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Pat W. (3ladybug) |
Turning Memories Into Memoirs: A Handbook for Writing Lifestories by Denis Ledoux
Turning Memories Into Memoirs contains countless helpful suggestions for remembering--researching--organizing--collecting and writing memories and family or personal stories. It includes * how-to writing exercises * clear explanation of literary techniques * proven motivational supports and *... more
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Seasons in Basilicata : A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village by David Yeadon
A year in the life of a remote southern Italian hill town, rich with local characters and strange, pagan-laced customs -- a place very different from the more gentrified northern Italy of Tuscany and Umbria. Award-winning travel writer and illustrator David Yeadon embarks with his wife, Anne, on... more
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A Season of Grace (Under Northern Skies, Bk 3) by Lauraine Snelling
In 1910 Minnesota, Nilda Carlson's dreams are coming true. Though her first few months in America were difficult, her life now resembles the images that filled her daydreams in Norway. She and her younger brother Ivar live in their own house, just a short distance from her older brother and... more
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Remember the Lilies (Women of Courage, Bk 3) by Liz Tolsma
Irene and Rand come from very different walks of life. Will they find common ground in their fight to survive?
Irene has grown up in the jungle as a missionary with her Aunt Anita, but now she and countless others are imprisoned by Japanese soldiers at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in the... more
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The Postmistress of Paris by Meg Waite Clayton
The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Train to London revisits the dark early days of the German occupation in France in this haunting novel—a love story and a tale of high-stakes danger and incomparable courage—about a young American heiress who... more
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Mug Rugs (Love to Sew) by Christa Rolf
A selection of mug rugs?large coasters with room for a favorite mug and a cookie or two?designed by renowned international patchwork artists are included in this project book. Each design has simple step-by-step instructions and beautiful photographs; they are small enough to complete in a few... more
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Amazing Freedom: Devotions to Free Your Spirit and Fill Your Heart (Women of Faith) b...
What does it mean to experience amazing freedom? People often don't expect to find freedom in the church, freedom in religion, or freedom in Christ. And yet, that's exactly what Christ promised. In the first section of the book, each devotional describes something we can find "Freedom From..."... more
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A Tapestry of Hope (Lights of Lowell Bk 1) by Tracie Peterson & Judith Miller
Lights of Lowell book 1. Tapestry of Hope weaves together the heartrending and hope-building stories of two young women. Jasmine Wainwright is the sheltered daughter of a Mississippi plantation owner. When her father strikes a deal to sell his cotton to Lowell mills through businessman Bradley... more
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A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occ...
On an icy morning in Paris in January 1943, 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz -- the only train, in the four years of German occupation, to take women of the Resistance to a death camp. The youngest was a schoolgirl of... more
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Captured by Grace: No One Is Beyond the Reach of a Loving God by David Jeremiah
By following the dramatic story of the ?Amazing Grace? hymn writer John Newton, and the Apostle Paul's own encounter with the God of grace, Dr. David Jeremiah helps readers understand the freeing power of permanent forgiveness and mercy. Here are dramatic stories and biblical insights about the... more
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Come Thirsty: No Heart Too Dry for His Touch by Max Lucado
Are you a dry sponge? Edgy and rigid? Ineffective? Would you like to be softened up some? Would you like to be more useful in the hands of the One who made you? Then come to the well, says Max Lucado, to receive the four essential nutrients needed by every soul--Christ's pardon, energy,... more
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Doctor to the Resistance: The Heroic True Story of an American Surgeon And His Family...
Maine-born Dr. Sumner "Jack" Jackson joined the British Army as a volunteer physician during World War I. After the Battle of the Somme, he married a beautiful French Red Cross nurse. When the war was over, Jackson joined the staff of the American Hospital in Paris, where he quickly... more
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Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by...
Now in paperback, the New York Times bestselling story of the taming of the depraved and criminal Wild West.
The instant New York Times bestseller!THE TRUE STORY OF HOW TWO GUNFIGHTERS BROUGHT LAW AND ORDER TO DODGE CITY, the most depraved and criminal town in the nation
Dodge City, Kansas, is... more
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Elephant Song by Wilbur Smith
WHITE GOLDIvory. In Africa, it is the tragic and thrilling object of greed, corruption, and senseless death. In this dangerous world of poachers and blood money, one determined man and one dedicated woman risk their lives to stop the senseless slaughter of a species on the brink of... more
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Living With Little Quilts by Alice Berg & Mary Ellen Von Holt & Sylvia Johnso...
Visit the charming homes of quilt lovers who collect Little Quilts. Find inspiration for decorating with the small treasures in your home, then create six simple Little Quilts from the patterns provided.
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On Dancing Hill by Sarah Challis
On Dancing Hill - Farmer's wife, Kate, has gone on a week-long painting course in Provence. It is the first time her husband, children father and animals have tried to cope without her, the first time she has been on the loose without them. What will happen while she's away? What will happen... more
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Somewhere in France by Jennifer Robson
A daring young woman will risk her life to find her destiny in this atmospheric, beautifully drawn historical debut novel—a tale of love, hope, and danger set during the First World War.
Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love. But... more
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The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
There is something very special about Agnès Morel. A quiet presence in the small French town of Chartres, she can be found cleaning the famed medieval cathedral each morning and doing odd jobs for the townspeople. No one knows where she came from or why.
Not Abbé Paul, who... more
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The Last Freedom: A Novel on the Real-Life Adventure of Dr. Viktor Frankl by Mike Rya...
Roger Murphy had it all. A great Marina District apartment, the best dog in the world and the most reviled newspaper column in San Francisco.But as the very ground began to shake beneath him, he was at risk of losing it all-and found himself in a fight for his very life.Just as he stood at the... more
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The Mask Carver's Son by Alyson Richman
Set in turn of the century Japan in the world of the Noh theater, and in Paris during the heady days when French Impressionism was the avant-garde, this heartbreaking, beautifully written novel tells of a young Japanese artist who sacrifices everything: family, love and wealth for his art.A... more
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The Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club by Marlena de Blasi
Every week on a Thursday evening, a group of four Italian rural women gather in a derelict stone house in the hills above Italy?s Orvieto. There?along with their friend, Marlena?they cook together, sit down to a beautiful supper, drink their beloved local wines, and talk. Here, surrounded by... more
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Woman to Woman: Candid Conversations from Me to You by Mary Ellen Breitwiser & Jo...
Candid Conversations from Me to You AUTHOR:JOYCEMEYER DESCRIPTION: Joyce speaks to women about many of the issues most pertinent to their lives, needs, and interests in this collection derived from some of her most popular books. Some of the included topics are: Living beyond your feelings,... more
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Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
You will never think of your mother the same way after you read this book.
Already an international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author's native Korea, Please Look After Mom is a stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their missing... more
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The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes
This exhilarating novel transports you to the lush tropical landscape of 1920s Ecuador, blending family drama, dangerous mystery, and the real-life history of the coastal town known as the “birthplace of cacao.”
As a child in Spain, Puri always knew her passion for chocolate was... more
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