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In this powerful picture book about a girl experiencing loss, The Good for Nothing Puddle helps children explore the nature of grief and loss and leads them to find hope and redemption from pain.When a girl loses the thing she loves the most, her tears gather into a puddle around her feet that follows her everywhere she goes. At first, she tries her best to make it go away, but it is inescapable. She even cries out to God to take it away. Eventually, a puppy, a farmer, and an artist stumble upon the girl and her puddle. Each one finds the puddle extremely useful in their own way and slowly the girl begins to understand that her “good for nothing” puddle might just be good for something after all! As she learns to accept her grief, she begins to find happiness again. Filled with moments of sorrow and joy, The Good for Nothing Puddle is a powerful metaphor for dealing with difficult emotions and navigating grief while holding onto faith.The Good for Nothing Puddle:Is for children who have experienced loss of any kind, big or smallWas reviewed and endorsed by a Christian counselor specializing in child therapyTeaches children as well as adults how to find hope in darknessIs filled with lively and dramatic illustrationsIs great for families as well as Sunday school classes and church libraries, and anyone struggling to find God amid sadness

From award-winning author Chad Lucas comes an enthralling new story about a strange island where boys go missing—and the two boys intent on uncovering the truth about it On Rhodenroode Island, a remote colony of the Homeland, there sits a Mission on the Hill, where boys are taken in and taught the ways of the faith. Darian is the only trainee of his race there, and he doesn't remember how he came to the Mission. All he remembers are brown hands and the belly of a ship. Life among the other boys and the cantankerous Brothers is not always easy, but Darian is determined to live up to the lofty calling the leaders of the Mission have laid out for him: that one day he will carry the Sacred Word to places it has yet to reach. But when another trainee at the Mission disappears—the latest in a string of vanishings—Darian is determined to solve the mystery that begins to shake his faith in what he's always been taught. When he and his friend Micah sneak away from the Mission and head east to see what they can learn about the rebel sect supposedly responsible for the vanishings, they discover that the island holds far more secrets than they ever could have imagined—and somehow, they must save the other boys at the Mission from a danger that's even greater than they realized.

Grappling with innate desires and LGBTQ identity, a family struggles under the oppressive expectations foisted on them by fundamentalist Christianity. Told through alternating perspectives, God of River Mud chronicles the lives of Berna Minor, her husband, their four children, and Berna's secret lover. To escape a life of poverty and abuse, Berna Cannaday marries Zechariah Minor, a fundamentalist Baptist preacher, and commits herself to his faith, trying to make it her own. After Zechariah takes a church beside the Elk River in rural Clay, West Virginia, Berna falls in love with someone from their congregation—Jordan, a woman who has known since childhood that he was meant to be a man. Berna keeps her secret hidden as she struggles to be the wife and mother she believes God wants her to be. Berna and Zechariah's children struggle as well, trying to reconcile the theology they are taught at home with the fast-changing world around them. And Jordan struggles to find a community and a life that allow him both to be safely and fully himself, as Jay, and to be loved for who he is. As the decades and stories unfold, traditional evangelical Bible culture and the values of rural Appalachia clash against innate desires, LGBTQ identity, and gender orientation. Sympathies develop—sometimes unexpectedly—as the characters begin to reconcile their faith and their love. God of River Mud delves into the quandary of those marginalized and dehumanized within a religious patriarchy and grapples with the universal issues of identity, faith, love, and belonging.

'Poetry in prose. Astutely observed'Fiona ErskineRachel, a trainee vicar struggling to bond with her flock in the coastal town of Holthorpe, learns the terrifying power of the North Sea when her six-year-old daughter goes missing on the beach.Meanwhile Mary, a defiant and distrustful loner, is fighting her own battle against nature as the crumbling Norfolk shoreline brings her clifftop home ever closer to destruction.Both scarred by life, the two women are drawn into an unlikely friendship, but Mary's misfit son Adam is nursing a secret. For Rachel, it will subject her battered faith to its greatest test: will she be strong enough to forgive?In her taut, lyrical debut novel, Hilary Taylor weaves the bleak power of the East Anglian winter into a searingly honest psychological drama, as gripping as any thriller. The formatting of the reviews is also incorrect too. Please format as below:'Poetry in prose. Written with warmth and wit, this astutely observed study in grief is balanced by an exploration of faith, friendship and love'- Fiona Erskine'A heartbreaking exploration of grief and faith, with undercurrents of unease and intrigue, this is a tender, poignant and compassionate literary thriller'Philippa East'A stunning debut: evocative descriptions, strong characterisation and a simmering tension which builds to a thrilling finale. Fans of Broadchurch, in particular, will love it.'Sarah Linley'Utterly engrossing and atmospheric, Sea Defences is an extraordinarily accomplished debut novel with its bare but beguiling prose and poignant exploration of loss. I loved it!'Jane Jesmond

When Justin escapes the comfortable medieval estate where his overbearing father has kept him sheltered his whole life, hot in pursuit of the servant girl he has fallen in love with, he finds himself caught up in a social order torn between extremes of wealth and poverty, feudal hierarchy and peasant revolts, ecclesiastical corruption and monastic piety, gross injustices and boundless mercy. The mid-fourteenth century was a time not only of burgeoning towns, majestic cathedrals, and nascent universities, but also of debauchery and violence, the Black Death and Inquisition, torture and ordeals. In his encounters with noblemen and peasants, alchemists and hermits, monks and heretics, knights and revolutionaries, prostitutes and miscreants from the medieval underworld, Justin comes to realize that he is entirely on his own as he confronts his personal moral failings and struggles to find faith in a world where God no longer seems to exist.

Marie de France est la première femme de lettres à écrire en français. Pourtant, sa vie reste un mystère. Matrix lève le voile sur ce destin hors du commun, et sur une figure moderne et frondeuse qui incarne la pureté et l'émancipation. Expulsée de la cour par Aliénor d'Aquitaine, la «bâtarde au sang royal » est contrainte à l'exil dans une abbaye d'Angleterre frappée par la famine et la maladie, et peuplée de religieuses singulières. Loin de la détruire, cette mise à l'écart suscite chez Marie une révélation : dans un monde abîmé par la violence, cette femme issue d'une longue lignée de guerrières se vouera dès lors à son amour des mots, ainsi qu'à la protection de sa nouvelle communauté. Sensible à la fois au sacré et au profane, Lauren Groff conjugue violence, sensualité et extase religieuse pour brosser le portrait d'une passion dévorante, d'une foi stupéfiante et d'une femme que l'histoire traverse et enveloppe. Une exploration ardente et actuelle du pouvoir brut de la sororité et de la créativité féminine.

From poet George Looney comes a new short story collection that explores the essential nature of faith while plumbing the gritty secrets of the human heart. With swamps, alligators, revival tents, faith healers, sex, death, guilt, sin and snakes, Looney leads us through a dark landscape brimming with the miraculous and the peculiar alike. A man from a fire shows up on someone's doorstep, covered in ash and barely alive. One man's actions make an entire town question its own violence. A healer is bitten in half by an alligator as a crowd looks on. Dripping with Southern gothic, The Visibility of Things Long Submerged gazes at the obscure and obscene. Densely populated with characters that know intimately the trials of life and the restorative powers of love, these stories are filled with a deep longing for something beyond the restless disquiet.

Maria de França, indomable i rebel, és expulsada de la cort d'Elionor d'Aquitània amb tot just disset anys i enviada a Anglaterra per fer-se càrrec d'una abadia empobrida, devastada per la gana i assetjada per les malalties. Les condicions de vida hi són duríssimes i la Maria s'enyora terriblement de casa. Però, a poc a poc, la vida col·lectiva i compartida amb les monges, l'efervescència de la natura i un seguit de visions místiques l'ajudaran a trobar l'equilibri i la força per encarar-se a un món hostil, governat per homes que condemnen l'ambició, el poder i la llibertat femenines. Sensual i salvatge, vital i poderosíssima, tan èpica com íntima, i profundament original, Matrix és una novel·la corprenedora i lluminosa, captivadora, que tracta qüestions com la sexualitat i la passió amorosa, l'amistat indestructible entre dones i el poder de la força col·lectiva.

Manny's body feels like it has a mind of its own, and it hurts everywhere whenever he trains hard. But when the goalie passes out during a game, he finds out that his mistake was not his. After a medical exam, he discovers that he has lupus and his own body has been attacking itself. He's been working hard all season to stand in goal at the state finals, but now that seems impossible. Will he be able to get the treatment he needs to continue to play or will he support his team from the sidelines? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Claw is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Set in modern-day America and France, Renaissance Italy and Boxer Rebellion China, these stories embrace whole lifetimes, much in the manner of Alice Munro and William Trevor. Joan Silber skilfully and subtly ties one story to the next, as a minor element in one becomes a major element in the next, until the last is tied convincingly to the first. Intense in subject yet restrained in tone, they are about longings - often held for years - and the ways in which sex and religion can become parallel forms of dedication and comfort. From a wannabe dancer in contemporary New York City to missionaries in China, Ideas of Heaven showcases Joan Silber's extraordinary deftness as she illuminates love, faith and sex with great originality and profundity.

A mysterious leader returned from the dead.A planet filled with fallen angels.An execution order against millions.Yet amidst these evils, God's hope prevails. After his apparent resurrection, beloved leader Victor Quade is hailed internationally as God. Yet when Victor mandates that everything from purchasing groceries to seeing a doctor will require a mark of allegiance to him, Emma Grady and her friends in New York know they must flee. Meanwhile, in Israel, the Jewish people worship Victor as a messiah, not realizing he intends to seal their doom. As Jews and Jesus-followers around the globe lose their lives, Zerah Adler strives to protect as many as possible in this violent, volatile time. In this spellbinding conclusion to the end-times trilogy that began with The Time of Jacob's Trouble, bestselling author Donna VanLiere brings the stories of Emma and Zerah to a riveting close. In the final chapters, you'll discover what God's Word reveals about the glorious future that awaits you and see that things aren't spiraling downward but are actually looking up!

Fleeing a neighborhood bully, a brother and sister stumble into an ancient quest and now they must escape far more powerful enemies. This exciting story engages young readers as they follow Nomi and Emmet as they go adventuring through the Bible—unlocking secret riddles and following the path of the Serpent Slayer. As readers journey through time and place with Nomi and Emmet, they'll see how God conquers evil, slays the Serpent, and rescues his people. The Serpent Slayer and the Scroll of Riddles will engage young readers while the Bible comes alive in their hearts and minds. Far from being a dry, dusty book of instructions, the Bible tells the most stunning story—of true love, a lost loved one, a fearsome enemy, and a costly rescue. Young readers will encounter the story of Scripture up close and personal along with life-changing truths they'll never forget. Written by Champ Thornton and Andrew Naselli and illustrated by Dana Thompson, this story, on one level, follows the adventures of tween siblings as they magically observe firsthand events in the Bible—getting up close and personal with the Hero of heroes, the Serpent Slayer. On a broader level, it engages readers with a biblical way to live in a hostile world. The Serpent Slayer and Scroll of Riddles is a time travel adventure with a twist—children learn biblical, theological themes as they travel through God's Word.

USA TODAY Bestseller Return to The Meridian with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse's sequel to the most critically hailed epic fantasy of 2020 Black Sun—finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Lambda, and Locus awards.There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. —Teek saying The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded? As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. For the Clan of Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as far-flung enemies gather and the war in the heavens is reflected upon the earth. And for Serapio and Naranpa, both now living avatars, the struggle for free will and personhood in the face of destiny rages. How will Serapio stay human when he is steeped in prophecy and surrounded by those who desire only his power? Is there a future for Naranpa in a transformed Tova without her total destruction? Welcome back to the fantasy series of the decade in Fevered Star—book two of Between Earth and Sky from one of the “Indigenous novelists reshaping North American science fiction, horror, and fantasy” (The New York Times) and the “epic voice of our continent and time” (Ken Liu, award-winning author of The Grace of Kings).

From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upon Sticks comes a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding.'A dazzling achievement...The rhythms are more like prayer than prose, and the puzzlelike plot yields revelations.'—The New York TimesTasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama—a spiritual teacher who may have been born anywhere in the vast Mongolian landscape—the young monk Chuluun sets out with his identical twin, Mun, who has rejected the monastic life they once shared. Their relationship will be tested on this journey through their homeland as each possesses the ability to hear the other's thoughts.Proving once again that she is a writer of immense range and imagination, Quan Barry carries us across a terrain as unforgiving as it is beautiful and culturally varied, from the western Altai mountains to the eerie starkness of the Gobi Desert to the ancient capital of Chinggis Khaan. As their country stretches before them, questions of faith—along with more earthly matters of love and brotherhood—haunt the twins.Are our lives our own, or do we belong to something larger? When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East is a stunningly far-flung examination of our individual struggle to retain our convictions and discover meaning in a fast-changing world, as well as a meditation on accepting what simply is.

Most, if not all, of us have suffered one or more losses in our lives and blamed God for what we believe he should have done to prevent our pain. Through this book you see the journey of Ben, the losses he suffers, and the pain for which he blames God throughout his life. You will also see the redemption as he lays those burdens of those losses at the father's feet, and the rest that comes as a result.

From award-winning author Robin W. Pearson comes a new Southern family drama about one family who discovers their history is only skin-deep and that God's love is the only family tie that binds.Paulette and Fred Baldwin find themselves wading through a new season of life in Hickory Grove, North Carolina. Their only son, McKinley, now works hundreds of miles away, and the distance between the husband and wife feels even farther. When their son returns home, his visit dredges up even more conflict between Fred and Paulette.McKinley makes it no secret that he doesn't intend to follow in his father's footsteps at George & Company Fine Furnishings or otherwise. Fred can't quite bring himself to accept all his son's choices, yet Paulette is determined McKinley will want for nothing, least of all a mother's love and attention—which her own skin color cost her as a child. But all her striving leaves Fred on the outside looking in.Paulette suspects McKinley and Fred are hiding something that could change the whole family. Soon, she's facing a whirlwind she never saw coming, and the three of them must dig deep to confront the truth. Maybe then they'll discover that their history is only skin-deep while their faith can take them right to the heart of things.

Cooper Callahan has been an International Retrieval Organization operative for fifteen years. In all that time he has never worked with a trainee like Kitty Claire Briggs. Overflowing with energy, KC isn't quiet long enough for Cooper to think. But when the boss assigns them a training mission, KC's serious side emerges.Former stunt double, KC Briggs wants to be an agent, but she also has an ulterior motive to be accepted by IRO—she wants access to their superior technology. Can she locate her quarry without Cooper finding out?As Cooper shares the finer points of surveillance with KC, his waning faith is strengthened by her enthusiasm for the Lord and for the job. When the training exercise turns into a real abduction, will KC's naivete lead to death or to a successful conclusion to the case?

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2022 JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONOne of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2021Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, The Financial Times, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Vulture, Marie Claire, Vox, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and more!“A relentless exhibition of Groff's freakish talent. In just over 250 pages, she gives us a character study to rival Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell.” – USA Today “An electric reimagining... feminist, sensual... unforgettable.” – O, The Oprah Magazine “Thrilling and heartbreaking.” –Time Magazine “[A] page-by-page pleasure as we soar with her.” –New York TimesOne of our best American writers, and author of the highly anticipated THE VASTER WILDS, Lauren Groff returns with this exhilarating and groundbreaking novelCast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease. At first taken aback by the severity of her new life, Marie finds focus and love in collective life with her singular and mercurial sisters. In this crucible, Marie steadily supplants her desire for family, for her homeland, for the passions of her youth with something new to her: devotion to her sisters, and a conviction in her own divine visions. Marie, born the last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, is determined to chart a bold new course for the women she now leads and protects. But in a world that is shifting and corroding in frightening ways, one that can never reconcile itself with her existence, will the sheer force of Marie's vision be bulwark enough? Equally alive to the sacred and the profane, Matrix gathers currents of violence, sensuality, and religious ecstasy in a mesmerizing portrait of consuming passion, aberrant faith, and a woman that history moves both through and around. Lauren Groff's new novel, her first since Fates and Furies, is a defiant and timely exploration of the raw power of female creativity in a corrupted world.

« Ce que je préfère dans l'écriture de Jeremy McLean, c'est sa capacité à écrire des personnages aussi profonds. » — Alycia Tillman'... Vous devez vous procurer ce livre, cela ne fait aucun doute! » - Zachary Qu'est-ce qui fait qu'un homme est un pécheur? Qu'est-ce qui fait d'un homme un saint? Où s'arrête le bien et où commence le mal? John Roberts se considère comme chrétien, mais lorsque sa foi est ébranlée, il commence à remettre en question les règles bibliques qu'il a défendues toute sa vie. La vie de Roberts sur un navire négrier est remplie de travaux forcés, de bas salaires et aucune chance d'avancement. Lorsque Roberts se lie d'amitié avec un esclave nommé Bartholomew, il ne pouvait pas savoir que cela déclencherait une chaîne d'événements le menant à sa première aventure en mer. À une époque de pirates qui ne sont les esclaves de personne, Roberts se retrouve déchiré entre un monde d'hommes justes et vertueux et les méchants pécheurs à chaque coin de rue. Roberts deviendra-t-il un pécheur ou restera-t-il un saint pendant son test de foi? Découvrez où les épreuves de Roberts le mènent dans ses nouvelles pleines d'action, d'aventures, de pirates et de corsaires qui se déroulent pendant l'âge d'or de la piraterie.

Tras el éxito de Volver a casa, Yaa Gyasi vuelve con un relato íntimo y valiente sobre una familia ghanesa en Alabama. Estudiante de doctorado en neurociencia, Gifty explora la conducta en ratones para investigar el funcionamiento de los circuitos neuronales de la depresión y la adicción, dos enfermedades que han causado estragos entre sus seres más queridos: su hermano, Nana, era una promesa del atletismo que murió hace años a causa de una sobredosis de heroína tras una lesión de tobillo y la dependencia al OxyContin, mientras que su madre ha vuelto a caer en una depresión severa. Aunque Gifty está decidida a descubrir la base científica que anida en el sufrimiento familiar, se topa una y otra vez con la fe religiosa y los valores de la Iglesia evangélica que marcaron su infancia, un mundo cuya promesa de salvación sigue siendo tan tentadora como inalcanzable. La crítica ha dicho... «Un libro brillante, de una profunda reflexión científica y espiritual. [...] Una doble hélice de sabiduría y rabia gira a través de las líneas silenciosas de esta extraordinaria novela.» The Washington Post «Llena de momentos brillantes y reveladores, a veces divertidos, a menudo conmovedores.» The New Yorker «Una profunda meditación sobre el dolor, la religión y la familia.» The Boston Globe «Meticulosa y psicológicamente compleja. [...] Una vívida evocación de la experiencia del inmigrante y un retrato agudo de la lucha interna de un individuo.» Publishers Weekly «Una novela inteligente, que ahonda en la intimidad de los personajes y, gracias a su prosa precisa, plasma un dolor compartido por quienes conocen los escombros de la adicción.» Kirkus Reviews

On days when your faith is shaken, remember...A seed falls to the ground. A child moves away from home. Can life bloom in a new place?With gentle storytelling and poetic language, Joanna Rowland explores what it means to have hope--hope that things will get better, hope that you are cared for even when things are hard, and hope that new growth is waiting to burst forth, just around the corner.

Jaded, 24th century grifter Smullian O'Toole has been sentenced to 1000 days of Life Modification Therapy. The system transports his consciousness into different 21st century hosts. On day 777, he hears a disembodied voice utter, “Father to the Fatherless.” What seems a simple code hiccough traps him in hosts associated with missing teen, David Hawthorne. As he attempts to find the boy, Smullian is plunged into the depths of his own childhood trauma, peeling back the façade he's placed between himself and the world. Smullian thought the Father to the Fatherless only cared about David but realizes the Father also wants to save him. Lost in the System explores what would happen when an unsaved person comes face to face with a holy God. Instead of a moral person surrounded by a sea of immoral people, Lost in the System depicts one unsaved person surrounded by a sea of believers. It attempts to address the hard questions unbelievers often ask about Christianity, such as “How can God let bad things happen to his children?”.

Throughout life, Sara had heard very little about her grandparents'journey to America--only the few scattered stories her mother told. Those great unknowns had always made Sara hesitant to discuss her roots. As she grows older, even her truest relationships become more unstable and seem to unravel. Looking for answers, she begins a quest to discover her lineage and her purpose. As a lover of history, and with God guiding her, she asks the question: How did my family history shape who I am and how has it helped me survive? With characters drawn with a fine-tip brush, each compelling and unique, Nothing Left Behind discloses that not everyone gets a happy ending, for time and chance happen to them all, Solomon wrote over two thousand years ago.

Aarav gets cheated by his partner and loses his conscience, money, trust and sanity. But doesn't lose complete faith in relationships. With the support of his friends and new found love he fights back and as it says…”BACK FROM HELL!!!”

This Christmas, Two Lost and Broken Families Need Restoration. Sam Jarrett was just starting to explore spiritual things when his world was shattered. Now, he's completely turned his back on God. Laura Preston is a devoted believer, leaning heavily on her faith to get her through each tortured day. Two Chance Meetings Spark a Friendship and a Glimmer of Hope.Sam battles God's prodding through Laura's gentle, caring spirit. When another tragedy strikes on Christmas Eve, Sam is sure that God has completely deserted him. Laura tries to show Sam that God loves him and has been there all the time, but how can Sam trust when he has no faith? A New Hope for Christmas is a story of restored faith in a God who never leaves us, even when we can't see or feel Him near.

Set in the bucolic town of Angie, Louisiana, The Lord's Acre tells the story of Eli Woodbine, a young boy who watches helplessly as his fundamentalist parents give in to their increasing sense of desperation and paranoia, living in a world where they can no longer see any hope or reason for existing. When the family is at their absolute lowest, they come across a local, charismatic church leader, in whom they quickly place all of their faith. Yet this man—known to them only as “Father”—is unlike anyone they have ever encountered before. But one day, and with no explanation save for a mysterious gift given to Eli, Father disappears, leaving everything behind him in ruin. Eli and his parents attempt to pick up the pieces, however, as they try to find answers to their new predicament. But their efforts go awry when Eli breaks into an abandoned grocery store one night in order to steal food for his family. He is arrested and taken to jail, where, to his surprise, he is finally able to discover the hope he had always been so desperate to find.The Sabine Series in Literature

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! • Finalist for the WOMEN'S PRIZEYaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama.Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after an ankle injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive. Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief—a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE • A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK • A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BOOK FOR 2020 • A CBC BEST FICTION BOOK FOR 2020 •'His third appearance on the Giller shortlist... affirms Bergen among Canada's most powerful writers. His pages light up; all around falls into darkness.'—2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury • “David Bergen's command is breathtaking … His work belongs to the world, and to all time. He is one of our living greats.”—Matthew Thomas, New York Times-bestselling author of We Are Not Ourselves From the streets of Danang, Vietnam, where a boy falls in with a young American missionary, to fishermen lost off the islands of Honduras, to the Canadian prairies, where a teenage boy's infatuation reveals his naiveté and an aging rancher finds himself smitten, the short stories in Here the Dark explore the spaces between doubt and belief, evil and good, obscurity and light. Following men and boys bewildered by their circumstances and swayed by desire, surprised by love and by their capacity for both tenderness and violence, and featuring a novella about a young woman who rejects the laws of her cloistered Mennonite community, Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner David Bergen's latest deftly renders complex moral ambiguities and asks what it means to be lost—and how we might be found.

From the bestselling author of Lulu's CaféSophia Prescott is still mending from the embarrassment of a highly publicized divorce from a pro football player, and the now-single mother is back in Sunset Cove, surrounded by the supporting love of her family and the Sand Queens. Sophia doesn't think there's any hope for starting over until an unexpected trip to the pediatrician's office gives her a second chance after all.Dr. Weston Sawyer knows all about lives shattering into millions of pieces. His own all but ended when a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and barreled head-on into his pregnant wife's sedan, killing her instantly and leaving Wes with a soul so wounded that it has refused to heal. He packed up and left swampy southern Alabama for South Carolina with the hope of fading into the sleepy coastal town of Sunset Cove. Instead, feisty brunette Sophia Prescott will have him braving something different and entirely unexpected. If Sophia and Wes can take the leap to give love another try, they just might find that hope has a way of coming back around and weaving into one's heart.

The sage-like stepfather, Joseph Simpson, used to mollycoddle his stepson, Patrick, who did not care a fig for him. Exhuming Joseph's body after his demise, he was found poisoned to death. Who was the culprit? Somebody was stealing the valuable items from an elderly couple's house umpteenth time. The thief remained invisible leaving the house as spooky. Who was the wrongdoer? Just one day before the release of the award-winning novel, its publisher, Mr Gilbert, was found lying dead. Was it a heart attack? A murder? Or a suicide? A happy reunion between Susan and a UK based university professor after long fifteen years explained the story of Susan's success in her glamorous academic life. When they saw each other again, their true feelings poured out. Dr Robin Roy received a valuable precious heavy gold-coin as a reward for his untimely visit at dead night to a marvellously wealthy royal family. He left a prescription for the woman patient. Surprisingly, on his second visit, he found it a forlorn, dusty vacant house, with that prescription lying there intact. He was shuddered. But his gold-coin is still there in his family. Was it a sleep or a dream? Mystery plays a vital role throughout the book. Readers can skim through all the awful tales. But can they discover clues to unravel the mysteries?

Tom desperately tries to battle his doubts and fears about death, abandonment, and loneliness while struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, acute anxiety, and crippling depression. He writes prose and poetry in his journal as an attempt to cope. And he tries, unsuccessfully, to keep this internal conflict from becoming known to his family and friends by trying to keep up appearances. But the tiny thread keeping his hope alive inevitably snaps. And he becomes in desperate turmoil. Imagine if the glue that keeps everything dear to you comes loose, threatening your destruction. Wouldn't you desperately try all you could to put your life back together? When this happens to the young Obsessive-Compulsive Tom Jolmen, he clings to his last hope. Tormented by a shadowy presence, Tom runs away to find his Christmas hero, St Nicholas. Join him, his sports-loving brother, Nate, and their new-found companions: the conflicted Brendan and antagonistic Paul on their quest. The adventure goes amiss. But with the aid of their guardian angels this failed attempt helps resolve their doubts and strengthen their faith as they discover the real truth about themselves.

In the early 1970s, during a time when their families lived in separate cities, Cary and John kept in touch with each other through letters that were kept secret from their wives and daughters. Forty years later, those daughters, Gloria and Cathy, still the closest of friends, discover these letters. Their fathers now deceased, they learn of a life they never imagined their fathers having. Shifting between the present and the story the letters tell, two families struggle with their religion, their morals, and the question of what it means to be faithful.

An Atheist's Letters to Heaven is for seekers of truth and anyone interested in being acquainted with the Christian perspective on modern controversies hotly debated in the media, press, academia, and beyond. Moreover, the novel is written to assist believers in leading unbelievers to Christ by putting themselves in their shoes and addressing potential objections in an adequate and practical manner. It is a journey of an atheist (Marawi) who is given the opportunity to reconnect with his now-deceased friend (Melchizedek) in Paradise. Prior to his passing, Melchizedek accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and pleaded with his friend to do the same to no avail. Over the course of their correspondence, Marawi asks questions and offers counterarguments based on logic, academia, and atheism. Melchizedek, on the other hand, offers a heavenly perspective and occasionally refers to the Scriptures, history, and the realities of life to make his case for the veracity of the Christian faith. It is a novel that takes the objections of atheists into consideration and addresses the most common objections raised by non-Christians. The questions of origin, meaning, morality, and destiny are discussed from divergent paradigms over the course of three years.

'Do many young boys meet hermits in the forest, and trade mushrooms for wisdom?'Set amid the primeval forests of Eastern Poland, the avant-garde enclaves of Greenwich Village, and the long summer days of the San Juan Islands, Wild Mushrooms is the story of one man's life, an artist called Eliasz, Ilyusha, and Elias at different points in his timeline. The narrative meanders fluidly between visions of the past--a small boy's first memories of encountering the faith of his Russian grandmother--the obsessions and malignant thoughts which threaten to destroy a young man's life, and the moment of personal theophany that brings an old man hope amid sorrow. Beauty, evil, worship, and hatred--monsters, dragons, and hermits in the woods--Wild Mushrooms is a journey of the mind and the soul, of decisive moments, and the insanity of true wisdom. 2022 IPPY bronze medal award winner in the Visionary Fiction category https://ippyawards.com/index.php

La llegada de un predicador y su hija al taller de un mecánico y su ayudante en medio del monte chaqueño bajo el sol abrasador anuncia cambios y tormentas.'El viento que arrasa no es un ejercicio de estilo, al contrario: es una obra madura, con un manejo hábil del registro oral y una sensorialidad descriptiva alejada de aquel minimalismo expresivo tan corriente en los últimos años. Escritura sin apenas lirismo, sobria, y precisamente por ello de gran fuerza poética.'Isaac Rosa, El País El calor agobia en el monte chaqueño. ¿Lloverá? Varados por una falla mecánica, el reverendo Pearson y su hija Leni esperan pacientes que el Gringo Bauer y Tapioca, el chico que hace años han dejado a su cuidado, pueda repararla para seguir camino. En ese cementerio de autos desmantelados y chatarra agrícola, los adolescentes pasan el rato y los adultos conversan sobre sus propias vidas. El encuentro inesperado cambiará a todos. Padres de sus hijos, hijos a su vez, los adultos se verán confrontados a sus creencias y pasados, un modo de prepararse para lo que vendrá. Novela imprescindible, El viento que arrasa convirtió inmediatamente a Selva Almada en una voz poderosa y nueva que proyectó su singularidad a toda la literatura argentina. La crítica ha dicho...'El viento que arrasa es un libro exquisitamente diseñado, proporcionando una experiencia profunda, poética y tangible del paisaje. Se cuenta con la precisión cinematográfica de una road movie estática, como una París, Texas del sur. Es una novela distintiva que marca la llegada al inglés de una autora con un talento innegable.'Fallo del jurado del First Book Award del Festival Internacional del Libro de Edimburgo 2019'El viento que arrasa es una novela de hoy que elige de modo original dentro de la lengua, sin grandes gestos ni anuncios, sólo porque está contando otra cosa.'Beatriz Sarlo, Perfil'En su realismo de repercusiones mágicas, confluyen Onetti y el Borges de'El Sur'con la sombra inflamada de Horacio Quiroga, pero la calidad y resolución de su prosa activan una sugestión que es exclusiva de Selva Almada.'Francisco Solano, El País'Selva Almada es una escritora clara y densa. Sólo necesita unas pocas oraciones para transmitir una atmósfera, una silueta, el carácter de un hombre en una situación.'Philippe Lançon, Libération

The Fault Lines Founding Liberty explores the tensions inherent in growing up and moving on from faith, family, and past versions of ourselves. With unanswered questions and hovering guilt, a young woman comes to confront the specters of her past through dialogue with an unexpected companion. This process is as uncomfortable as it is transformative. Freedom is discovered not by eliminating life's loose ends nor running away from them, but in gathering them bravely and continuing to put one foot in front of the other despite everything--a process made hopeful in the solidarity of unexpected friendship.

Our Faith in God Echoes Throughout Eternity... Professor William Berrit's life is safe, comfortable, and sheltered from inconvenient convictions until he uncovers a venerated treasure long-preserved in a dusty attic--a letter written in the first century of Christianity by a distant ancestor recounting how faith in God saved the Berrit family from destruction and showed them the way of truth. With each soul-stirring chapter, William learns more about God's amazing intervention in the lives of his ancient family, providing light and love despite the darkness and misery surrounding them. His own religious life uninspired and uncertain, William's beliefs and principles are tested, and he soon finds himself in the middle of intellectual doubt and personal danger, all because of The Letter of Alon. Come discover the golden thread of faith that weaves all believers together into the fabric of Christianity. Don't miss book one in the Faith of Our Fathers series!

Рассказ „На краю света” повествует о поездке новоназначенного епископа по „отдаленной сибирской епархии”, где русский миссионер знакомится с многотрудной жизнью инородцев, принявших крещение. Главное действующее лицо произведения – епископ Иркутский, впоследствии архиепископ Ярославский Нил, по воспоминаниям которого и написан рассказ. На краю света, на грани между верой и неверием, между жизнью и смертью оказывается герой одноименного рассказа Лескова. Сам Н. С. Лесков, выходец из духовенства, лучше всех своих современников раскрыл тему праведности и греха, подлинной святости и оголтелого безбожия. Анализируя переломный момент в жизни человека, писатель параллельно и вместе с этим рассуждает об истинной вере, о современных ему религиозных течениях, о проблемах Православной Церкви, о Таинстве Крещения и о православной миссии...

Leni crossed her arms, said nothing, and watched the fight unfold. She was like a bored onlooker at a boxing trial, wasting no energy on the undercard, saving her passion for the moment when the real champions would step into the ring. And yet, at some point, she began to cry. Just tears, without any sound. Water falling from her eyes as water was falling from the sky. Rain disappearing into rain._The Wind That Lays Waste _begins in the great pause before a storm. Reverend Pearson is an evangelist preaching the word of God across northern Argentina with Leni, his teenage daughter, in tow. When their car breaks down, fate leads them to the workshop of an ageing mechanic, Gringo Brauer, and his assistant, a boy called Tapioca. Over the course of a long day, curiosity and a sense of new opportunities develop into an unexpected intimacy. Yet this encounter between a man convinced of his righteousness and one mired in cynicism and apathy will become a battle for the very souls of the young pair: the quietly earnest and idealistic mechanic's assistant, and the restless, sceptical preacher's daughter. As tensions among the four ebb and flow, beliefs are questioned and allegiances tested, until finally the growing storm breaks over the plains.Selva Almada's exquisitely crafted debut, with its limpid and confident prose, is profound and poetic, a near-tangible experience of the landscape amid the hot winds, wrecked cars, sweat-stained shirts and damaged lives, told with the cinematic precision of a static road movie, like a _Paris, Texas _of the south. With echoes of Carson McCullers, The Wind That Lays Waste is a contemplative and powerfully distinctive novel that marks the arrival in English of an author whose talent and poise are undeniable.

Anlea: Die prostituut wat uit die kettings waarmee geld jou bind probeer ontsnap. Frankie: Die slagoffer van'n sekshandel sindikaat op soek na vrede vir haar siel. Bianca en Ragel: Die ma en dogter wat wegdryf van mekaar weens'n groot geheim. Abby: Die modekoningin wat troos soek aan die bodem van'n bottel. En Kirabo: Die helper wat weier om haar eie storie te vertel. Vyf uiteenlopende vroue wat deurgeloop het onder groot wreedheid kom op'n afgesonderde plaas in die middel van die Sederberge bymekaar. Om gesond en heel te word. In die loop van die paar dae werk God met elkeen van hierdie vroue en breek mure af. Maar dan begin die verdwynings, en elkeen moet leer wat dit verg om werklik te doen wat God van jou vra.

“This gentle, gorgeously written book may be one of my favorites ever.” —Jenna Bush Hager (A Today show “Read with Jenna” Book Club Selection!) This “moving portrait of love and friendship set against a backdrop of social change” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice) traces two married couples whose lives become entangled when the husbands become copastors at a famed New York city congregation in the 1960s.Charles and Lily, James and Nan. They meet in Greenwich Village in 1963 when Charles and James are jointly hired to steward the historic Third Presbyterian Church through turbulent times. Their personal differences however, threaten to tear them apart. Charles is destined to succeed his father as an esteemed professor of history at Harvard, until an unorthodox lecture about faith leads him to ministry. How then, can he fall in love with Lily—fiercely intellectual, elegantly stern—after she tells him with certainty that she will never believe in God? And yet, how can he not? James, the youngest son in a hardscrabble Chicago family, spent much of his youth angry at his alcoholic father and avoiding his anxious mother. Nan grew up in Mississippi, the devout and beloved daughter of a minister and a debutante. James's escape from his desperate circumstances leads him to Nan and, despite his skepticism of hope in all its forms, her gentle, constant faith changes the course of his life. In The Dearly Beloved, Cara wall reminds us of “the power of the novel in its simplest, richest form: bearing intimate witness to human beings grappling with their faith and falling in love,” (Entertainment Weekly, A-) as we follow these two couples through decades of love and friendship, jealousy and understanding, forgiveness and commitment. Against the backdrop of turbulent changes facing the city and the church's congregation, Wall offers a poignant meditation on faith and reason, marriage and children, and the ways we find meaning in our lives. The Dearly Beloved is a gorgeous, wise, and provocative novel that is destined to become a classic.

Excerpt:'The world considered Eugene Lane a very fortunate young man; and if youth health social reputation a seat in Parliament a large income and finally the promised hand of an acknowledged beauty can make a man happy the world was right.'

Kurt Stocker's Swiss childhood is dominated by strict and god-fearing parents. He enters a seminary with the intent of becoming a priest and making his parents proud of him, but struggles to adapt. Leaving this vocation behind, he marries Liesl and they eventually emigrate to Australia. Decades later in small town Australia, Terry Riley feels drawn to convent life, despite her parent's objections. At the convent she is haunted by a strange sickness and knows in time that she must return to a more conventional life. It is then she begins a relationship with the now divorced Kurt, who was once her high school teacher. This is the story of an odd couple, of an older man and a younger woman in love with one another, but so damaged by their past lives that even a regular sexual relationship seems impossible. Beautiful in its frankness but disturbing in its examination of faith and human existence, this is a novel that is affectionate, haunting and ultimately unforgettable.

Two lives. Two worlds apart. One deeply compelling story set in both Bosnia and the United States, spanning decades and generations, about the brutality of war and the trauma of everyday life after war, about hope and the ties that bind us together.Zara and her mother, Nadja, have a strained relationship. Nadja just doesn't understand Zara's creative passion for, and self-expression through, photography. And Zara doesn't know how to reach beyond their differences and connect to a closed-off mother who refuses to speak about her past in Bosnia. But when a bomb explodes as they're shopping in their local farmers'market in Rhode Island, Zara is left with PTSD--and her mother is left in a coma. Without the opportunity to get to know her mother, Zara is left with questions--not just about her mother, but about faith, religion, history, and her own path forward. As Zara tries to sort through her confusion, she meets Joseph, whose grandmother is also in the hospital, and whose exploration of religion and philosophy offer comfort and insight into Zara's own line of thinking. Told in chapters that alternate between Zara's present-day Providence, RI, and Nadja's own childhood in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War of the 1990s, We Are All That's Left shows the ways in which, no matter the time and place, struggle and tragedy can give way to connection, healing and love.Praise for We Are All That's Left:•'A multilayered view of tragedy and its repercussions.'--Publishers Weekly, •STARRED REVIEW••'This complex, compelling story takes readers on a deep dive below the surface, exposing both the fragility of life and the redemptive bonds of love.'--Booklist, •STARRED REVIEW•'This important and timely novel is a painful, lovely exploration of mending a mother-daughter relationship.'--Kirkus Reviews

From the New York Times bestselling author of We All Looked Up comes the second novel in the Anchor & Sophia trilogy, where the rules of humanity are called into question by two warring cities.After their devastating journey from the Anchor to Sophia, Clive and Clover Hamill, Gemma Poplin, and Paz Dedios have all been separated—not only physically, but philosophically. In the Anchor, Clive would like nothing better than to never speak with Paz again, but when he is tapped to help with her interrogation, the two of them begin to reconcile their differences, which don't run nearly as deep as they expected. In Sophia, as Clover learns more and more about the city and its enigmatic director, Zeno, his faith in his mission begins to waver. And Gemma embarks on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual expansion that will open her eyes…if it doesn't kill her first. In Slow Burn, the second book in the Anchor & Sophia trilogy, these four young people will be compelled to question everything they thought they believed—and the conclusions they reach could determine the fate of an entire civilization.

Alexander Hofstetter ist ein Mann, der sich trotz aller Rückschläge im Leben nie unterkriegen lässt. Als er eines Tages einen schweren Autounfall hat und die Ärzte für ihn keine Aussicht auf ein Leben ohne bleibende Schäden sehen, ist das für ihn ein Wendepunkt. Während seiner Komaphase erlebt er etwas Erstaunliches. Die Begegnung mit Gott verändert sein Leben schlagartig und tiefgründig. In seiner aufwühlenden und authentischen Biografie schildert Alexander Hofstetter, wie sein Leben durch den schweren Unfall und seine Folgen vollkommen neu geprägt wird.

The Lady of Esterbrooke is a novel about a young couple and their journey through life. It begins with her life on Esterbrooke Plantation where she meets the love of her life and takes them through old age. They grow in their faith and love as the years go by, and they learn to cherish each other. They raise their children to respect their faith and to love animals. Marla and Lance are our main characters. He and his family are from Spain, and they own the plantation. Marla's dad is the caretaker of the plantation. This story carries them through the courtship, the children, and into old age together. Their faith and the fact that they put Christ first in their marriage keeps them strong. They love the horses, cats, and donkeys that are on the plantation. And they love watching their children share their values as they grow into adulthood.

M.E. Braddon was a popular British writer during the Victorian Era. Among Braddon's best known novels are Lady Audley's Secret and Aurora Floyd. This edition of The Infidel includes a table of contents.

È possibile essere allo stesso tempo un pirata e un uomo di Dio? Sono ormai passati sei mesi da quando Bartholomew Roberts è diventato un pirata, ma questa domanda continua a tormentarlo: possono i pirati, i corsari e tutta la gente del loro stampo essere uomini giusti? Roberts ha perso la fede quando si è reso conto che quelli che si proclamano buoni cristiani prosperano grazie ai propri peccati; da allora ha deciso di colpire tali persone con il suo personale marchio di giustizia. Ma questo suo atteggiamento provoca divisioni all'interno dell'equipaggio e alcuni dei suoi uomini mirano a destituirlo dal comando. Circondato da ogni lato dai nemici, Roberts deve fare in fretta a trovare la risposta che sta cercando, se non vuole ritrovarsi nel fondo del forziere di Davey Jones. Riuscirà a trovare la sua risposta in tempo? E rimarrà un pirata o si lascerà questa vita allespalle? Scoprite dove le sue prove lo condurranno in questa breve storia piena di fede, azione e avventura ambientata nell'età d'oro della pirateria.

“On the Mountain of the Lord is a thriller, superimposed over Biblical prophecy, history, and geography … I'm already looking forward to their next novel.”—Anne Graham Lotz “On the Mountain of the Lord … takes you on an amazing journey … you will feel the connection as you are being drawn in, being reconnected to the Promised Land and the people of Israel.”—Mark Blitz, bestselling author and founder of El Shaddai Ministries “A remarkable and memorable plot line. Absolutely love it! Rosenberg, look out!”—Lloyd Pulley, pastor, author, and host of Bridging the Gap radio program Submerged in doubt after a brutal car accident ripped his wife, child, and faith from him, Dr. Jack Garrison travels to Israel on a fact-finding mission. When he begins to experience inexplicable visions within hours of landing, he knows he's in over his head. Join Dr. Garrison as he teams up with longtime friend Lev and a dauntless female Israeli Border Police officer to battle a furtive yet deadly enemy. His journey will take him from the city streets of London to the furthest shores of the Mediterranean as he's forced to confront his doubts and accept the astonishing possibility that he is witnessing an ancient prophecy unfold. Watch history, prophecy, and current events leap to life as best-selling author Bodie Thoene and prophecy scholar Ray Bentley lead you on a journey that melds the past, present, and future into one unforgettable story.