Simon bar Eleazer has a promising career as a Pharisee before him—but it's one he doesn't want. The older he gets, the more Simon finds himself disagreeing with his Pharisee father's interpretation of the Law, especially where Gentiles are concerned, and he wishes that he could find some way to reconcile the matter—especially since Simon has a secret his father doesn't know about. But when Simon's estranged uncle reappears in Jerusalem, Simon finds himself wondering if his uncle's new reli...

Little Eddie Sparrow has lived in the parking lot for a long time, lonely and overlooked. He remembers, though, that his mother once told him that one day the King of the Birds would come and set things right, and he decides to begin searching for the truth about this King. As he questions the other birds, Eddie hears many conflicting opinions about the King, but it isn't until a late-night encounter with a mysterious stranger that Eddie finally learns what the King is truly like.E...

Azka has always hated her life as a slave, and things only seem to worsen when she gets trapped in the mines of Virgos after a cave-in. Alone in the dark except for strange creatures she previously thought didn't exist, Azka thinks her life might be over. Yet everything changes when she meets someone named Azrel—someone who knows her name. Not only does Azka find that life might be more than she thought it was, but also she starts discovering who she is meant to be—a dancer of fire, air, e...

Tara of Arhelm longs for one thing—freedom. So when a chance to escape from her enslavement in Virgos occurs, Tara immediately seizes it, surviving a perilous journey across the desert and mountains to finally arrive back in her native Tusklin. Once there, however, Tara discovers danger still awaits, for a portion of Tusklin has been seized by Virgos. Tara soon finds herself caught up in a rebellion against Virgos led by the mysterious rebel leader, Ryder, but as she becomes ever more invo...

Katrina Tasslehoff is going on an adventure at last--traveling the countryside of Cantel with her father and brother on their annual merchant trip. But the adventure becomes more than she bargained for when Cantel is invaded by the neighboring country of Virgos. Separated from her family, her country besieged by ruthless invaders, Katrina seems trapped in hopeless circumstances. Yet she has grown up hearing tales of unicorns, a symbol of light even in darkness. The tales suddenly become mo...

Twelve-year-old Keira Telandra has lived in the country of Tolo since she was two. But when her father finally succeeds in locating the lost heir to the throne of the island country of Taufsta, Keira is thrilled to be invited along to the islands for the coronation. After all, Taufsta is where she was born! But as she and her family set sail, Keira can't help but notice that the future queen is terrified of something…and when they arrive at the islands, mysterious accidents seem to be putt...

Sylvia Westmoreland has just lost her Great-Aunt Elfrida, the one relative who actually seemed to care about her. But as Sylvia, surrounded by her remaining quarrelsome relatives, tries to solve the puzzle of the mysterious will her great-aunt left behind, she begins making some surprising discoveries, both out in the woods and fields and in the arrival of a cousin she's never met before. A new world starts to open before her, a world she never dreamed existed, a Faery world of both beauty...

Jack loves books. Books, however, are something that is scarce in his 1930s backwoods community, especially since his pa does not approve of reading. Jack daydreams about escaping from his home, riding the river until he discovers a place he could actually belong, but it isn't until the summer of 1940 that he discovers a startling secret that the river holds and decides to launch off an odyssey of his own, an odyssey that will change his life.

When Dr. Donald Guthrie arrived in Sayre in 1910, it was home to the third-largest railroad repair shop in the world. A small hospital, the first in the region, had opened 25 years earlier to care for those injured in this dangerous work. Fresh from surgical training at the Mayo Clinic, Guthrie brought with him a vision and the energy and charisma to make his dream a reality. He started Guthrie Clinic, one of the oldest multispecialty group practices in the nation, and established Robert P...

Second Shetland Truck System Report is a significant historical document that delves into the economic and social conditions of the Shetland Islands during the 19th century, focusing particularly on the notorious truck system. This system, prevalent in Shetland and other parts of the British Isles, involved employers—often merchants or landowners—paying workers, especially fishermen and laborers, not in cash but in goods or credit redeemable only at the employer’s store. This practice led ...

We want to say or do something that helps our grieving friend. But what?When someone we know is grieving, we want to help. But sometimes we stay away or stay silent, afraid that we will do or say the wrong thing, that we will hurt instead of help.In this straightforward and practical book, Nancy Guthrie provides us with the insight we need to confidently interact with grieving people. Drawing upon the input of hundreds of grieving people, as well as her own...

First published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all.Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over—not by jet or motorcycle, but by boxcar, thumb, and foot. During the journey of discovery that was his life, he composed and sang words and music that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. Behind him ...