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The story of Corrie ten Boom has inspired millions of people all over the world. Jean Watson is a skillful author and presents Corrie's stirring life and challenging hope-filled messages for young listeners. The Watchmaker's Daughter traces the life of this outstanding Christian woman from her childhood in Haarlem, through her suffering in Nazi concentration camps, to her world-wide ministry to the handicapped and underprivileged.

YOU ARE MADE TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE, YOU JUST NEED TO GET THE HANG OF IT Picture this: You’re in the middle of making a really big decision and you just can’t figure out what to do. You feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, and you’re ready to give up. Then something inside you whispers, in a split second you see the flash of an image, and suddenly there is clarity. You now know what to do. You don’t always need to wait for someone to give you a word, because God wants to tell you Himself. Hearing from God isn’t shrouded in mystery or something that is only for ...

Qui prête attention à Joe ? Ses doigts agiles courent sur le clavier des pianos publics dans les gares. Il joue divinement Beethoven. Les voyageurs passent. Lui reste. Il attend quelqu'un, qui descendra d'un train, un jour peut-être. C'est une longue histoire. Elle a commencé il y a cinquante ans dans un orphelinat lugubre. On y croise des diables et des saints. Et une rose.

Kommissar Dupins zwölfter Fall entführt uns in die Welt der Winzer, der vorzüglichen Weine und an den größten See der Bretagne, den Lac de Grand-Lieu, an dem schon die berühmte Kosmetikdynastie Guerlain residierte. Kommissar Dupin und Claire verbringen ihre Flitterwochen an der Loire, im traumhaften Pays de Retz. Von Weingut zu Weingut, von einem kulinarischen Hochgenuss zum nächsten soll die Reise gehen. So zumindest der Plan. Doch dann braucht eine Freundin von Claire Hilfe und ein ungeheuerlicher Mord geschieht.

In this short, striking memoir, Jean Hannah Edelstein charts the course of her unexpectedly brief relationship with breasts. As she comes of age, she learns that breasts are a source of both shame and power. In early motherhood, she sees her breasts transform into a source of sustenance and a locus of pain. And then, all too soon, she is faced with a diagnosis and forced to confront what it means to lose and rebuild an essential part of yourself.

A party in the Hollywood Hills.A perfectly timed smoke break.A chance encounter.From the moment I laid eyes on Judah Colt, I knew I was screwed.He was a whirlwind of emotions, a disastrous tornado of need,while I was only searching fora taste of reckless abandon and a chance to let go.What I got was almost more than I could handle.In the blink of an eye, I was no longer just a fan,a girl with an obsession, but instead I becamea necessity—to the music, to the fans, to Judah himself.Together, we were a chaotic mess of feelings, fears, and attitudes,but apart it all got worse.Neither of us ...

Sophie ne rêve pas, cette nuit-là, quand elle est tirée de son lit par un géant ! Heureusement, c'est le Bon Gros Géant, le BGG, qui se nourrit de schnockombres et boit de la frambouille. Mais il existe d'autres géants au pays des géants, des brutes de quinze mètres de haut qui ne raffolent que d'une chose : les hommes de terre. Sophie et son ami le BGG pourront-ils les arrêter ? Espérons-le, sinon vous pourriez bien être le prochain à vous faire gober par un affreux géant.

From his first apprenticeship in France to his Michelin-starred restaurant empire, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s cuisine is inspired by the freshest ingredients, the simplest techniques, and the drive to make the ordinary perfect. It all started at home. JGV is an invitation into the kitchen with a master chef. With humor and heart, Jean-Georges looks back on success and failure, sharing stories of cooking with legendary chefs Paul Bocuse and Louis Outhier, traveling in search of new and revelatory flavors, and building menus of his own.

In the glow of a full January moon, it is the great horned owl who first senses that it is the beginning of spring. With the first full moon - the moon of beginnings - the owl starts his annual courtship.

After helping to murder Becket, King Henry II is haunted by memories of their passionate friendship. Appointing Becket as Archbishop was the King's greatest mistake, for Becket finds his allegiance shifting from king and country to God and Church.

“A laugh-out-loud funny romance with depth and heart, readers will love this spellbinding novel!” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author Is he the real deal…or did she truly summon a golem? Faye Kaplan used to be engaged. She also used to have a successful legal practice...

Une caserne d'apparence quelconque, à l'est de Paris. Les automobilistes qui empruntent le boulevard Mortier ne la remarquent même pas. C'est le but. La DGSE n'aime rien tant que la discrétion, pour ne pas dire le secret, gage de la réussite de ses opérations à l'étranger. Pour la première fois de son histoire, pendant plusieurs mois, la DGSE a ouvert ses portes à Jean-Christophe Notin et son équipe. Une vingtaine d'entretiens ont pu être menés, à tous les échelons de la hiérarchie, du directeur général aux experts de la contre-prolifération et du contre-terrorisme.

Rätselhafte Morde und berühmte bretonische Chocolatiers. Noch nie war Kommissar Dupin so froh, einen neuen Fall zu haben, wie an diesem herrlichen Frühsommertag. Mit einem Bein steht er bereits auf dem – bedrohlich schwankenden – Boot im Hafenbecken von Concarneau, um unter der Anleitung eines Coaches seine Thalassophobie zu überwinden, als ihn der Anruf erreicht: Eine Frau ist ertrunken. Allerdings nicht im Meer, sondern in einem Bottich aus Schokolade. Was kurios anmutet, entpuppt sich als kaltblütiger Mord an der Inhaberin einer alteingesessenen Schokoladen-Confiserie in der Ville Close.

BOOK ONE in The "Passage" Time Travel Romance Saga. Kristie Somers is happy in her life. She has a promising career ahead of her, grandparents who love her, and no time for a man. Or so she thought, until she was dropped in the year 1864 at the close of the Civil War. The handsome Colonel Eric Langston was a man to be hated. Her grandparents told her so. Her family has despised him for generations. He commanded the Union regiment that invaded her ancestral home; he was responsible for Whispering Willows being burned to the ground. Why then, does her heart pound every time he enters a room? ...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE A daughter’s quest to understand her charismatic and troubled father, an immigrant who crosses borders both real and illusory—between sanity and madness, science and spirituality, life and death PEN America Literary Award Winner “The kind of...

The story of the Wachsmann family continues in “Whispers In The Wilderness”, Book Two in “The Wilderness Saga”. As Wisconsin edges closer to statehood, Caleb and Sarah Wachsmann’s family expands in the heart of the Wisconsin wilderness, yet they are relentlessly pursued by a troubled past. An unyielding foe is intent upon ending Caleb and Sarah’s lives, convinced that they and they alone are responsible for Lucas Roberts’ death. Despite the fact that Caleb nearly lost his life after the encounter with Lucas, the truth holds little weight with this newest adversary. Meanwhile, ...

Après des années d'étude des doctrines des Adventistes du 7e jour, L'auteur a trouvé pour lui-même les raisons pour lesquelles il n'est pas un adventiste. Vous tenez entre vos mains une publication de ses raisons, une étude faite sur forme de questions, pour faire lumière sur une bonne partie de l'enseignement de l'Eglise Adventiste du 7e Jour. Les défenseurs de la Foi Chrétienne profiteront grandement de cet ouvrage préparé pour former d'autres défenseurs comme eux; et les adventistes ne devraient avoir aucune crainte à le lire ; d'ailleurs, c'est écrit particulièrement pour...

The Reveries of the Solitary Walker was one of the last works written by the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and was, in fact, not quite complete. It was published four years after his death and came quickly to be regarded as one of his most poetic works. It consists of 10 Walks (only the final ‘Walk’ was unfinished) during which he muses on a variety of topics including thoughts on issues which featured strongly in his notable life as a philosopher and commentator, including education and political philosophy.

In the rugged Oklahoma Panhandle at the turn of the century, farmer Lucas Adammson leads a double life. By day he cultivates the soil with innovations that push the prairie toward resilience; by night, he writes as The Anonymous Miner, a fearless critic of the railroad and mining titans who siphon wealth from the land and its people. His letters, shaped in response to the Lattimer massacre, spark nationwide resistance and threaten to topple a corrupt order—while drawing a lethal counterstrike from those who profit from oppression. Eli Harrow arrives in Beaver City with a mission to ...

Six of the nine sitting justices of the Supreme Court are current or former members of The Federalist Society - a private, conservative legal organization which has grown to dominate modern American jurisprudence. Takeover tells the story of how The Federalist Society started as a student club and grew to become the most influential legal organization in US history. Over the last three decades, they managed to shape judicial policy and secure numerous seats for its members on courts of appeals and the Supreme Court.