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The second in Con Lehane's 42nd Street Library Mystery, Murder in the Manuscript Room is a smart, compelling mystery in which the characters themselves are at least as interesting as the striking sleuthing. When a murder desecrates the somber, book-lined halls of New York City's iconic 42nd Street Library, Raymond Ambler, the library's curator of crime fiction, has a personal interest in solving the crime. His quest to solve the murder is complicated...
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"Murder at the 42nd Street Library opens with a murder in a second floor office of the iconic, beaux-arts flagship of the New York Public Library. Ray Ambler, the curator of the library's crime fiction collection, joins forces with NYPD homicide detective Mike Cosgrove in hopes of bringing a murderer to justice. In his search for the reasons behind the murder, Ambler uncovers hidden--and profoundly disturbing--relationships between visitors to the...
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Loving a prodigal is a long and desperate journey, filled with fear, worry, anger, self-recrimination. You wait for the phone call--will it be from jail or the hospital? You plead with your loved one. You search for help. You feel the shame. You cry out to God, "How long, Lord?"
Author Judy Douglass knows these lovers of prodigals well. She is one herself and has created a large and growing community with others. When You Love a Prodigal is a collection...
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Many Americans still think of Joe Biden as an average guy who supports the working class. But in reality, he has carried out a destructive agenda against our entire system of freedom. He has fully embraced the Green New Deal agenda, along with woke sexual and racial politics, leading to a more divided and poorer country. His weakness on the international stage has created a perilous world. But the danger of Biden goes much deeper than these issues...
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If you think atheists have reason, evidence, and science on their side, think again! Award-winning author Dr. Frank Turek (I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist) will show you how atheists steal reason, evidence, science, and other arguments from God in trying to make their case for atheism. If that sounds contradictory, it's because it is! Atheists can't make their case without appealing to realities only theism can explain. In an engaging and...
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For those who loved Stephen E. Ambrose's Band of Brothers and E.B. Sledge's with the Old Breed. Drawing on toughness and skills forged in hardscrabble Depression-era North Carolina, Bronze Star recipient and expert B.A.R. rifleman Harold Frank invades Normandy, fights Germans, and endures a grueling stint in a German POW camp where he witnesses the fire-bombing of Dresden.
From D-Day to Dresden with a Crack Shot B.A.R. Rifleman
D-Day 1944: twenty-year-old...
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Baseball star Cory Brand knows how to win. But off the field, he's spiraling out of control. Haunted by old wounds and regrets, his future seems as hopeless as his past. Until one moment-one mistake-changes everything. To save his career, Cory must go back to the town where it all began. His plan is simple: coach the local baseball team, complete a recovery program, and get out as fast as possible. Instead, he runs headfirst into memories he can't...
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From the famed author of international bestseller Drinking with the Saints, every Christmas tradition explained and celebrated, as well as a glimpse into all the sometimes macabre and always fascinating nooks and crannies of the holiday. Deepen your knowledge of and love for Christmas!
The definitive guide to every question you've had about the Christmas holiday-and many more you've never thought to ask!
In Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe, bestselling...
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Are you making the most of your opportunities to build others up?
People are changed and inspired through everyday interactions, so you don't need to be big or bold to impact those around you. By recognizing your ability to be a positive influence, you unlock your power to change lives for the better.
With over 3 million copies of his books in print, bestselling author Stan Toler is a trusted voice on leadership and making a difference. In The Power...
10) Killing Jesus
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TORTURE -- INFANTICIDE -- BRUTALITY -- MURDER: The World Would Never Be the Same. The execution of Jesus was a crime born of the streets, the barracks, the enclaves of the privileged, and the smoke-filled back rooms of religious and political power brokers. Its meaning lives in these places still. It is the most fiercely debated murder of all time. Its symbol is worn by billions of people worldwide. Its spiritual meaning is invoked daily in time-honored...
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Author Hugh Hewitt has the answer to the age-old question: What's the secret to a life of happiness? To begin, be generous. Give the gifts that improve the lives of the giver and receiver: energy, enthusiasm, good humor, encouragement, gratitude, patience, and graciousness. Hewitt tells stories about the gifts and the givers that are both inspiring and motivating, and will help listeners to be generous in the most important ways.
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The reincarnated Julian 7th teams up with John Carter of Mars himself in thrilling novel in the Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs series!
In 2076 AD, Earth has been conquered and humanity brutally enslaved under the cruel tyranny of the Kalkar invaders whose evil was spawned from Va-nah, the Moon's hollow interior. But when a desperate plea comes from the planet Barsoom, Julian 7th-descendant of the great hero who nearly defeated the Kalkars-is...
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In Believers, Thinkers and Founders: How We Came to be One Nation Under God, Kevin Seamus Hasson-founder and president emeritus of the Becket Fund for Religious liberty-offers a refreshing resolution to the age-old dispute surrounding the relationship of religion and state: a return to first principles. "The traditional position," writes Hasson, "is that our fundamental human rights-including those secured by the First Amendment-are endowed to us...
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The Prince of Peril — Using his secret method Dr. Morgan projects a young Martian's astral body into a certain Harry Thorne on Earth, who then gets transported to an ancient Venus. He arrives there in the body of Prince Zinlo of Olba, and he is soon forced to escape assassination, since an ambitious noble is killing off the Royals in a bid to seize the throne. With the help of the fellow interplanetary traveler Vorn Vangal he gets to know the planet...
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Captain John Carter returns to Mars to find himself embattled with the real live manifestations of Barsoomian mythology. He must win his way to freedom, then fight them to save his beloved Dejah Thoris. Captain John Carter returns to Mars to find himself embattled with the real live manifestations of Barsoomian mythology. He must win his way to freedom, then fight them to save his beloved Dejah Thoris. Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American fiction...
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The greatest threat facing the United States today doesn't come from China, Iran, or even Russia; it's the growing number of Americans who believe Karl Marx's socialism provides the best strategy for making our communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous. But the most significant danger posed by socialism isn't that its implementation would lead to greater poverty and fewer property rights, it's that socialism would create numerous moral problems,...
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Having renounced his noble heritage for the benefit of his beloved Jane Porter, Tarzan disappears into the vastness of the Canadian North Woods, seeking solace in escape and new experiences. In this previously untold episode recounting the tragic aftermath of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic novel Tarzan of the Apes, John Clayton finds more than he ever imagined. Captured by kidnappers, Tarzan breaks free. But ahead lies indescribable dangers in the...
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When Vernia, empress of Reabon, mightiest land of all Venus, was kidnapped by the strange marauders of the sea, it presented the Earthman, Robert Grandon, with his greatest challenge. On a world replete with terrifying beasts and unearthly antagonists, Grandon had already achieved fame for his swordplay and courage - but the search for Vernia would take him against foes beyond all he had previously encountered.
THE PORT OF PERIL, Otis Adelbert Kline's...
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How individuals, church, businesses, and our country can heal the selfish divisions tearing us apart.
Our nation's greatest challenge is division.
A congressman and former army flight surgeon examines our divisions and shows how social media have amplified them. Will we rise to the challenge and heal the rifts?
The solution is for Americans is a "we before me" life. Sharing the lessons learned from his father, who struggled to provide...