the library

 

our library of books and literature…
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass: And What Alice Found There
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll - Fiction - 1998 - 278 pages
Alice’s WONDERLAND.
APOLOGETICS STUDY BIBLE

The Apologetics Study Bible will help today’s Christians better understand, defend, and proclaim their beliefs in this age of increasing moral and spiritual issues. Real Questions. Straight Answers. Stronger Faith. The Apologetics Study Bible will help today’s Christians better understand, defend, and proclaim their beliefs in this age of increasing moral and spiritual relativism. More than one-hundred key questions and articles placed throughout the volume about faith and science prompt a rewarding study experience at every reading.

Becoming Madame Mao
Becoming Madame Mao
by Anchee Min - Fiction - 2001
Madame Mao hang Ching is seventy-seven years old. She is on the death seat.
The only reason the authorities keep postponing the execution is their hope of
Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship
Boy Meets Girl
by Joshua Harris - Family & Relationships - 2005 - 247 pages
Say hello to courtship. Story Behind the Book ” I wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye to challenge singles to drop the worldly approach to serial dating and reconsider the way they
The Bridesmaid Guide: Etiquette, Parties, and Being Fabulous
The Bridesmaid Guide
by Kate Chynoweth - Reference - 2002 - 144 pages
Etiquette, parties, and being fabulous. Becoming a fabulous bridesmaid takes more than the simple commitment that friendship requires-it takes skills and savoir faire, and that’s where this book
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
by Jerome David Salinger - 1976
Catcher Rye
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia
by Clive Staples Lewis - Fiction - 2004 - 784 pages
It is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings
between our own world and the land of Narnia first began.
Cries of the Heart: Bringing God Near When He Feels So Far
Cries of the Heart
by Ravi K. Zacharias - Religion - 1998 - 224 pages
Bringing God near when he feels so far. “Cries of the Heart” is a book that both inspires and reassures?a search that uncovers our hidden sentiments and reveals God’s continual

The Divine Romance

The Divine Romance
by Gene Edwards- Tyndale House- Fiction - 1993 -
A book of power, beauty, and grandeur. Rarely has a piece of Christian literature combined the simplicity of the storytelling art with the profound depths of the Christian faith. In this sweeping saga, spanning from eternity to eternity, you will discover some of the deepest riches afforded the believer. Like some mighty symphony, here is a majestic rendition of the love of God.
Dune
Dune (books 1- … )
by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson - Fiction - 2003 - 704 pages
We will delve into the most ancient records, into the very myths of Dune, into the time of the Great Revolt, more commonly known as the Butlerian Jihad.
Extreme God Chasers
Extreme God Chasers
by Tommy Tenney - Religion - 200
Follow Tommy Tenney as he ignores the maze of religious tradition and finds himself,
not chasing God, but to his utter amazement, caught by the One he had
Finding God in the Lord of the Rings
Finding God in the Lord of the Rings
by Jim Ware, Kurt D. Bruner - Religion - 2006 - 120 pages
Considered the most popular books of the 20th century, The Lord of the Rings trilogy is more than a great story. It’s a much-needed reminder that Christians are all on an epic quest. In examining the Christian themes in the trilogy, authors Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware find that truth and fiction are not as far apart as they seem.
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
The Five Love Languages
by Gary D. Chapman - Family & Relationships - 1996 - 192 pages
How to express heartfelt commitment to your mate. Skillful communication is within your grasp!
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes - Fiction - 1988 - 128 pages
the daring novel of a starling human experiment!
God's Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards (with the Complete Text of ...
God’s Passion for His Glory
by John Piper - Religion - 2006 - 266 pages
1983) The Supremacy of God in Preaching (Baker Book House, 1990) The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God’s Delight in Being God

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the grand weaver
by Ravi Zacharias - 2007 - 208 pages
With inspiring stories and thought-provoking questions, Ravi Zacharias traces the multiple threads of our lives, describing how the unseen hand of God guides our joys, our tragedies, our daily humdrum to weave a pattern of divine providence and meaning.
Great Expectations: Your All-in-One Resource for Pregnancy and Childbirth
Great Expectations
by Sandy Jones, Marcie Jones - Health & Fitness - 2004 - 682 pages
All in one resource for pregnancy and childbirth. Be sure to read your car owner’s manual and the car seat directions. Also consider taking your car and seat to your local fire or police station to have
A Guide for Grown-Ups: Essential Wisdom from the Collected Works of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A Guide for Grown-Ups
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Reference - 2002 - 96 pages
Essential wisdom from the colected works of antoine de saint-exupery. Now, for the first time, quotations from the collected works and letters of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry are presented in a charming gift edition.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling - Juvenile Fiction - 2000 - 866 pages
The fourth book in this wildly popular series finds Harry Potter back with his muggle relatives, the Dursleys, where he has just had a very disturbing
I Am Not But I Know I Am
I Am Not But I Know I Am
by Louie Giglio - Religion - 2005 - 172 pages
This book will teach you the rich, meaningful lifestyle of being small
I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah: Moving from Romance to Lasting Love
I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah
by Ravi K. Zacharias - Religion - 2004 - 176 pages
Moving from romance to lasting love. Bible scholar and renowned speaker Ravi Zacharias draws five points critical to the long-lasting success of every marriage from the biblical story of the
I Kissed Dating Goodbye
I Kissed Dating Goodbye
by Joshua Harris - Family & Relationships - 2003 - 80 pages
Honest and practical, this powerful study guide helps teens and young adults remap
their romantic lives in the light of God’s Word.
The Journey of Desire: Searching for the Life We'Ve Only Dreamed of
The Journey of Desire
by John Eldredge - Religion - 2000 - 213 pages
Searching for the life we’ve only dreamed of…In “The Journey of Desire,” Eldredge invites readers to rediscover God-given desire and to search again for the life they once dreamed of.
The Kingdom of the Cults
The Kingdom of the Cults
by Walter Ralston Martin - Religion - 2003 - 704 pages
This book will continue as a crucial tool in countercult ministry and in evangelism for years to come.
The Lamb And the Fuhrer: Jesus Talks With Hitler
The Lamb And the Fuhrer
by Ravi K. Zacharias - Fiction - 2005 - 90 pages
Jesus talks with Hitler. You won’ t want to miss this imaginative discourse that will take you inside the mind of one of the most brutal tyrants of all time… and the very God who
Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life
Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life
by Clay Aiken, Allison Glock - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 242 pages
In Learning to Sing, Clay Aiken tells the story of how his faith was integral to him learning valuable life lessons during his meteoric rise from life as an american idol finalist
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Boxed Set
the Lord of the Rings Boxed Set
by J. R. R. Tolkien - Fiction - 1986
This four volume, deluxe paperback boxed set contains J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic masterworks The Hobbit and the three volumes of The Lord Of The Rings.
The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha
The Lotus and the Cross
by Ravi K Zacharias - Religion - 2002
Jesus Talks with Buddha. Popular scholar Ravi Zacharias sets a captivating scene in this first in the intriguing Conversations with Jesus books.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden - Fiction - 1997 - 448 pages
And though the story is rich with detail and a vast knowledge of history, it is the transparent, seductive voice of Sayuri that the reader remembers.
Mere Christianity: Comprising the Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality
Mere Christianity
by Clive Staples Lewis - Religion - 1996 - 191 pages
Comprising the case for christianity, Christian behaviour, and beyond personality. “Mere Christianity” is C.S. Lewis’s forceful and accesible doctrine of Christian belief.
My Utmost for His Highest: Updated Grad Edition
My Utmost for His Highest
by Oswald Chambers - Religion - 2003 - 416 pages
Updated grad edition. Standing for decades as the top-selling devotional in America, My Utmost for His Highest continues to be thought-provoking and inspiring and will be cherished for years to come. These editions include the complete text of the classic devotional and an indispensable subject index.
Nectar in a Sieve
Nectar in a Sieve
by Kamala Markandaya - Fiction - 2002 - 208 pages
Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association, this is the very moving story of a peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved.
The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict
The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict
by Josh McDowell - Religion - 1999 - 800 pages
“Evidence I & II”-The classic defense of the faith: Now fully updated to answer the questions challenging evangelical faith today.
The Passion of Jesus Christ: Fifty Reasons Why He Came to Die
The Passion of Jesus Christ
by John Piper - Religion - 2004
… Jesus Christ … Passion … Fifty Reasons why He came to die.
The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide
The Passionate Teacher
by Robert L. Fried - Education - 2001 - 318 pages
A passionate teacher is a teacher who breaks out of the isolation of a classroom, who refuses to submit to apathy or cynicism. I argue in these pages that
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky - Juvenile Fiction - 1999
an epistolary novel written in the 1990s by American novelist Stephen Chbosky. The story takes the form of a series of letters to an anonymous friend written by the narrator, a teenager who calls himself Charlie (his real name is ALEX COLE). The story explores topics such as introversion, teenage sexuality, drug use, and the awkward times of adolescence. As the story progresses, various works of literature and film are referenced and their meanings discussed. The story takes place during the 1991-1992 school year, when Charlie is a high school freshman. Charlie is the wallflower of the novel. He is an unconventional thinker, and as the story begins he is shy and unpopular.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar ( Wilde - Fiction - 2003 - 288 pages
Oscar Wilde brings his enormous gifts for astute social observation and sparkling prose to “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” his dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty.
The Portable Seminary
The Portable Seminary
by David E. Horton - Religion - 2006 - 784 pages
In The Portable Seminary you???ll study * surveys of the Old and New Testaments *
systematic theology * biblical languages * church history * missions * ethics
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
The Purpose Driven Life
by Sr Rick Warren - Religion - 2003 - 252 pages
This is more than a book; it is a guide to a 40-day spiritual journey that will enable you to discover the answer to life’s most important question: What on earth am i here for?
Ragamuffin Gospel
Ragamuffin Gospel
by Brennan Manning - Religion - 2005 - 267 pages
Brennan Manning does a masterful job of blowing the dust off ofshop-worn theology and allowing
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 347 pages
This is the story of Azar Nafisi’s dream and of the nightmare that made it come
true.
Red Azalea
Red Azalea
by Anchee Min - Fiction - 1999 - 320 pages
Hailed by People Magazine as “achingly beautiful”, this New York Times Notable
Book tells the extraordinary story of China under Mao, revealing both
Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God
Ruthless Trust
by Brennan Manning - Religion - 2000 - 208 pages
The Ragamuffin’s Path to God. The most urgent need in your life is to trust what you have received. That sounded simple enough. But his remark sparked a searing reexamination of my life
The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God
The Sacred Romance
by Brent Curtis, John Eldredge - Religion - 2001
Eldredge and Curtis identify the lies offered by “false loves” and instruct
us on the journey back to the Lover of our souls.In carefully crafted
Sense And Sensuality: Jesus Talks to Oscar Wilde on the Pursuit of Pleasure
Sense And Sensuality
by Ravi K. Zacharias - Philosophy - 2006 - 94 pages
Jesus talks to Oscar Wilde on the pursuit of pleasure… Why would God create us with such strong appetites for pleasure if He didn’t intend for us to indulge them? Oscar Wilde gets to ask Jesus Christ this question in Ravi Zacharias’s fictional dialogue — the second book in the dramatic Great Conversations series. Wilde, a witty author and conversationalist who committed his life to the pursuit of pleasure, is the ideal person to argue with Jesus about this perplexing issue.
A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness
A Tale of Three Kings
by Gene Edwards - Religion - 1992
A Study of Brokenness…And so it was three thousand years ago in a village called Bethlehem, in a family of eight boys. The first seven sons of Jesse worked near their father’s
Then Sings My Soul
Then Sings My Soul
by Robert J. Morgan - Music - 2006 - 617 pages
This unique volume features three hundred of the world’s favorite hymns- the music and the background stories - all brought together in one deluxe, hidden
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen MacCullough - Fiction - 1978 - 704 pages
“The Thorn Birds” is the towering saga of three generations of a remarkable family in the rugged Australian Outback. The triumphs and tragedies, the dramas and disappointments, the passions and the pain of the Cleary family…
Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel
Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel
by Guanzhong Luo, Moss Roberts - Fiction - 1999 - 504 pages
In China Three Kingdoms has given mythic status to the century it chronicles (AD
168-280). In a somewhat similar way, Shakespeare’s historical plays
Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows
by Ravi K. Zacharias - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 240 pages
One of the greatest defenders of faith answers penetrating questions about the meaning of life and the existence of a God who is there for his children, inviting readers on a journey through his life–from East to West and then back again.
Weight of Glory
Weight of Glory
by Clive Staples Lewis - Religion - 2001 - 208 pages
INTRODUCTION In his beautiful peroration at the end of his sermon “The Weight of
Glory,” CS Lewis, after commenting on the immortality of the human soul,
What's So Amazing about Grace? - International Edition
What’s So Amazing about Grace?
by Philip Yancey - 2003
Philip Yancey explores the meaning of the word “grace” with personal examples, historical and literary stories, poignant anecdotes, and in-depth biblical insight. He talks about what grace is — and isn’t.
When the Elephants Dance: A Novel
When the Elephants Dance: A Novel
by Tess Uriza Holthe - Fiction - 2002 - 368 pages
Inspired, in part, by the experiences of her father, who was a boy in the Philippines
during World War II, this novel begins during the final week of the
The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions
The World’s Religions
by Huston Smith - Religion - 1991 - 399 pages
Religions World’s