Keeper of the Lost Cities
Keeper of the Lost Cities

Author: Shannon Messenger

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1442445955

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A New York Times bestselling series A USA TODAY bestselling series A California Young Reader Medal–winning series In this riveting series opener, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first. Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older kids at school, but she’s not comfortable with her family, either. The reason? Sophie’s a Telepath, someone who can read minds. No one knows her secret—at least, that’s what she thinks… But the day Sophie meets Fitz, a mysterious (and adorable) boy, she learns she’s not alone. He’s a Telepath too, and it turns out the reason she has never felt at home is that, well…she isn’t. Fitz opens Sophie’s eyes to a shocking truth, and she is forced to leave behind her family for a new life in a place that is vastly different from what she has ever known. But Sophie still has secrets, and they’re buried deep in her memory for good reason: The answers are dangerous and in high-demand. What is her true identity, and why was she hidden among humans? The truth could mean life or death—and time is running out.

All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings
All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings

Author: Gayle Boss

Publisher: Paraclete Press

Published: 2016-10-03

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1612618790

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From the bestselling author of Wild Hope — a beautiful book for Advent. Open a window each day of Advent onto the natural world. Here are twenty-five fresh images of the foundational truth that lies beneath and within the Christ story. In twenty-five portraits depicting how wild animals of the northern hemisphere ingeniously adapt when darkness and cold descend, we see and hear as if for the first time the ancient wisdom of Advent: The dark is not an end but the way a new beginning comes. Short, daily reflections that paint vivid, poetic images of familiar animals, paired with charming original wood-cuts, will engage both children and adults. Anyone who does not want to be caught, again, in the consumer hype of “the holiday season” but rather to be taken up into the eternal truth the natural world reveals will welcome this book. An ECPA 2023 Christmas Bestseller. Learn more about All Creation Waits and find free resources at AllCreationWaits.com

One Luminaria for Antonio
One Luminaria for Antonio

Author: Flora Mae Hood

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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Little Antonio takes time out from the busy Christmas preparations to make one luminaria for his doorstep, in the hope that the Christ Child would see his candle and bless him with a special blessing for the new year.

Paper Illuminated
Paper Illuminated

Author: Helen Hiebert

Publisher: Storey Kids

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781580173308

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Presents step-by-step instructions on creating craft projects and home decorations using illuminated paper, including how to make lamp shades and room divider screens, and provides tips on illumiated papermaking techniques.

The Luminaries
The Luminaries

Author: Eleanor Catton

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 860

ISBN-13: 0316126950

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The winner of the Man Booker Prize, this "expertly written, perfectly constructed" bestseller (The Guardian) is now a Starz miniseries. It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to stake his claim in New Zealand's booming gold rush. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: a wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous cache of gold has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, The Luminaries is at once a fiendishly clever ghost story, a gripping page-turner, and a thrilling novelistic achievement. It richly confirms that Eleanor Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international literary firmament.

Anna's Hope: The Complete Series
Anna's Hope: The Complete Series

Author: Odette C. Bell

Publisher: Odette C. Bell

Published:

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13:

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The complete Anna’s Hope series. Follow Anna and Aaron on their quest to rid their city of dark crime in this five-episode box set. Anna Hope Summersville can’t catch a break. She’s the kind of girl who trips and drops every break luck throws at her. With lacy socks and a hundred frumpy cardigans, she’s not your usual witch. Her sisters might confidently dash around in heels and leather, but Anna’s cut from a different cloth. Not only would she sneeze and break her ankle if she slipped on a stiletto – but her cat would laugh loud enough for the whole town to hear. She’s easily the unluckiest witch in the country. That’s all meant to change when she starts a new job. She’s expecting something behind a desk, but as soon as she sets foot in town, the trouble starts. There’s a dark wizard haunting the streets, and he’s after witches. When she becomes his target, she’s pulled into a desperate race against time. With a full cast of leather-clad barmaids, dashing bounty hunters, and debonair wizards, Anna’s Hope is a rollicking urban fantasy packed with humor, adventure, and mystery. Oh yes, and kissing. Eventually. …. Anna’s Hope follows a bumbling, allergic witch and the most powerful (and handsome) wizard in the city fighting to solve magical crimes in the sequel series to Witch’s Bell. If you love your urban fantasies with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Anna’s Hope: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell boxset.

Italy and Early Medieval Europe
Italy and Early Medieval Europe

Author: Ross Balzaretti

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-07-26

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13: 0191083267

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A comprehensive survey of recent work in Medieval Italian history and archaeology by an international cast of contributors, arranged within a broader context of studies on other regions and major historical transitions in Europe, c.400 to c.1400CE. Each of the contributors reflect on the contribution made to the field by Chris Wickham, whose own work spans studies based on close archival work, to broad and ambitious statements on economic and social change in the transition from Roman to medieval Europe, and the value of comparing this across time and space.

It's So Christmas-See!
It's So Christmas-See!

Author: Janet Burton

Publisher: CSS Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 0788024612

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This anthology provides a wide range of dramatic and worship material for seasonal celebrations. There are numerous Thanksgiving resources, including a children's Sunday school learning event, a children's message, a brief responsive reading, a one-act drama, and a sermon. For Christmas there are six plays of various lengths for a variety of ages and cast sizes, as well as a "hanging of the greens" worship program and an engaging story that can either be read to young children or performed as a play.

Anna's Hope Episode Three
Anna's Hope Episode Three

Author: Odette C. Bell

Publisher: Odette C. Bell

Published:

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Anna’s in a spot of trouble. Everyone loves her. And no, that’s worse than it sounds. She doesn’t deserve it, either. It’s a gift, one she doesn’t want. One that could kill her and drag Marchtown down to hell before the day’s out. This time she’ll have no one else to rely on. She’ll have to dig deep or give in to the dark destiny that awaits her, one undeserved kiss at a time. …. Anna’s Hope follows a bumbling, allergic witch and the most powerful (and handsome) wizard in the city fighting to solve magical crimes. If you love your urban fantasies with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Anna’s Hope Episode Three today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series.

Summa Theologiae: Volume 10, Cosmogony
Summa Theologiae: Volume 10, Cosmogony

Author: William A. Wallace

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-10-26

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 052102918X

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Paperback reissue of one volume of the English Dominicans' Latin/English edition of Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae.