Karen Kingsbury
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Best-selling author and former Los Angeles Times reporter Karen Kingsbury has enriched the lives of countless readers with her spiritually uplifting tales. When Joy Came to Stay illustrates the miraculous power of faith to overcome even the most debilitating suffering. Maggie Stovall has a successful career and a happy marriage, but she also bears the crippling weight of a secret from her past. As she slips farther and farther into depression, her...
63) Gideon's gift
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One long-ago Christmas, Earl Gibson lost the two things most precious to him: his wife and daughter. Angry and heartbroken, he ended up living on the streets and abandoned any belief he'd once had in God.
Ten years later Big Earl meets Gideon, a seven-year-old leukemia patient who believes with all her heart that "Christmas means never having to ask God how much he loves us." Gideon is determined to reach this lonely and hurting man who hates Christmas--and...
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Journalist Ellen Barrett must return to her childhood home in Michigan after learning of her father's death. Once home, an avalanche of memories is unleashed and Ellen must make peace with the people who still live there, with the losses and changes that time has wrought and with the future God has laid before her.
65) Best family ever
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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HL 420L
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English
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"Brooke is the perfect older sister. For that reason, Kari and Ashley work hard to make their parents just as proud of them as they are of Brooke. Each girl has her own talents. Brooke is an excellent student. Kari is a great soccer player. Ashley, a talented artist. And they are always there for each other. But when the news comes that Dr. Baxter is moving the family from Ann Arbor to Bloomington, Indiana, and the Baxters need to leave the only home...
66) Divine: a novel
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Mary Madison was a child of unspeakable horrors, a young woman society wanted to forget, but now a divine power has set Mary free to bring life-changing hope and love to battered and abused women living in the shadow of the nation's capital. Emma Randall is a single mother fleeing a abusive relationship, wondering whether there is hope for her and her young daughters. Mary Madison introduces Emma to the greatest love of all, greater than any either...
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This charming sequel to Gideon's Gift (K1032) is part of Kingsbury's Red Gloves Series. Continuing the theme, "Red is the color of giving," Maggie's Miracle focuses on the power of a young child to change two people's lives. A best-selling Christian author, Kingsbury is sure to touch all listeners' hearts with her tender novel.
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2012
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Large print edition.
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463 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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As the Baxters make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, the unthinkable happens, the family rallies together, and memories come to light that bring healing and hope during a time when darkness might have the final word.
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2012
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304 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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As the Baxters make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, the unthinkable happens, the family rallies together, and memories come to light that bring healing and hope during a time when darkness might have the final word.
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2009
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A king devises a frightful final competition for the three knights who have excelled in the quest for the hand of his daughter, who possesses incomparable inner and outer beauty, in order to determine which is truly worthy of her love.
72) Never grow up
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Baxter family children volume 3
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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440L
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286 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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When Kari Baxter is assigned an essay about what she wants to be when she grows up, her mind goes blank. She doesn't want to grow up; she wants everything to stay just like it is. But Kari comes to realize that while making time stand still isn't possible, she can enjoy every moment with her best family ever. Meanwhile, Ashley Baxter feels the same way. She is worried her siblings are growing up too fast. When she wins the role of Wendy in her school...
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Best-selling author Karen Kingsbury has been a RWA Rita finalist and Gold Medallion Award finalist. Sarah's Song is book three in The Red Gloves Series. For years Sarah Lindeman, now in her 80s, has carried out a special tradition over the 12 days of Christmas. This year, Sarah notices a young nurse listening, and in her recognizes pain and longing. Sarah prays that through her story, she can ease this young woman's sorrow and help her realize the...
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Life-changing Bible study volume 2
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English
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A collection of scripturally based short stories of the friends of Jesus: Simon, Martha, Jairus, Mary Magdalene, Peter and John.
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2011
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311 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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A wall went up around Alex Brady's heart when his father, a New York firefighter, died in the Twin Towers. Turning his back on the only woman he ever loved, Alex shut out all the people who cared about him to concentrate on fighting crime. He and his trusty K9 partner, Bo, are determined to eliminate evil in the world and prevent tragedies like 9-11. Then the worst fire season in California's history erupts, and Alex faces the ultimate challenge to...
80) Adventure awaits
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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460L
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English
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School science camp is a few weeks away, but Ashley and Kari Baxter have very different feelings about going. With the help of their siblings, Kari and Ashley prepare for wild experiments and the challenges of the great outdoors, and together they learn what it means to plan for an experience they wont forget. In the process, all five Baxter Children learn how to make new friends and that adventure awaits in the everyday. They just have to look for...