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This is the first major study to focus solely on the victor sayings and should prove invaluable to scholars and students of Revelation and apocalyptic literature. It demonstrates that the motif of victory is Revelation's macrodynamic theme. Chiasmus is proposed as the book's macrostructure, based in part on the chiastic nature of the promises to the victors, with the later fulfillment of these promises in the book. The proposed forms for the seven...
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From Hedwig, the Snowy Owl of Harry Potter fame, to Winnie-the-Pooh's beloved friend Owl, this wide-eyed bird of the night has found its way into young hearts and imaginations everywhere. Owling invites young readers into the world of real-life owls, to learn about their fascinating behaviors and abilities.
Wildlife photojournalist and nature educator Mark Wilson presents a one-of-a-kind look into the mysterious lives of these distinctive...
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"God's got a plan for your life" is an aphorism frequently heard by Christians. But how do you discover that plan? The Spirit Said Go is designed to help believers find God's will. Using Paul's journeys in Acts as examples, Wilson discusses twenty lessons on guidance drawn from these journeys. Using his firsthand experience traveling along these routes in the Eastern Mediterranean, he reads between the lines offering additional insights into Luke's...
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Everybody knows the story of Santa Claus, but who was the real Santa? To answer that question, Mark Wilson travels not to the North Pole but to Turkey and Italy to uncover the truth behind the legend. Using expert testimonies and new historical and scientific data, historians and archeologists have been able to piece together a portrait of the man who inspired the jolly image. Nicholas, a third-century Christian bishop, stood for truth at a critical...
5) Revelation
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Brimming with lavish, full-color photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the books of the New Testament. It's like slipping on a set of glasses that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying, puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous...
6) Time Bomb
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In a misguided attempt, a man tries to protect his girlfriend, fellow employees and himself from a homicidal coworker by smuggling a stolen gun into work. Without his knowledge, his girlfriend thinks she's helping him by stealing it from his office which leads to unintended consequences...Denial can be Deadly.
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GEORGE MANLEY political novice and computer hacking entrepreneur, runs for US President and wins-The public, and his family don't know he's a cross-dresser appearing as his twin sister "Georgia." Using his hacking skills SHE saves the US from a Russian plot, risking his being "outed" and losing his family and the Presidency. This fast paced, farcical, quirky comedy takes you to the heart of the presidency and one man's struggle for the White House,...
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We never know when change is coming, but it is coming... Are you ready?
Octavian had no idea that being summoned to a garden outside of Jerusalem would be the difference-maker in his life. What he was about to witness would change him forever. Every one of us has had moments, hours, even days that have changed us forever, but nothing like what Octavian saw and heard, for these were the hours that changed the world. Journey with Octavian and experience...
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87 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
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"It's July on Alaska's North Slope, and scientist Denver Holt is in Utqiagvik surveying nests. Denver has been coming here since 1992, and the snowy owls he studies have been coming here much longer: thousands of years. With its mix of coastal, low-elevation tundra and a rich presence of lemmings, the North Slope is the only area in Alaska where snowy owls regularly nest. How do snowy owls decide where they will nest? How do they manage to arrive...
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At Auburn University, in Alabama, students may take part in a summer-long embedded community experience called "Living Democracy." This project has its roots in higher education's long history of civic engagement, but it takes a different perspective than traditional service learning programs. Rather than pose the question, "What does your community need?" the project organizers asked, "What could a student learn about democratic civic engagement...
13) Rodeo Darcy
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This is the story of Darcy, a twelve-year-old Kimberley boy, who likes nothing more than his family, his friends and the Fitzroy Crossing Rodeo. Darcy loves the life of the old stockmen and with his best friend, Jim Bulla, they do, the circuit. When Jim suddenly, dies Darcy's life changes forever.
Yet, a surprising gift can lead to many things, and for Darcy this means pursuing his dreams.
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The First Fairy Tale: Book IV: Welcome to the Light
This is the fourth fairy tale in the series of stories designed to be read to babies while in mothers' wombs. Each of these tales is a metaphor for a part of the journey a new baby is undertaking to come into mother's arms. Reading these stories enhances the bond, the tie between mommy and baby, between parent and child. This is falling in love with your baby.
What greater gift can you give...
15) Cockatoo Man
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The best thing about living in the Kimberley is fossicking around in the bush. Twelve-year-old Binnu sees himself as one of the community's most 'deadly' hunters, and with his 'ging' in his pocket, he's prepared for anything. When, unthinkingly, he kills a black cockatoo he brings all kinds of trouble down on himself. Grandfather, as ancient as the land itself, is the only person who can help him, so the two of them begin their trek up into the gorges...
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The First Fairy Tale: Book II is the second book in a trilogy that creatively tells the story of our beginnings in a way that delights children and parents alike. Everyone has been born, so we have each taken this journey described in classic fairy tales, fables, allegories, legends, and myths across cultures and generations. Now you can share this magnificent journey with those who are actually taking it, those, who enjoy hearing it the most and...
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The First Fairy Tale: Book III Making Sense
Parents have always recognized that reading to their children is a good idea. In fact, even respected authorities like Albert Einstein have recommended reading fairy tales to children. Ancient cultures have told stories and sung songs to children-even, while the children were being, carried in the wombs of their mothers. Current research is now proving that babies hear while in-utero, and they remember the...
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"The First Fairy Tale Book I: The Adventure Begins by Susan Highsmith combines elegant beauty with magical words that inspire and inform us of the mystery and reality of conception. The beautiful artwork of Mark Sean Wilson adds a transcendent aura to every page. The shapes and colors of his illustrations combined with Susan's enlightening text bring us the wonder of the natural, yet miraculous, ancient journey taken by each of us."
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Once upon a time, there was a dragon…
Take one newly trained Fire Mage. Make him the first (sane) Fire Mage that's been born in the past two hundred years. Have him leave home and venture into the Empire of Sol.
Add one powerful, curious, fire-eating dragon.
Fire Mage Haikrysen never imagined that he would be adopted out of the blue by a dragon. But then, he never thought he'd find a permanent home in the northern section of Sol, working as a firefighter...
20) Kingslayer
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He had known this day would come. No man could escape the entire might of the Sovran forever. He just found it humorous that it was an enemy of the Sovran that had caught him instead.
Bound, kneeling before a queen whom he had hounded for a straight year, he should have been anxious. Or at least a little worried. Instead, a strange sense of relief filled him. It was over. His mad escape from Brindisi's justice was over.
"That is a very calm expression...
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