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The Red Room
H. G. Wells
Legends surround the haunting of the red room at Lorraine Castle. Even those living nearby attest to its supernatural sensitivities. But Wells' narrator, ever the skeptic, takes it upon himself to spend one night in the room in order to disprove the legends.
If only he could keep his candle lit…
A Distant Music
B.J. Hoff
In the first book of the Mountain Song Legacy series readers step into a small Kentucky coal mining town in the late 1800’s where hope is found in the hearts of two young girls—the vibrant, red-headed Maggie MacAuley and her fragile friend Summer Rankin.
When Jonathan Stuart, the latest in a succession of educators, actually wants to continue teaching in the one-room schoolhouse, then Maggie and Summer know that he is special. So when Jonathan’s cherished flute is stolen, the girls try to find a way to restore music to his life.
Sorrow and joy follow in the days to come, and through it all Maggie, Jonathan, and a community rediscover the gifts of faith, friendship, and unwavering love.
The Wind Harp
B.J. Hoff
B.J. Hoff's unforgettable characters from A Distant Music reunite for an even more gripping, dramatic episode in The Mountain Song Legacy.
When Maggie MacAuley returns to the small coal town of her childhood, she has no intention of staying. Her life is in Chicago now. There's nothing to keep her in Skingle Creek...
...nothing but the discovery that a man who has lived most of his life for the children of Skingle Creek is no longer the hero of Maggie's childhood but seems destined to become the love of her life.
In Maggie's quest for independence, she finds her greatest strength in sacrifice...and in her struggle to heal her family, she finds her heart renewed by love.
God, a Motorcycle, and the Open Road
Tim Riter
Riding for God's Glory
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Romans 14:23
If you're a biker and a Christian, have you considered that riding, can be an activity that brings glory to God, draws you closer to His creation and provides an opportunity to share your faith with fellow riders?
Motorcycle and Jesus enthusiast Tim Riter has some amazing stories and spiritual truths he's collected from riding over 200,000 miles, covering 46 states, and three countries. Discover what happens when
- a long-haired hippie biker strolls into a redneck bar
- a new back tire causes a dangerous spill
- a chance encounter with an angry driver turns into a 20-mile chase
These and other engaging devotions will show you how your faith blends into your riding and help you experience that same sense of adventure you get from motorcycling in your walk with God, or in this case, your "ride with God."
Sophie’s Heart Special Edition
Lori Wick
Lori Wick's Timeless Classic Returns
After the tragic death of his wife, Alec Riley struggles to put his life back together. He and his three children are lost in their grief…until Sophie walks unexpectedly into their lives. Having left her native Czechoslovakia, Sophie has discovered the land which seemed so bright with promise is far from her dream. A highly educated woman, Sophie now finds herself keeping house for Alec and his family.
How can Sophie find peace in her new job? Will God use her gentle spirit to help heal Alec's broken heart?
25 years after its initial release comes this exquisite silver anniversary edition of Lori Wick's bestselling classic, Sophie's Heart (over 350,000 copies sold worldwide).
Get swept up anew in Sophie and Alec's love story with this beautifully bound and foil-adorned keepsake version of one of the most beloved Christian romance novels of all time.
The Stolen Years
Jean Wight
While piloting a light aircraft from South Africa, John Wight and two passengers were arrested after making an emergency landing in Madagascar. Suspected of being South African mercenaries with an agenda to overthrow the government, they were treated with hostility and brutality. Incarcerated under terrifying conditions, they endured beatings, starvation, and solitary confinement.
"The Stolen Years" is the true story of John's struggle for freedom and the survival of a new marriage in the face of seven years' separation. Through a desperate escape plan, negotiations to exchange Nelson Mandela for the South African prisoners, years without communications with the outside world, and the penury of prison life they were tested to the extreme. It is a harrowing narrative of injustice, isolation, endurance, and courage where hours is countered by faith, and hope makes survival possible. In 1996 the Wight family emigrated from South Africa to Anchorage, Alaska where they have made their home.
Young, Brave and Beautiful
Tania Szabó
SOE agent Violette Szabó was one of the most incredible women who operated behind enemy lines during the Second World War. The daughter of an English father and French mother, and widow of a French army officer, she was daring and courageous, conducting sabotage missions, being embroiled in gun battles and battling betrayal. On her second mission she was captured by the Nazis, interrogated and tortured, then deported to Germany where she was eventually executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp. Violette was one of the first women ever to be awarded the George Cross, and her fascinating life has been immortalised in film and on the page. Written by her daughter, Young, Brave and Beautiful reveals the woman and mother behind this extraordinary hero.
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
This timeless short story tells of Jim and Della, a young and impoverished married couple. Unbeknownst to each other, they have been saving what little money they have in order to purchase the most perfect Christmas gift for each other.
The Gift of the Magi is a poignant vignette about the holiday season, and a gentle reminder that the best gift one can give is their own love.
The Dream
H. G. Wells
From Wikipedia:
The Dream is a 1924 novel by H. G. Wells about a man from a Utopian future who dreams the entire life of an Englishman from the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Harry Mortimer Smith. As in other novels of this period, in The Dream Wells represents the present as an "Age of Confusion" from which humanity will be able to emerge with the help of science and common sense.
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
G. K. Chesterton
From Wikipedia:
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a 1908 novel by G. K. Chesterton. The book has been described as a metaphysical thriller.
The Problems of Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
From Wikipedia:
The Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 book by the philosopher Bertrand Russell, in which the author attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. He introduces philosophy as a repeating series of (failed) attempts to answer the same questions: Can we prove that there is an external world? Can we prove cause and effect? Can we validate any of our generalizations? Can we objectively justify morality? He asserts that philosophy cannot answer any of these questions and that any value of philosophy must lie elsewhere than in offering proofs to these questions.
Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics: If it is uncertain that external objects exist, how can we then have knowledge of them but by probability. There is no reason to doubt the existence of external objects simply because of sense data.
Russell guides the reader through his famous 1910 distinction between knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description and introduces important theories of Plato, Aristotle, René Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and others to lay the foundation for philosophical inquiry by general readers and scholars alike.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Ambrose Bierce
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce, described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature". It was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). The story is set during the American Civil War and is known for its irregular time sequence and twist ending. Bierce's abandonment of strict linear narration in favor of the internal mind of the protagonist is an early example of the stream of consciousness narrative mode.