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The Ancient Way

Discoveries on the Path of Celtic Christianity

By: River Jordan

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The Ancient Way

Discoveries on the Path of Celtic Christianity

By: River Jordan

For years, from her home on a hill outside Nashville, River Jordan felt a call to travel to the mystical Isle of Iona, off the coast of Scotland--the island that gave birth to Celtic Christianity. In The Ancient Way she invites us to leave the sacred space of our homes and our lives and join her on this pilgrimage. With the help of friends and the kindness of strangers, Jordan winds her way across green mountains to late-night ferries, across islands and down one-way roads led by the light of Iona and a trust in God. Along the way she explores ancient Celtic Christian practices such as cherishing creation, trusting spiritual friendship, offering hospitality, creative imagination, and honoring community--carrying them home with her to infuse her daily life. This is an intimate story of imagination, of personal transformation, of stillness and prayer. It's also a quirky, thoughtful guide for cultivating divine connection and creativity as we embark on our own wild adventures, chasing after the mystery that calls us all.

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Broadleaf Books

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1506460461

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9781506460468

The Miracle of Mercy Land

A Novel

By: River Jordan

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The Miracle of Mercy Land

A Novel

By: River Jordan

Two journalists in a small Alabama town discover a mysterious book that makes them confront the past. If you had the power to amend choices you made in the past, would you—even if it changed everything? Mercy Land has made some unexpected choices for a young woman in the 1930s. The sheltered daughter of a traveling preacher, she chooses to leave her rural community to move to nearby Bay City on the warm, gulf-waters of southern Alabama. There she finds a job at the local paper and spends seven years making herself indispensible to old Doc Philips, the publisher and editor. Then she gets a frantic call at dawn—it’s the biggest news story of her life, and she can’t print a word of it. Doc has come into possession of a curious book that maps the lives of everyone in Bay City—decisions they’ve made in the past, and how those choices affect the future. Mercy and Doc are consumed by the mystery locked between the pages—Doc because he hopes to right a very old wrong, and Mercy because she wants to fulfill the book’s strange purpose. But when a mystery from Mercy’s past arrives by train, she begins to understand that she will have to make choices that will deeply affect everyone she loves—forever. “A tremendously well-written tale. River Jordan is a truly gifted author. Highly recommended.” – Davis Bunn, best-selling author

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WaterBrook

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0307459470

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9780307459473

Confessions of a Christian Mystic

By: River Jordan

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Confessions of a Christian Mystic

By: River Jordan

From the author of Praying for Strangers and four Southern gothic novels comes a chronicle of faith and spirituality that is personal, raw, wise, revelatory - and very funny. With a unique mix of passionate revelation and quirky humor, River Jordan takes us on a journey through her Southern childhood to her present-day life as a novelist. Her stories run the gamut from dancing disco nights and midnight desert rides to surprise visitations with the Divine. Included are comforting letters to personal friends and loved ones about faith, death, heartbreaks and their futures. Confessions of a Christian Mystic is a highly original work about an extraordinary faith that never loses touch with current culture or everyday realities. Jordan invites us to join in on her wild ride searching for the holy mysteries of God. This haunting work will leave you deeply comforted and full of hope. Hailed as "a book for our times," Confessions gently leads us closer to that Divine mystery that shapes us and gives us life.

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FaithWords

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1455553646

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9781455553648

Praying for Strangers

An Adventure of the Human Spirit

By: River Jordan

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Praying for Strangers

An Adventure of the Human Spirit

By: River Jordan

What if there was something you could do-something simple, yet so powerful-that could positively influence others and change your life in the process? Critically acclaimed author River Jordan discovered that very thing... As 2009 approached, both of River Jordan's sons were about to go off to war-one to Iraq and the other to Afghanistan-and she was planning a family reunion to see them off. All River could do was pray for her sons' safety and hope to maintain her strength, until she unexpectedly came upon the perfect New Year's resolution-one that focused on others instead of herself. She would pray for a complete stranger every single day of the year. In Praying for Strangers, Jordan tells that the discovery that she made along the journey was not simply that her prayers touched the lives of these strangers (in often astounding ways), but that the unexpected connections she made with other people would be a profound experience that would change her life forever.

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Penguin

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0425245608

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9780425245606

Praying for Strangers

An Adventure of the Human Spirit

By: River Jordan

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An Adventure of the Human Spirit

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Confessions of a Christian Mystic

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Saints in Limbo

By: River Jordan

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Saints in Limbo

By: River Jordan

“River Jordan’s Saints in Limbo is a compelling story of the mysteries of existence and, specially, the mysteries of the human heart.” –Ron Rash, author of Serena and Chemistry and Other Stories “I lose myself in River’s writing–transported to a different time and place– and in this case, to one that makes the ordinary mystical and magical. I give it FIVE diamonds in the Pulpwood Queen’s TIARA!” –Kathy L. Patrick, founder of the Pulpwood Queens Book Clubs and author of The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life Ever since her husband Joe died, Velma True’s world has been limited to what she can see while clinging to one of the multicolored threads tied to the porch railing of her home outside Echo, Florida. When a mysterious stranger appears at her door on her birthday and presents Velma with a special gift, she is rattled by the object’s ability to take her into her memories–a place where Joe still lives, her son Rudy is still young, unaffected by the world’s hardness, and the beginning is closer than the end. As secrets old and new come to light, Velma wonders if it’s possible to be unmoored from the past’s deep roots and find a reason to hope again. Praise for River Jordan “[River Jordan’s] literary spice rack has everything you need to put together a good book.” –Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man “River Jordan writes so beautifully.” –Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama and The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

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WaterBrook

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0307457915

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9780307457912

The Missouri River Ecosystem

Exploring the Prospects for Recovery

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Missouri River Ecosystem Science

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The Missouri River Ecosystem

Exploring the Prospects for Recovery

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Missouri River Ecosystem Science

The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery resulted from a study conducted at the request of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The nation's longest river, the Missouri River and its floodplain ecosystem experienced substantial environmental and hydrologic changes during the twentieth century. The context of Missouri River dam and reservoir system management is marked by sharp differences between stakeholders regarding the river's proper management regime. The management agencies have been challenged to determine the appropriate balance between these competing interests. This Water Science and Technology Board report reviews the ecological state of the river and floodplain ecosystem, scientific research of the ecosystem, and the prospects for implementing an adaptive management approach, all with a view toward helping move beyond ongoing scientific and other differences. The report notes that continued ecological degradation of the ecosystem is certain unless some portion of pre-settlement river flows and processes were restored. The report also includes recommendations to enhance scientific knowledge through carefully planned and monitored river management actions and the enactment of a Missouri River Protection and Recovery Act.

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National Academies Press

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0309083141

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9780309083140

Building Bridges: Crossing from Struggle to Survival

By: East River Academy Adults

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Building Bridges: Crossing from Struggle to Survival

By: East River Academy Adults

Building Bridges is a collection of poetry, personal essays and stories written by students at East River Academy, an alternative school on Rikers Island, that serves incarcerated individuals as they await trail, sentencing or release from jail. Their writing was inspired by the theme of survival--a topic they explored in their English classes and which resonates with each of them personally. These pieces are a testament to the authors' remarkable resilience in the face of struggle and their efforts to survive, succeed and forge new beginnings. We hope this book offers a window into the hearts and minds of young adults incarcerated in our country today. Their voices of regret, hope and desire for a better future need to be heard; their struggles need to be understood and acknowledged. We invite you to read the words of the students at East River Academy.

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Lulu.com

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1387062506

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A Liver Runs Through It

The Bourbon-Soaked History of the 4Day / Paddling Through an Endless Stream of Stories

By: River Dick Doc

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A Liver Runs Through It

The Bourbon-Soaked History of the 4Day / Paddling Through an Endless Stream of Stories

By: River Dick Doc

A Liver Runs Through It tells the legendary, four-decade-long, story of the annual 4Day canoe and kayak trip taking place each year on the rivers of Michigans Upper Peninsula. The reader can hear the pfsst of beers opening and smell the cigar smoke swirling about the bourbon-soaked history of the 4Day, as it comes to life in stories told among paddlers on the river, round the evening campfire, and bellied up to northern bars, the timeless yin It is with awe that we stand, two paddling hours upstream from the Fox River Campground, at the top of the well-named Fox River Overlook, this years launch site, with its spectacular view 150 above the winding river valley below. We talk of how, almost 2,000 years ago, this view must have affected the Native American Ojibwa, les Ojibwes, when they first walked to the edge of this cliff. Silence falls over the boys, a rare respite from jokes n stories, as they absorb the scene the pines across the valley and tag alders crowding the Fox below, the rivers gorgeous dark reddish-brown color the result of tannins, the decaying leaves and other vegetation along the riverside. & yang... Some get there by canoe, some get there by car, theyre all lookin for Andys, Andys Seney Bar.

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1546207465

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9781546207467

Trivia for the Toilet: Double Duty

By: Fall River Press

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Trivia for the Toilet: Double Duty

By: Fall River Press

You Don't Say! Discover the mother lode of trivia with this quirky collection of crap! Trivia for the Toilet: Double Duty offers up more than 250 odd-but-true facts and strange happenings, including: • The Green Bay Packers' season ticket waiting list is so long that if you joined today, it would take you 955 years to make it to the top. • Polar bears' hair is not actually white; it's transparent. • One in every five people has dropped their cell phone in the toilet. • Each human being has a unique tongue print. With a wide range of subjects spanning history, movies, music, space, sports, nature, the human body, and more, Trivia for the Toilet: Double Duty is the perfect book to ponder when duty calls.

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Union Square & Co.

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1435164784

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9781435164789

The Gin Girl

By: River Jordan

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The Gin Girl

By: River Jordan

Fiction. The new book of fiction from River Jordan, THE GIN GIRL, captures the essence of Florida and those who inhabit its salty marsh. Jordan "makes you care about the people she writes about, even the ones you might not like--but more then that, she makes you see them. Her literary spice rack has everything you need to put together a good book, and this was fun to taste" --Rick Bragg. Jordan's prose effectively paints images of Florida's sparsely inhabited landscape. Her images encompass characters "as haunted and lovely and endangered as the land they cherish"--Janis Owens.

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Livingston Press (AL)

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1931982163

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9781931982160

Book's by River Jordan

The Ancient Way

The Ancient Way

The Miracle of Mercy Land

The Miracle of Mercy Land

Confessions of a Christian Mystic

Confessions of a Christian Mystic

Praying for Strangers

Praying for Strangers

Praying for Strangers

Praying for Strangers

Confessions of a Christian Mystic

Confessions of a Christian Mystic

Saints in Limbo

Saints in Limbo

The Missouri River Ecosystem

The Missouri River Ecosystem

Building Bridges: Crossing from Struggle to Survival

Building Bridges: Crossing from Struggle to Survival

A Liver Runs Through It

A Liver Runs Through It

Trivia for the Toilet: Double Duty

Trivia for the Toilet: Double Duty

The Gin Girl

The Gin Girl

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