James Stewart
1) Slaughter
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A wealthy family has been savagely murdered. The only survivor, a 19-year-old girl, sexually assaulted but left alive by the killer. An abundance of forensic evidence points to an escaped convict. This should be an easy case for Detective Turnbull of the Bradford Murder Squad – why, then, does he find resistance wherever he turns? Author James Stewart continues with his Detective Turnbull series of crime and punishment in Slaughter. But this time,...
2) Missing
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When a teenage Sri Lankan au pair goes missing, it's up to the Bradford police to find her. When they fail, the objective turns to justice. For DCI James Turnbull, the case is a puzzling contrast to his career in the Murder Squad – this time, he needs to prove that a crime has even been committed. With no body and no motive, Turnbull and his team closely look at the family who hosted the seventeen-year-old Fathima, among other suspects. As circumstantial...
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a comic about dinosaurs finding meaning, together from the international bestselling team behind dinosaur therapy, @dinosandcomics including exclusive, never-before-seen bonus comics posing questions such as 'do I exist?', 'how should I live?', 'what is beauty?' in each comic, dinosaur characters explore how to exist in the modern world and meditate on what it means to 'live well'. suitable for grown-ups.
• The second book from the Sunday Times...
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A series of setbacks causes a man to reflect on his life. With the help of his guardian angel, he finds the true meaning of Christmas. This Abridged Edition is a slightly shorter version of the Jimmy Stewart Christmas classic with a condensed ending but still contains all the sweetness and Christmas wonder.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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The dead-pan narration in this debut picture book delivers a perfect child-like vision with humor and panache, depicted in luminous detail. A little boy shows what happens when he drops larger and larger objects, both in terms of size and imagination, down a mysterious hole that grows throughout the year in his garden. But what happens in December?
7) Eve
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Join Eve as she recalls waking on that first morning in the garden of Eden; working hand-in-hand with Adam discovering and naming much of God's creation. Experience the joy of living in paradise before their fateful encounter with Serpent. Learn the hard lesson of free will and why it led to their eviction.
Experience the horror of needless death as jealousy claims the life of Abel. Travel with Eve as she reunites with Cain in a new land. Feel the...
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The story of Dinah has always intrigued James K. Stewart. Inspired by Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, he delved further into the male bias that states she was raped. The first thing he noticed was that the main character, Dinah, was voiceless. The second was that Shechem was madly in love with Dinah and willing to pay any amount of dowry. Through deceit and treachery, Simeon and Levi plot the merciless slaughter of a village to avenge one man's alleged...
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The phrase "When there was no king in Israel" is used by Hebrew scribes to justify the rejection of God as King in preparation for a long-desired earthly king. All so they could be like everyone else.
Deborah's leadership and Yael's bravery are explored. "The Levite's concubine" sheds more light on the distasteful story of human trafficking by giving a voiceless Adina the ability to tell her tale of abuse. The hopeless dilemma of Naomi reveals how...
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Miryam Meira Magdalene is the second in an exciting new four-part series titled Ghosts of the Shephelah. Miryam will take you inside the life story of Jesus, from a woman's perspective. It will reveal Gabriel's nervousness; enlighten how the census saved Mary from a possible stoning; expose the need for faith in our endeavors; suggest another reason for the betrayal; uncover the real reason Pilate had Jesus crucified; describe the monstrous way in...
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The life of King David was anything but uneventful. Born of a mother accused of adultery and raised as the bastard son of a tribal leader, no one ever expected this boy to become Israel's greatest warrior and king. Ostracized by his brothers, his youth was spent as an isolated shepherd, honing his skills with sling and lyre. Loneliness, offset by creativity, inspired his many heartfelt psalms of pain and praise to his God.
Secure in the confidence...
12) Abraham
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Abraham is the first of an exciting new four-part series titled Ghosts of the Shephelah. It will take you inside the stories that built our faith. On that journey, you will meet the people, experience the trials, hardships, and prejudice faced by a foreign people in a new land. You will laugh with the truly universal questions children will ask and cry with the hate that has ever tried to pit man against man.
In an effort to retain Israel's history...
13) Rebekah
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Rebekah's creativeness and perseverance in obtaining the blessing for Jacob was determined and powerful. This narrative creates a birth scene to equal her awesome entry into the world. Her adult life was far from normal, so an uncharacteristic childhood needed to set the stage for the many skills and abilities she possessed as an adult. The Bible states that Bethuel asked Rebekah to decide if she would become Isaac's wife. That scene is explosive...
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Next to the apostle Paul, Luke is the best-known author in the New Testament. Yet, he is more than likely the one we know the least. As a physician, we know Luke was from a well-to-do family. Excellence in Greek grammar demonstrates he was well educated. How and where he came into the company of Paul, we know not. We do know that by the time Paul arrived in Troas, Luke was part of the entourage. This fact is evinced when Luke's writing turns from...
15) Heralds of God
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This classic book on evangelical preaching by Scottish minister James S. Stewart, which was first published in 1946, has inspired generations of preachers to strive for greater effectiveness in their proclamations. The pages contained within this book were originally addressed as lectures in the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews to Divinity students and ministers, and it is the author's hope that they will "have something to say to the wider...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James B. Stewart cracked the New York Times best-seller list with this riveting true crime book. Blind Eye is the shocking story of Michael Swango, a physician who may be the most prolific serial killer in American history. From the moment he began medical school, people thought Swango was peculiar. He seemed woefully incompetent in classwork, showed no empathy for patients, and was obsessed with violent death. When...
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Set in Jazz Age San Diego against the backdrop of yellow journalism, notorious Hollywood scandals, Prohibition corruption, and a lively culture war, Mystery at the Blue Sea Cottage tells the intriguing true-crime story of a beautiful dancer, a playboy actor, and a debonair doctor.
In January 1923, twenty-year-old Fritzie Mann left home for a remote cottage by the sea to meet a man whose identity she had revealed to no one. The next morning, the barely...
18) Den of Thieves
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Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice. Pulitzer Prize–winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties' biggest names on Wall Street-Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine -created the greatest insider-trading ring in financial history and almost walked away...
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Global Multimedia Corp
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[2004]
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A young couple meet, fall in love, have a baby, and are then faced with some harsh realities. Through it all, their love is tested as they truly realize that they were made for each other. This film is one of the classic love stories of all time.