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Caring for the Dying
This brave, reassuring book succeeds at eliminating the negativity surrounding death. Henry Fersko-Weiss shares stories and strategies in his "Caring for the Dying" that show how doula programs remove pain and fear from the dying process...
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Christianity, Atheism, Islam and the Need for Real Evangelical Leadership
This book is recommended reading for evangelicals searching their consciences in the wake of the 2016 election. “Hate and wealth are central themes in politics today,” organizational psychologist D. A. Wonneberg writes in...
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The Fearless Travelers’ Guide to Wicked Places
Something strange is happening in the coastal town of Mist Falls. A purple, skull-shaped cloud appeared overhead a week ago, and now several mothers have disappeared, including twelve-year-old Nell Perkins’s mother, Rose. Nell and her...
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Dragonwatch
"Dragonwatch" is the first follow-up volume to Brandon Mull’s best-selling Fablehaven series. Siblings Kendra and Seth Sorenson live with their grandparents on a farm in Connecticut, but theirs is no ordinary pastoral life. Ever since...
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Margie Makes a Difference
Dawn Brotherton is a retired colonel in the US Air Force and has been playing fast-pitch softball since the age of nine. Her Lady Tigers series encourages preteens to get reading and make friends through playing group sports. In the...
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Grizzly Peak
Jonathan London’s "Grizzly Peak" is the third novel in the gripping Aaron’s Wilderness adventure series. Aaron has changed: he has quit sports, gotten into rap music, and let his grades slip. Then a teacher finds a Swiss Army knife...
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A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes
The “History in 50” series collects linked essays on particular topics; the previous volume was about disasters. In "A History of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes", former children’s librarian Gale Eaton examines history’s hoaxes and asks...
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The Future Architect's Tool Kit
“Design is problem solving and creativity mixed together,” Barbara Beck observes, a unique combination of art and science that will appeal to any kid who is often to be found with a pencil in hand. As a sequel to The Future...