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1) Breakdown
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English
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An influenza plague decimates humanity, and former rock star Chris Price leaves the ruins of his life in New York, setting out on a journey home to England. His passage leaves him scarred, in body and mind, by exposure to humankind at its most desperate and dangerous. He meets a woman, Pauline, and together, they undertake the most difficult part of Chris's journey: confronting grief, violence, and the man Chris has become.
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Pub. Date
s202
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English
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Crisis! An explosive public meltdown. A violent incident in the psychiatric ward.
Now the Pastor stares into the abyss of his own secret shame. Before he can be free, he must confront his demons and find grace. But will he let go? Will he allow himself to be healed?
The Pastor explores the perilous human journey from self-will and striving through defeat and despair to hope and the redemption found only through surrender.
Trigger Warning: Mature...
Author
Publisher
Waterbrook Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The Janviers have the idyllic life. A beautiful home, great jobs, two wonderful kids. And surrounding it all is the proverbial white picket fence that protects them, offers them a serene sense of security-- and hides all their secrets.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
How do you forgive when the wound is still open?
People often ask Sarah, How did you forgive your alcoholic mother?”
How do you forgive someone who carelessly brushed aside your pain, who caused such destruction, and who doesn’t show remorse? How do you know when to stay and when to go?
In The Complicated Heart, you will travel through Sarah's story with her, from age 14 and beyond, as she wrestles with these very questions. Prepare yourself:...
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English
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Christopher Flynn is trying to get it right. After years of trouble and rebellion that enraged his father and nearly cost him his life, he has a steady job in his father's company, he's seriously dating a woman he respects, and, aside from the distrust that lingers in his father's eyes, his mistakes are firmly in the past. One day on the job, Chris and his partner come across a temptation almost too big to resist. Chris does the right thing, but old...
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Rogues redeemed volume 5
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English
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London, 1816. A man who has lost his honor has nothing.... As a royal Navy officer, Lucas Mandeville, Lord Foxton, has fought his share of battles on the high seas, followed by long years of imprisonment. But on this night, he'd rather be on the burning deck of a ship than in a ballroom, where it is just a matter of time before someone challenges him because of what happened on the Continent. A woman who has lost her reputation is nothing... When...
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Solitary Tales volume One
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English
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His Loneliness Will Soon Turn to Fear…. When Chris Buckley moves to Solitary, North Carolina, he faces the reality of his parents' divorce, a school full of nameless faces-and Jocelyn Evans. Jocelyn is beautiful and mysterious enough to leave Chris speechless. But the more Jocelyn resists him, the more the two are drawn together. Chris soon learns that Jocelyn has secrets as deep as the town itself. Secrets more terrifying than the bullies he faces...
9) Beloved
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Series
Where the heart lives volume 3
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English
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With her husband Tyson missing for eight years, Diana Brennan seeks to declare him legally dead in order to remarry, but when Tyson returns as a supposedly changed man, Diana must decide if he has really changed for the better.
11) Finally a bride
Author
Series
Texas boardinghouse brides volume 3
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Jacqueline 'Jack' Davis is a reporter for the Lookout Ledger bent on discovering the truth and nabbing her story at any cost. When Noah Jeffers comes to Lookout as a temporary pastor, Jack suspects there may be something hidden beneath his shepherding ways. Soon, though, Jack begins to be attracted to the new pastor despite her initial hesitation. But as she uncovers the truth, will this story cost her too much? Will she reveal what she's uncovered...
12) Calico Joe
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1973, Joe Castle was the boy wonder of baseball, the greatest rookie anyone had ever seen. The kid from Calico Rock, Arkansas, dazzled Cubs fans as he hit home run after home run, politely tipping his hat to the crowd as he shattered all rookie records. Calico Joe quickly became the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing Mets pitcher. On the day that Warren...
13) Travelers rest
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English
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A story about faith and prayer centers around a young woman determined to honor her commitment, an injured soldier who is contemplating suicide, and a retired doctor who is certain that it is too late to be forgiven.
14) China room
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A transfixing novel about two unforgettable characters seeking to free themselves-one from the expectations of women in early 20th century Punjab, and the other from the weight of life in the contemporary Indian diaspora Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. Married to three brothers in a single ceremony, she and her now-sisters spend their days hard at work in the family's china room, sequestered...
15) The broken road
Author
Series
Broken road (Richard Paul Evans) volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Chicago celebrity, Charles James can't shake the nightmare that wakes him each night. He sees himself walking down a long, broken highway the sides of which are lit in flames. Where is he going? Why is he walking? What is the wailing he hears around him? By day, he wonders why he's so haunted and unhappy when he has all he ever wanted-fame, fans and fortune and the lavish lifestyle it affords him. Coming from a childhood of poverty and pain, this...
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Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
Author
Series
Broken road (Richard Paul Evans) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Chicago celebrity and motivational speaker Charles James is supposed to be dead. Everyone believes he was killed in a fiery plane crash. But thanks to a remarkable twist of fate he's very much alive and well, and ready for a second chance at life. But will he use this opportunity to right some wrongs from his old life and start over the right way this time? The Forgotten Road is the second book in the "thoughtful, well-plotted" (Kirkus Reviews) trilogy...
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