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A Time for Reaping

By: Joy Stonehouse

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Inspired by real people and events. The Jordan farming family in Reighton face a day of reckoning as the head of the family becomes frail. Old Francis Jordan is stubborn and refuses to discuss his will. His eldest son, William, expects to inherit but will get a shock. William's son sets his heart on Ann Smith, a cousin above his station. When he defies all warnings, there are unforeseen tragic consequences. The Jordans, who face illness and severe weather, resort to superstition and homemade remedies. Amid the lambing, the haymaking and seasonal festivities, the puritannical Robert Storey casts a dark shadow-as does death. In this final book of the series, expect the unexpected.

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1803819243

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Whisper to the Bees

Book Three, A Story of Reighton, Yorkshire 1714 to 1720

By: Joy Stonehouse

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Whisper to the Bees

Book Three, A Story of Reighton, Yorkshire 1714 to 1720

By: Joy Stonehouse

Whisper to the Bees is the third in a series of historical novels set in Reighton, East Yorkshire in the early 18th century. Inspired by the parish records and local archives, it charts the continuing story of the Jordans from 1714 to 1720 in two parts. The first reflects the farming year and rituals through a child's eyes; the second shows how grief can change a person's life. Readers of the earlier books in the series can meet up with favourite characters in the village again – old Ben and his mule, Sarah Ezard, the midwife and healer, and George Gurwood, the longsuffering vicar living in the small vicarage with his wife and seven daughters, not to mention the puritanical Robert Storey. The weather plays a huge role in daily life as does superstition, old remedies and the Church. In Part One, the main character is the lively and intelligent young Mary Jordan. Her father adores her and allows her to learn to read and write as well as run wild with her dog. Opinion in the village is divided on how girls should behave. She torments her brothers and leads them into all kinds of escapades. In Part Two, an unexpected death leads to William Jordan taking to drink and abusing his family. As a distraction from grief, he becomes embroiled in smuggling, but this only leads to more violence. In a downward spiral, he breaks the law and has to appear at the courthouse in Beverley. The book ends with the death of a major character and the departure of the vicar and his family of girls. The way is prepared for Book 4 – a look at the village without its moral compass.

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1839758783

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Bonfires and Brandy

By: Joy Stonehouse

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Bonfires and Brandy

By: Joy Stonehouse

This is an unflinching portrayal of life in a coastal Yorkshire village three hundred years ago with its folk lore, old farming methods, superstitions and traditional remedies. Mary Jordan shares her damp, chalkstone cottage in Filey Bay with five growing boys and an unsympathetic husband. William Jordan is a farmer and customs officer. In league with the local smugglers, all is well until a keen young excise officer arrives. Mary's boys don't help matters. Young William bullies and plays cruel tricks on his brothers, enjoys all manner of sports and, mentored by his uncle, learns to shoot... which ends in disaster. Francis falls for a woman eight years his senior. He suffers all the confusion of adolescence, not helped by an increasing obsession with his uncle's puritanical teachings. And then there's 'poor John' who is retarded. He's unable to work like the others but finds simple pleasures in nursing a newborn piglet and learning the ways of shepherding. He becomes Mary's one consolation as she comes to terms with a crucial death in the village – that of their only midwife and healer.

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1803815558

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Wild Sea

A History of the Southern Ocean

By: Joy McCann

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Wild Sea

A History of the Southern Ocean

By: Joy McCann

“This bracing history charts the myths, the exploration, and the inhabitants of the all-too-real and wild circumpolar ocean to our south.” —The Sydney Morning Herald, Pick of the Week Unlike the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic Oceans with their long maritime histories, little is known about the Southern Ocean. This book takes readers beyond the familiar heroic narratives of polar exploration to explore the nature of this stormy circumpolar ocean and its place in Western and Indigenous histories. Drawing from a vast archive of charts and maps, sea captains’ journals, whalers’ log books, missionaries’ correspondence, voyagers’ letters, scientific reports, stories, myths, and her own experiences, Joy McCann embarks on a voyage of discovery across its surfaces and into its depths, revealing its distinctive physical and biological processes as well as the people, species, events, and ideas that have shaped our perceptions of it. The result is both a global story of changing scientific knowledge about oceans and their vulnerability to human actions and a local one, showing how the Southern Ocean has defined and sustained southern environments and people over time. Beautifully and powerfully written, Wild Sea will raise a broader awareness and appreciation of the natural and cultural history of this little-known ocean and its emerging importance as a barometer of planetary climate change. “A sensitive portrait of a complex ecosystem, from krill to blue whales, and of the ice, winds, and currents that are critical to the circulation of the world’s oceans.” —Harper’s “Wilderness seekers will rejoice in this stirring portrait . . . McCann deftly navigates both natural glories and archival complexities.” —Nature

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University of Chicago Press

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022662241X

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Yungang

Art, History, Archaeology, Liturgy

By: Joy Lidu Yi

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Yungang

Art, History, Archaeology, Liturgy

By: Joy Lidu Yi

The first-ever comprehensive analysis of its kind in any western language, this unique volume provides a social art history of Yungang: a 5th-century rock-cut court cave complex, UNESCO World Heritage site, and one of the greatest Buddhist monuments of all time. Yungang asks why, when, and under what circumstances this impressive cave sanctuary was made, and who played significant roles at various stages. Recent economic changes in China including the expansion of roads have led to unprecedented numbers of objects being unearthed on site and near the cave-chapels. Archaeological discoveries in 2010 have shed significant new light on the architectural configuration of monasteries in the capital and the functions of different sections of the cave complex, as well as monastic life within it. For the first time, it is possible to reconstruct where the monks lived and translated sacred literary texts, and to fully understand that freestanding monasteries are an important component of the rock-cut cave complex. Illustrated throughout with remarkable full-colour photographs, this re-examination of the cave-chapels, which brings together previous scholarship, primary documentation, and more than a decade of first-hand field research, will not only fill in the gaps in our knowledge about Yungang, but also raise, and perhaps answer, new questions in art history.

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Routledge

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1351402404

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The Changeling

By: Joy Williams

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The Changeling

By: Joy Williams

With a new introduction by Karen Russell, the 40th anniversary edition of The Changeling is a visionary fairy tale and a work of mythic genius by one of our best writers. Forty years later, The Changeling is no less haunting and no less visionary than the day it was published, but it has only become clearer that Joy Williams is a virtuosic stylist and a singular thinker—a genius in every sense of the word. When we first meet Pearl—young in years but advanced in her drinking—she’s on the lam, sitting at a hotel bar in Florida, throwing back gin and tonics with her infant son cradled in the crook of her arm. But her escape is brief, and the relief she feels at having fled her abusive husband, and the Northeastern island his family calls home, doesn’t last for long. Soon she’s being shepherded back. The island, for Pearl, is a place of madness and pain, and her round-the-clock drinking spurs on the former even if it dulls the latter. And through this lens—Pearl’s fragile consciousness—readers encounter the horror and triumph of both childhood and motherhood in a new light. With language that flits between exuberance and elegy, the plainspoken and the poetic, Joy Williams has blended, as Rick Moody writes, “the arresting improbabilities of magic realism, with the surrealism of the folkloric revival . . . and with the modernist foreboding of Under the Volcano,” and created something entirely original and entirely consuming.

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Tin House Books

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194104090X

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Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East

By: Joy McCorriston

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Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East

By: Joy McCorriston

Examines the continuity of traditions over millennia in the Near East by focusing on the traditions of pilgrimage and household.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521768519

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Sixty Days in Combat

An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe

By: Dean Joy

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Sixty Days in Combat

An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe

By: Dean Joy

“The infantryman’s war is . . . without the slightest doubt the dirtiest, roughest job of them all.” He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts of history. His name is Dean Joy, and this was his war. For two months in 1945, Joy endured and survived the everyday deprivations and dangers of being a frontline infantryman. His amazingly detailed memoir, self-illustrated with numerous scenes Joy remembers from his time in Europe, brings back the sights, sounds, and smells of the experience as few books ever have. Here is the story of a young man who dreamed of flying fighter aircraft and instead was chosen to be cannon fodder in France and Germany . . . who witnessed the brutality of Nazis killing Allied medics by using the cross on their helmets as targets . . . and who narrowly escaped being wounded or killed in several “near miss” episodes, the last of which occurred on his last day of combat. Sixty Days in Combat re-creates all the drama of the “dogface’s” fight, a time that changed one young man in a war that changed the world.

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0307416666

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Mallawindy: A Mallawindy Novel 1

By: Joy Dettman

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Mallawindy: A Mallawindy Novel 1

By: Joy Dettman

Ann Burton was born on a river bank the night her father tried to burn their house down. Six years later her sister Liza disappears while they are staying at their uncle's property. What Ann sees that day robs her of her memory and her speech. Ann escapes her anguished childhood, finding love and a new life away from Mallawindy. But there is no escape from the Burton family and its dark secrets. Ann must return to Mallawindy and confront the past if she is ever to be free.

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Macmillan

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1466837977

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The Secret of the Shadow Bandit

By: Linda Joy Singleton

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The Secret of the Shadow Bandit

By: Linda Joy Singleton

Kelsey's dad has a new job and that means a new house—on the same property as a castle! Kelsey, Becca, and Leo can’t wait to explore, but what they find might lead to their most intricate case yet. How are an abandoned tree house, a wad of cash, a missing heirloom, and a mysterious creature roaming the grounds all connected? The Curious Cat Spy Club is determined to find out!

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Albert Whitman & Company

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0807513865

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Australian Autobiographical Narratives: To 1850

By: Kay Walsh,Joy W. Hooton

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Australian Autobiographical Narratives: To 1850

By: Kay Walsh,Joy W. Hooton

Comprehensive guide to published Australian autobiographical writing which deals with life in Australia up to 1850. Entries are listed alphabetically by author's name. Includes three separate indexes to personal names, places and subjects. Walsh has worked on numerous Australian reference publications. Hooton teaches English at the Australian Defence Force Academy and is co-author of 'The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature' (1985); Walsh is assisting her in preparing a new edition.

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National Library Australia

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0642105995

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Shadow Creek

A Novel

By: Joy Fielding

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Shadow Creek

A Novel

By: Joy Fielding

An unlikely group of campers including a woman, her two oddball friends, her teen daughter and her ex's fiancé embark on a trip in the Adirondacks only to be targeted by a pair of teenage killers.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451688164

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9781451688160

Our Final Hope

By: Joy Coats

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Our Final Hope

By: Joy Coats

A moment in time when all of creation stood still and welcomed the birth of its Creator, stepping out of heaven and into the hearts and lives of the very created... Mary, a young girl, and Joseph, a carpenter, could not have imagined the journey on which they would travel after saying yes to the God of their fathers when He asked them to believe by faith all that He would reveal to them. A journey that would call them to an unyielding and firm determination to be part of the answer to a world's desperate need, the Messiah--Immanuel, God with us. How could the God of creation reach down into their simple lives and bless them with the final hope of a dying and lost world? Can they believe Him for it? In a time when unmarried girls could be stoned for being pregnant before marriage, Mary must forge ahead with complete trust in her heavenly Father for protection and wisdom. Joseph must make a choice to believe all that his betrothed has just told him. Is it possible--the Messiah...in his home? Shepherds and wise men begin the ultimate pilgrimage that will forever change their lives and stories. A jealous king will seek to squash out his existence--He who will be our final and only hope. 2

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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Haint

A Tale of Extraterrestrial Intervention and Love Across Time and Space

By: Joy Ward

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Haint

A Tale of Extraterrestrial Intervention and Love Across Time and Space

By: Joy Ward

How did we evolve? Did we have help? In a world torn apart by cataclysmic climate changes, survivors learn answers to these immortal questions as they join together based on their love of various dog breeds. Two voices, the weimaraner Haint and his mistress Amanda, tell the story of how each in their own way come to the realization of what they mean to each other. Along the way, Haint explains how his species came to help humans along in their evolutionary development. Haint also reveals that the world is becoming inhabitable for humans and dogs so he and his kind must make the decision whether to save themselves and what they have learned over the thousands of years on Earth or stay and take their chances with the doomed humans. Amanda, accompanied by her friends Kern and Liddy and their canine familiars Haint and Cloudy, travel across a landscape with violent weather and competing tribes as they look for a way to save their "breed" from drought. During the trip they take on an enigmatic young girl who is much more than she appears. Haint is the story of lives entangled over thousands of years and hundreds of lifetimes as dogs and humans discover the depths of their love for each other.

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Trafford

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1412056756

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9781412056755

Stop Saying I'm Fine

Finding Stillness When Anxiety Screams

By: Taylor Joy Murray

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Stop Saying I'm Fine

Finding Stillness When Anxiety Screams

By: Taylor Joy Murray

There is a deep well of pain, loneliness, self-loathing, trauma, and shame sitting behind the happy smiles and filtered social media feeds that so often characterize our generation. Many of us have become experts at pretending we’re fine. Our shiny social media feeds and screen-deep smiles certainly give off a happy illusion. But we are not fine. Taylor has heard countless stories from her generation of our fetal positions on cold-tile floors, immobilized by anxiety. She personally knows this place well. At eighteen, she, too, found herself in an anxiety-induced fetal position behind a locked bathroom stall, wondering, “What did Jesus mean when he promised me full life?” Stop Saying I’m Fine is a generational call to honesty, healing, and to a spiritual hunger that defies superficial Christianity and engages our deeper aches and heart questions. In these pages, we’ll dig beneath the bedrock of our anxiety into the pain of our experiences. Together, we’ll learn how to connect to the stillness that exists beneath the chaos, and we’ll find that the wholeness and healing we long for isn’t as distant as it may seem. For the young adult who feels trapped inside their anxiety For the parent or caregiver who aches to understand For the wounded heart that can’t seem to move on For the weary one who has tried and failed a thousand other ways

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1684268869

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From Colonies to Country

By: Joy Hakim

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From Colonies to Country

By: Joy Hakim

How did compliant colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1735 historic courtroom battle for the freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were called "Americans" for the first time by the English, and the great English army proved itself not so formidable after all. But for sure when King George III started levying some heavy handed taxes on the colonies, the break from the motherland was imminent. With such enthralling characters as George Washington, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Eliza Pinckney, and Alexander Hamilton throughout, From Colonies to Country is an amazing story of a nation making transformation.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195188969

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Joy & Sorrow

The Story of an Exclusive Brethren Survivor

By: Joy Nason

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Joy & Sorrow

The Story of an Exclusive Brethren Survivor

By: Joy Nason

Joy Nason was born into an English working class family during World War Two and raised in the fundamentalist Christian cult of the Exclusive Brethren. Growing up in this strict and demanding world, her family migrated to Australia in the 1950s. In her early 20s, Joy made the courageous decision to flee her family, knowing that she would be cut off from that moment on. Slowly but surely Joy made her way in the world, with kind employers who encouraged her to gain skills, and friends who helped her with socialising, travel and a new-found enjoyment of life. Through many jobs and disappointing liaisons, to finally becoming a mother of a baby boy, Joy picks herself up after each failure and faces the world with determination and a positive attitude. Joy finally entered the world of education - denied her by her sect - and attained teaching degrees, through which she became Senior Head Teacher at New South Wales TAFE. With Joy and Sorrow, Joy made the decision to go public with her life and experiences, partly to give inspiration to others trapped in similar situations, but also to add to the body of evidence exposing the hypocrisy of the Exclusive Brethren. This secretive sect, now re-branded the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, will stop at nothing to maintain their Charitable status - and keep their tax-free millions.

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Joy Nason

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0992489237

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9780992489236

Freedom

A History of US

By: Joy Hakim

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Freedom

A History of US

By: Joy Hakim

Explores the history of freedom and the battle to uphold the freedom in America.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195157117

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Breaking and Entering

By: Joy Williams

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Breaking and Entering

By: Joy Williams

From "a brilliant spawn of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor" (Elle) comes a novel starring an exhilarating cast of characters that reflects the search, not just for home, but for self. Willie and Liberty are drifters. They break into Florida vacation homes while the owners are away, stay a while, and then move on. They have been lovers since they were teenagers, yet Liberty now senses that Willie is drifting away from her—that their search, so relentless and mysterious, is becoming increasingly dangerous.

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Vintage

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0307763854

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The Reverend Queen Maisie

By: Joy Drinkwater

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The Reverend Queen Maisie

By: Joy Drinkwater

Maisie was a home economics teacher from the southeastern United States. She was married to a textile executive, had three children, and led an average American life. As told in the original book, Maisie, she became the Queen of England through an extraordinary turn of events. The Reverend Queen Maisie continues their story as Maisie settles into her new position as Queen. Follow their sometimes comical story as Maisie is transformed from an outsider to the Reverend Queen and Defender of the Faith.

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iUniverse

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0595215467

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The Book That Changed My Life

71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them

By: Roxanne J. Coady,Joy Johannessen

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The Book That Changed My Life

71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them

By: Roxanne J. Coady,Joy Johannessen

Now in paperback, a delightful collection of essays on the transformative power of reading In The Book That Changed My Life, our most admired writers, doctors, professors, religious leaders, politicians, chefs, and CEO s share the books that mean the most to them. For Doris Kearns Goodwin it was Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August, which inspired her to enter a field, history writing, traditionally reserved for men. For Jacques Pépin it was The Myth of Sisyphus, which taught him the importance of personal responsibility, dignity, and goodness in the midst of existentialist France. A testament to the life-altering importance of literature, this book inspires us to return to old favorites and seek out new treasures. All proceeds go to The Read to Grow Foundation, which partners with urban hospitals to provide books and literacy information to newborns and their families.

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1592403174

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The Four Horsemen & Pan

Army of Shadows

By: Joy Rogers

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The Four Horsemen & Pan

Army of Shadows

By: Joy Rogers

It has been two years since the Stone family’s separation and new threats have started to rise. As Warren's grab for power continues, both sides of the shift have become endangered, people are going missing and no one knows why. On Earth, Pan desperately wants to reunite with her family, enlisting the help of an outlawed Noctonian by the name of Oz, but her quest to find the Noctis is harder than expected when Lavinia’s looming eye is fixed on her every move. With shocking revelations and new mysteries unfolding will the family reunite, or will they crumble? Find out in the Army Of Shadows.

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Madison Thornton

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Victoria Ward and the Gilded Age of the Hawaiian Kingdom

By: Joy Ogawa

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Victoria Ward and the Gilded Age of the Hawaiian Kingdom

By: Joy Ogawa

1889, Iolani Palace, O‘ahu: The majestic Hawaiian Kingdom teeters on the brink of oblivion. At its heart stands Victoria Ward, a woman of royal Hawaiian blood, bound by her lineage and duty. Armed with vast lands, ancient cultural rituals, and the unwavering loyalty of her villagers, she becomes the beacon of hope for a nation under threat. But as the sands of time flow, will Victoria’s efforts prove enough to salvage the once-glorious realm she cherishes? Her legacy echoes through generations, influencing descendants who remain fiercely devoted to their roots. Decades later, an invaluable treasure, left behind by Victoria, is discovered by her kin. Could this discovery be the key to resurrecting the splendor of the Gilded Age of the Hawaiian Kingdom? Join the journey across eras, where history and destiny intertwine, and the past might just shape the future.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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One Sunday

By: Joy Dettman

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One Sunday

By: Joy Dettman

From the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series "an intriguing read that transcends genre and could be the genesis of a great Australian movie" Weekend Australian Early one Sunday, the town of Molliston wakes to the news that a young bride is dead. The year is 1929. The Great War with Germany has been fought and won, but at an immense cost to the small community. Death is too familiar here. So many sons were lost. So many daughters would never be wives; so many grandchildren would never be born. Racial hatred is like a bushfire in the belly of some. And the dead girl is found only yards from the property of old Joe Reichenberg, a German. Tom Thompson, the local cop, lost his two sons in Gallipoli. He believes he has come to terms with his bereavement - until that Sunday. Slowly, the true face of Molliston is exposed. By midnight, a full moon is offering its light - and a glimmer of hope. "Dettman writes compulsively readable stories" The Age Fans of Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker will love Joy Dettman.

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Pan Australia

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1743345682

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A History of US: From Colonies to Country

1735-1791

By: Joy Hakim

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A History of US: From Colonies to Country

1735-1791

By: Joy Hakim

Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. How did compliant colonials with strong ties to Europe get the notion to become an independent nation? Perhaps the seeds of liberty were planted in the 1735 historic courtroom battle for the freedom of the press. Or maybe the French and Indian War did it, when colonists were called "Americans" for the first time by the English, and the great English army proved itself not so formidable after all. But for sure when King George III started levying some heavy handed taxes on the colonies, the break from the motherland was imminent. With such enthralling characters as George Washington, Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, Eliza Pinckney, and Alexander Hamilton throughout, From Colonies to Country is an amazing story of a nation making transformation. About the Series: Master storyteller Joy Hakim has excited millions of young minds with the great drama of American history in her award-winning series A History of US. Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text, A History of US weaves together exciting stories that bring American history to life. Hailed by reviewers, historians, educators, and parents for its exciting, thought-provoking narrative, the books have been recognized as a break-through tool in teaching history and critical reading skills to young people. In ten books that span from Prehistory to the 21st century, young people will never think of American history as boring again.

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0199989044

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MacGregor's Lantern

By: Corinne Joy Brown

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MacGregor's Lantern

By: Corinne Joy Brown

By the close of the 19th century, wealthy Scottish and English cattle barons vied for control of the Western prairies. One Scot, Sir Kerr McKennon, seeks a marriage of convenience and alliance with his bank president's daughter. Prompted by the existing promise of equality in Wyoming, Margaret Dowling willingly abandons Philadelphia society to carve out a new life with a stranger. Although the match proves disappointing, Maggie forges a new sense of herself, discovering an affinity for nature and life in the wilds. And, when her husband dies, Maggie -- against all advice -- boldly decides to carry on in his place. A First Edition Historical Fiction title.

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0786232277

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Walk On!

By: Donald Joy

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Walk On!

By: Donald Joy

Being spiritually minded has less to do with doing the right things than with being the right kind of person. While we want to leave our obligations behind, to pursue a closer walk with God, He most often wants to send us right back into our circumstances, to let righteousness do its work there. Dr. Donald Joy believes that daily life, with its duty and vocation, is God's main curriculum to bring us to holiness and wholeness."--Back cover

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184

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Chariot Victor Publishing

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ISBN 10

0896935787

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9780896935785

Book's by Joy Stonehouse

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