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In this poignant new series, Patricia Johns introduces an Amish family striving to reclaim the promise of love, marriage, and community after a shocking change in circumstance. Her sensitive storytelling and realistically flawed, yet endearing characters bring depth and heart to this tender story about faith and second chances, as a young man and woman.

A powerful and moving story based on real events in the Lebanese civil war in the 1980s. Lamia and her family are caught up in the fighting, with tragic consequences. Lamia struggles with the hatred that threatens to destroy her, until she grasps that forgiveness and love are the most important things. Nothing else matters.

The Cyborg Wars are over and Earth has peacefully prospered for more than one hundred years. Yet sometimes history must repeat itself until humanity learns from its mistakes. In the year 2170, despite technological and political advances, cyborgs and clones are treated no better than slaves, and an underground abolitionist movement is fighting for freedom. Thirteen-year-old Leanna's entire life is thrown into chaos when The World Federation of Nations discovers her mom is part of the radical Liberty Bell Movement.

The refugee camp is crowded with sick and starving people. Two new arrivals, a teenage girl, Mehrit, carrying her little brother on her back, wait their turn patiently. What will happen to them? Will they ever find their parents again? A strong story of a family in a famine-stricken African country.

The stories of Patricia St. John have been entertaining and challenging children and young people for generations. This new edition of The Other Kitten is as fresh as when it was first published in 1984.

In the fall of 1978, teenager Theresa Allore went missing near Sherbrooke, Quebec. She wasn't seen again until the spring thaw revealed her body in a creek only a few kilometers away. Shrugging off her death as a result of 1970s drug culture, police didn't investigate. Patricia Pearson started dating Theresa's brother, John, during the aftermath of Theresa's death. Though the two teens would go their separate ways, the family's grief, obsession with justice, and desire for the truth never left Patricia.

With her preacher father in prison for fraud, Elizabeth Yoder's life in the community of Bountiful has been painfully uprooted. Mindful of wearing out her welcome with her family, she jumps at the chance to stay with elderly Bridget Lantz while the woman's daughter is away. Elizabeth has secret plans to leave for another Amish community where she might get a fresh start, but here with Bridget, she feels comfortable - until Bridget's strapping grandson, Solomon, returns from eight years with the English and inspires feelings that shake Elizabeth's resolution....

In her extraordinary work with dolphins, Patricia St. John has broken new ground in opening little-known worlds, all in pursuit of what she fiercely believes in: learning the languages of those who have been unreachable. Using what she has discovered from her years of work with dolphins, St. John is able to break through to autistic children. Her story is a remarkable one.

The subject of these stories ranges from saints to single mothers, from Depression-era childhoods and poverty to times of great peace and prosperity. Together they serve to remind us of the miracle, faith, transformation, and mystery that live in the spirit of Christmas.

These stories represent decades of collaboration between author David Niall Wilson and a wide array of talented authors. All have been professionally published - some have been reprinted and collected. All are the result of two muses meeting on paper. Meet a modern day Don Quixote, fighting Y2K bug nightmares, and striving to save the woman of his dreams. Learn how Edgar Allen Poe might have found his tales. Face off on a lonely mountaintop with Lovecraftian nightmares.

Overwhelmed by grief and tending twin baby daughters, Rosmanda Lapp is without options. She still blames her brother-in-law, Levi, for her husband’s accidental death - but she and her aging in-laws need him to keep their farm going. Yet as Levi takes on his responsibilities with a new determination and steadiness, she can’t help but regret that she chose his serious-minded brother over him. For Levi is still very much the passionate man she loved - and Rosmanda now has even more reasons to keep him at arm’s length....

This epic story draws the listener into the chronicles of love and turmoil of war as recalled by a young Russian naval officer, Roman, and his fiancée, Xenia. They survive years of separation during the Russian Revolution. Escapades include a high seas trauma as they attempt a daring exodus from their homeland with the enemy in pursuit. In this true story, their future demands they rely on perseverance, their wits, and even humor.

In the next Clone Codes installment, Houston, a Cyborg, tells his story. Set in the year 2130, the World Federation of Nations determines through laws and regulations that all enhanced persons with three or more synthetic body or organ replacements are classified as three-fifths of a human being. As such, Houston is considered less than human, and must fight to overcome the rules of his strange universe.

There is a wicked system of operation inside the Topas Corporation, where clones are produced. Only authorized Topas officials are allowed inside. Only they, along with the clones themselves, know what happens within the walls of the world's largest and most powerful cloning company. This final book of The Clone Codes plunges listeners into this strange reality. At the same time, The World Federation of Nations has issued an urgent decree to the masses - find Houston Ye, a cyborg, and Leanna Deberry, a clone, both fugitives!

When Friska the dog came to live with Colin and his family, Colin thought that he and Friska would be friends forever. But, when Friska disappears, Colin begins to find out what "You are mine" really means, and who is saying those words to him.

Flecky und Flauschi – das sind die zwei niedlichen Kätzchen, die Mark und Karen gerne hätten. Die beiden sind wie alle Geschwister – sie vertragen sich nicht immer. Als eines Tages bei einem heftigen Streit um die Kätzchen beinahe ein Unglück passiert, lernen die beiden, sich ganz auf Gott zu verlassen.

Ruth und Philipp werden zu ihrer Tante geschickt, die in der Nähe des Wildenwalds wohnt. Philip gewöhnt sich schnell an die neue Situation, aber Ruth gefällt es im Haus der Tante gar nicht. Im Wildenwald begegnet Ruth nicht nur einem Schäfer, zusammen mit ihrem Bruder findet sie auch einen Freund: Terry, der vernachlässigt und arm aufwächst. Beim Spielen verunglückt Terry auf tragische Weise. Kann die biblische Geschichte vom guten Hirten Terry in seiner schwierigen Situation weiterhelfen?

Sieben Jahre ist Annette alt, als ihre Mutter stirbt. Nun muss sie auf dem kleinen Bergbauernhof in den Schweizer Alpen für ihren Vater und den kleinen Bruder Dani sorgen. Bei einem Streit mit dem Nachbarsjungen Lukas verunglückt Dani schwer. Annettes Hass kennt keine Grenzen. Sie scheut kein Mittel, um Lukas zu bestrafen - und wird dabei selbst unglücklich. Eines Tages erfährt Lukas von einer Möglichkeit, das Geschehene wiedergutzumachen.

Philo hält es zu Hause fast nicht mehr aus. Wie ein Fluch lastet Illyrika, die von unheimlichen Anfällen geplagte Schwester, auf der ganzen Familie. Als Philos Vater vom Fischen nicht mehr zurückkommt, zerbrechen auch die letzten Hoffnungen auf eine bessere Zukunft. Dann hört er, was die Leute von einem Propheten im Nachbarland erzählen. Stimmt es, dass er Kranke heilen, Hungernde speisen und von einem Fluch Beladene befreien kann?

Dieses Buch enthält drei Geschichten, die in Marokko spielen, wo Patricia St. John 27 Jahre als Missionarin und Krankenschwester lebte: Überraschung im Morgengrauen. Eine alte Frau freut sich jede Woche auf den Besuch ihrer Enkelin, die ihr aus der Bibel vorliest. Und sie bekommt überraschenden Besuch ... Der Umhang. Ein Straßenjunge kämpft um seine Existenz und sucht seinen gestohlenen Umhang. Die vier Kerzen. Ein Moslemkind hört zum ersten Mal von Jesus.