![]() ![]() "Haunting and graceful, with an edge that draws blood when you least expect it, Hunted is a masterpiece. "A haunting and romantic exploration of love and what sacrifices come with freedom." - Marie Lu, author of the Legend and The Young Elites trilogies ![]() The author's depictions will keep the reader spellbound." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review) "Unlike the cardboard heroes of fairytales, Yeva is a very human girl who must discover the meaning of the deep yearning that has always been within her. ![]() An elegant, classic, and vivid fairy tale." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Praise for Hunted: "Spooner creates a detailed world populated by complex characters. My heart needed it so badly." - Amie Kaufman, author of the New York Times bestselling Illuminae series "Steeped in tradition but infused with feminism and political concerns, a Robin Hood for a new audience." - Kirkus Reviews plenty of appeal for readers of Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small quartet." - Booklist "A lively adventure featuring a lionhearted heroine. Marian's Robin Hood proposes 'the idea that one man could make a difference'-and that one woman can, too." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ![]() "Spooner masterfully weaves a tale about grief, idealism, and identity. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This study guide-a companion to the Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ DVD-explores the meaning and significance of these ideas in an eight-session, guided group study. But it is important that we not only learn to see him but delight in him and the truth of the gospel. ![]() Even those who have caught a glimpse of him do not see perfectly, says best-selling author John Piper. In 2 Corinthians, the apostle Paul described one of the central problems facing humanity in every age: people fail to see Christ for who he is. ![]() This full-length guide accompanies group members through DVD presentations by John Piper and includes opportunities for reflection, penetrating questions, and five daily assignments per week so that churches, small groups, classrooms, and families may learn to behold and delight in Jesus for who he really is. ![]() Devotional & Christian Living Devotional. ![]() ![]() ![]() How true it is… if we compare our progress to someone else’s, we will always be totally unhappy and ungrateful for what progress God HAS made in us. …The Bible teaches us there is no such thing as real peace until we are delivered from the need to compete with others. Whatever it is, it simply can’t be done without the Spirit of God… Zechariah 4:6 The Holy Spirit is truly our help to overcome what needs to be overcome in our lives. The Holy Spirit is your helper – seek His help. You do need to be determined, but determined in the Holy Spirit, not in the effort of your own flesh. You can’t overcome your situation by prayer alone. You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. Little by little, you and me are changing into God’s image. ![]() I now recommend it to you my brothers and sister in Christ! It has been the ‘Book of the Moment’ on my blog for the last few weeks, and before we move on to another book here’s an assortment of my favourite lines from this incredible piece of literary…ĭon’t ever give up, because little by little you are changing.ĭon’t let the enemy speak to you and tell you that you are not advancing in your Christian walk! Even a little movement is still movement. ![]() Your mind really is a game of chess against Satan…įor a melancholic man like me, Joyce Meyer’s great book Battlefield of the Mind has truly changed my life and motivated me after a long time of recommendation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet love has a way of revealing a man's true character. 5 Never Kiss a Notorious Marquess 6 Never Deceive a Viscount 7 Never Dare a. ![]() If there is any truth to his tarnished past, she should denounce him with her powerful pen. Renee Ann Millers latest book is Never Marry a Scandalous Duke which was. But when a suffragist's soapbox speech turns to pandemonium, Caroline is knocked on the head and reawakens in Trent Hall-with the notorious lord of the manor irresistibly close. Caroline Lawrence doesn't need a man to rescue her-the aspiring journalist anonymously advocates for women's rights in a radical London newspaper column. But trouble finds him when a veiled temptress with secrets of her own falls-quite literally-into his arms. For James Trent, Lord Huntington, there's no escaping the question that labeled him The Murdering Marquess: was his wife's death a tragic accident or a cold-blooded crime? He's avoided London's gossipmongers since that terrible night, as guardian to his younger siblings on his Essex estate. But when darker whispers take hold, a spirited writer's encounter with a dangerously desirable nobleman may uncover the whole story. They are the infamous lords, whose scandalous ways keep tongues wagging. ![]() ![]() ![]() Did I tell you there’s also a serial killer loose in the highlands? And that cell-phone reception is spotty? Booze. ![]() They’re all celebrating New Year’s Eve in the snowy highlands of Scotland at an exclusive hunting lodge managed by Heather and Doug, two people faced with their own emotional baggage. Exhausted new parents Samira and Giles brought their baby along, while creepy Mark arrives with his wannabe-in-the-mix girlfriend, Emma. There’s gorgeous Miranda and her equally hot husband Julien. The book follows a group of best friends. Well in The Hunting Party, Lucy Foley shows us what we’re missing-and how it might not be as perfect as it seems. Admit it: You want to be with those beautiful people. ![]() Something tugs at us as we scroll past these posts-envy, anger, exhaustion. Social media makes it worse because now, at any moment, we can see beautiful people doing wonderful things in gorgeous settings. We’ve all experienced FOMO-fear of missing out. ![]() ![]() Wanting the students to experience this picture book in the same way that young children usually do, I opened the book and started reading out-loud about eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot and her love of spending time on the roof of the tenement building where she lives with her family. I was looking at Ringgold’s two Tar Beach quilts when I flashed back to a graduate seminar I taught on urban children’s literature, where I devoted an entire class session to picture books set in cities, including Ringgold’s Tar Beach. ![]() I recently visited Faith Ringgold: American People, the New Museum’s retrospective exhibit of Ringgold’s art. He is especially interested urban children’s literature. West is a professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches courses in children’s and young adult literature. ![]() Claiming New York in Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach ![]() ![]() Orders Orders placed through this site will typically be fulfilled from our shop’s inventory within 48 hours. If you encounter any issues with payments when ordering, or have any questions about the available methods of payment, please don’t hesitate to email us. 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