First Easter

When hope died on a Roman cross, no one expected what came next. Three days after Jesus's crucifixion, his tomb stands empty and Jerusalem buzzes with impossible rumors. Through twenty powerful chapters, experience the first Easter through the eyes of those who lived it—Mary Magdalene's desperate vigil at the tomb, Thomas's demanding skepticism, Peter's guilt-ridden journey to faith, and James's transformation from doubting brother to believing church leader. From the sealed tomb to the ascension, witness how ordinary people grappled with extraordinary claims: that death had been ...

Join Junie B. Jones, the world's funniest first grader and star of a beloved and mega-bestselling chapter book series, on this egg-citing springtime adventure! Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids...

Sunny the little chick is excited when Easter Meadow begins getting ready for its very first Easter parade. The ribbons are bright. The grass smells fresh after the rain. And all of Sunny’s friends are helping make the day special. Then Mrs. Hops gives Sunny a very important job - carrying a beautiful ribbon at the very front of the parade. Suddenly, Sunny feels shy. What if she trips? What if everyone is watching? What if she is too small to be brave? With gentle help from Clover, Daisy, Lamby, Squirrel, and wise Mrs. Hops, Sunny learns that courage does not mean never feeling scared. It...

The fighting that raged in the East during the First World War was every bit as fierce as that on the Western Front, but the titanic clashes between three towering empires - Russia, Austro-Hungary, and Germany - remains a comparatively unknown facet of the Great War. With the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the war in 2014, Collision of Empires is a timely expose of the bitter fighting on this forgotten front - a clash that would ultimately change the face of Europe forever.

One of the greatest works created by any culture and overwhelmingly the most significant of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has had a number of distinguished translations, but none encompassed the work in its entirety. Now, in one of the year's most important...

My Very First Bible published to high acclaim in 2003 and its popular stories have since gone onto provide the basis for a number of additional series including board books, big books, sticker, and activity books.

The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts are rooted in the region's political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed by the Allies after the First World War. Author David Fromkin reveals how and why the Allies drew lines on an empty map that remade the geography and politics of the Middle East. Focusing on the formative years of 1914 to 1922, when all seemed possible, he delivers in this sweeping and magisterial book the definitive account of this defining time.

Was there a woman before Eve? The question does not arise from a single text or a single moment in time. It moves across centuries, reappears in different forms, and is often attributed to writings that never posed it in this way. Between what is written and what later came to be told, a space opens—and it is within that space that legend takes hold. This book traces the emergence and development of this idea through the very texts and traditions that shaped it. It begins in the ancient world, where names associated with night, wilderness, and desolation belonged to the religious and ...

You’ve fallen in love with the Hawthorne brothers, now discover the love story of the lost scion of Hawthorne House. Read Hannah’s side of the story, then flip the book over to experience their love anew through Toby’s eyes in this deluxe novel that you can read backward or forward! The...

Find out how to turn your children's Easter into an unforgettable adventure❗ You want to stimulate your children's imagination and initiate them into the magical world of reading❓ You wish to keep them away from electronic devices, giving them moments of quality and learning❓ 📚 THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU! 🎯It is a book designed for children who are beginning to read. With colorful illustrations and an engaging story, it will turn thefree time into an educational and creative experience. 📌 What makes this book special? ✅Colorful illustrations: Each page captures your ...

The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness” (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)—covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious...

"A sweeping, breathless romance" and "deliciously twisty" ~Jennifer deBie of Rosie's Book Review Team General Bakr, a half-human djinn warrior, has always felt like an outsider in the magical land of Qaf. Torn from his first love by war, he yearns to feel her touch—to hear her voice and kiss her lips. But the only reason he survived the searing scar across his torso was because a lilith demon made him her pet, and she doesn't like to share. Back at home in the magical kingdom of Shihala, Sheikha Sezan, a djinn princess, is just starting her war. Determined to be more than a marriage token...

His best friend's younger brother just walked out in bunny ears and no shirt. Her husband can't look away. Good. She wants a front-row seat. TESSA I'm an event planner. I fix disasters for a living. So when my Easter Bunny model cancels two hours before the biggest party of the season, I do what I always do—I find a solution. I don't expect the solution to be my husband's best friend's younger brother. I don't expect him to walk out in bunny ears and tight black pants with a body nobody warned me about. And I definitely don't expect to watch my husband's hands go still at his sides while ...

#1 ECPA BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER A delightful children's book adapted for audio, God Gave Us Easter features the adorable polar bear Little Cub, talking with her father and learning about God's design for the Easter season and what it really means—part of the bestselling God...

He was the first man, husband, and father. It is said all men have sinned because Adam sinned. But what was Adam really like in those antediluvian days? In this intimate and surprising Bible Character Adventure, we encounter a joyful human who becomes a man of sorrows when he fails to protect his wife from a cunning enemy. In exile, Adam strives to become the man God designed him to be. Yet his every effort and joy are threatened by the great adversary, that serpent of old. When the enemy exploits Cain's jealousy over his younger brother, Adam rises to the challenge, boldly striving to ...

The “marvelous” (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot), New York Times bestselling story of how Christianity became the dominant religion in the West. How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official...

Romania lies on Europe’s eastern border, and as such, it is often neglected in history. Although it is a culturally very rich country, the world displayed little interest in its promotion. By listening to this captivating history of Romania, you will learn about the turbulent past of the region, the many wars it fought, and the people who led them. You will also learn the truth behind the character of Vlad the Impaler and decide for yourself if he was a ruthless, bloodthirsty ruler or a politician, tactician, and national hero.

Across the centuries, the memory of Mary Magdalene has been bent by a lasting misreading: the disciple clearly named in the Gospels was repeatedly filtered through a later fusion with other figures, until she was reduced to a convenient emblem of “penitence.” This book retraces the evidence with sobriety and precision, separating what Scripture actually says from what later tradition added. Beginning with the canonical dossier — cross, burial, first morning — the reader follows Magdalene’s steady presence as witness and messenger of the Resurrection. The historical arc then shows ...

The Tiny Truth Little Lights Devotional is a collection of more than 60 accessible, Scripture-based reflections reminding children they are the lights in God’s world. Deepen your child’s faith through fun-to-read devotions that remind kids of God’s deep love and inspire them to let God’s...

The last thing Addy Davidson wants is to be on a reality TV show where the prize is a prom date with the President’s son. She’s focused on her schoolwork so she can get a scholarship to an Ivy League college, uncomfortable in the spotlight, never been on a date, and didn’t even audition...