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Families will treasure this fresh perspective on the nativity for years to come. Song of the Stars, written by best-selling author Sally Lloyd-Jones, enhances Advent traditions and adds depth to Christmas Eve readings of the Christmas Story.

There is a thin wall between our world and that of the Fae. During times of war, it is easily stepped through. The passions and emotions stirred by violence and combat bleed over, and the supernatural often awake from long slumber to meddle in mortal affairs. But there have always been those among us who have been willing to meet the supernatural threat with cold steel, burning hearts, and grim determination.

This special Easter audiobook bundle includes three timeless children’s classics: "Easter Gift for Me" by Crystal Bowman, "Lily's Easter Party" by Crystal Bowman, and "Bunny's First Spring" by Sally Lloyd-Jones.

Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, and film. She captivated Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the two greatest Romans of the day, and died in a blaze of glory, with an asp clasped to her breast - or so the legend tells us. But the real-life story of the historical Cleopatra VII is even more compelling. She was the last of seven Cleopatras who ruled Egypt before it was subsumed into the Roman Empire. These extraordinary women keep a close grip on power in the wealthiest country of the ancient world.

This special edition audio set of Found and Loved - from Sally Lloyd-Jones and Jago, the team behind the beloved and best-selling The Jesus Storybook Bible - overflows with love, comfort, and hope, and is sure to bring joy to listeners young and old. Inspired by Psalm 23 and the Lord’s Prayer, Sally Lloyd-Jones’ engaging text brings God’s Word to life like never before. Cuddle up with your little one as you both discover “God’s Neverstopping, Never Giving Up, Unbreaking, Always and Forever Love.”

Is God relevant today? Big question. And can we have conversations about those deeply spiritual stirrings inside us all that are not layered with fanaticism or rebuke or eye-rolling derision? This scientific exploration of God is highly relevant in our modern world so thirsting for meaning.

A woman washes ashore in Sicily. She has come from North Africa to find her son, taken from her when he was just days old by his father and stolen away to Berlin. With nothing but her maid’s uniform and a knife stashed in a plastic bag, she relies on strangers – some generous, some exploiting – to guide her passage north. These strangers tell of their encounters with a quiet, mysterious woman in a blue coat – each account a different view of the truth, a different truth.

Ein wunderschöner Liebesbrief von Gott! Es gibt jede Menge spannender Geschichten in der Bibel, aber eigentlich erzählen sie alle zusammen eine ganz große Geschichte. Sie handelt von Gottes wunderbarem Rettungsplan für seine Kinder. Und dieser Plan dreht sich von vorne bis hinten um Jesus. Jede einzelne Geschichte flüstert seinen Namen... Diese Folge beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Zachäus", "Gleichnis: Der verlorene Sohn", "Mit Tränen gewaschen", "Das letzte Abendmahl", "Jesus in Getsemane", "Kreuzigung", "Auferstehung", "Himmelfahrt".

Bougainville. 1991. When the villagers' safe, predictable lives come to a halt, Bougainville's children are surprised to find the island's only white man, a recluse, re-opening the school. Pop Eye, aka Mr Watts, explains he will introduce the children to Mr Dickens.

"La Verdadera Paz en Cristo: Descansando en la Promesa Celestial" es un audiolibro que invita a los oyentes a embarcarse en un viaje transformador hacia la comprensión profunda de la paz que solo puede encontrarse en Jesucristo. A través de las enseñanzas de destacados teólogos y pastores, este audiolibro teje una narrativa poderosa sobre la esencia de la paz espiritual, el significado del Pacto de Paz del Mesías, y cómo Cristo actúa como la Roca inquebrantable sobre la cual podemos encontrar serenidad y seguridad.

A powerful allegorical tale about humanity and dignity and the ease with which we can justify brutality. Two mysterious strangers appear at a hotel in a small country town. Where have they come from? Who are they? What catastrophe are they fleeing? The townspeople want answers, but the strangers are unable to speak of their trauma. And before long, wary hospitality shifts to suspicion and fear, and the care of the men slides into appalling cruelty.

London, 1842. Wild Boy, master detective and former freak-show performer, and Clarissa, circus acrobat and troublemaker, are the secret last hope of a city beset by horror. A poisoner stalks the streets, leaving victims mad with terror - and then dead. Can the Black Terror be traced to a demon called Malphas? With their partnership threatened by rules and regulations, can Wild Boy and Clarissa uncover a cure in time to save the queen and the city?

Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip is a modern tragedy set on a tiny copper-rich tropical island embattled by internal strife. After the trouble starts and the soldiers arrive on Matilda's island, there comes a time when all the white people have left. Only Mr Watts remains, and he wears a red nose and pulls his wife around on a trolley; the kids call him Popeye behind his back. But there is no one else to teach them their lessons and no books left to learn from - except for Mr Watts' battered copy of Great Expectations, 'by my friend Mr Dickens'....

Lloyd Jones was seven years old the first time he climbed high into a grandstand to watch rugby with his father. The experience was baptismal. From his new elevated perspective Jones believed he could see everything that mattered – a field of play that rolled out, green with promise, from suburban New Zealand to the wider world. The grandstand is a guiding metaphor for these questing narrative poems that reach back into childhood and forward into the life of a writer constantly experimenting with form and voice.

The new, enthralling supernatural thriller from Stephen Lloyd Jones, following his highly acclaimed debut The String Diaries. High in the mountains of the Swiss Alps Leah Wilde is about to gamble her life to bring a powerful man an offer. A promise. Leah has heard the dark stories about him and knows she is walking into the lion's den. But her options are running out. Her rare lineage, kept secret for years, is under terrible threat.

In the middle of summer, omnipresent heat radiates as a group of elderly people are remembering their youth. The story focuses on two sisters, Leokadia and Helena, who live together in a retirement home not far from Warsaw. These are not ordinary stories they are sharing, because both of them were imprisoned as children in Auschwitz during World War II.

In der heutigen Welt ist die Familie – einst das Fundament unserer Gesellschaft – zu einem Ort der Unsicherheit und des Konflikts geworden. Die biblische Ehe und Familie wird pervertiert und lächerlich gemacht, und die Einheit in den Familien zerbricht immer mehr. Und wir fragen uns:. • Wie können wir eine gesunde und gut funktionierende Familie aufbauen? • Welche Werte sollten wir unseren Kindern vermitteln, damit sie ein tragfähiges Fundament für ihre Zukunft haben? • Wie sieht eine biblische Eltern-Kind-Beziehung aus?

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Then she lifts the Fish up from the bassinet and holds him out to me. ‘Go on, take him.’ And to the Fish she says, ‘This is your uncle.' I manage to clap my hands either side of the fish bundle. But I feel like I am holding an expensive glass. Once you’re told not to drop it, all you can think of is the glass shattering across the floor. When the baby is born in a shabby caravan at a beach campground, it’s clear he is not like other babies. But the family will try hard to protect and love and accept him. Perhaps all the more to make up for letting his troubled mother down.

Instinctieve moederliefde. Dat is het enige waar Ines haar doorzettingsvermogen uitput en zich door niets of niemand laat tegenhouden om haar ontvoerde zoon weer in haar armen te mogen sluiten. De Tunesische Ines komt via Italië illegaal Europa binnen om naar Berlijn af te reizen. Onderweg ontmoet ze mensen waarbij ze genoodzaakt is om hun te vertrouwen, ze is inmiddels helemaal alleen. Door de mysterieuze verhalen van deze vreemden, moet Ines zelf de waarheid proberen te achterhalen. Maar of dat haar naar haar zoon zal leiden, is nog maar de vraag.