Adam Johnson
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"With the 2012 publication of The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson became recognized as a leading American writer: a New York Times bestseller, Orphan Master was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen major publications, chosen as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and in addition to the Pulitzer, won a host of other prizes, including the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Now Johnson turns his remarkable talent...
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In The Reconciling Wisdom of God: Reframing the Doctrine of the Atonement, Adam Johnson, already a leading scholar of the atonement, considers God's redemptive work in Christ through the atonement as an act of God's infinite wisdom. In making this crucial turn, Johnson is able to speak to proponents of the various atonement theories and move the discussion forward in a new direction, grounded in the truth of God's infinite wisdom. Genuinely reframing...
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2015.
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English
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In this heartfelt dramatic comedy, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls. Reeling from the recent loss of her father to cancer, she finds that there are many others who feel her pain -- and that she never has to face her sorrow alone.
10) Christmas Time
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Two estranged brothers try to reconnect at Christmas but there's something that one of them can't get past...the other thinks he's a time traveler.
11) Charly
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Jack Weyland's best-selling novel, CHARLY, comes to life in this heartfelt, romantic adaptation by director Adam Anderegg. Sam (Jeremy Elliott), a very uptight, ultra-organized idealist, knows what he wants in life until he meets Charly (Heather Beers), a beautiful and feisty New Yorker who turns his orderly world upside down and inside out. Individual differences draw them together in ways neither expected, but learning to overcome those differences...
12) Rounds
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Music, beer and pick-up basketball games set the backdrop as three friends struggle with relationships, money and the pursuit of happiness.
13) The last straw
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2014.
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Christmas is supposed to be a season of love, warm feelings, and happy hearts. But with the children's constant bickering, pretty packages and a sweet-smelling tree don't come close to filling the McDonald home with the true spirit of the first Christmas. Then Mom remembers an old tradition of building a soft bed for Baby Jesus one straw at a time. Each time someone secretly does something nice for another family member, he or she gets to add a single...
15) The Darkspore
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When a powerful relic is stolen, Marek and her friends face a sinister new enemy: Kishkumen, a foreign mystic bent on reclaiming the Darkspore for his master Szorlok. Armed with twin maps, Marek and her team race Kishkumen and his horde through creature-infested lands, to a long-abandoned underground city - all the while pursued by bounty hunters intent on returning Marek to slavery.
16) The Necromancer
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When her most loyal friend is taken hostage by Peregus Malister, the cruel master of the Thieves Guild, Marek must embark on a corrupt mission to serve the Thieves Guild with her team of would-be heroes. But when the mission leads them into the clutches of Szorlok - their greatest enemy - Marek must sacrifice her ambitions, and perhaps her own soul, to stop Szorlok from obtaining the Darkspore and to save her friends.
17) Out of Liberty
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Winter 1839. Jailed on charges of treason and murder, the proclaimed prophet Joseph Smith (Brandon Ray Olive) and his companions are held in Liberty, Missouri while they await a court hearing. Local jailer, Samuel Tillery (Jasen Wade) is tasked with protecting the prisoners from increased mob attacks. But as public opinion begins to shift, Sam is forced to take matters into his own hands, for the protection of the prisoners, and his own life.
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Fables (Bill Willingham) volume 15
Pub. Date
2012.
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"Rose Red, sister of Snow White, has finally hit rock bottom. Does she stay there, or is it time to start the long, tortuous climb back up? The Farm is in chaos, as many factions compete to fill the void of her missing leadership. And there's a big magical fight brewing down in the town square, right under her window."--Amazon.com.
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