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Have you ever heard of the pearl of Alaska? How about the hillbilly Eskimo? Do you know the name of the woman who received the Wright Brothers’ Master Pilot Award at the age of 97? Well, her name is Pearl, and this is a story about her and her family and friends. To be more precise, many of these stories are hers - authentic memories written by an amazing woman.

Zeke Breneman’s heart craves the wonders of a wide world, filled with adventure. His best friend Sara Miller longs for nothing more than the simple Amish life she already enjoys and the heart and hand of the man she has long expected to marry. When she refuses to leave her home to follow Zeke’s ambitions, she is brokenhearted and fearful that the world will swallow Zeke and with it, her hopes of a beautiful future with the man she loves.

Bread of Life is an amazing journey from deep sorrow to an inspirational and motivating path to complete healing. If your goal is to have a closer walk with God, this book is for you. Take a daily journey into this personally challenging, thought-provoking devotional and allow the word of God to change the way you view the world. Acts 17:27 says, God wanted people to look for him, and perhaps in searching all around for him, they would find him.

Mary Rose Martin is desperate. With seven younger sisters all happily married, her wealthy Virginia family is starting to give up on her, and she faces the dismal fate of being an old maid. Her only choice is to marry Thorton Ellis, 30 years her senior - and completely odious. Mary Rose can’t face the prospect of spending her life with him. Instead, she flees, and gets on the first train West.

Find out what all of the rave is about. See how countless people can make society more peaceful by reconnecting with God. It's the re-evangelistic tool of the year!

When a handsome English visitor arrives at Rachel King's door asking to see her recently deceased father it opens up a whole different world and some stunning revelations.

When was the last time we blushed at sin? In the world we live in, it seems that everyone, including many members of the church, have forgotten how to blush. This book delves into the Scriptures for God's answers on subjects such as absolute truth, modesty, homosexuality, speech, and entertainment. It's time to stop molding God's Word to fit our lives. Let's mold our lives to fit God's Word as our Lord intended! This book will show us how. Great for all ages and spiritual levels, When The Church Forgets To Blush helps us to return to God's plan for morality.

When Sylvia May, owner of the Good Old Days Antique store in Harbor Inn, Maine, attends an estate sale, she finds a diary hidden in a lovely old desk. Before she knows what's happening, her store and her garage have been broken in to, and one person is dead. Can Sylvia figure out who the killer is, and are there clues in the diary?

Double Vision: Seeing God in Everyday Life Through Devotions and Poetry contains 30 devotions, each paired with a poem on the same subject - a double eye-opener. Viewing the same spiritual truth from two angles will help you see daily life from an eternal perspective. Pasch's simple yet thought-provoking analogies will prompt you to take a second look at the most ordinary experience.

In this audiobook you will find 31 (one for each day of the month) Old Testament stories paraphrased from the KJV (King James Version). All stories follow the biblical accounts so as to present true Bible stories. This book can be understood by eight- to nine-year-olds and up. Each story is designed to be listened to in four to five minutes.

A collection of poems and short stories by Emily Nelson, author of The Locket.

Where's Stephanie? is about a grandmother's prayer to be reunited with her granddaughter who was given up for adoption. When her granddaughter, Stephanie, was born, there was only time to say hello and goodbye. But despite the baby's adoption shortly after birth, Anna Weber always longed for the day she'd see her precious granddaughter again.

As the storm grew outside my bedroom window, I faced a greater storm inside. Captivated by what I could not do, I sought solace in the one person who controlled all but only to discover that He would not calm the storm.

The beautiful message in Wear Your Crown Littles and Bigs will move children of all ages to live with open-hearted courage and acceptance of their greatness even when life is difficult. If you are looking for a story that begins to introduce the concept of worthiness to children, then this book is for you.

Amid family tragedy, Clair Johnson relocates to the small, historic town of Abingdon, Virginia. Here, she meets and marries the man of her dreams. As a means of coping with the "accident" which claimed the lives of her parents, Clair turns to the sport of running. It is just off the trail on which she runs that Clair is divinely led to a place she names: "Hope".

Sara Miller is reeling after the return to the Amish community of the man she hoped to marry. But Zeke Breneman is a shell of the person she fell in love with, and he harbors a shameful secret that has driven him back to his roots. In an attempt to let go, Sara accepts a buggy ride from the kind-hearted James Bernhard, but she cannot shake Zeke from her heart and her prayers.

Zeke Breneman's love for Sara Miller has brought him home in more ways than one, but poisonous ghosts from his past return, and threaten to destroy the community and peace he has reclaimed. Foreboding clouds threaten the joy of the newly weds, as his family and friends seek to close the door that Zeke opened in his untamed years of running around. Will all that Sara has fought for be overturned before their life together even begins? Or does God have some other plan in motion that even Zeke and Sara are unaware of?

ZZ Black is a moving, magical story of two lost souls - one a young girl, the other a troubled horse - brought together by circumstance, or perhaps something far greater. Kate, a teenager struggling to deal with the loss of her mother, lives on a magical farm where she is able to talk to the animals. She has always wanted a horse of her own, and when a troubled stallion named ZZ Black comes to the farm, Kate soon realizes that she might be the only one who can get through to the stubborn creature.

Nathan always looks forward to visits from Nana Cassandra. They play in the park, go to movies, and have fun with video games. But one day, something different happens - no park or movies or games, but just as special. Now that Nathan is older, he and Nana will become superheroes by performing good deeds in their neighborhood. Nana Cassandra explains that people around the world help their neighbors. Nathan learns the word for "good deed" in Hebrew, Spanish, and Arabic.

In a world full of chaos sometimes we all need a gentle reminder of what is important in our lives. How do you spend your most precious commodity...your time? It is the one thing in life we can never get back, and most of us wish it away on a daily basis. "This Day" is a sweet story told from a unique perspective and reminds us to take a step back to cherish the gift of time.