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Swift, Jonathan |
Gulliver sees life from many different perspectives during the course of his exciting voyages around the world. In Lilliput he is a giant among a race of little people only six inches high; in Brobdingnag he himself seems tiny compared to the giant inhabitants; and in the country of the… |
Classics |
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Berry, Wendell |
Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry’s seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman character in its telling. Hannah, the now-elderly narrator, recounts the love she has for the land and for her community. |
Contemporary |
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Thomas, Robert L. and Gundry… |
This resource encourages a deeper understanding of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ by harmonizing the accounts of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John so as to assemble as many details as possible into a chronologically meaningful sequence. |
Bibles ⋅ Books |
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Zion, Gene |
"Harry, a shaggy white dog with black spots, hated baths so much that one day he buried the scrubbing brush in the backyard, ran away from home, and had a wonderful day. Drawings full of action and humor."--"The Horn Book." |
Picture Books |
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Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian… |
For big sisters and little brothers in dens, burrows, and houses everywhere. “Mildred,” said Father Muskrat, “it is true that Harvey is selfish and inconsiderate, but he is not stupid and no-good. Mildred is loudmouthed and bossy,” Father said to Harvey, “but she is not mean and rotten.” When Mildred… |
Picture Books |
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Weaver, Joanna |
This book's fresh approach to the familiar Bible stories and its creative, practical strategies are designed to show how readers can draw closer to the Lord, deepening devotion, strengthening service, and doing both with less stress and greater joy. |
Women |
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O'Dell, Scott |
The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by award-winning author Scott O'Dell is historical fiction set in Europe during the 1500s. In this Christian fiction book Tom Barton and his uncle Jack are smugglers who are used to breaking the law. |
Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Vernon, Louise A. |
John Wesley is a fiery preacher who is stirring up the people on the streets of London. One day, while peddling his father's wares, young Robert Upton meets Wesley and his life is changed forever. Robert and his father start going to Wesley's meetings whenever they can. Gradually… |
Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Withrow, Mindy and Brandon |
Let history come to life just the way it should do! Read the stories of the gifted preachers and justice fighters who led the first and second Great Awakenings in the 18th and 19th centuries. Meet the American preacher who started a national revival in his tiny church. Spend time… |
Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Hattaway, Paul |
The dramatic autobiography of one of China's dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders. This is the gripping story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan province and placed him on the front line for Jesus, in the face of impossible… |
Biography & History |
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Spyri, Johanna |
This classic tale of a young girl who lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps is back in a new edition featuring an Introduction from acclaimed author Eva Ibbotson. (paperback) |
Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Sophie Blackall |
A beloved picture book from two-time Caldecott Medal award-winner Sophie Blackall that transports readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor! Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life of… |
Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books |
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de Angeli, Marguerite |
Henner's Lydia is a 1936 children's story book written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli, winner of the 1950 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature for another book, The Door in the Wall. |
Picture Books |
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Cleary, Beverly |
When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow. |
Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Smucker, Barbara |
The dramatic and courageous story of refugees from Russia. An actual event that happened in Berlin in 1946. |
Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Daly, Niki |
"Pweew! Pweew!" Malusi's shrill whistling drives the sheep out of grandfather's kraal. By the time they reach the grazing slopes, the earth is hot beneath his bare feet. |
Picture Books |
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Herriot, James
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James Herriot's Treasury for Children collects all of the beloved veterinarian's delightful tales for young readers. From the springtime frolic of Oscar, Cat-About-Town to the yuletide warmth of The Christmas Day Kitten, these stories-radiantly illustrated by Peter Barrett and Ruth Brown-are perennial favorites, and this new complete edition… |
Picture Books |
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Schaeffer, Edith |
This elegant and insightful lady, wife of theologian Francis Schaeffer, reveals the many opportunities for artistic expression that can be found in ordinary, everyday life.
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Women |
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Hipps, Shane |
The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture helps the church navigate its challenges and opportunities in the context of our electronic culture. Author Shane Hipps interprets and explains this culture, as well as the implications for our faith and the church. Providing both history and prophecy, The Hidden Power of Electronic… |
Media & Technology |
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Kauffman, Christmas Carol |
Hidden Rainbow is not an imaginary story, nor one dug out of antiquity. It is a true story about a forbidden New Testament that shattered the calm of a Yugoslavian village. John and Anna Olesh, raised in a solid Catholic community, face severe censure when John leaves his family for… |
Anabaptist |
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Nolt, Steven |
The author successfully presents the entire history of the Amish since 1525 while avoiding both the overly sentimental approach of much popular writing and the anti-Amish bias of the rest. |
Anabaptist History & Thought |
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Marilynne Robinson |
One of America's most acclaimed living authors, Marilynne Robinson, revisits the characters from her Pulitzer Prize–winning Gilead, in this "impossibly rich and beautiful new novel" (San Francisco Chronicle) Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father, Reverend Robert Boughton. Soon her brother… |
Books ⋅ Contemporary Literature ⋅ Literature |
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Yoder, Pablo |
In Home on the Rock Pile, little Paul and his brothers and sisters explore orchards, fields, and mountains. They troop through the snow to help needy neighbors. They meet dangerous snakes and befriend baby skunks. They work, play, scrap with each other, and learn some lessons the hard way. They… |
Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Mark Weston |
The life story of Soichiro Honda, pioneering Japanese businessman and innovative motorcycle and car manufacturer. One day in 1914 when Soichiro Honda was seven years old, an astonishing, moving dust cloud appeared in his small Japanese town. The cause was a leaky, noisy automobile-the first the boy had ever seen. At… |
Books |
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Moody, Ralph |
"Horse of a Different Color" ends the "roving days" of young Ralph Moody. His saga began on a Colorado ranch in "Little Britches" and continued at points east and west in "Man of the Family," "The Fields of Home," "The Home Ranch," "Mary Emma & Company," "Shaking the Nickel Bush,"… |
Biography & History |
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan |
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. |
Classics |
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Milne, A. A. |
Here are Pooh and Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and of course Christopher Robin, doing what they've done for generations--enchanting young readers. |
Early Reading |
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
A novel which deals with a decadent New England family and Holgrave, who rents a room in their seven-gabled house. |
Classics |
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Schaeffer, Francis A. |
Schaeffer explains his world view in terms of a divinely inspired Bible, it's truths, and why they are true. There's more, too. Even for the skeptic, this book provides an excellent background (used as supporting evidence) in Western culture, arts, philosophy, music, and architecture from the Roman Empire… |
Worldviews |
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Adler, Mortimer Jerome |
How to Read A Book is an elegant guide to the lost arts of Active Reading, Conversation, and Intellectual Etiquette. Learn how to fairly and methodically assess an author's intentions and how the author fulfills, or doesn't, what they set out to do with the book. Learn how… |
The Art of Reading |
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Sire, James W. |
Has been used widely in higher education classrooms to teach reading comprehension. |
The Art of Reading |
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Fee, Gordon D. |
Your Guide to Understanding the Bible Understanding the Bible isn't for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It's meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot… |
Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Books ⋅ Study Methods |
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Gordon, Fee and Douglas, Stuart |
Your Guide to Understanding the Bible Understanding the Bible isn't for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It's meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot… |
Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Books ⋅ Study Methods |
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Budziszewski, J. |
Warning: College can be hazardous to your spiritual health. When you go to college, you're leaving behind your network of support and heading to a world with different perspectives, responsibilities, and expectations. Even if you're going to a "Christian" college, there's no guarantee you won't face… |
Apologetics |
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Taylor, Howard |
J. Hudson Taylor was truly Gods chosen servant. From his early life in England, through the founding of the China Inland Mission, to reaching millions of Chinese, his life of faith gives glorious testimony to God. His spiritual secret could change your life. |
Biography & History |
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Hugo, Victor |
A gypsy girl's beauty and charm captivate a priest, a vagabond, a soldier, and a deformed bell-ringer, in a gripping tale that culminates in a riot and murder. More than simply a thrilling story, Victor Hugo's tale explores the mysteries of good and evil in the human heart… |
Classics |
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Victor Hugo |
A gypsy girl's beauty and charm captivate a priest, a vagabond, a soldier, and a deformed bell-ringer, in a gripping tale that culminates in a riot and murder. More than simply a thrilling story, Victor Hugo's tale explores the mysteries of good and evil in the human heart… |
Books ⋅ Classics ⋅ Literature |
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Mathis, Sharon Bell |
This Newbery Honor Book tells the story of "a boy and his hundred-year-old great-great-aunt in . . . a quietly intense story, illustrated with sepia pictures that make dramatic use of chiaroscuro" ("The Horn Book"). Two-color illustrations. |
Early Reading |
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Compiled by John D. Martin |
Carefully compiled over a period of 20 years, Hymns of the Church contains 1015 hymns specially chosen for the rich content of timeless truths they express. This hymnal features more than 65 Anabaptist hymn writers and composers, 20 full choral arrangements (including the Hallelujah Chorus), and a generous portion of classic hymns that reflect… |
Songbooks |
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Paul Fleischman, Illustrated by Ken… |
At first light the finches Flittering In this companion volume to Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, the winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal, Paul Fleischman celebrates the sound, the sense, the essence of birds… |
Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading |
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Keehn, Sally M. |
The cabin door crashes open-and in a few minutes Regina's life changes forever. Allegheny Indians murder her father and brother, burn their Pennsylvania home to the ground, and take Regina captive. Only her mother, who is away from home, is safe. Torn from her family, Regina longs for the… |
Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Andrew V. Ste. Marie |
The second volume in the Cross Bearers Series, I Appeal to Scripture is a well-researched, accessible biography of Michael Sattler, one of most influential leaders in the first years of the Anabaptist movement. Numerous quotations from primary sources provide historical veracity, while extensive sidebars and illustrations introduce readers to the… |
Biography & History |
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Yoder, Val |
There are innumerable books out which glorify and adulate over the universal church. Many songs have been written to exalt the church per se. The local church, so often, is seen in almost direct contrast to that honor given to the universal church. As you read these pages, keep in… |
Church & Community |
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Zoboli, Giovanna. Hardcover. |
With its sharp eyes, the blackbird can see every blade of grass in the meadow. The wings of the wild goose can carry it far away. And the song of the whale fills the wide ocean. Each animal has skills and beauty wholly unique to itself. And in this lyrical… |
Picture Books |
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Carmichael, Amy |
A little book about Calvary love in common life - one of the favorite Carmichael books, based on I Corinthians 13. |
Devotionals |
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Smith, James K. A. |
How does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape us? What are the dynamics of such transformation? In the second of James K. A. Smith's three-volume theology of culture, the author expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed in his well-received Desiring… |
Doctrine of Humanity ⋅ Theology & Worldviews |
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Richardson, Arleta |
A young girl delights in her grandmother’s stories of days gone by, sparked by keepsakes and simple questions, Grandma shares marvelous stories of mischief , discovery, and laughter, such as the time she accidentally lost the family buggy. |
Intermediate and Young Adult Reading |
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Siegrist, Audrey |
"Thank you, heavenly Father, for giving our family a new little sister to love!" Happy laughter rippled up from Dawn's heart. At seventeen, she relished the addition of the eighth child to her family, even if it meant added responsibilities as the oldest daughter. |
Anabaptist |
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Sheldon, Charles Monroe |
Deeply shaken by the appearance of a mysterious stranger in town and his impassioned pleas for the poor and downtrodden, the minister and five influential parishioners begin a year-long experience in Christianity. Each has resolved to conduct his life according to the precepts of Christ, applying His behavior to their… |
Classics |
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Timmerman, John H. |
In the World equips readers to become better writers. It also introduces quality writing with forty classic and contemporary selections from writers such as Augustine, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, John Donne, Henri Nouwen, Philip Yancey, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Walter Wangerin Jr., and Charles Colson. This second edition contains a completely updated and revised… |
The Art of Reading |