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An illuminating example of friendship as a vital way God answers our need for guidance, encouragement, affirmation, and correction. Most of the time, what we need to help us through the struggles in our lives is not the advice of an expert but the wisdom of a friend. Through this series of eloquent letters written to a life-long friend, author Eugene Peterson demonstrates friendship as a means to Christian maturity.

Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past the fail-safe point, beyond recall, and no one knows why. Their destination - Moscow. In a bomb shelter beneath the White House, the calm young president turns to his Russian translator and says, "I think we are ready to talk to Premier Kruschchev." Not far away, in the War Room at the Pentagon, the secretary of defense and his aides watch with growing anxiety...

Auf dem Monte Somma oberhalb der mondänen, niedergehenden Stadt Pompeji werden tote Vögel gefunden. Während einer Versammlung von Vogelschützern hat der Einwanderer Jowna eine Eingebung: Wenn der Vulkan grollt, soll man das Weite suchen. Ohne Schulbildung, Geld und Einfluss gelingt es ihm, sich an die Spitze einer Aussteigerbewegung zu setzen. Bald fürchtet das Stadtoberhaupt Fabius Rufus, die Vulkangerüchte könnten Pompeji schaden. Als sich sogar der frühere Sklave Polybius dafür interessiert, schaltet sich Rufus' Frau Livia ein, und Jownas Eingebung verkehrt sich in ihr Gegenteil.

Henry Dumas' fiction is a masterful synthesis of myth and religion, culture and nature, mask and identity. From the Deep South to the simmering streets of Harlem, his characters embark on surreal and mythic quests armed only with wit, words, and wisdom. Championed by Toni Morrison, Walter Mosley, and Quincy Troupe, Dumas' books have long been out of print. All of his short fiction is collected here, for the first time, and includes several previously unpublished stories.

She'll do anything to prove to her friends that she's over her ex...even date the cowboy she once went out with in high school.

Chasing Whispers is a unique Afro-irrealist collection of Black speculative fiction in transformative stories of culture, longing, hybridity, unlimited futures, a collision of worlds, and folklore. It contains thirteen stories, eleven of which are original, with a commanding introduction by D. Harlan Wilson. The collection is aligned with the themes of Eugen Bacon's other fiction, and her recognition in the honor list of the 2022 Otherwise Fellowships for "doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction."

Schon immer haben die Erzählungen und Romane Eugen Egners die Abgründe der menschlichen Seele ausgelotet. Auch in den früheren, vorwiegend humoristischen Texten war Witz nie weit vom Wahnwitz, Scherz nie weit vom Schrecken entfernt. In seiner Rezension von Egners "Eisenberg-Konstante" deutet Franz Rottensteiner renommierte Literaturzeitschrift für Science Fiction und Phantastik, Quarber Merkur, auf die Nähe zu H. P. Lovecraft hin.

Quando o agente literário Peter Katz recebe por e-mail um manuscrito parcial intitulado O livro dos espelhos, ele fica intrigado. O autor, Richard Flynn, descreve seus dias em Princeton, e documenta sua relação com Joseph Wieder, um renomado psicólogo, pesquisador e professor. Convencido de que o manuscrito completo vai revelar quem assassinou Wieder em sua casa, em 1987—um crime noticiado em todos os jornais mas que jamais foi solucionado—Peter Katz vê aí sua chance de fechar um negócio de um milhão de dólares com uma grande editora.

L'enseignement donné ici par le Père Marie-Eugène de l'Enfant-Jésus est au cœur de son expérience personnelle et de sa doctrine spirituelle. Familier de l'Esprit Saint, il nous apprend les chemins de la prière silencieuse, qui livre à l'action transformante de l'Esprit. Or ce même Esprit saisit toujours un être pour le donner comme apôtre à l'église.

This book is a journal of E. C., the old groundskeeper as he goes about his life going to church, to work, to teaching tennis, to playing tennis, and to visiting his friends. He is a secretary writing the ideas, wishes, prayers, and reflections that come through his life.

Cayden Chappell has been interested in Ginny for months, and she's definitely interested in him, too. They've attended all of her social functions together over the holidays, but everything is so stiff and formal. He's not sure if he's getting the real version of Ginny or the one wearing a mask to keep up appearances. When her mother tells Cayden that horses and whiskey don't mix and that he needs to end their relationship, he doesn't know how to disobey someone as powerful as Wendy Winters.

As the oldest son in the Chappell family, it's up to Spur to lead his brothers into the next generation of raising and selling championship racehorses. He loves it with his whole heart and soul, but a horse can't keep him warm at night. So when Olli Hudson, one of his neighbors, asks him to be her arm candy for one night to woo an investor, the worst he thinks can happen is his eyes might get permanently stuck up in his head for how often he rolls them. He wasn't expecting to be swept off his feet by the five-and-half-foot powerhouse of a woman.

Beth Dixon lost her husband almost three years ago. Trey Chappell has found TJ Dixon in his hay barn several times, and each time, he takes the five-year-old back to his mother. He likes the brunette next door, but she argues with him every time he offers to help. They've been suffering from one step forward and then two back for a couple of months now, but when Beth learns about the Sweetheart Classic, she's sure she's got just the horse that could win the race. The winner gets half a million dollars—but there's a catch. Only married couples who own the racehorse together can enter.

She'll do anything to show her ex she's not still hung up on him...even date her best friend. The only problem is Tamara Lennox has real feelings for Blaine Chappell. Blaine's happy to help Tam out of a tight spot. After all, she's helped him around Bluegrass Ranch more times than he can count. They've been best friends through thick and thin, ups and downs, and happy times and broken hearts. He never really liked her ex, and he wasn't sorry to see the guy go. He's also not sorry he's the one pretending to be her boyfriend when Hayes comes back into town.

Lisa Harvey has worked at her family's stud farm for 30 years. When her father unexpectedly passes away, the vipers come out in the family. As they try to divide everything up and leave her with nothing, her only chance to keep the farm—and her father's fortune—is to get married.

Eugene Peterson’s vibrant, unforgettable exploration of one of the most memorable—and controversial—figures in Scripture: King David.

A year of prayer through the Psalms, some of the most sensitive and honest words written about daily stress and blessings, with commentary from beloved theologian and pastor Eugene Peterson.

From pastor and theologian Eugene Peterson, an inspiring and insightful guide to that most vital—but oft-elusive—spiritual practice: prayer.

A year of reading, reflection, and prayer with Jesus, with commentary from one of the world’s most respected theologians and ministers.

It is the late 15th century and a village healer in Russia called Laurus is powerless to help his beloved as she dies in childbirth, unwed and without having received communion. Devastated and desperate, he sets out on a journey in search of redemption. But this is no ordinary journey: it is one that spans ages and countries, and which brings him face-to-face with a host of unforgettable, eccentric characters and legendary creatures from the strangest medieval bestiaries.