Rita Mae Brown

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Iowa

A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

When a series of mysterious deaths spoil the Christmas season in Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor “Harry” Harristeen and her beloved cats and dogs lend the police a helping paw in this exciting holiday mystery from Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown. Christmas is coming and Harry’s to-do list is a mile long. The days are filled with delivering holiday baskets to neighbors in need, chopping down the perfect tree with her best friend, Susan Tucker, and hunting for that elusive special gift for her beloved husband, Pharamond “Fair” Harristeen. Harry also decides to try her hand at dog showing, enrolling her handsome Irish Wolfhound puppy Pirate in classes to prepare for a future exhibition. Through it all, holiday cheer—and plenty of treats for Pirate—keep spirits high. But the holidays aren’t cheerful for everyone. Harry’s friend on the police force, Cynthia Cooper, warns that the season can bring an uptick in crime. Her words prove tragically prescient when Harry and Susan discover the body of a man by the side of the road, dead, without any clues to his identity. One suspicious death is bad enough, but when Cooper reports that two more bodies have been found, also unidentified, Harry knows trouble is afoot. The autopsies for all three bodies reveal the presence of a deadly drug. Could their deaths have been accidental, or is a devious killer on the prowl? With help from her feline sidekicks, Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, as well as Tee Tucker the corgi and Pirate, Harry vows to find the answers and stop the spate of deaths so that all of Crozet can have a very merry Christmas.

Hiss and Tell

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Ronald Kessler

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Inside the Secret Campaign Against Terror

Only Ron Kessler, an award-winning former Washington Post and Wall Street journal investigative reporter, could have gained the unprecedented access to tell the story. Kessler interviewed fifty current CIA officers, including all the agency's top officials, and toured areas of the CIA the media has never seen. The agency actively encouraged retired CIA officers and officials to talk with him as well. In six years as director, George J. Tenet had never appeared on television shows and had given only a handful of print interviews, all before 9/11, but Tenet agreed to be interviewed by Kessler for this book. The CIA at War discloses highly sensitive information about the CIA's unorthodox methods and its stunning successes and shocking failures. The book explores whether the CIA can be trusted, whether its intelligence is politicized, and whether it is capable of winning the war on terror. In doing so, the book weaves in the history of the CIA and how it really works. It is the definitive account of the agency.

The CIA at War

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Franklin Graham

An Autobiography

The son of renowned evangelist Billy Graham talks about the challenges of growing up in the shadow of his father's fame, being a Christian in contemporary America, and his work with Samaritan's Purse

Rebel with a Cause

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Bill O'Reilly

Martin Dugard

The Shocking Assassination That Changed America

Describes the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the hunt to track down John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices.

Killing Lincoln

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Neil Howe

William Strauss

The Next Great Generation

Offers an analysis of young people born after 1982, explaining how they differ from their Baby Boomer and generation X parents, their characteristic behavior and attitudes, and prospects for their future.

Millennials Rising

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Marcus Buckingham

... about Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success

Following the success of the landmark bestsellers First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham offers a dramatically new way to understand the art of success.

With over 1.6 million copies of First, Break All the Rules (co-authored with Curt Coffman) and Now, Discover Your Strengths (co-authored with Donald O. Clifton) in print, Cambridge-educated Buckingham is considered one of the most respected business authorities on the subject of management and leadership in the world. With The One Thing You Need to Know, he gives readers an invaluable course in outstanding achievement -- a guide to capturing the essence of the three most fundamental areas of professional activity.

Great managing, leading, and career success -- Buckingham draws on a wealth of applicable examples to reveal that a controlling insight lies at the heart of the three. Lose sight of this "one thing" and even the best efforts will be diminished or compromised. Readers will be eager to discover the surprisingly different answers to each of these rich and complex subjects. Each could be explained endlessly to detail their many facets, but Buckingham's great gift is his ability to cut through the mass of often-conflicting agendas and zero in on what matters most, without ever oversimplifying. As he observes, success comes to those who remain mindful of the core insight, understand all of its ramifications, and orient their decisions around it. Buckingham backs his arguments with authoritative research from a wide variety of sources, including his own research data and in-depth interviews with individuals at every level of an organization, from CEO's to hotel maids and stockboys.

In every way a groundbreaking book, The One Thing You Need to Know offers crucial performance and career lessons for business people at all career stages.

The One Thing You Need to Know

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Stephen C. Lundin

Harry Paul

John Christensen

Ken Blanchard

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day. Imagine an environment in which people are truly connected to their work, to their colleagues, and to their customers. In this engrossing parable, a fictional manager is charged with the responsibility of turning a chronically unenthusiastic and unhelpful department into an effective team. Across the street from her office is Seattles very real Pike Place Fish Market, world famous and wildly successful thanks to its fun, bustling, joyful atmosphere and customer service. By applying ingeniously simple lessons learned from the actual Pike Place fishmongers, our manager learns how to energize those who report to her and effect an astonishing transformation in her workplace. Addressing todays work issues (including employee retention and burnout) with an engaging metaphor and an appealing message that applies to any sector of any organization, Fish! offers wisdom that is easy to grasp, instantly applicable, and profoundthe hallmarks of a true business classic. Based on a bestselling ChartHouse training video which has been adopted by corporations including Southwest Airlines, Sprint, and Nordstrom.

Fish!

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Deborah Madison

My Life with Vegetables

From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ("The Queen of Greens" --The Washington Post)--a warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement.

From the author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ("The Queen of Greens," The Washington Post)-a warm, bracingly honest memoir that also gives us an insider's look at the vegetarian movement.

Madison's "insightful memoir" (The Wall Street Journal) is "a true delight to read as she uncovers her love for all real foods, peeling off layer by layer like an onion, recounting her own personal, culinary, and gardening experiences" (Lidia Bastianich).

Thanks to her beloved cookbooks and groundbreaking work as the chef at Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, Deborah Madison, though not a vegetarian herself, has long been revered as this country's leading authority on vegetables.

She profoundly changed the way generations of Americans think about cooking with vegetables, helping to transform "vegetarian" from a dirty word into a mainstream way of eating. But before she became a household name, Madison spent almost twenty years as an ordained Buddhist priest, coming of age in the midst of counterculture San Francisco. In this charmingly intimate and refreshingly frank memoir, she tells her story-and with it the story of the vegetarian movement-or the very first time.

From her childhood in Big Ag Northern California to working in the kitchen of the then-new Chez Panisse, and from the birth of food TV to the age of green markets everywhere, An Onion in My Pocket is as much the story of the evolution of American foodways as it is the memoir of the woman at the forefront. It is a deeply personal look at the rise of vegetable-forward cooking, and a manifesto for how to eat well.

An Onion in My Pocket

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Lee Child

Andrew Child

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Jack Reacher Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child

"No Plan B is not to be missed. A perfectly plotted, fast-paced thriller, with bigger twists than ever before. It's no wonder Jack Reacher is everyone's favorite rebel hero."--Karin Slaughter

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Reader's Digest

In Gerrardsville, Colorado, a woman dies under the wheels of a moving bus. The death is ruled a suicide. But Jack Reacher saw what really happened: A man in a gray hoodie and jeans, moving stealthily, pushed the victim to her demise--before swiftly grabbing the dead woman's purse and strolling away.

When another homicide is ruled an accident, Reacher knows this is no coincidence. With a killer on the loose, Reacher has no time to waste to track down those responsible. 

But Reacher is unaware that these crimes are part of something much larger and more far-reaching: an arsonist out for revenge, a foster kid on the run, a cabal of powerful people involved in a secret conspiracy with many moving parts. There is no room for error, but they make a grave one. They don't consider Reacher a threat. "There's too much at stake to start running from shadows." But Reacher isn't a shadow. He is flesh and blood. And relentless when it comes to making things right.

For when the threat is Reacher, there is No Plan B.

No Plan B

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Brandon Taylor

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER BRANDON TAYLOR IS: “A powerhouse.” —Newsweek “An extraordinary cartographer.” —Esquire “A striking new voice with a vital perspective.” —Harper’s Bazaar “A brilliant writer.” —Garth Greenwell Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Time, Elle, Enterntainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, O: The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, BuzzFeed, Vulture, Thrillist, The Week, Lit Hub, The Rumpus, The Millions, and Paperback Paris A group portrait of young adults enmeshed in desire and violence, a hotly charged, deeply satisfying new work of fiction from the author of Booker Prize finalist Real Life In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young creatives in the American Midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness. In other stories, a young woman battles with the cancers draining her body and her family; menacing undercurrents among a group of teenagers explode in violence on a winter night; a little girl tears through a house like a tornado, driving her babysitter to the brink; and couples feel out the jagged edges of connection, comfort, and cruelty. One of the breakout literary stars of 2020, Brandon Taylor has been hailed by Roxane Gay as “a writer who wields his craft in absolutely unforgettable ways.” With Filthy Animals he renews and expands on the promise made in Real Life, training his precise and unsentimental gaze on the tensions among friends and family, lovers and others. Psychologically taut and quietly devastating, Filthy Animals is a tender portrait of the fierce longing for intimacy, the lingering presence of pain, and the desire for love in a world that seems, more often than not, to withhold it.

Filthy Animals

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Adiva Geffen

"Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate...She was a beautiful and happy young woman who lived a fairytale life. Shurka, her beloved husband and their two small children lived in a pretty house in a village in Poland...This was their life and nothing could harm it, or so they thought... WWII broke out and though the happy family thought the Germans would never reach their idyllic village, they quickly understood they were wrong...The family had to flee their house and find shelter in a neighboring Ghetto where they soon realized that the Gestapo was taking Jews away on trucks every night, and they were never seen again. The family decided to escape into the deep dark forest. There, surrounded by animals, they knew that this was their only chance to get away from the real beasts. They had no idea what would await them, but they knew that doing nothing was not an option if they wanted to survive"--from Backcover.

Surviving the Forest

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American Heart Association

Physics

Basic Life Support Provider Manual

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Mahan Khalsa

Randy Illig

Stephen R. Covey

Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship

Too often the sales process is all about fear. Customers are afraid they will be talked into making a mistake and salespeople dread being unable to make the deal and make their quotas, leaving no one happy. Mahan Khalsa and Randy Illig offer a better way. Salespeople, they argue, do best when they focus 100 percent on helping clients succeed. When customers are successful, both buyer and seller win. This book offers the new way to transform a sales culture with clarity, authenticity and emotional intelligence.

Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play

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Cora Reilly

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Maddox - Mad Dog - White hates everything the name Vitiello stands for, after he witnessed his father and his men getting butchered by the Capo of the Italian mob in their territory. Raised by his uncle, the president of the Tartarus MC, Maddox is destined to follow in his footsteps. Now their chapter is on the rise again, but for their ultimate triumph they need to destroy the Vitiello empire. And what better way to do it than to steal the spoilt Vitiello princess and break her piece by piece until her father begs for mercy. Known as the spoilt princess of New York, Marcella Vitiello grew up in a golden cage. If your father is the most feared man in New York, people gift you with reverence. Destined to marry the boyfriend approved by her father, Marcella is sick of being treated like an untouchable porcelain doll. She resents the life forced upon her by her family until everything she took for granted is ripped from her. Where she's now, her name doesn't bring awe, only pain and humiliation. If you've grown up in a high castle, the fall is all the deeper. Sins of the fathers have a way of catching up, who's going to bleed for them?

By Sin I Rise : Part One

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D. W. Ulsterman

A Love Lost. a Family Found. a Life Saved

AS FEATURED IN USA TODAY, THE IRISH COWBOY IS THE STORY ALL OF AMERICA IS NOW TALKING ABOUT:


"Had this given to me by my sister who said I MUST READ IT. She was right. I bawled my eyes out, laughed, cheered, and in the end, I was so grateful for the journey the story took me on. Then my husband read it and he loved it too! Would make an amazing movie. Hollywood, are you listening? You should be." -Jennifer Upton


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Hap Wilkes made a choice to sacrifice his own happiness in order to honor a vow. Since then he has lived a loveless life caring for the few animals that remain on his isolated Montana ranch while waiting each year for the return of the wild horses that make his land their summer home. 

Haunted by memories of what could have been while fighting the constant onslaught of old age and regret, Hap suddenly receives two unexpected visits. One of them intends to take his land by force. The other hopes to give him another chance to know real love.

What happens next is a journey of loss, heartache, hope and redemption, as masterfully told by bestelling author, D.W. Ulsterman. 

Find out for yourself why so many have declared The Irish Cowboy to be an instant classic and one of the best reads of the year:

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"The way the story is written is absolutely riveting. The author moves from character to character, setting to setting in a seamless manner. It brings smiles, sadness, and all emotions in between. I could not put it down." -John / Amazon Review


"If you read just one book this year you have to make it The Irish Cowboy. It's a love story with genuine heart, wisdom, and timeless appeal that is so deserving of its many accolades. Kudos to its author, D.W. Ulsterman. This kind of story is sadly rare this day and age because it's one that has something important to say to young and old alike."  -Dina Garcia


"The Irish Cowboy is one of the best love stories and family dramas I've ever read and that's saying something because I read a LOT. Beautifully told with a perfect ending. I loved it, my book club loved it, and I know you'll love it as well. I give it my highest recommendation." -Kali O'Rourke


"Truth be told I'm not much of a reader but after so many people recommended The Irish Cowboy to me I finally decided to give it a go. I know regret. I've been there. This book nails that situation in a way that put me in the story right along with Hap and Shirley.It really is that good. I've never left a review for a book until now but this one required that I do. I might just read it again. Actually, I know I will and you should too." -Harmony Dawson

"Have the tissue close by for this one. You're going to need it. What an amazing story with an ending that was perfect in every way. God bless The Irish Cowboy." -Maura Simms


THE IRISH COWBOY IS A USA TODAY 'HAPPILY EVER AFTER' SELECTION.





The Irish Cowboy

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Monte Burch

Mastering the Art of Homemade Bratwurst, Bologna, Pepperoni, Salami, and More

Now, with The Complete Guide to Making Sausages, you can impress your family and friends by making all types of sausages in the comfort of your own kitchen. In an easy to follow manner, writer-outdoorsman Monte Burch explains how to make sausages using wild game and store-bought meats like pork, chicken, and beef. Learn to make all sorts of delicious variations, including bratwurst, bologna, pepperoni, salami, liver, and smoked sausages. With his advice, you can perfect and master the art of making sausage at home and be the envy of the neighborhood. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We've been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

The Complete Guide to Sausage Making

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Luke McCallin

In the waning days of World War I, a horrific crime behind the lines sends Lieutenant Gregor Reinhardt on a search for a killer in this electrifying thriller from the author of The Man from Berlin.

It's the final days of the Great War and four years of grinding conflict has warped more than one man's mind. When a secret meeting of top brass is called, someone sets off a bomb that kills all the attendees. It looks for sure that one of the men in Gregor Reinhardt's company is the culprit. But since that man killed himself, the General is looking for someone else to share the blame. Reinhardt must prove his trooper innocent if he hopes to avoid the fate of a co-conspirator.

The search for answers leads Reinhardt deep into a potential conspiracy populated by mutinous soldiers, a mysterious Russian nobleman, and a pair of doctors who may be doing more than treating battlefield injuries. The trenches are home to any number of horrors, but what if the greatest danger is right next to you?

From a Dark Horizon

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Christine Feehan

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Embrace the seductive call of the latest novel in Christine Feehan's #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series.
 
Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants is to be out from under her family's watchful eyes. There is a fire inside her that is building. A restlessness coupled with a sense of growing dread. Every day she feels the weight of the legacy passed down through generations. The prophecy that says a man will come to claim her as his mate, and that she will guard his soul. She knows nothing about him except that he is hers. But nothing seems real until the night she meets him in the flesh....
 
Afanasiv Belan is a Carpathian, an ancient one. In all the centuries of his existence, no one has ever affected him like Vasilisa. He can see into her mind and feel what is in her heart. They are so alike, warriors bound by honor and plagued by secrets. They both know they must reveal the darkest parts of their souls if they hope to survive and protect the ones they love.
 
But if they claim each other as lifemates, it will change them down to the bone. They will become something more--something feared by both of their kinds....

Dark Whisper

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Sarah Stonich

A Novel

Winner of the 2019 Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story Poignant portrayals of life on the edge in northern Minnesota border country, from the best-selling author of These Granite Islands and Vacationland Bitter winters are nothing new in Hatchet Inlet, hard up against the ridge of the Laurentian Divide, but the advent of spring can't thaw the community's collective grief, lingering since a senseless tragedy the previous fall. What is different this year is what's missing: Rauri Paar, the last private landowner in the Reserve, whose annual emergence from his remote iced-in islands marks the beginning of spring and the promise of a kinder season. The town's residents gather at the local diner and, amid talk of spring weather, the latest gossip, roadkill, and the daily special, take bets on when Rauri will appear--or imagine what happened to him during the long and brutal winter. Retired union miner and widower Alpo Lahti is about to wed the diner's charming and lively waitress, Sissy Pavola, but, with Rauri still unaccounted for, celebration seems premature. Alpo's son Pete struggles to find his straight and narrow, then struggles to stay on it, and even Sissy might be having second thoughts. Weaving in and out of each other's reach, trying hard to do their best (all the while wondering what that might be), the residents of this remote town in all their sweetness and sorrow remind us once more of the inescapable lurches of the heart and unexpected turns of our human comedy.

Laurentian Divide

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Ray Walker

A Collection of Amazing Trivia Quizzes and Fun Facts for Die-Hard Vikings Fans!

Are you a die-hard Vikings fan? Now you surely will be with The Ultimate Minnesota Vikings Trivia Book. If you want to know all the ins and outs of one of the most famous NFL teams ever, this book is for you.The next time you walk into a bar, your friend's house, or your father-in-law's place for trivia night, you'll be a smash hit because you'll know all about the Vikings' legends. You'll find fun trivia here on star quarterbacks Fran Tarkenton and Joe Kapp; top pass catchers such as Cris Carter, Randy Moss; rapid running backs like Adrian Peterson, Chuck Foreman, and Darrin Nelson; devastating defenders such as the Purple People Eaters, Alan Page, Paul Krause, and Jim Marshall; as well as kickers Fred Cox and Gary Anderson.With this ultimate Vikings trivia book, you'll have a handle on what the Vikings team really means to the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and why U.S. Bank Stadium is a truly unique place to enjoy a National Football League game. You and your buddies will read intriguing stories and inspirational quotes from the likes of former head coach Bud Grant and Minnesota's muscle, Carl Eller.What ultimate Minnesota Vikings trivia will you score with this valuable book? Catch the answers to all these tricky trivia questions and tons more:?How many championships and Super Bowl appearances have the Vikings piled up in their glorious history??Which contest did the Vikings win that was later called "the Miracle in Minneapolis"??Which NFL and NFC North division teams are Minnesota's biggest rivals, and why??Which Minnesota coach has a statue heralding his achievements in another country??Which player swap did the Minnesota Vikings make that was later referred to as "the Great Train Robbery"?Dear Die-Hard Fan: Your ultimate Minnesota Vikings trivia book comes with 13 chapters chock-full of quiz questions, answer pages, and fun facts about your favorite team. Quiz night coming? Be ready! Have a blast with your trivia book all about the indomitable NFL franchise known as the Minnesota Vikings.

The Ultimate Minnesota Vikings Trivia Book

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World Languages

Portuguese learning guide 

Liz Baker Plosser

Reset Your A. M. Routine to Unlock Your Potential

"Own Your Morning will guide you to create personalized daily rituals that center you, energize you, and give you the power to fully show up for your day."
-Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Think Like a Monk and host of the On Purpose podcast

Rise and truly shine with a life-changing new morning routine. Find clarity and happiness with this start-your-day plan that prioritizes your wellness and life goals.

Good days start with good mornings and Editor-in-Chief of Women's Health Liz Baker Plosser believes there's no cookie cutter morning ritual that will lead you to success. Instead she advocates that your a.m. routine should reflect what matters most to you.

Own Your Morning starts with easy prompts to help you identify your core values-the way you want to spend your energy, time, and resources. Once you've figured out the elements of your personal perfect morning, you'll find proven insights from wellness experts and personal anecdotes from Liz to help you reimagine your a.m. habits to benefit your physical and mental health, focus your energy, enhance your productivity, and make the most of your day from the moment you wake up.

Whether you want to amp up a killer workout (sweat changes everything!), tap into the power of meditation (Jay Shetty shares his go-to meditation practice), create mini-moments of connectivity with loved ones (such as creating emoji shorthand in your group chat), or fuel your a.m. awesomeness with a healthy breakfast (including a few recipes!), these easy-to-implement strategies will help you set a morning routine unique to you.

Own Your Morning

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Amanda Jenkins

Dallas Jenkins

Douglas S. Huffman

An Interactive Bible Study

The #1 bestseller in New Testament Commentaries. Over 200,000 copies sold!

 

This is the official companion study to season 1 of The Chosen, the groundbreaking television series about the life of Jesus. 

 

What Does It Mean to Be Chosen? parallels each episode, connecting readers to the Bible in a brand-new way. It includes:
 * A deeper look at Isaiah 43 and its fulfillment in Jesus and the lives of His followers (including us!)
 * Script excerpts, quotes, and illustrations from the show
 * Guiding questions for groups or individuals

 

Being chosen by Jesus has beautiful and far-reaching implications--although it says even more about the Chooser than the choosees. We are loved because He is love. We are saved because He is merciful. We belong to the family of God because Jesus invites us, making the Bible and all its promises as true for us today as it was for God's chosen people.



What does it actually mean to be Chosen? To answer that question, we're going Old school--Testament that is--which leads us back to the New. Which always leads us directly to Jesus.

 

What Does It Mean to Be Chosen?

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Joan Silber

When a man discovers his father in New York has long had another, secret, family—a wife and two kids—the interlocking fates of both families lead to surprise loyalties, love triangles, and a reservoir of inner strength—"It would be impossible to overstate just how good this book is" (Ann Patchett). Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second family—a Thai wife and two kids living in Queens. In the aftermath of this revelation, Ethan's mother spends a year working abroad, returning much changed, as events introduce her to the other wife. Across town, Ethan's half brothers are caught in their own complicated journeys: one brother's penchant for minor delinquency has escalated, and the other must travel to Bangkok to bail him out, while the bargains their mother has struck about love and money continue to shape their lives. As Ethan finds himself caught in a love triangle of his own, the interwoven fates of these two households elegantly unfurl to encompass a woman rallying to help an ill brother with an unreliable lover and a filmmaker with a girlhood spent in Nepal. Evoking a generous and humane spirit, and a story that ranges over three continents, Secrets of Happiness elucidates the ways people marshal the resources at hand to forge their own forms of joy.

Secrets of Happiness

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tashas night owl

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