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Jonathan Root

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Library of Religious Biography (LRB)

In 1946, God gave Oral Roberts a new Buick.And this just one of many miracles the young, broke preacher learned to expect, as Oral Roberts would go on to build an evangelistic ministry worth millions of dollars, a medical complex, and a university. How do we interpret the life of a man who seemed to combine rampant consumerist excess with a sincere devotion to the gospel?Seeking to answer this question, Jonathan Root weaves together accounts of Oral Roberts...

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Jim Wilson, Charles Lewis, Bret Walker, Nicholas Ziemba, David Strickler, Travis Marks, Jordan Garrett, John Morrow, Seth Chappell, Thomas Nelson, Michael Fish, Jimm Spannagel, Nick Horton, Joseph Nickel, Lay Phonexayphova, Jerry Eidson, Brad Vance, Douglas Livermore, Christian Fierro, Courtney Waid, Jay Ireland, TJ Root, Chris Baldwin, Wes Knight, Jake Pendleton, B.J. Kraemer, Thomas James Root, Jonathan M. Elliott, Joe Myers IV

To preserve the memory of their service during the tumultuous decade since their commissioning as Army officers, members of the West Point class of 2004 have written The Strong Gray Line. This class suffered the highest casualty rate since those that graduated during the Vietnam War. In this book, thirteen of their classmates who lost their lives fighting the Global War on Terror are profiled to help the reader gain an understanding of the bond forged between classmates during time at West...

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Mark Bostridge, Alan Bishop

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Amanda Root, Full Cast, Jonathan Firth

A selection of the powerful and poignant wartime letters of Vera Brittain and her friends.‘If war spares me,’ wrote Vera Brittain to her brother Edward in 1916, ‘it will be my one aim to immortalise in a book the story of us four.’ Seventeen years later, Vera was to achieve her aim with the acclaimed Testament of Youth.This series of letters was the inspiration behind Testament. Written between Vera, her brother, her fiancé Roland Leighton and their two best frien...

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William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright

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a full cast, Dinsdale Landen, Niamh Cusack, Jonathan Firth, Julian Glover, Amanda Root

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The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection

Shakespeare’s most sophisticated comedy is a riotous tale of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity.Duke Orsino is in love with the noblewoman Olivia. She, however, has fallen for his servant Cesario, who is actually Viola, a woman disguised as a man, who loves Orsino: confusion is rife. Meanwhile, Olivia’s arrogant steward Malvolio is cruelly tricked by her uncle Sir Toby Belch, his friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and the maidservant Maria into believin...

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William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright

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a full cast, Alex Jennings, Alan Howard, Jonathan Tafler, Greg Wise, Samantha Bond, Emma Fielding

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The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection

A play replete with puns and double-entendres, this is one of Shakespeare’s earliest and most lighthearted.The young king of Navarre and three of his courtiers have vowed to lock themselves away for three years of study and fasting, and to forswear the company of women for this period. No sooner is their vow made than it is tested, however, as the princess of France and three of her ladies arrive in Navarre on a diplomatic mission. The young men fall instantly and hopelessly in lov...

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William Shakespeare, E.A. Copen, Pierre Arthur Laure, Tom Wheelwright

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a full cast, Kelly Hunter, David Tennant, Norman Rodway

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The Arkangel Shakespeare Collection

Rife with intrigue and treachery, this history play depicts the onset of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York.Young King Henry VI has married the beautiful Margaret of Anjou, but the new queen is ruthless and ambitious. Supported by the powerful Duke of Suffolk, Margaret plots the overthrow of her enemies, chief among them the Duke of Gloucester. But the Duke of York also aspires to the crown, and the common people, led by Jack Cade, are ...

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Vera Brittain

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Sheila Mitchell

A British woman recalls coming of age during World War I in this unforgettable true story of young love, war and how to make sense of the darkest times'One of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' Guardian'A haunting elegy for a lost generation' The Times'Should be compulsory reading' Daily MailIn 1914 when war was declared, Vera Brittain was twenty, preparing ...

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J. R. R. Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien

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Mark Bowen

"The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien is a timeless fantasy adventure that follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is swept away from his comfortable life in the Shire into an epic quest.As Bilbo embarks on an unexpected adventure with a group of dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield, he encounters trolls, goblins, elves, and dragons, each more perilous than the last. Along the way, Bilbo discovers courage and resourcefulness he never knew he possessed, facing ...

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Kristin Hannah

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Polly Stone

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK**A #1 New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation.Soon to be a major motion picture starring sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning, directed by Michael Morris, with a screenplay by Dana Stevens.**With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War...

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J.K. Rowling

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Stephen Fry

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Harry Potter

Stephen Fry brings the richness of these magical stories to life in the original British recordings, available for the first time in the United States and Canada.'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'Treat your ears to a performance so rich and captivating you'll imagine yourself in the halls of Hogwarts. Wherever you listen, the unmistakable voice of Stephen Fry is guaran...

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Roberts Liardon

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God's Generals

Roberts Liardon faithfully chronicles the lives of some of the most powerful healing evangelists the world has ever known.

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Zev Chafets

If baseball is America's national religion, then the Hall of Fame is its High Church. Being named among its 286 inductees makes you the closest thing our country has to an undisputed hero - even a secular saint. But the men in the Hall of Fame are no angels. Among their number are gamblers, drunks, race-baiters, at least one murderer, and perhaps the greatest collection of bona fide characters ever to be dignified by an honor of any kind.This is the book the Hall of Fame deserves. ...