The determined woodcutter stands before The Most Beautiful Tree on four occasions. In the spring, summer, and autumn, the Tree is able to use her wits and generosity to cleverly avoid his axe. In the dead cold of winter, she finds herself barren and defenseless when he comes calling one last time.
“Indeed, Father, is the grizzly the king of all beasts? Does it fear no other?” “There is another, my son,” “Chief Oakbeard replied. “There is a beast that makes even the grizzly look like a small forest mouse. But let us speak of this later. Right now, my son, let us enjoy this feast on your honor.” Follow Wild Bill, once a young white lad but then adopted by the Indians as their chief’s own son, as he goes along on his many wild, some heroic, adventures in the mighty forest of ages past. Learn how he befriends his worst enemy when he follows his dead mother’s advice. Go with him on a desperate adventure to capture the king of all animals. Wild Bill finds out as he becomes a man that with great adventure comes great sorrow and great responsibility. Listen as his foster father, the chief, tells him, “My son, dying doesn’t matter. Even the most powerful man must do it. What matters is how a man dies. I rejoice. I shall soon see the Almighty God, ruler of the entire universe...”
"The fertility of Hill's imagination, the range of his power, the sheer quality of his literary style never ceases to delight." —Val McDermid, author of Fever of the Bone In a stand-alone psychological thriller from acclaimed mystery master Reginald Hill, a mysterious ex-con returns to his remote childhood home on a deadly hunt for revenge. Combining the chilling atmospheres of Thomas Harris’s The Silence of the Lambs, the narrative ingenuity of P.D. James’s The Private Patient, and the compelling characterizations of Hill’s own Dalziel and Pascoe series, Hill delivers a frightful, fast-paced study of suspense at its most sinister in The Woodcutter.
Pearls from the Prophets calls you to receive greater mantels of authority. Pastor Roger Alan Dennis and Greg S. Pettys pray that as you turn each page the Holy Spirit will quicken and stir you to dive deeper into God's Word. You will be provoked in love to reach depths that will cause your faith to rise with each pearl of the next three hundred and sixty-six days. These Pearls will become the jeweled necklace adorning the Bride of Christ according to Isaiah 61:10. Dive deep, press in and press on! Psalm 42:7, "Deep calleth unto deep..." Roger Alan Dennis and wife Linda are pastors of Christian Assembly Church in Springfield, Illinois. Roger and his wife have been married 41 years and have three children; Roger II, Joy; her husband Justin, Jered; his wife Kelsey, and four grandchildren; Tyler, Levi, Faith and the newest; Porter. Roger and Linda have ministered in the U.S. and the Philippines with signs and wonders following. Now God has given them a heart for India. Roger operates in the gifts of healing, prophecy, spiritual discernment and has an anointing in spiritual numerics of God's timing. Contact Roger at www.alleluiafoundation.org. Greg S. Pettys experienced the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ in April of 1975 and then received a calling into the prophetic teaching ministry in 1976. His one desire is to see millions come to know Jesus Christ's total relevance. Since 2003 Greg and his family have brought the Good News into India where God has saved many through the Prophetic Word that God confirms with gifts of healings. Greg and his wife of 20 years, Johnita, are blessed with awesomely gifted Daniel, Kara Joy, James, Alicia, Kyle, and Blake. Greg may be contacted at www.gregpettys.com
"The Faery Tales of Weir" by Anna McClure Sholl is a collection of less traditionally-known stories for children and adults. The Tale of the Blue Glove, The Invisible Wall, The Tree in the Dark Wood, The Cat that Winked, The Magic Tears, and The Golden Archer are all magical stories that aim to teach readers while also remaining entertaining enough they're worth rereading again and again. The common theme of these stories is that they're all written and told in a way that portrays them as magical tales from far-off places.
Deep within the Wood, a young woman lies dead. Not a mark on her body. No trace of her murderer. Only her chipped glass slippers hint at her identity. The Woodcutter, keeper of the peace between the Twelve Kingdoms of Man and the Realm of the Faerie, must find the maiden s killer before others share her fate. Guided by the wind and aided by three charmed axes won from the River God, the Woodcutter begins his hunt, searching for clues in the whispering dominions of the enchanted unknown. But quickly he finds that one murdered maiden is not the only nefarious mystery afoot: one of Odin s hellhounds has escaped, a pixie dust drug trade runs rampant, and more young girls go missing. Looming in the shadows is a malevolent, power-hungry queen, and she will stop at nothing to destroy the Twelve Kingdoms and annihilate the Royal Fae unless the Woodcutter can outmaneuver her and save the gentle souls of the Wood."