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The good book : reading the Bible with mind and heart / by Gomes, Peter J.

The good book : reading the Bible with mind and heart / by Gomes, Peter J.

Ahab agonistes : the rise and fall of the Omri dynasty

Table of Contents: “…-- Searching for Jezebel / Dagmar Pruin -- A Testimony of the good king: reading the Mesha stele / Thomas L. Thompson -- Samaria, Jezreel and Megiddo: royal centres of Omri and Ahab / David Ussishkin -- The Architecture of Israelite temples / David A. …”
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Trust by design : the beautiful behaviors of an effective church culture by Barker, Amy Valdez

Table of Contents: “…It's All about JesusThe Hope Theory; Trust Hope; Chapter 4: Trust Love; Failure to Love; Failure to Love in the Church; The "Trust Stack" in the Bible; God's Love Leads to Trust in the Old Testament; God's Love Leads to Trust in the New Testament; Agape Love Makes You Do Crazy Things; Disruptions in Trust through Love; Examining Trust through Love; Devaluation of Human Love; Chapter 5: Designed to Forgive; But It's Sooo Hard . . .; Isn't It Ironic-Trust Falls Apart; Old Testament: Circles of Trust; Practice Makes Perfect; Layers of Trust; Curiosity about Trust.…”
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Better Than War. by Vossoughi, Siamak

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Shoes; The Broken Finger; The Street; Nine Innings; The Movie Quitters; In the Library; Too Much Genius; Better Than War; The Room; People in Profile; The Couple; Boy in Prison; The Rain Check; The Easel; The World Is My Home; 1953; You Don't Leave; Take Our Daughters to Work Day; The Theater of War; Back and Forth; Sunday in the Park; The Bookshelves; Princess; Why the Rabbit Looks Pityingly Upon the Donkey; Flower-like; The Narrator; Every Man a Showman; Don't Forget about Egypt; The Book That Was Too Good to Read.…”
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Heart at Leisure from Itself : Caroline MacDonald of Japan. by Prang, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Pioneering Canadian Roots""; ""2 Christ and the Empire of the Mikado""; ""3 'Women's Work for Women'""; ""4 From Tokyo to Aberdeen: 'The Lady Student' ""; ""5 'Grubbing at the Lingo'""; ""6 The New Era of Taisho and 'the Woman Question'""; ""7 'God's Strange Leading'""; ""8 Prisoners and Prisons""; ""9 'A Gentleman in Prison'""; ""10 Tackling 'the Social Cosmos'""; ""11 'Jesus Was a Labouring Man'""; ""12 'Turning Earth's Smoothness Rough'""; ""13 'The Faith that Rebels'""; ""14 From Noda to Geneva""…”
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Socrates dissatisfied : an analysis of Plato's Crito by Weiss, Roslyn

Table of Contents: “…Socrates' Moral PrinciplesSocrates' Argument against Escape -- Socrates as Crito's Friend -- 5 Especially an Orator -- Protecting Crito -- The Laws as Rhetoricians -- The Citizen's Agreement -- 6 Whatever We Bid -- The City as Parent and Master -- The Argument from Agreement -- Escape Will Benefit No One -- 7 The Corybantic Cure -- The Corybantic Metaphor -- Why Crito Would Speak in Vain -- The Way the God Is Leading -- 8 A Fool Satisfied -- Engaging Crito -- Benefiting Crito -- Protecting the Reader -- 9 Restoring the Radical Socrates…”
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Teaching Bodies : Moral Formation in the Summa of Thomas Aquinas. by Jordan, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Vocations and Viae; Conclusion: The Good of Reading; Acknowledgments; Notes.…”
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A porch sofa almanac by Smith, Peter, 1946 November 19-

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Porch Sofas; Off to College: A Parental Spreadsheet; School Starts This Morning; We Want to Go Back, Too; In Praise of Small-Town Football; Conflicted; Autumn Golf; An Open Letter to the City of Hopkins; Hudson's Bay Blankets; Splitting Wood; The Menu Changes; Good Autumn Reads; Darn Packers Fans; Election Night Radio; No-Bleeping-Vember; Thanksgiving Road Game; A Thanksgiving Lesson; An Amusing Pastime; North Country Fashion Statement; Winter Wimps; Together Again for the Holidays; Sulking in a Winter Wonderland; A Christmas Shopping Memory; Now It Can Be Christmas.…”
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Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. / Richard II

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Economical writing : thirty-five rules for clear and persuasive prose by McCloskey, Deirdre N.

Table of Contents: “…Why you should not stop reading here -- Writing is a trade -- Writing is thinking -- Rules can help, but bad rules hurt -- Be thou clear, but seek joy, too -- The rules are factual rather than logical -- Classical rhetoric guides even the economical writer -- Fluency can be achieved by grit -- Write early rather than late -- You will need tools -- Keep your spirits up, forge ahead -- Speak to an audience of human beings -- Avoid boilerplate -- Control your tone -- A paragraph should have a point -- Make tables, graphs, displayed equations, and labels on images readable by themselves -- Footnotes and other "scholarly" tics are pedantic -- Make your writing cohere -- Use your ear -- Write in complete sentences -- Avoid elegant variation -- Watch how each word connects with others -- Watch punctuation -- The order around switch until it good sounds -- Read, out loud -- Use verbs, active ones -- Avoid words that bad writers love -- Be concrete -- Be plain -- Avoid cheap typographical tricks -- Avoid this, that, these, those -- Above all, look at your words -- Use standard forms in letters -- Treat speaking in public as a performance -- Advice for nonnative English speakers -- If you didn't stop reading, join the flow -- "Scholars talk writing: Dierdre McCloskey" / Interview by Rachel Toor -- House rules: teaching materials -- Appendix : Applying Economical wrting to become your own best editor / Stephen T. …”

A year of programs for teens by Alessio, Amy J.

Table of Contents: “…Pizza-Tasting PartyNovember Passive Programs -- November Resources -- December -- Tasting the World Food Fest -- Holiday Crafts from Near and Far -- December Passive Programs -- December Resources -- Appendix -- Teen Program Survey -- National Library Week Teen Magazine Madness -- Teen Happenings Newsletter -- Contract for Teen Volunteers -- Teen Invasion Promotional Flyer -- Warm up with a Good Book Reading Log -- Poetry Contest Letter for Nonwinners -- Slay a Book Bingo Card -- Chill Out and Read Book Review Form and Raffle Ticket…”
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Ephesians Verse by Verse. by Osborne, Grant R.

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Introduction to Ephesians -- Author -- Date -- Recipients -- Purpose -- Literary Features -- Outline -- The Theology of the Letter -- The Work of the Trinity in This World -- The Exalted Christ -- The Gift of Salvation -- The Church as the Body of Christ -- The Defeat of the Cosmic Powers -- The Blessings of Salvation (1:1-14) -- Paul Greets the Ephesian Christians (1:1-2) -- Paul Lists Five Blessings of Salvation that Stem from God and Christ (1:3-14) -- Introduction: Spiritual Blessings in the Heavenlies (1:3) -- Blessing 1: Predestination (1:4-6) -- Chosen to Be Holy and Blameless (1:4) -- Chosen for Sonship (1:5) -- Purpose: For the Praise of His Glory (1:6) -- Blessing 2: Redemption (1:7) -- Blessing 3: The Mystery of His Will (1:8-10) -- Blessing 4: His Divine Plan (1:11-12) -- Blessing 5: Being Sealed with the Spirit (1:13-14) -- A Prayer for Knowledge and Power (1:15-23) -- Paul Gives Thanks for the Good News about Their Spiritual State (1:15-16) -- Paul Prays for Wisdom and Knowledge for the Ephesians (1:17-19A) -- Wisdom from the Spirit (1:17) -- God's Rich Gifts (1:18-19A) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in the Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ (1:19B-20) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in Jesus' Authority and Dominion over All (1:21-22A) -- God's Mighty Strength Is Seen in Jesus' Headship over All for the Church (1:22B-23) -- Summary of the Blessings of Salvation (2:1-10) -- Sin Leads to Bondage and Death (2:1-3) -- Their Terrible Predicament: Dead in Sin (2:1) -- Their Terrible Predicament: Bondage to Sin and the Flesh (2:2-3) -- Mercy Leads to Being Made Alive with Christ (2:4-7) -- God's Love Leads Him to Give Us Life (2:4-5) -- God's Love Leads Him to Seat Us with Christ in the Heavenlies (2:6-7) -- Paul Presents a Summary: The Free Gift of Grace (2:8-10).…”
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Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs. by Mannix, Darlene

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