an overachieving supermom who deftly… | Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | The second book in C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed Space Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength. Pitted against that greatest of human weaknesses, temptation, Dr. Ransom must battle evil on a new world — Perelandra — when it is invaded by the Devil’s agent. Will… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Lewis, C.S. | The second book in C. S. Lewis’s acclaimed Space Trilogy, which includes Out of the Silent Planet and That Hideous Strength. Pitted against that greatest of human weaknesses, temptation, Dr. Ransom must battle evil on a new world — Perelandra — when it is invaded by the Devil’s agent. Will… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Louise A. Vernon | Peter Cook has a good life as a bound boy and is treated like a son by his master. Everything changes the day that Peter discovers that his master has died of the dreaded disease, the black plague. Because Peter touched the corpse he is thrown out of the great… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Peter Riedemann | The biblical foundations of a Christian communal movement that has stood the test of five centuries.While in prison from 1540 to 1542, Riedemann wrote to the Lutheran ruler, Philip of Hesse, explaining the Hutterite goal of a renewed community and dispelling popular misconceptions. The Hutterites quickly accepted Riedemann’s confession as their… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Roger Duvoisin | In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the classic story of that silly goose Petunia is available in this special paperback edition. In this first book of the series, Petunia finds a book. She decides that if she owns a book she must be wise and dispenses hilariously mistaken advice to… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Michael S. Martin | The author has done much research and produced a thoroughly helpful and informative treatise on the Christian’s relationship to the state, answering questions such as: how does God influence nations? Was early America a Christian nation? Was America more righteous in the 1600s-1800s than it is today? How should Christians… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Zook, Faith | When she was a girl, Faith Zook had dreamed of living in the city. But when she married a lifelong city dweller, the city shocked her. Rats on the doorstep. Drug dealers next door. The high cost of living. Stares and odd questions. Her growing family brought more challenges—child training… | Biography & History | |
 | Carlo Collodi | The Adventures of Pinocchio, also simply known as Pinocchio, is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Pescia. It is about the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | David Bercot | Although many books have been written about preaching and teaching, most of them are addressed to seminary-trained pastors. They’re not aimed at the churches that don’t use professionally schooled ministers. That’s what is different about this book. The New Testament Christians had no seminaries, but raised up effective preachers and… | Leadership ⋅ Communication | |
 | Joel Comiskey | This book clearly explains how to plant churches that are simple enough to keep on reproducing and even grow into a movement of churches. Planting Churches that Reproduce is the fruit of Comiskey’s extensive research and personal experience (three church plants in a wide variety of settings). Comiskey not only uses the… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Walt Russell | Why Settle for Pulling Weeds When You Could be Playing with Fire? For too many of us, reading the Bible is about as enjoyable as pulling weeds. At best, it’s unexciting, and sometimes it’s just plain work. But Bible scholar Walt Russell insists that when we study the Scriptures properly… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | Emily Dickinson | As the premier title in the Poetry for Kids series, Emily Dickinson introduces children to the works of poet Emily Dickinson. Poet, professor, and scholar Susan Snively has carefully chosen thirty-five poems of interest to children and their families. Each poem is beautifully illustrated by Christine Davenier and thoroughly explained… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Robert Frost | A delightfully illustrated book of poems for children by Robert Frost. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Steve Farrar | The bestselling guide for Christian men who want to lead their families well is now revised and updated to help fathers and husbands navigate the complexities of today’s challenges.Most men want to be strong spiritual leaders of their families. They just don’t know how because they’ve never seen it modeled.That’s… | Christian Living ⋅ Men | |
 | Lana Kuhns | It’s Polly’s birthday, and Sparkle the donkey is invited!A Happy Day Farm book. | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | A. A. Milne | This set includes:Winnie-the-PoohThe House At Pooh CornerWhen We Were Very YoungNow We Are Six | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Mike Mason | Practicing the Presence of People compares the process of knowing people to that of coming to know God, revealing that when we forget ourselves, we can open up glorious new dimensions in our relationships. Mason shows how we can discover new things about those we love, understand them from inside… | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Linda Sue Park | Offering a fresh look at a long-established view of history, this compelling story of resolution and persistence is told with humor, insight, and charm. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Linda Sue Park | Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered novel about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father’s shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Operation World | For decades, Operation World has been the world’s leading resource for people who want to impact the nations for Christ through prayer. Its twofold purpose has been to inform for prayer and to mobilize for mission. Now the research team of Operation World offers Pray for the World, an accessible resource to facilitate prayer for… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Timothy Keller | “Can’t anyone teach me how to pray?” Millions of people today are asking the same question. There is a sense of the necessity of prayer – we have to pray. But how?Prayer is central to Christian faith; indeed, as Timothy Keller notes in his introduction, it is the main way… | Christian Living ⋅ Prayer | |
 | Philip Yancey | Polls reveal that 90 percent of people pray. Yet prayer, which should be the most nourishing and uplifting time of the believer’s day, can also be frustrating, confusing, and personally disappointing.Writing as a fellow pilgrim, Yancey probes such questions as:Is God listening?Why should God care about me?If God knows everything… | Christian Living ⋅ Prayer | |
 | Tyler Staton | It’s time to experience prayer in its purest form – a vital, sustaining, powerful connection with God that is more real and alive than you could have ever imagined. In these pages, Tyler Staton – author, pastor, and US national director of the 24-7 Prayer movement – addresses common roadblocks… | Christian Living ⋅ Prayer | |
 | Wren, Brian | Wren discusses the thorny issues involving congregational singing today: the indispensable nature of public worship; contemporary worship music; the lyrics of different types of congregational songs, such as choruses, hymns, chants and ritual songs; and the importance of using hymn lyrics as poetry. He shows why hymn lyrics are altered… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Art and Beauty | |
 | Timothy Keller | Most Christians—including pastors—struggle to talk about their faith in a way that applies the power of the Christian gospel to change people’s lives. Timothy Keller is known for his insightful, down-to-earth sermons and talks that help people understand themselves, encounter Jesus, and apply the Bible to their lives. In this… | Leadership ⋅ Church Leadership | |
 | John M. Brenneman | Pride. Who hasn’t faced this destructive evil – right in his own heart? Pride is so elusive. Just when we think we have escaped its grasp, we suddenly come to realize that we may be proud of the fact that we are not proud! And like the Pharisee in Jesus’… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | Austen, Jane | Austen’s comedy of manners–one of the most popular novels of all time–features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of 18-century drawing-room intrigues.This edition is part of the beautiful WordCloud Classics series of imitation… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | C.S. Lewis | The story of how Caspian, the rightful heir to the throne of Narnia, escaped death and defeated his wicked uncle Miraz. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading ⋅ Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Silke Schnee | Prince Noah may be a little slower than others, but he has no less joy in living and learning.It’s time for young Prince Noah to go to school. In his kingdom, children go to school on sailing ships. There is a ship for girls and boys, one for children with… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Stephen R. Covey | How do we as individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change? Why are efforts to improve falling so short in real results despite the millions of dollars in time capital, and human effort being spent on them? How do we unleash the creativity, talent, and energy within ourselves… | Leadership | |
 | Lesslie Newbigin | Looking to end the divisive conflict that has raged between Christians who attack each other either as “liberals” or as “fundamentalists”, Newbigin gives a historical account of the roots of this conflict in order to begin laying the foundation for a middle ground that will benefit the Christian faith as… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics |