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The Student Bible Dictionary--Expanded and Updated Edition

By: Johnnie Godwin,Phyllis Godwin,Karen Dockrey

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The Student Bible Dictionary--Expanded and Updated Edition

By: Johnnie Godwin,Phyllis Godwin,Karen Dockrey

Here's a concise, easy-to-use Bible reference book especially for students of all ages who seek to learn more about the Bible and its times. The Student Bible Dictionary features definitions and explanations of hundreds of Bible words, names, places, and concepts. Scores of full color charts, maps, photographs, and illustrations help to clarify the text, and add visual appeal. Special color coding, meanwhile, adds special emphasis to important topics-which feature additional information geared toward the student reader. From AARON (AIRn). Older brother of and early spokesman for Moses (Ex. 4:14-16). Became Israel's first high priest. The Aaronic priesthood (priests of the tribe of Levi) was named for him (ex. 28:1; 29; Lev. 8; Num. 18) to ZIPPORAH (zip POH ruh). Wife of Moses and daughter Jethro, also called Reuel, priest of Midian (ex. 2:16-21; 3:1)the Student Bible Dictionary is a whole library of accessible, useful information!

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Barbour Publishing

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1607423774

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Beyond the Wind Chimes

A Collection of Short Stories and Reflections

By: Phyllis Adair Ward

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Beyond the Wind Chimes

A Collection of Short Stories and Reflections

By: Phyllis Adair Ward

I can sit for hours over a cup of tea and talk to Phyllis about almost any topic. She is such a great storyteller, and there is always a lesson to be learned. Phylliss new book is so much like her personality, full of mirth, a history lesson, nurturing words, and a brief glimpse into a remarkable mind. The story of Fifty-Four made me smile and remember what I was thinking at that age and what I could expect to come to mind as I move into my next phase of life (Dr. Joye M. Carter, author of My Strength Comes from Within: An Autobiography; I Speak for the Dead; and Let Me Give You a Peace of My Mind). Beyond the Wind Chimes is a poignant collection of short stories written by the talented Phyllis Adair Ward, author of Wind Chimes and Promises. I found myself wiping a tear or two or simply scratching my head. The stories are whimsical, thought-provoking, and a very easy read. It is a must read accompanied by a cup of coffee or tea (Beatrice Toney Bailey, author of Farewell, My Friend). If you love Phyllis, you will love this book. If you dont know Phyllis, read it, and your heart will be touched. She has written poems, stories, essays, and commentaries infused with warmth and connection. Meet Miss Lorraine and Dr. Adams if you want a heart-warmer. Meet mothers and grandmothers, cousins, aunts, and uncles. You will find humor, kindness, and tragedy, along with gratitude for the miracles of living. Here is a fine model for aging gracefully with only a few complaints. Phyllis succeeds in her goal for this book, I want to write acceptable or unacceptable words. I want to empty out my heart and soul on paper. Thats my gift to the world. The only one I really have. She gives abundantly. (Linda Caldwell Lee, author of Mystics, Me and Moby: A Spiritual Road Trip and What Happiness Required).

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iUniverse

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1532011296

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9781532011290

God’S Power in Action

Book Ii

By: Phyllis Courtney

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God’S Power in Action

Book Ii

By: Phyllis Courtney

Gods Power in Action: Book II is Phylliss second book of Christian plays and skits published. It consists of six regular Christian plays and two Christmas plays, as well as a pastor appreciation play. Each story line is derived straight from the Word of God and given a visual learning content through Phylliss writings. Once again, the characters found on the front cover of this book consist of people in her church congregation as they were performing these plays. The man holding the two little boys on the cover of this book is her son, Michael, and her two small grandsons, Lucas and Nicholas.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543460720

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Exploring Our Country's History

Linking Fiction to Nonfiction

By: Phyllis J. Perry

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Exploring Our Country's History

Linking Fiction to Nonfiction

By: Phyllis J. Perry

Simulate integrated units of study on U.S. history with this guide. Perry provides recommended fiction and nonfiction books that help you illuminate different eras in U.S. history along with discussion starters, multidisciplinary activity suggestions, and topics for further investigation. Projects for individuals and groups help students develop skills in research, oral and written language, science, math, geography, and the arts. Additional resources are listed with each section. Grades K-5.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313079706

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9780313079702

Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men

The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, Spanning 50,000 Years

By: Phyllis Siefker

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Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men

The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, Spanning 50,000 Years

By: Phyllis Siefker

Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem "The Night Before Christmas." His description of Saint Nicholas personified the "jolly old elf" known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call "Wild Men" who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania's Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms--Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow--into today's carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf.

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McFarland

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0786429585

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9780786429585

Frame by Frame II

A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994

By: Phyllis Rauch Klotman,Gloria J. Gibson

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Frame by Frame II

A Filmography of the African American Image, 1978-1994

By: Phyllis Rauch Klotman,Gloria J. Gibson

A filmography of Blacks in the film industry

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Indiana University Press

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0253211204

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9780253211200

Black Cat Weekly #86

By: K.L. Abrahamson,Andrew Welsh-Huggins,Phyllis Ann Karr,Zenith Brown,Hal Charles,Robert E. Howard,George O. Smith,Bryce Walton,Edgar Rice Burroughs,Hal Meredith

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Black Cat Weekly #86

By: K.L. Abrahamson,Andrew Welsh-Huggins,Phyllis Ann Karr,Zenith Brown,Hal Charles,Robert E. Howard,George O. Smith,Bryce Walton,Edgar Rice Burroughs,Hal Meredith

Black Cat Weekly #86 features 3 original stories: a sequel to Edgar Allen Poe's "The Casque of Amontillado" by Phyllis Ann Karr, and mysteries by K.L. Abrahamson and Andrew Welsh-Huggins. Plus series stories from Robert E. Howard (Solomon Kane) and Hal Meredith (Sexton Blake). Plus novels from Zenith Brown (writing as David Frome) and Edgar Rice Burroughs (a "Lost World" tale).. Plus tales by Bryce Walton and George O. Smith. Plus a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles. Hours of great reading! Here’s this issue’s complete lineup: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “The Girls of Soi Eleven,” by K.L. Abrahamson [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Steering Clear of Trouble” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “Habits” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Poker-Work” by Hal Meredith [short story, Sexton Blake series] In At the Death by Zenith Brown [novel] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “The Revenge of Fortunato” by Phyllis Ann Karr [short story] "Earth Needs a Killer," by Bryce Walton [short novel] “Dark Recess” by George O. Smith [short novel] “Red Shadows” by Robert E. Howard [short novel, Solomon Kane series] The Land of Hidden Men, by Edgar Rice Burroughs [novel]

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Wildside Press LLC

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1667682059

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Stages of History

Shakespeare's English Chronicles

By: Phyllis Rackin

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Stages of History

Shakespeare's English Chronicles

By: Phyllis Rackin

Phyllis Rackin offers a fresh approach to Shakespeare's English history plays, rereading them in the context of a world where rapid cultural change transformed historical consciousness and gave the study of history a new urgency. Rackin situates Shakespeare's English chronicles among multiple discourses, particularly the controversies surrounding the functions of poetry, theater, and history. She focuses on areas of contention in Renaissance historiography that are also areas of concern in recent criticism-historical authority and causation, the problems of anachronism and nostalgia, and the historical construction of class and gender. She analyzes the ways in which the perfoace of history in Shakespeare's theater participated—and its representation in subsequent criticism still participates—in the contests between opposed theories of history and between the different ideological interests and historiographic practices they authorize. Celebrating the heroic struggles of the past and recording the patriarchal genealogies of kings and nobles, Tudor historians provided an implicit rationale for the hierarchical order of their own time; but the new public theater where socially heterogeneous audiences came together to watch common players enact the roles of their social superiors was widely perceived as subverting that order. Examining such sociohistorical factors as the roles of women and common men and the conditions of theatrical performance, Rackin explores what happened when elite historical discourse was trans porteto the public commercial theater. She argues that Shakespeare's chronicles transformed univocal historical writing into polyphonic theatrical scripts that expressed the contradictions of Elizabethan culture.

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Cornell University Press

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150172472X

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9781501724725

1001 Illustrations That Connect

Compelling Stories, Stats, and News Items for Preaching, Teaching, and Writing

By: Craig Brian Larson,Phyllis Ten Elshof

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1001 Illustrations That Connect

Compelling Stories, Stats, and News Items for Preaching, Teaching, and Writing

By: Craig Brian Larson,Phyllis Ten Elshof

Every preacher, teacher, or writer knows the value of a good illustration in helping connect the truth of the passage with the congregation or class—and how hard it is to come up with good illustrations week after week. This book contains the cream of the crop: 1001 illustrations carefully selected from among thousands on Christianity Today International’s popular website PreachingToday.com. These illustrations are proven, memorable, and illuminating. As the saying goes, they will preach! And they’re fresh, all written within the past seven years. Of course the best illustrations are no good if you can’t find the right one. These illustrations have been arranged according to twelve master topics, each divided into several subtopics. Further, they’ve been indexed according both to Bible references and to 500 keywords. A searchable CD-ROM is included, allowing you to get the illustration into your lesson or sermon with ease.

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Zondervan

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0310320542

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9780310320548

The English Spa, 1560-1815

A Social History

By: Phyllis May Hembry

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The English Spa, 1560-1815

A Social History

By: Phyllis May Hembry

Beginning in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, members of the English nobility and gentry made a practice of taking relaxation at the country's inland spas. This account shows the spas to have been not only centers of healing and recreating but also venues of intrigue extending to political, religious, economic, and social issues.

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Associated University Presse

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0838633919

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Queen Bee: Roxanne Quimby, Burt's Bees, and Her Quest for a New National Park

By: Phyllis Austin

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Queen Bee: Roxanne Quimby, Burt's Bees, and Her Quest for a New National Park

By: Phyllis Austin

How did she navigate the world of venture capitalists and investment bankers to engineer the sale of her company and reap a personal fortune? And what does her subsequent odyssey to buy and donate a new national park in Maine’s north woods—thus repaying what she regards as the “harmonic debt to the planet” she incurred by manufacturing beauty products—tell us about America and the American dream? Queen Bee is a fascinating biography of a fascinating woman, her game-changing skin-care company, and the quest to create a national park in the north woods. A richly textured portrait of the woman who built Burt’s Bees from nothing and altered the global business of skin care. A tightly woven story of the paper-industry exodus, the giant clearance sale of the north woods, the downward spiral of paper-company towns, and the battle for a new national park. A tale of the American Dream in action— what it can do for the fortunate few who are in the right place at the right time with wits and determination, and what it can do to the unfortunate many who find themselves on the wrong side of “creative destruction.”

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Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing

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0884484203

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9780884484202

The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden

An Anthology of Medieval Jain Stories

By: Phyllis Granoff

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The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden

An Anthology of Medieval Jain Stories

By: Phyllis Granoff

The stories collected in this volume reflect the rich tradition of medieval Jain storytelling between the seventh and fifteenth centuries, from simple folk tales and lives of famous monks to sophisticated narratives of rebirth. They describe they ways in which a path to peace and bliss can be found, either by renouncing the world or by following Jain ethics of non-violence, honesty, moderation and fidelity. Here are stories depicting the painful consequences when a loved one chooses life as a monk, the triumph of Jain women who win over their husbands to their religion, or the rewards of a simple act of piety. The volume ends with an account of vice and virtue, which depict the thieving and destructive passions lurking in the forest of life, ready to rob the unsuspecting traveller of reason and virtue.

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Penguin UK

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0141907932

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9780141907932

Queen Bee

Roxanne Quimby, Burt's Bees, and Her Quest for a New National Park

By: Phyllis Austin

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Queen Bee

Roxanne Quimby, Burt's Bees, and Her Quest for a New National Park

By: Phyllis Austin

How did she navigate the world of venture capitalists and investment bankers to engineer the sale of her company and reap a personal fortune? And what does her subsequent odyssey to buy and donate a new national park in Maine's north woods—thus repaying what she regards as the “harmonic debt to the planet” she incurred by manufacturing beauty products—tell us about America and the American dream? Queen Bee is a fascinating biography of a fascinating woman, her game-changing skin-care company, and the quest to create a national park in the north woods. A richly textured portrait of the woman who built Burt's Bees from nothing and altered the global business of skin care. A tightly woven story of the paper-industry exodus, the giant clearance sale of the north woods, the downward spiral of paper-company towns, and the battle for a new national park. A tale of the American Dream in action— what it can do for the fortunate few who are in the right place at the right time with wits and determination, and what it can do to the unfortunate many who find themselves on the wrong side of “creative destruction.”

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1684751551

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9781684751556

Freedom Journeys

The Tale of Exodus and Wilderness Across Millennia

By: Arthur Ocean Waskow,Phyllis Ocean Berman

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Freedom Journeys

The Tale of Exodus and Wilderness Across Millennia

By: Arthur Ocean Waskow,Phyllis Ocean Berman

Calling us to relearn and rethink the Passover story, Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow and Rabbi Phyllis O. Berman share the enduring spiritual resonance of the Hebrews' journey for our own time.

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Jewish Lights Publishing

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1580234453

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A Book of Inspiration II

By: Phyllis Pritchard

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A Book of Inspiration II

By: Phyllis Pritchard

A Book of Inspiration II By: Phyllis Pritchard This lovely little book of inspirational quotes consists of a wide range of moral attitudes aimed at people of all ages and with all ethnic backgrounds. The author wishes to inspire the minds as well as the hearts of all who read this book.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1648040470

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9781648040474

Psalms in the Early Modern World

By: Linda Phyllis Austern,Kari Boyd McBride

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Psalms in the Early Modern World

By: Linda Phyllis Austern,Kari Boyd McBride

Psalms in the Early Modern World is the first book to explore the use, interpretation, development, translation, and influence of the Psalms in the Atlantic world, 1400-1800. In the age of Reformation, when religious concerns drove political, social, cultural, economic, and scientific discourse, the Bible was the supreme document, and the Psalms were arguably its most important book.The Psalms played a central role in arbitrating the salient debates of the day, including but scarcely limited to the nature of power and the legitimacy of rule; the proper role and purpose of nations; the justification for holy war and the godliness of peace; and the relationship of individual and community to God. Contributors to the collection follow these debates around the Atlantic world, to pre- and post-Hispanic translators in Latin America, colonists in New England, mystics in Spain, the French court during the religious wars, and both Protestants and Catholics in England. Psalms in the Early Modern World showcases essays by scholars from literature, history, music, and religious studies, all of whom have expertise in the use and influence of Psalms in the early modern world. The collection reaches beyond national and confessional boundaries and to look at the ways in which Psalms touched nearly every person living in early modern Europe and any place in the world that Europeans took their cultural practices.

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Routledge

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1317073983

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9781317073987

Take Courage

By: Phyllis Bentley

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Take Courage

By: Phyllis Bentley

A note from the author: 'All the characters in this novel are real people, revived from the pages of Yorkshire history to enact again their significant drama of love and strife, human strength and human weakness. If I have sometimes deepened the lines, and supplied the gaps, of this story of England's Civil War, from my own invention, that is the novelist's privilege: to create a symbolic unity from scattered hints and dispersed incidents.' In this novel of the English Civil War, Phyllis Bentley brings her lightness of touch, and real human compassion, to one of the darkest periods of English History.

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A&C Black

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1448203732

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9781448203734

Magna Bloody Carta

A Turning Point in Democracy

By: Phyllis Irene Radford

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Magna Bloody Carta

A Turning Point in Democracy

By: Phyllis Irene Radford

Is the Magna Carta better than the US Constitution? Was it a power grab by English noblemen, or is it a rights-of-man declaration penned by Robin Hood? The answers may surprise you as author and historian Irene Radford picks apart the clauses and explains them in context to the history surrounding this amazing document. Magna Carta, a true turning point in the history of democracy.

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Bookview Cafe

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1611381975

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A Purple Rose Romance

By: Phyllis Frank

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A Purple Rose Romance

By: Phyllis Frank

A Purple Rose Romance is a story about two people who meet by accident at a mutual friends party and, much to their surprise, fall in love immediately. This is a story of devastating depression, loss, and loneliness in each of their lives. Through the course of this story, these two people share their pain, past and present, each understanding and sometimes not, but always accepting without condition. This causes them to fall even deeper in love each day. The story takes the reader through how they deal with this pain. The love these two people share is so deep, so strong, so real and they find happiness beyond anything they could imagine. Neither thought they were worth loving. They had given up on ever finding someone or something like this love that they found with each other. The story continues with the lives of these two people and their two best friends. They support each other and love each other without question. They are true to each other, never letting the other down. The four of them are closer than some families. This story also tells of a reconnecting with people from the past that should not have been let go, and of their reunion. It brings a new beginning and meaning to the lives of these four friends in this story, bringing them all even closer.

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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1646549155

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9781646549153

The Best of African Folklore

By: Phyllis Savory

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The Best of African Folklore

By: Phyllis Savory

Africa has a wonderfully rich store of folk tales that have been passed down from one generation to the next. There are stories about how the world came into being, stories that tell of the relationships between human beings and between man and his environment, and of the lessons to be learned from everyday experience. The tales are like the fairy talkes told all over the world, but they have a strong African flavour that is as real as the smell of rain on hot earth. The Best of African Folklore takes the reader into an enchanted world where animals can talk and humans are often changed into different forms, where magic is commonplace and reality is turned delightfully on its head. Despite numerous setbacks, things usually turn out all right in the end. Wicked and greedy people (and animals) come off worst and the good receive their just rewards. The gods are stern but fair, and every story has a moral for those who are wise enough to see it.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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1432304917

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9781432304911

The God Who Sees Me

By: Phyllis Ryser

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The God Who Sees Me

By: Phyllis Ryser

The divine king has issued his supreme command. Hebrew males, age two years or younger, must die. Jochebed, a young mother of sons who stand in harm's way, desperately searches for a way to save her children. Her father tells ancient legends about a powerful god who watches over his people. Is there a god who watches over an oppressed people? If so, where is he? Why doesn't he act to save the children? This young mother's journey through terror, doubt, grief, and betrayal reveals a God who not only sees her plight but also has a plan. The awesome plan is so big it reaches far beyond Jochebed's own struggles. The God who sees is able to take one desperate life and bless countless millions of people yet to be born. Phyllis Ryser, a graduate of Abilene Christian University and Texas A&M University Commerce, is a life long student of the Bible. She lives with her husband, Wayne, near Honey Grove, Texas.

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Xulon Press

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1607912449

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9781607912446

Music in English Children's Drama of the Later Renaissance

By: Linda Phyllis Austern

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Music in English Children's Drama of the Later Renaissance

By: Linda Phyllis Austern

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Taylor & Francis

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2881245587

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Destination: Tamakwa Territory

By: Phyllis A. Harrison

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Destination: Tamakwa Territory

By: Phyllis A. Harrison

The world is in turmoil, the future uncertain, the present dangerous. Securing a better future requires desperate measures and the fortitude to see it through. Europe's political landscape in 1643 has become too dangerous for fugitive Giles Montroville to continue living in the city of Amsterdam. Nearby European countries have been unable to provide safe haven for him. He needs to find a fast route to safety for himself aqnd his young family. When he is offered the chance to emigrate to New Amsterdam and work for the West India Company. Giles seizes the opportunity. Given the difficult and violent conditions in the colony, it seems more an act of insanity or desperation that self-preservation. Mannahatta Island far enough away to offer a chance of survival and the possibility of future wealth. Great fortunes have already been made by a few from the bounty of the foreign wilderness, especially from the pelts of the beaver, the "tamakwa" as they called in the language of some of the indigenous people on the new continent. Giles knows that the journey will be long and arduous and there will be hard work ahead of them after they get there, but the voyage proves to be longer and more difficult than he imagined. Challenges arise that he has not foreseen, both during the voyage and waiting for them in the new land. His strength of will is tested as he battles incidents on the journey and his own fears. Determination and willpower are needed just to keep Giles believing that they will reach their destination safely and that the future will bring them security along with a new life.

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iUniverse

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1663228345

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Pharaohs

By: Dr Phyllis G Jestice

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Pharaohs

By: Dr Phyllis G Jestice

Carefully researched, superbly entertaining and illustrated throughout with more than 180 photographs and artworks, Pharaohs is an accessible history of the kings and queens who ruled Ancient Egypt for more than 4,000 years.

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Amber Books Ltd

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1838864776

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Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty

Women and Rule in Tenth-Century Germany

By: Phyllis G. Jestice

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Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty

Women and Rule in Tenth-Century Germany

By: Phyllis G. Jestice

In tenth-century Europe and particularly in Germany, imperial women were able to wield power in ways that were scarcely imaginable in earlier centuries. Theophanu and Adelheid were two of the most influential figures in the Ottonian reich along with their husbands, who relied heavily on their support. Phyllis G. Jestice examines an array of factors that produced their power and prestige, including societal attitudes toward women, their wealth, their unction as queens, and their carefully constructed image of piety. Due to their influential positions, Theophanu and Adelheid reclaimed control of the young Otto III despite fierce opposition from Henry the Quarrelsome during the throne struggle of 984. In examining how they successfully secured the regency, this book confronts the outmoded notion of exceptionalism and illuminates the lives of powerful Ottonian women.

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Springer

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3319773062

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9783319773063

I Don’T Want to Be a Pastor’S Wife

By: Phyllis Matthews

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I Don’T Want to Be a Pastor’S Wife

By: Phyllis Matthews

The pages of this book tell of our predestination, which was planned by God from the beginning of time. No doubt about it, God has a purpose for everyone. His purpose for us existed before we even hit planet earth. I chose you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart before you were born. I appointed you a prophet to the nations (Jeremiah 1:5 HCSB). God forms each person. Then, He strategically configures each persons trials, situations, and circumstances, tailor-made for them. Each is to accomplish His divine purposeeven the fragmented pieces that are affected by our own choices. He throws nothing away! It all works for our good. For I know the plans I have for youthis is the Lords declarationplans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11 HCSB). Author Phyllis Matthews allows you to witness her personal transformation in action. She put God to the challenge. She was clueless in her life until she allowed God to navigate her steps. A mans heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps (Proverbs 16:9 HCSB). Her perception of her life was her reality; it was not Gods interpretation. In other words, God had a different picture than what she was seeing or viewing.

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Tales of the West Riding

By: Phyllis Bentley

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Tales of the West Riding

By: Phyllis Bentley

It is a wonderfully wide and multifarious pageant of West Riding life that Phyllis Bentley has spread before us down the years: and now, in Tales of the West Riding (six stories, one of them almost a novel in itself), she enriches it with a number of episodes as vivid as any that have come from her pen. They are dated 1434, 1641, 1845, 1870, 1930 and 1962, and their temporal span is matched by the variety of the emotions they embody. There is, for instance, the quiet but poignant story of a woman's lifelong silence for the sake of an unrequited love: and there is that other story of jealousy in a woman's heart as cruel as the grave. At the beginning of the series, in 1434, Richard Askrode must seek permission from Rome to marry the girl he loves: at the end of it, in 1962 we see in The Hardaker Affair the other side of Room at the Top. In this exciting novella, with its terrible ending, Phyllis Bentley's power of characterisation is seen at its very highest.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1448210313

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The Voice of the Mrs.

Summaries of Biblical Wives Who Simply Spoke a Word.

By: Phyllis Hilliard

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The Voice of the Mrs.

Summaries of Biblical Wives Who Simply Spoke a Word.

By: Phyllis Hilliard

Strategically examining the lives and language of fourteen ancient biblical wives, The Voice of the Mrs. details how the power of their words effectuated varying degrees of change in their husbands, personal status, or environment. Reverend Phyllis Thompson Hilliard refers to her extensive research as she fully captures the personalities, triumphs, and struggles of these formidable women recorded in the Old and New Testaments. The conduct of these women is quite diverse and offers a historical perspective on the influence wives can have on their husbands, as well as the challenges wives have faced over the course of history. Reverend Hilliard refers to the Bible often as she focuses on the manner in which wives speak within the confines of marriage.then and now. Hilliard then provides the guidance that modern women can apply the lessons learned to their own lives.

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