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Summary: Presents a new novel by the author of Interview with the Vampire, incorporating the latest New Testament scholarship to chronicle the life of Jesus Christ, from his early years, through his ministry, through his final days, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascent to heaven. Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Rice gives us now her most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RICMarkle, Sandra.
Summary: A few horses, set free on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, soon become wild and, led by one fine stallion, find a way to survive. Includes historical notes and facts about wild horses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Company 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elm Hill 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALWallmark, Laurie
Summary: "A little Jewish girl living on the Lower East Side during the flu pandemic of 1918 can't start school because her father is sick, so she makes a trade with her neighbors: chores for lessons"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALBosley, Tom
Summary: A collection of short stories which educate children on the ten commandments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV KIDTaylor, Diana Wallis
Summary: Martha, the sister of Mary and Lazarus, devotes herself to caring for her family, is abandoned by her betrothed, is drawn to a Roman soldier, and finds meaning and grace in her life when she meets the Teacher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TAYMessner, Kate
Summary: Ranger the time-travelling Golden retriever and young Isaac Pope come together in 1776 during Washington's retreat after the Battle of Long Island, and Ranger stays with Isaac while he slowly recovers from Smallpox--but Ranger's real mission comes later when Isaac is sent to spy out the Hessian troops' intentions before the Battle of Trenton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MESTenney, Tommy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TENBunn, T. Davis
Summary: Leah, a young Jewess of mixed heritage, is secretly commissioned to discover the truth behind the death of an obscure rabbi in the Roman backwater of first-century Palestine while also being engulfed in her own turmoil--facing the prospect of an arranged marriage to a Roman soldier, Alban, who seems to care for nothing but his own ambitions as leader of the Roman garrison near Galilee.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUNGroot, Tracy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Publishers 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GROHalter, Marek.
Summary: A fictional account of the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, captures the turbulent world of an idealistic young woman who risks everything to bring a much-needed miracle to her people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALLaHaye, Tim F.
Summary: Portrays the story of how Levi the tax collector became Matthew, the apostle of Jesus Christ and one of the great authors of the Gospels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam Praise 2010
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Summary: The story of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, is told from her point of view, beginning with the story of her mothers, Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah. These wives of Jacob give her the gifts that are to sustain her through a damaged youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador USA 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction DiaRivers, Francine
Contents: Tamar -- Rahab -- Ruth -- Bathsheba -- Mary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVSmith, Jill Eileen
Summary: "Esther is poised to save her people from annihilation. Relying on a fragile trust in a silent God, can she pit her wisdom against a vicious enemy and win?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMICard, Orson Scott.
Summary: The first novel in a trilogy on the women of Genesis, focusing on the life of Sarah, a devoted wife, and follower of the God of Abraham, who is chosen to experience a miracle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARGraham, Cliff.
Summary: In ancient Israel, at the crossroads of the great trading routes, a man named Benaiah is searching for a fresh start and joins a band of soliders led by a warlord named David. Some are loyal to David, but others are only with him for the promise of captured wealth. Over the course of ten days, from snowy mountain passes to sword-wracked battlefields, Benaiah and his fellow mercenaries must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRASpier, Peter.
Summary: Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Dragonfly Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPICannon, James.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steerforth Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CANHuston, Jack
Summary: Having spent years in slavery after false accusation of treason, Jewish nobleman Ben-Hur returns home seeking revenge but his life transforms when he meets a Nazarene named Jesus Christ.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEN RATED PG13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BeMoore, Christopher
Summary: The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the missing years-except Biff, the Messiah's best bud, who has been resurrected to tell the story in the divinely hilarious yet heartfelt work "reminiscent of Vonnegut and Douglas Adams" (Philadelphia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOORice, Anne
Summary: "A novel about the early years of Christ the Lord, based on the gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC RICRollins, James
Summary: When a tomb is uncovered in the mountains of Israel, forensic expert Jordan Stone, Vatican priest Father Rhun Korza, and archaeologist Eric Granger converge to investigate. Soon they're fighting to recover a mysterious tome rumored to be written by Christ--but a shadowy order wants the book for its own devious ends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROLNoble, Trinka Hakes
Summary: During the 1918 influenza outbreak, nine-year-old Rettie seeks ways to make Thanksgiving special for her siblings and ailing mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017