Huntington, Gertrude Enders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2001
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPShachtman, Tom
Contents: Going away -- A glory old time -- Straightforward conversations -- Education: prepare for usefulness -- Faith and doctrine: stand fast and believe the Word as written -- Shunning: to keep the church pure -- Farming: the ideal occupation -- Working away -- Women's lib would have a field day among the Amish -- Seeking solutions -- Coming home: an essay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 SHAKraybill, Donald B.
Summary: The authors argue that the intensely private and insular Amish have devised creative ways to negotiate with modernity that have enabled them to thrive in America. The transformation of the Amish in the American imagination from "backward bumpkins" to media icons poses provocative questions. What does the Amish story reveal about the American character, popular culture, and mainstream values?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.7 KRAFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: "A young Amish woman fends off the matchmaking efforts of her fellow passengers on the Charming Nancy--the ship that brought the first wave of Amish to America in 1737"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISKraybill, Donald B.
Summary: "A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the AmishThis second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices. They interpret the distinctive practices of the Amish way of life and spirituality in their cultural context and explore their applicability for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 KRASummary: Ever wish you could visit with a group of Amish or Mennonite women over a cup of coffee? In the pages of Homespun, Amish and Plain Mennonite women swap stories and spin yarns while we listen in. Lorilee Craker, bestselling author of Money Secrets of the Amish, collects these personal writings about hospitality, home, grief, joy, and walks with God. Hear from one woman who struggles with feeling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Herald Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289 CRAByler, Linda.
Summary: "The Witnesses is the third novel in Amish novelist, Linda Byler's current series, "Lancaster Burning." Byler takes readers inside the home of the leader of the local Amish community, Davey Beiler, who finds himself at the center of mounting fear and controversy. Fires have destroyed two more nearby Amish barns, and many of the farmers are ready to ask for police protection, an unheard of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BYLFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: "New to Stoney Ridge, schoolteacher Mollie has come to town for a fresh start. When Luke Schrock, new to his role as deacon, asks the church to take in foster girls from a group home, she's the first to raise her hand. The power of love, she believes, can pick up the dropped stitches in a child's heart and knit them back together. The 11-year-old twins she takes in bring her sleepless nights...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISKraybill, Donald B.
Summary: Examines the Amish community's intention to forgive the man who killed five Amish children at the West Nickel Mines School in Pennsylvania in 2006, discussing how the Amish concept of forgiveness is part of their belief in pardon and reconciliation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 KRAStrobel, Frederic W.
Summary: The author has lived for over twenty years surrounded by both German and Swiss Amish in southern Michigan. During that time, Strobel has developed a friendship with many Amish. A large population of Old Order Amish live in southern Michigan and on the Indiana and Ohio borders. In 2016, the Amish population in the five counties of Branch, Calhoun, Hillsdale, Lenawee, and St. Joseph is estimated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dogwood Publishing Co. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.42 STRFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: "On a hot day in 1737 in Rotterdam, Anna Konig reluctantly sets foot on a merchant ship that will carry her and her fellow Amish believers across the Atlantic to start a new life. As the only one in her community who can speak English, she feels compelled to go. But Anna is determined to complete this journey and return home. Ship's carpenter Bairn resents the somber people who fill the lower...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FISLawson, Suzy.
Summary: This treasury of Amish patchwork artistry will introduce quilting enthusiasts to a wealth of traditional designs as ingenious as they are beautiful. Based on concepts and unwritten rules that have long governed Amish quiltmaking, most of these lovely patterns date from the late 1800s to the early 1930s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.9 LAWAdams, Marcia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarkson Potter Publishers 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 ADAFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: Lydie Stoltzfus has always felt like a square peg in a round hole in her quiet Amish community. Even though she's the bishop's daughter, it seems the only thing she does well is disappoint others. Leaving Stoney Ridge seems like her best move-- even though it would mean leaving Nathan Yoder behind. Nathan claims he's in love with her, but Nathan's father reminds her frequently that she is not...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISAdams, Marcia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.N. Potter 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 ADAFisher, Suzanne Woods
Summary: 1737. Anna and Bairn met during their crossing to start a new life in the raw Pennsylvania frontier. As Anna and her fellow church members seek out a new beginning, Bairn has yet to commit to the strict expectations of the Amish community. Will their shipboard romance survive unexpected turns-- and a newcomer to the church who is everything Bairn is not?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FISGray, Shelley Shepard.
Summary: Roman Keim just wants a break from the family drama at his snowy Ohio home when he heads to an Amish snowbird community in Florida. There he meets Amanda Yoder and her daughter Regina who soon are warming his heart. But will Roman return to Ohio or will he stay and help the young widow embrace a second chance at love?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Inspire 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAPellman, Rachel T. (Rachel Thomas)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.46 PELCraker, Lorilee.
Contents: Upside down -- UWMW: used it up, wear it out, make do or do without -- Don't eat the marshmallow: learning delayed gratification -- Pay on time -- Rethinking gifts -- Saving -- Operation de-spoil the kids -- Repurpose, recycle, and reuse -- Dead horses smell bad. Debt smells even worse -- Shop secondhand -- To bulk or not to bulk? -- Amish foodies or frugal feinschmeckers -- Bartering: I'll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.73 CRAGood, Merle
Summary: This second edition revises a best-seller which answers questions about the Amish and Mennonites; from their dress and beliefs to their celebrations and the differences between the two groups. Membership requirements and the bonds which tie these communities are considered in an unusual, involving title. -- Midwest Book Review.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.73 GOOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.73 GOOKraybill, Donald B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 289.73 KRAKraybill, Donald B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 1990