Peter Moore
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A friend writes HERE IS THE MEMOIR of a man who, more than any other, has promoted the witness of classical Anglican Evangelicalism in Episcopal Church. It is his personal faith journey, written with remarkable candor and sensitivity about the people and culture that shaped him: his parents and family, childhood experiences of gospel teaching; his education at St. Marks School, Yale University and Oxford and the spiritual challenges of growing up...
2) Copyright
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What would you do if someone stole your best selling manuscript? That's exactly what happened to writer Kelly Brentwood. He spent five years creating the next great American novel, a masterpiece worthy of the big screen just to find out that someone else was passing it off as their own, not to mention reaping the rewards of a big publishing contract and a movie deal. In a personal tug of war, Kelly is forced with a decision to either let the legal...
3) Reich
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Andrew Hetler is a local politician who wants to change the government. He begins his career as a councilman, and then becomes the city mayor, but he quickly discovers that revolutionizing the government is not that easy. Opportunity knocks when he is selected as Vice President of the United States, however his best friend and campaign manager has plans that could turn their lives and the world of government upside down.
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This rich compendium examines revolutionary advances in mathematics, physics, science, chemistry, biology and medicine by revealing the lives of the people responsible for them. Just as each generation of new scientific pioneers stands upon the shoulders of the giants who came before them, these biographies build upon each other and tell a collective tale of the development of breakthroughs like the X-ray, radio waves, the Big Bang Theory, and evolution....
5) Smorgasbord
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A retired Sergeant Major builds a cabin for his wife, missing and unwanted dogs become members of loving families, and a Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteer takes a dozen needy children on a fishing trip. Memories of attending family funerals, and the physical and financial pains involved in undergoing jaw surgery. A customer service manager jeopardizes his job and his life all because too many of his personal buttons are pushed. Two young lovers try...
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Brad Baron is used to looking lame compared to his older brother, Blake. Though Brad's basically a genius, Blake is a superhero in the elite Justice Force. And Brad doesn't measure up at his high school, either, where powers like super-strength and flying are the norm. So when Brad makes friends who are more into political action than weight lifting, he's happy to join a new crew-especially since it means spending more time with Layla, a girl who...
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An eminent group of Episcopal scholars and bishops addresses the core issues raised in Bishop Spong's books and teachings on the Virgin birth, resurrection, sexuality, scripture, sin, Jesus, culture, and God. These essays are incisive responses to an articulate and charismatic public figure whose provocative writings have stirred traditional and non-traditional thinkers alike.
While acknowledging that Spong's writing strikes a chord with lay people...
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Peter Moore left the city behind in 1952 to become part of a dying breed-a long distance drover. In My Droving Days we follow his progress through the 1950s as he rubs shoulders with the larger-than-life characters-and their dogs and horses-who trekked along the outback stock routes of western Queensland and New South Wales. Meet the world's worst cattle dog and the station hand, Charlie, who blows a laden outside toilet (and its contents) sky high;...
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Being only half-vampire in a high school like Danny Gray's makes you a whole loser. But Danny manages to escape the worst of the bullying thanks to genetic treatments that make it look like Danny's other half is human, not wolf. Which is a good thing.
Ever since the development of synthetic blood, SynHeme, vamps have become society's elite, while wolves like his father work menial jobs and live in bad neighborhoods. Wolves are less than second-class...
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Humorous poetry from the television program hosted by a beloved Minnesota news anchor.
In the 1950s, Dave Moore, a young actor born and raised in Minneapolis, accepted a newscaster position with the local CBS affiliate, WCCO-TV-a job Walter Cronkite turned down. For the next three decades, until his death in 1998, he delivered the evening news with integrity, conviction, humor, and flair, making him a fixture in Minnesota living rooms.
At the end...
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An examination of the dual Scottish—Yamasee colonization of Port Royal
Those interested in the early colonial history of South Carolina and the southeastern borderlands will find much to discover in Carolina's Lost Colony in which historian Peter N. Moore examines the dual colonization of Port Royal at the end of the seventeenth century. From the east came Scottish Covenanters, who established the small outpost of Stuarts Town. Meanwhile, the Yamasee...
14) Thin Ice
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An insurance agent looking for a way out of frigid Wisconsin is blackmailed by an unstable locksmith in the theft of a rare violin that belongs to a retired farmer.
15) Pieces of Us
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Pieces of Us follows five very different LGBTQ+ hate crime survivors whose lives intertwine. Tragedy brought them tougher. Love healed them.