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Merrill, Jean. 9781590179369. | Do you know the history of the pushcart war? The REAL history? It’s a story of how regular people banded together and, armed with little more than their brains and good aim defeated a mighty foe.
Not long ago the streets of New York City were smelly, smoggy, sooty, and loud… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Coblentz, John | Anger kills people, turns children into rebels, destroys families, and divides churches. This book looks at what God says anger is, how it becomes bitterness, and how it deceives those in its grip. Victory is reached when responses are motivated by faith, forgiveness, and love. This practical book shares insights… | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | ||
Turkle, Brinton | In the days when Nantucket whaling ships could be away at sea for years at a time, a vessel's safe return was celebrated by all the inhabitants of the island. Runners would carry the joyous news as soon as the vessel was sighted from the island's highest point. When Obadiah… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Nesbit, Edith | Three children, forced to alter their comfortable lifestyle when their father is taken away by strangers, move to a simple country cottage near a railway station where their days are filled with adventure. | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
St. John, Patricia | When Elaine leaves her home in London to stay with the Owen family in Wales, she feels miserable and left out. It's only the little secret garden that she finds at the end of the rainbow that makes staying there seem worthwhile. And then something happens that changes everything. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Cleary, Beverly | Ramona is back...
Riding the school bus alone isn’t the only new experience making third grade exciting for Ramona Quimby. From befriending a boy called Yard Ape to delivering her book report in the style of a television commercial, Ramona’s enthusiasm for life is infectious and irresistible.
That’s not to say all… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Cleary, Beverly | Republication of this classic title, featuring new art and cover, celebrates the August 1999 release of the first Ramona book in fifteen years, "Ramona's World." Ramona likes to think she's a fearless first-grader, but her bravery is put to the test at every turn. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Gary Miller | Why are so few of our neighbors joining our Anabaptist churches? Are we not passionately reaching out to them with the Gospel, or are they becoming increasingly indifferent? Does the problem lie with us or with them? The author reviews calls received by Christian Aid Ministries’ Billboard Evangelism program and… | Missions & Service | ||
Lindvall, Ella K. | The award-winning Read Aloud Bible Stories series has delighted children, parents, and teachers for decades. Written by Ella K. Lindvall and illustrated by Kent Puckett, these timeless stories of the Bible are retold in clear, simple language children will enjoy and understand. And parents will appreciate the care taken to… | Bible Stories | ||
Lindvall, Ella K. | "Read to me!" is a popular request parents hear from their children. What could be a better way to fulfill their wish than with a Bible storybook written and illustrated just for kids' This award-winning series, a bestseller since 1982, is available in four volumes and draws from both Old… | Children's Books ⋅ Bible Stories | ||
Lindvall, Ella K. | Children love to be read to, and they'll listen again and again to their favorite book. Here's the second in the award-winning Read-Aloud Bible Stories series, a special book written and illustrated just for them, well-grounded in the authority of Scripture. Read-Aloud Bible Stories, Volume 2, is written in the… | Children's Books ⋅ Bible Stories | ||
Lindvall, Ella K. | "Read to me!" is a popular request parents hear from their children. What could be a better way to fulfill their wish than with a Bible storybook written and illustrated just for kids? This award-winning series, a bestseller since 1982, is available in four volumes and draws from both Old… | Children's Books ⋅ Bible Stories | ||
Lindvall, Ella K. | In this volume, the fourth in the Read-Aloud Bible Stories series, your little listeners will hear true, action-packed accounts of Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David, and Jonah. They will learn that God cares about them and that He will help them no matter how difficult their circumstances. Beautifully illustrated and written… | Children's Books ⋅ Bible Stories | ||
Prelutsky, Jack | This splendid collection was greeted with praise and enthusiasm when it was first published in 1986, and the hundreds of thousands of parents and very young children who delight in the book each year have assured its place on the shelf of beloved poetry treasuries. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Veith, Gene Edward, Jr. | Here is a guidebook for those who want to learn how to recognize books that are spiritually and aesthetically good--to cultivate good literary taste. Gene Edward Veith presents basic information to help book lovers understand what they read--from the classics to the bestsellers. He explains how the major genres of… | Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | ||
Ross, Allen P. | Few studies of worship ever attempt an inductive study of it throughout the entire Bible. Beginning with creation itself, Allen Ross uncovers the glories and beauty of worship as it is progressively revealed from its beginning in the Garden of Eden to its climax in the new creation. He shows… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | ||
Haines, Leland M. | When man fell into sin in the Garden of Eden, God had a plan ready to redeem him. Because of His love for man, God sent Jesus Christ, His Son, to give His life on the cross to make grace available for all who would receive it. The grace of… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | ||
Rylant, Cynthia | In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars. When they… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Willard, Dallas | In this classic, bestselling book, Dallas Willard digs deep into the divine process of the transformation of the spirit. In this process, God changes us from the inside out and brings us into harmony with his will. Renovation of the Heart changed a generation's mind about what it means to follow… | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | ||
Withrow, Mindy and Brandon | Experience history without the wooliness, and with all the wonder in this history designed for . As the world exploded into modernity with rapid changes - in transportation, in communication, in manufacturing - people around the globe faced overwhelming new challenges. As Christians arrived for the first time in other… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Sande, Ken & Johnson, Kevin | Everyone encounters conflict - whether it be with a co-worker, family member, friend, or complete stranger. And yet we all desire harmony in our relationships. Resolving Everyday Conflict is a practical, biblical, and concise guide to peacemaking in everyday life that can turn your troubled relationships into peaceful ones. | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | ||
Williams, Daniel H. | A learned and uniquely constructive book that gently urges "suspicious" Christians to reclaim the patristic roots of their faith. Written to help Protestant Christians recognize the early church fathers as an essential part of their faith, this book is addressed primarily to the evangelical, independent, and free church communities, who… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | ||
Plett, Loreen | Born in Prussia in 1765, the son of a wealthy landowner, Johann Plett was heir to an estate so vast he could ride for miles without covering it all. Raised and baptized in the Mennonite church, his marriage seemed likely to secure his happiness.
But Johann had always scorned his father's… | Biography & History | ||
Mackenzie, Catherine | When Richard Wurmbrand is arrested, imprisoned and tortured, he finds himself in utter darkness, yet the people who put him there discover that their prisoner has a light which can still be seen in the dark - the love of God.
This incredible story of one man's faith, despite horrific persecution… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
McDowell, Josh and Hostetler, Bob | In an age of moral and ethical relativism, where truth is a matter of taste and morality of individual preference, this book points the way to the ancient and eternal verities and provide young people with a biblical standard for making moral and ethical decisions. | Christian Living | ||
Irving, Washington | The legendary enchantment of Rip Van Winkle; the gruesome end of Ichabod Crane, who met the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow; the Spectre Bridegroom who turned out to be happily substantial; the pride of an English village and the come-uppance of the over-zealous Mountjoy -- these five witty, perceptive and… | Classics | ||
Defoe, Daniel | The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, first encounters another human being and fights off cannibals and mutineers. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what… | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
Lewis, Robert | THE TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE NEVER WAS THE BIBLICAL MARRIAGE. Ozzie and Harriet are gone. And with them, the idea that the traditional marriage is the only right way. Yet, today's couples are also discovering that the "roleness" marriage in which everything is equal, with no distinction between male and female, isn't… | Christian Living ⋅ Marriage | ||
Taylor, Mildred D. | Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year - the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she is black - to show Cassie that having a place of… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Koehn, Geraldine | Old and new rounds. In this book you will find rounds for chuckles, rounds about nature and rounds to praise our Maker. Simple two-part rounds to more complicated rounds that challenge teachers and students alike! | Resources ⋅ Songbooks | ||
Yancey, Philip | In Rumors of Another World, Philip Yancey asks, "Is the visible world around us all there is?" and "What rumors of another world might it convey?" He then examines the apparent contradictions. If this is God's world, why doesn't it look more like it? Why is this planet so messed up? Finally… | Christian Living | ||
Thomas, Gary | Sacred Marriage doesn't tell how to build a better marriage; it shows how your marriage can help you deepen your relationship with God. From the practice of forgiveness, to the ecstasy of lovemaking, to the history you and your spouse create together, everything about your marriage is filled with the potential… | Christian Living ⋅ Marriage | ||
Crider, Keith | We praise God for the gracious gift of salvation that is ours through Christ. Jesus' death on the cross, a defining moment in making salvation possible, was an event of cosmic magnitude that includes elements we still do not completely understand.
The Bible does give clear teaching on what Jesus did… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | ||
Alcorn, Randy | Safely Home is a Christian novel by Randy Alcorn. It takes place in present-day China, and follows the story of two Harvard roommates, one American and one Chinese, who reunite decades after they graduate. The novel won the Gold Medallion Book Award for evangelical literature. | Literature ⋅ Contemporary | ||
Chesterton, G.K. | Chesterton captures the spirit of the world's most popular saint like no one else.
All [Francis's] life was a series of plunges and scampers; darting after the beggar, dashing naked into the woods, tossing himself into the strange ship, hurling himself into the Sultan's tent and offering to hurl himself into… | Biography & History | ||
Hilty, Anne | Book 3 of The Great Book series, telling the story of the Martyr's Mirror during the American Revolution. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Yates, Elizabeth | Little Sarah wanders away from her family's cabin into the New Hampshire forest, and settlers come from all across the countryside to help find her. As the long days pass, the searchers grow desperate, but Sarah's father's trust in God holds firm. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
MacLachlan, Patricia | This Newbery Medal–winning book and children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love. The 30th Anniversary edition includes author Patricia MacLachlan’s… | Books ⋅ Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Hawthorne, Nathaniel | "Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me." With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet "A" upon her breast, the sin of adultery visible to all. Under an assumed name… | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
Martin, Mildred A. | Read about Peter and the "In-Thing" (peer pressure), "The Five-Dollar Glove" (keeping agreements), "My Heart Says Amen" (death of a classmate), "The Wrath of Man" (God's power over an angry witch doctor) and many, many more! | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | ||
Miller, Peggy Reiff | Why are farm animals heading across the ocean on a big ship? Take a trip with these seagoing cowboys as they travel from the quiet countryside to the hustle and bustle of the docks. Feel the pitching and rolling of their ship. Meet the horses and heifers they tend. And… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | ||
Stutzman, Enos D. | Second Chances, the enjoyably thought-provoking autobiography of Enos Stutzman, is a delight to read. Richly informative, it sheds much light on the life-values, ethos, and beliefs of the Amish communities in Ohio during the 1940s and 1950s, and still later during the transition to the Beachy Amish position. I have… | Biography & History | ||
Davis, Ken | Ken Davis is an effective communicator. Thankfully, he has harnessed that ability to communicate and created a framework for communication that applies to everyone who desires to become more effective at public speaking. Using examples, counter-examples, and the S.C.O.R.R.E. preparation method, Davis provides a blunt contrast to typical speaking. | Leadership ⋅ Communication | ||
Bercot, David | Jesus says, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My… | Christian Living | ||
Frederick, Ryan and Selena | Marriage is all about sharing: sharing space, sharing joys and sorrows, sharing hopes and dreams. Yet we often hold back a part of ourselves because we fear that being wholly transparent--about our past, our desires, our failures, our faults--will bring judgment, rejection, or even just unwanted friction to our relationship… | Christian Living ⋅ Marriage | ||
Qureshi, Nabeel | Providing an intimate view into a loving Muslim home, Qureshi shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God. Unable to deny the arguments but not wanting to deny his family, Qureshi struggled… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | ||
London, Jack | John Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and to amass a vast fortune from his fiction alone. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Also included in this volume are the… | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
Twain, Mark | No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects some of the most popular works of legendary humorist and novelist Mark Twain.
Mark Twain wrote his greatest works more than one hundred years ago, but he's never far from the minds of Americans. Whether it's the new, complete… | Literature ⋅ Classics | ||
Jordan, Clarence | Anxiety, insecurity, military power, racial prejudice, and heavy taxes - all these problems of contemporary life were also faced by those who first heard the teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Author Clarence Jordan points out that this Sermon presents many of the major features of the… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Helps | ||
Greenleaf, Robert K. | This highly influential book is filled with prophetic essays on what Greenleaf coined "autocratic leadership" with a holistic approach. | Leadership |