Tobias has entered a world unlike anything he has ever known before. If he wants his freedom, there is only one way he is going to get it, by making a bargain with the Beast... Views: 60
Matthew Amati, who has almost completed his advanced degree in marine science, has an inexplicable encounter with a strange whale. Even the few who are willing to consider his story find themselves totally unprepared for a rendezvous at sea that will lead them FAR FROM THE SEA WE KNOW to an encounter that is as shattering as it is beautiful. Views: 60
Explore the mind-bending dynamics of the ancient Taiji System, where dichotomies and intrigues abound. Views: 60
In the second installment of the Pinecraft Pie Shop series, you'll return to a town and a family you've already grown to love.When Hope Miller is offered the plot of land behind the Me, Myself, and Pie shop to start a garden, she jumps at the chance. Finally—some space away from her four sisters! But everyone in town seems to have an opinion about what she should grow and how she should grow it. When the widower schoolteacher, Jonas Sutter, asks if his students at the Amish school can help turn the plot into a community garden, Hope only halfheartedly agrees, wondering if she will ever get the peace and quiet she craves. And will she get anything to grow?The stories of friendship, community, and unexpected love within these pages will plant real seeds of hope within your heart. Views: 60
When Chris Wallace looks in the mirror he sees a deep and complex man. He is, in fact, selfish, shallow and very, very devious. A master of deceit.Suzy Wallace, a woman scorned, wreaks havoc and revenge on her husband's mistress, once her best friend, now her sworn enemy. Ellen Munroe, the mother of Chris's child, finally has the chance for happiness with an honest, decent, steadfast man ...until Chris lies his way into her heart again.Mirror, Mirror is the story of women who have had enough and are about to get even. Chris Wallace watch out. Views: 60
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A world-renowned scholar brings a lifetime of study to reveal how a pivotal transformation in spiritual experience during the Biblical Era made us who we are today Why does the Bible depict a world in which humans, with surprising regularity, encounter the divine—wrestling an angel, addressing a burning bush, issuing forth prophecy without any choice in the matter? These stories spoke very differently to their original audience than they do to us, and they reflect a radically distinct understanding of reality and the human mind. Yet over the course of the thousand-year Biblical Era, encounters with God changed dramatically. As James Kugel argues, this transition allows us to glimpse a massive shift in human experience—the emergence of the modern, Western sense of self. In this landmark work, Kugel fuses revelatory close readings of ancient texts with modern scholarship from a range of fields, including neuroscience, anthropology, psychology, and... Views: 59
From the creators of the best-selling DRAGONLANCE tm & the FORGOTTEN REALMS tm fantasy series comes a thrilling new line of gripping fantasy novels. In THE VERDANT PASSAGE, New York Times best-selling author Troy Denning begins an epic tale of love, heroism & honor. The reign of Kalak, the immortal sorcerer-king whose evil magic has reduced the majestic city of Tyr to a desolate place of dust & fear, is about to end. Banding together to spark a revolution are a maverick statesman, a winsome half-elf slave girl, & a man-dwarf gladiator bred for the arenas. If the people of Tyr are to be free, the mismatched trio of steadfast rebels must look into the face of terror & choose between love & life. Denning is the author of WATERDEEP, DRAGONWALL & THE PARCHED SEA, all national bestsellers, & he brings a great cast of characters to the first novel set in the world of the dark sun, a land whose ecological crises are a chilling reflection of our own. Views: 59
Manhattan's Upper East Side isn't a neighborhood that NYPD detective April Woo and Precinct Captain Mike Sanchez associate with grisly crimes--until the wife of a celebrity chef is slashed to death in her fashionable town-house. The obvious suspect is her longtime nanny. Then the victim's best friend is murdered as well. The suspect in the case--the nanny. As April's investigation unfolds, so do the victims' privileged secrets. And each one of them cuts like a knife. Views: 59
