Rivers, Francine
Summary: "Your God will be my God." It is with these words that Ruth the Moabitess turns her face away from her father's home and idols, and journeys to Bethlehem with Naomi, her mother-in-law. And it is because of that determination, that perseverance, faith, and loyalty that Ruth becomes the great-grandmother of David, king of Israel, and an ancestor of Jesus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVRivers, Francine
Summary: Bestselling Christian author Francine Rivers recreates the significant acts of Rahab, a prostitute of Jericho who was instrumental in bringing about its destruction. As an early feminist, Rahab stands out as a beacon of self-acceptance, spurning her family's and society's opinions to fulfill the sacred knowledge burning within her. Her ensuing love and marriage was the beginning of a bloodline...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVRivers, Francine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVRivers, Francine
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RIVRivers, 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 RIVShriver, Beth.
Summary: Abigail Barker is a young woman struggling to keep the family horse farm afloat in Texas. When one of her horses is injured in an accident, Mose Fisher arrives on the scene wanting to help. As she struggles with the faith she left behind after the death of her mother, Abby finds more than love and safety with Mose and the Amish community. After time spent with Mose and his family, she knows she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Realms 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SHRLewis, Beverly
Summary: Determined to forgo traditional medicine as she struggles to come to terms with a grave medical diagnosis, graduate student Heather Nelson hopes to find answers and healing in Amish country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LEWHarper, Lana
Summary: "An awkward first date leads to a sparkling romance between one of the most powerful witches in town and a magical newbie in this rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback's a Witch. Even though she won't deny her love for pretty (and pricey) things, Nineve Blackmoore is almost painfully down-to-earth and sensible by Blackmoore standards. But after a year of nursing a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARMiller, Carolyn
Summary: Tainted by scandal and forced to leave London for the quiet of Brighton, the Honorable Miss Clara DeLancey is a shadow of her former society self. A chance encounter brings her a healing friendship with the sisters of an injured naval captain. But Clara's mama, the Viscountess Winpoole, is appalled at the new company she's keeping. Captain Benjamin Kemsley is not looking for a wife. But his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gale 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MILScroggs, Kirk.
Summary: Targeted by the biggest bully in school after transforming into a Muppet, Danvers Blickensderfer, the star of Kermit's upcoming band camp movie musical, explores a theory that he has also become a superhero with powers he has yet to discover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCRSummary: In Season 3, family and loyalty will be the overarching themes, and many critical plot points from the first two seasons will come to a violent head, with several major characters meeting cruel fates. While a primary focus continues to be on King's Landing, where the Lannisters barely held onto power after a savage naval onslaught from Stannis Baratheon, stirrings in the North threaten to alter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMLewis, Beverly
Summary: Accompanied by her new English friend, Grace Byler has left Bird-in-Hand to search for her mother in Ohio. But what if Lettie refuses to be found? Meanwhile, Lettie continues her private quest to find the missing piece of her life, though she is increasingly torn between the family she left behind and yearning for her long-lost child. Will mother and daughter find the answers they seek?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC LEWWoodsmall, Cindy
Summary: "Finally back in the Old Order Amish world she loves, Will Ariana's new perspectives draw her family closer together-- or completely rip them apart? After months away in the Englisch world, Ariana Brenneman is overjoyed to be in the Old Order Amish home where she was raised. Yet her excitement is mixed with an unexpected apprehension as she reconciles all she's learned from her biological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WaterBrook 2017
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Summary: Finally back in the Old Order Amish world she loves, Will Ariana's new perspectives draw her family closer together-- or completely rip them apart? After months away in the Englisch world, Ariana Brenneman is overjoyed to be in the Old Order Amish home where she was raised. Yet her excitement is mixed with an unexpected apprehension as she reconciles all she's learned from her biological...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WOOSummary: This program explores racial issues in Siler City, North Carolina, including: what are the effects of rapid change in racial demographics? What happens when white culture no longer dominates society? Will the future more closely resemble our segregated past, or is the nation experiencing the declining significance of race? Utilizing the writing of Eric Liu (The Accidental Asian: Notes of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Every 30 seconds in America, normal life stops. Someone is reported missing. That's where special agent Jack Malone comes in. On the behalf of victims and loved ones, Jack and his FBI team do the hard, exciting work of turning the missing into the found. Among the vanished: a man terrified of extraterrestrials, a spoiled celebrity heiress and an idealistic woman caught up in a romance with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITQualey, Marsha
Summary: Gracie the pig has a part in a movie with with Tilda Swinetune, the champion swim racer and movie star, but she is upset when she realizes she is just a stunt double--however a small change in the script makes her able to do that and also fulfill her dream with a part of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE QUAHarper, Charise Mericle.
Summary: Eight-year-old Just Grace and her best friend Mimi embark on a campaign to convince Grace's parents that they are responsible and dependable enough to get a dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED HARReynolds, Jason
Summary: Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series ReynoldsLewis, Beverly
Summary: In this portrait of an Amish family's struggle to overcome the effects of a baffling secret, soon-to- be-engaged Grace Byler is perplexed by her mom's nocturnal weeping and wandering--and her dad's refusal to discuss what's wrong. But when her mom runs off, Grace puts her own life on hold to pick up the pieces her mother left behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC LEWSummary: Cleaver languishes in jail, facing the consequences of his crimes and misbehaviors, while he awaits the outcome of his appeal. When the conviction is quashed at last, he discovers his world has grown even more chaotic in his absence. The proliferation of Royal Commissions, inquiries and corruption trials requires so many barristers, even Cleaver can find work. Of course, Cleaver being Cleaver,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RAKSummary: Directed by Sindi Gordon, this film explores reverse racism, offering a contemporary view of two populations often overlooked in the race dialogue: Native Americans and native Hawaiians. In South Dakota, three generations of Lakota families consider their past and their future. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, beginning in the 1990s, lawsuits challenged the rights of natives to run schools and housing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Martin, George R. R.
Summary: Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy Martin 2011Lewis, Beverly
Summary: In the seemingly ordinary Amish home of Grace Byler, secrets abound. Why does her mother weep and wander deep in the night? And why does her father refuse to admit something is dreadfully wrong? Then, in one startling moment, the quiet life Grace has known is irrevocably altered, leaving her to question all she has been taught about love, family, and commitment. - Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2009