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Loving Frank Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan

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I have been standing on the side of life, watching it float by. I want to swim in the river. I want to feel the current. So writes Mamah Borthwick Cheney in her diary as she struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with Frank Lloyd Wright... (read more)

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The Complete Green Letters (Clarion Classics) The Complete Green Letters (Clarion Classics)
by Miles Stanford

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Not I, but Christ.That brief phrase reflects our complete dependency on Jesus for everything that the Christian life is about, from right standing with God, to spiritual growth, to personal well being, to practical service. In four words, it captures the... (read more)

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The Power of One The Power of One
by Bryce Courtenay

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In this magical novel, an irresistible boy tells the story of his survival and coming of age against the background of South Africa during and just after World War II.... (read more)

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Orlando: A Biography (Harvest Book, Hb 266) Orlando: A Biography (Harvest Book, Hb 266)
by Virginia Woolf

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In her most exuberant, most fanciful novel, Woolf has created a character liberated from the restraints of time and sex. Born in the Elizabethan Age to wealth and position, Orlando is a young nobleman at the beginning of the story-and a modern woman... (read more)

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My Life at First Try My Life at First Try
by Mark Budman

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This semi-autobiographical debut novel chronicles the life of Alex, born in Siberia in 1950, and his dreams of becoming a writer and of meeting Annie, his distant American cousin. As a child, Alex observes a group of foreign tourists do something that... (read more)

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Lucky Billy Lucky Billy
by John Vernon

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A myth-busting novel about America's most infamous and beloved outlaw, Billy the Kid, from a critically acclaimed historical novelist According to legend, Billy the Kid killed twenty-one men, one for every year of his short life; stole from wealthy... (read more)

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Hinds' Feet on High Places Hinds' Feet on High Places
by Hannah Hurnard

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Hinds' Feet on High Places is one of Hannah Hurnard's best loved books, a beautiful allegory dramatizing the yearning of God's children to be led to new heights of love, joy, and victory. Included is a chapter giving the story behind the book.... (read more)

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O the Clear Moment O the Clear Moment
by Ed McClanahan

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If memoirabilia were a word, it would perfectly describe O the Clear Moment. In this enormously appealing implied autobiography, Ed McClanahan has assembled a gathering of what he calls "coming-of-age to coming-of-old-age" stories that are both quirky... (read more)

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Mary Mary
by Janis Cooke Newman

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**DEBUT FICTION** Mary Todd Lincoln is one of history’s most misunderstood and enigmatic women. The first president’s wife to be called First Lady, she was a political strategist, a supporter of emancipation, and a mother who survived... (read more)

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Mountains of Spices Mountains of Spices
by Hannah Hurnard

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An allegory of the nine spices mentioned in Song of Solomon compared with the nine fruits of the Spirit.... (read more)

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A River Runs Through It A River Runs Through It
by Norman Maclean

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From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing", to the last, "I am haunted by waters", A River Runs Through It is an American classic. Based on Norman Maclean's childhood experiences, A... (read more)

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Journal of a Solitude Journal of a Solitude
by May Sarton

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May Sarton writes with keen observation of both inner and outer worlds--a garden, the seasons, daily life in New Hampshire, books, people, ideas--and throughout everything, her spiritual and artistic journey. "An honorable confession of the writer's... (read more)

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Fanon: A Novel Fanon: A Novel
by John Edgar Wideman

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Widemans fascinating new novel weaves together fiction, biography, and memoirto evoke the life and message of Frantz Fanon, the influential author of "TheWretched of the Earth" and acute critic of racism and oppression.... (read more)

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Cats in May Cats in May
by Doreen Tovey

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The Toveys attempt to settle down to quiet life in the country. Unfortunately, their tyrannical Siamese cats have other ideas. From causing an uproar on the BBC to claiming to have been kidnapped, Sheba and Solomon's outrageous behavior leaves the Toveys... (read more)

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Coffee with Plato (Coffee With...Series) Coffee with Plato (Coffee With...Series)
by Donald R Moor

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Around 428 BC, Plato was born into one of Athens's most aristocratic families, and ultimately gathered around him some of the greatest minds of his age. Travel back to ancient Greece with Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Donald R. Moor and author Robert... (read more)

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Dragonlight Dragonlight
by Donita K Paul

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The fantastic land of Amara is recovering from years of war inflicted on its citizens by outside forces–as well as from the spiritual apathy corroding the Amarans’ hearts. With Kale and her father serving as dragon keepers for Paladin, the... (read more)

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As a Driven Leaf As a Driven Leaf
by Milton Steinberg

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The age of the Talmud is brought to life in a breathtaking saga. This masterpiece of modern fiction tells the gripping tale of renegade talmudic sage Elisha ben Abuyah's struggle to reconcile his faith with the allure of Hellenistic culture. Set in Roman... (read more)

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Coffee with Aristotle (Coffee With...Series) Coffee with Aristotle (Coffee With...Series)
by Jonathan Barnes

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Not many people can claim to have invented a new science, but Aristotle invented two: zoology and logic. More than two millennia after his death, Aristotle’s thought still influences us. Here, over coffee (a drink Aristotle never tasted), he... (read more)

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Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel
by Edmund White

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In a damp, old Sussex castle, American literary phenomenon Stephen Crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author has retreated to England with his wife, Cora, in part to avoid gossip about... (read more)

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Caspian Rain Caspian Rain
by Gina Nahai

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From the best-selling author of Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith, a stirring, lyrical tale that offers American readers unique insight into the inner workings of Iranian society. In the decade before the Islamic Revolution, Iran is a country on the... (read more)

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