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A Devotional for Harvesting God-Given Spiritual Fruits
As Christians, we long for a spiritually fruitful life. However, our attempts to work more and hustle harder only leave us feeling weary and worn. Thankfully, God's word supplies the nourishment we so desperately need. As we abide in Jesus, he fills our emptiness with an abundant crop of spiritual fruit.
Through the trusted voices of several female bestselling authors, editors, and Bible teachers,...
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Despite our admiration for Renaissance achievement in the arts and sciences, in literature and classical learning, the rich and diversified philosophical thought of the period remains largely unknown. This volume illuminates three major currents of thought dominant in the earlier Italian Renaissance: classical humanism (Petrarch and Valla), Platonism (Ficino and Pico), and Aristotelianism (Pomponazzi). A short and elegant work of the Spaniard Vives...
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Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil...
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How are we to explain the resurgence of customary chiefs in contemporary Africa? Rather than disappearing with the tide of modernity, as many expected, indigenous sovereigns are instead a rising force, often wielding substantial power and legitimacy despite major changes in the workings of the global political economy in the post–Cold War era-changes in which they are themselves deeply implicated.
This pathbreaking volume, edited by anthropologists...
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4 stories in 1! This treasury of tales stars your Disney Junior favorites Sofia and Doc! Follow along as Sofia prepares for her Princess Test and hikes through Peppertree Forest with the Buttercups. Then cuddle up with Doc McStuffins and her toys at a super-fun slumber party and find out if Doc can cure Teddy B of the Dusty-Musties! Each story is the perfect length for reading aloud in about five minutes-perfect for story time, bedtime, or any time...
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Since the 1980s, transitional justice mechanisms have been increasingly applied to account for mass atrocities and grave human rights violations throughout the world. Over time, post-conflict justice practices have expanded across continents and state borders and have fueled the creation of new ideas that go beyond traditional notions of amnesty, retribution, and reconciliation. Gathering work from contributors in international law, political science,...
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The Disney princesses star in tales of friendship in this four-book set! Merida discovers a strange horse who just might be magical. Belle surprises a friend on his birthday. Cinderella introduces Gus and Jaq to a new friend. Tiana and Prince Naveen find a surprising guest at Tiana's restaurant. Young readers can take their princess stories wherever they go!
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Read along with Disney! Sheriff loves to protect and serve Radiator Springs, but when he goes on a vacation, two new squad cars take his place...and start giving all the cars tickets! Will Sheriff make it home in time to clean up the squad cars' mess and save the day? Follow along with word-for-word narration to find out!
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Be careful what you wish for... We' ve all heard childhood fairy tales and hearthside stories passed from generation to generation warning us of unseen dangers lurking in the dark forest, the glimpse of a future in watery reflections and to be wary of objects and people offering impossible gifts. The Fae are ageless beings dwelling between light and shadow, stalking the moonlit nights and wielding powerful gifts and curses....
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Green Smoothies for Beginners by best-selling health and nutrition author John Chatham provides a complete introduction to the amazing health benefits of nutritious green smoothies, with easy tips for creating your own green smoothies from scratch, and how to detox your whole body. Whether you are looking to lose weight, cleanse your system, or are seeking a daily health supplement, Green Smoothies for Beginners will help you discover how to increase...
11) Team Up!
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On the dark streets of San Fransokyo, danger lurks at every turn. So Hiro, a robotics genius, decided to create a team of crime-fighters in order to help save the city! Hiro created new tech for each member of the team-Honey Lemon, Go Go Tomago, Wasabi, Baymax, and Fred. Follow along as the team tests our their new gear...just in time for battle!
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"As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might," writes guest editor Elizabeth Strout. "It's the variety of voices that most indicates the increasing confluence of cultures involved in making us who we are." The Best American Short Stories 2013 presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously...
13) Sea of Wonders
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Welcome to the Great Barrier Reef! In this delightful storybook, Dory introduces readers to some amazing sea creatures... her friends!
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Lose weight and build muscle more efficiently than ever before by adopting a paleo diet for athletes. PALEO DIET FOR ATHLETES is the ultimate guide for adopting the Paleo diet to maximize your workout and transform the way you exercise. A paleo diet for athletes will help you lose weight, build muscle, and boost stamina with easy-to-prepare, delicious recipes that are low carb, high protein, and full of nutritious, unprocessed ingredients. Paleo is...
15) The Journey Home
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Read along with Disney! Arlo the dinosaur lives with his family on a farm. He is scared of many things but wishes he could be brave. When a wild boy named Spot steals food from Arlo's family one day, the dinosaur runs after the boy! Follow along with word-for-word narration as Arlo and Spot become unlikely friends and work together to find their way back home.
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Read along with Disney! Sofia is excitedly awaiting the arrival of a visitor at the castle: a beautiful baby unicorn named Pearl. Sofia and her step-siblings want to play with their special guest, but Pearl ruins their games and makes a mess. Follow along with the word for word narration as Sofia tries to find an activity they can all enjoy together.
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Psychiatry has never loved queerness. Historically, LGBTQAI+ people have been institutionalised, lobotomised, castrated, over-medicated, aversiontherapied, pathologised and electroshocked. Even though being gay, bi and trans are no longer officially mental illnesses, queerphobia has not left psychiatry.
Most people have no idea what violence the mental health system has done to and is still doing LGBTQAI+ people. In this book queer people tell...
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The Bible has a way of shocking us. If Americans could still blush, we might blush at the words, "Rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love" (Proverbs 5:18-19).
But, of course, sin always tries to trash God's gifts. So we can't just celebrate sex for what God made it to be; we have to fight what sin turned it into. The contributors to this...
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You may think you know the love triangle, but you've never seen love triangles like these.
A teen girl who offers kissing lessons. Zombies in the Civil War South. The girl next door, the boy who loves her, and the girl who loves them both. Vampires at a boarding school. Three teens fighting monsters in an abandoned video rental store. Literally the last three people on the planet.
What do all these stories have in common?
The love triangle.
These...