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24 Hours That Changed the World by Adriana Lima | Genre: Christian Living No single event in human history has received more attention than the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. In this book, Adam Hamilton guides us through the last twenty-four hours of Jesus' life. Each chapter is designed to help the reader ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

A Lady Like Sarah by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction She's an outlaw; he's a preacher. Both are in need of a miracle. Sarah Prescott has never known a respectable life. Just a hardscrabble childhood and brothers who taught her to shoot straight. Justin Wells left Boston in disgrace, heading out alone ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

An Amish Gathering by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction When Winter Comes: Each year at wintertime, Rebecca Miller mourns the loss of her twin sister who was killed in a skating accident. Ben Weaver has been her friend, but this winter he’s vowed to melt her--heart froze--with grief and make her his wife. ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Angels: Who They Are and How They Help--What the Bible Reveals by Adriana Lima | Genre: Non Fiction-Misc People have long been fascinated by stories of angel sightings, yet many contemporary beliefs about angels are based on misconception and myth rather than solide, biblical truth. As he's done so brilliantly for decades, respected Bible teacher Dr. David ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

As Long As We Both Shall Live Study Guide: Experiencing the Marriage You've Always Wanted by Adriana Lima | Genre: Bible Study More Information | Read Reviews(0)

As Long as We Both Shall Live: Experiencing the Marriage You've Always Wanted by Adriana Lima | Genre: Marriage & Relationships Everyone has expectations, but not everyone acknowledges them. In marriage, unrecognized expectations can be especially dangerous—when couples expect each other to be and act a certain way without communicating their assumptions, disappointment is never ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl Participant's Guide by Adriana Lima | Genre: Womens Interest ''I really want to know God, personally and intimately.' Those words of speaker, award-winning author, and popular blogger Lysa TerKeurst mirror the feelings of countless women. They're tired of just going through the motions of being a Christian: Go ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

California Capers-nosy in Nebraska by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction More Information | Read Reviews(0)

DAMAGED GOODS by Adriana Lima | Genre: Biography On an unseasonably warm and sunny November morning in Nashville, Tennessee, the doctor gave Charlotte some heart-breaking news. While her anger and confusion raged, she received a call from a stranger, beckoning her to his side at the hospital, to recall ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Dawn of the Morning by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction Dawn of the Morning is one of the few books by Grace Livingston Hill that tells a tale dating in the early 1800s. The book is flawless in keeping your attention, grabbing your heartstrings, and it makes you catch your breath more than once. Dawn is ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Fire and Ice by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction Robyn Holland loves her work raising and training sled dogs for her family’s business, Holland Kennel, in rugged Alaska. But when her grandfather has an accident, will she be forced to follow her mother’s suggestion and sell the business? Robyn turns ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Healing Sands by Adriana Lima | Genre: Christian Living Her life was spinning out of control. A mix of anger and emptiness defined her. Desperate for true peace, she headed to a place of rest - the healing sands. Ryan Coe feels lost - her marriage is over, her kids are living with their dad, her God-life ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Insights on Romans by Adriana Lima | Genre: Bible Study Journey back in time to ancient Corinth, where, in the house of a Christian named Gaius, the apostle Paul dictates a letter to the Christians in Rome that forever shapes the course of the church. In depth and detail, Chuck Swindoll takes you inside Paul's ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Into the Word by Adriana Lima | Genre: Devotions Are you searching for more than a surface reading of the Bible? These fifty-two weekly studies emphasize personal application and will draw you directly into God’s Word … in order to love Him more. In this roll-up-your-sleeves look at Scripture, each ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

John (St. Andrew's Expositional Commentary) by Adriana Lima | Genre: Commentaries In his latest book, John, Dr. R. C. Sproul offers his readers the fruits of his lifetime of biblical study as expressed in his most recent calling. Dr. Sproul, a respected seminary teacher, conference speaker, and author, long saw his role in full-time ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Jumpstart 365 by Adriana Lima | Genre: Bible Study How would you like a fresh, faith-filled, relevant daily devotion that is loaded with the Word to help start your day with God? Jump Start 365 is filled with a full years worth of daily devotions each including a Scripture passage, encouraging words from ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Letters to Darcy by Adriana Lima | Genre: Biography Letters to Darcy originated as a blog, written by a young woman from Texas named Tracy Ramos. The blog was comprised of a series of diary entries that Tracy wrote to her unborn daughter, Darcy, over the course of approximately nine months. Early in her ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Love from Ashes by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction For almost five years, Amelia Thurstan has lived a lie, believing her parents faced enough grief with the loss of their son during World War II and the death of her love, Joe, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But that was before Joe’s brother ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Mama T Says, "Rise and Shine" by Adriana Lima | Genre: Devotions In this uplifting devotional, popular speaker and author Thelma Wells offers readers help for overcoming adversity and finding hope. When faced with problems, from unpaid bills to loved ones experiencing illnesses, people often hear, “You just need to ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Overcoming Overeating by Adriana Lima | Genre: Health & Fitness “What is it about me and food?” Millions of readers, disgusted with diets and dieting, agonize over this question. Moreover, they’re disgusted with themselves…frustrated, guilty, even despairing over repeated failures. Successful health author Lisa ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Paul: A Man of Grace and Grit (Great Lives Series) by Adriana Lima | Genre: Christian Living In Great Lives: Paul, Pastor Charles Swindoll uncovers new insight, historical context, and powerful teaching from one of history's most important theologians. Paul's life was never dull. First appearing in the New Testament as a violent enemy of Christ, ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Phoebe dean by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction Phoebe Deane is a beautiful orphan who is forced to live with her much older half-brother, who is rather indifferent to say the least, and his jealous wife, who enjoys putting Phoebe to work a little more than she should. Phoebe accepts her life, disappointing ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Powers by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction “Bury me standing. I must be buried standing.” Powers, the follow-up to John Olson’s Shade (“a must-read for those who enjoy Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti” —Publishers Weekly), introduces a sheltered Gypsy girl named Mariutza. Her grandfather utters ... More Information | Read Reviews(1)

Primal by Adriana Lima | Genre: Christian Living Our generation needs a REFORMATION. But a single person won't lead it. A single event won't define it. Our reformation will be a movement of reformers living compassionately, creatively, courageously for the cause of Christ. This ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Science and Religion: A New Introduction by Adriana Lima | Genre: Theology Now thoroughly updated to reflect the latest debates, this popular textbook introduces readers to the central questions in the field of science and religion. Ideally suited to those who have little or no prior knowledge in either area, it incorporates ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

So He Cheated, Now What? by Adriana Lima | Genre: Marriage & Relationships So He Cheated, Now What? is a one woman’s testimonial on how she overcame an affair in her marriage. Everyday women are asking the questions, ” Do I Stay or Walk Away? ” and “Can the Trust Ever be Restored?”. Nicole Cleveland shares the steps to rebuilding ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Start Somewhere by Adriana Lima | Genre: Health & Fitness How do you go about losing 215 pounds? The same way you gain it—one step at a time. In Start Somewhere, Christian singer/songwriter Calvin Nowell shares the story of his astonishing weight-loss journey, his search for a truly healthy lifestyle, and his ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life by Adriana Lima | Genre: Theology The problem of suffering is often raised by those who question the goodness or the power of God. In this book, newly revised and expanded, R.C. Sproul provides biblical answers to the questions all of us ask about suffering and addresses some of the many ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Taking Charge of Your Own Health by Adriana Lima | Genre: Health & Fitness The realities of American health care, 2009: * Less personal medical attention due to cost-cutting and regulation * A 40 percent national misdiagnosis rate, per recent surveys * A critical need for people to take responsibility for their ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

The Bare Bones Bible Facts by Adriana Lima | Genre: Bible Study New from bestselling author Jim George—The Bare Bones Bible® Facts, which continues the extremely popular series that includes The Bare Bones Bible® Handbook (over 150,000 copies sold) and 10 Minutes to Knowing the Men and Women of the Bible. This ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

The Bride Blunder (Prairie Promises Series #3) by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction Come visit Buttonwood for a marriage mistake like no other in the third novel of Kelly Eileen Hake’s Prairie Promises series. In the Nebraskan Territory of 1859, Gavin Miller writes home to request the hand of Miss Marguerite Chandler. Unfortunately, ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

The King and Dr. Nick by Adriana Lima | Genre: Non Fiction-Misc The truth about Elvis’s death from the doctor who spent eleven years as “the King’s” personal physician, father-figure, and confidant - "Dr. Nick." Dr. Nichopoulos spent a decade with Elvis on the road and at Graceland, trying to maintain the precarious ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

The Male Factor by Adriana Lima | Genre: Business and Finance Based on a nationwide survey and confidential interviews with more than three thousand men, bestselling author of For Women Only, Shaunti Feldhahn, has written a startling and unprecedented exploration of how men in the workplace tend to think, which ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

The Marriage Project by Adriana Lima | Genre: Marriage & Relationships More love, more laughter—more lingerie. What would marriages look like if for 21 days, husbands and wives put their marriage on project status? Plenty of books describe how to improve marriage, how to save a marriage, and how to ramp up the intimacy ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

The Me I Want to Be by Adriana Lima | Genre: Christian Living Discover the great task---and joy---of becoming God's best version of yourself! Best-selling author and pastor Ortberg explains that Christ's vision for each of us is to grow spiritually toward a life in which his Spirit flows like a river---and assures ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

The Sheriff's Surrender (Ladies' Shooting Club) by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction Historical fiction author Davis churns out another folksy, lighthearted story set in 1885 about a not-so-feminine heroine who shoots better than most men. Gert Dooley has spent years caring for her widowed brother, Hiram, who is Fergus, Idaho's, only ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Where Is God?: Finding His Presence, Purpose and Power in Difficult Times by Adriana Lima | Genre: Christian Living Everyone has problems. But if we could solve all our difficulties ourselves, would we ever search for God? Psychologist John Townsend says "It is actually the very unfixability of our problems and our powerlessness to bring right results that keep us ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Whirlwind by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction Which door do you go through to save the world? David, Xander, and Toria King never know where the mysterious portals in their house will take them: past, present, or future. They have battled gladiators and the German army, dodged soldiers on both ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

White Mountain Brides: Return to Love/A New Joy/Abiding Peace (Romancing America: New Hampshire) by Adriana Lima | Genre: Fiction Imagine being captured by hostile enemies, taken deep into the wilderness, and enslaved for five years. Then imagine being ransomed and returned to your village only to have to struggle to find your place again. In 1694, three women return to Cochecho, ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

Women and Christianity (Women and Religion in the World) by Adriana Lima | Genre: Christian Living Women and Christianity explores the experiences of women and how their daily lives interface with their spirituality and faith. Beginning with a historical overview, the book presents essays grouped under five broad headings: women, family, and environment; ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)

You Matter More Than You Think by Adriana Lima | Genre: Womens Interest Are you longing to make a difference? A season of soul-searching walks along Discovery Beach in Seattle revealed a secret far too many women never find. In this heartfelt book, Leslie Parrott reveals a personal message sure to keep you from looking at ... More Information | Read Reviews(0)