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If theology is about more than books and libraries, lecture halls and dusty debates; if theology is instead about lived experience, especially the experiences of those living at the margins of society's care and concern; if, in short, theology is about the real needs of real people, then Dorothy Day was one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century. In spite of having no formal training in theology, Day's work and writing on behalf of the...
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This book is about four radical and daring Catholic women – radical and daring because they chose to enter the American maelstrom of race. One, Katharine Drexel, became a saint in 2000. The others, Dorothy Day, Catherine de Hueck Doherty, and Sister Thea Bowman were all declared Servants of God – the title bestowed by the Catholic Church on those on the first rung of official sanctity. Of the four women, three are white, one is black; two were...
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A literary master looks ahead to her eighties As her eightieth birthday approaches, Doris Grumbach does not feel melancholy or saddened by the upcoming event, despite the loss of friends such as Kay Boyle and Dorothy Day-instead she takes it as an opportunity both to look backward and to grow. In this, her summer of unexpected content, Grumbach weaves the elegiac and the practical into a delightful tapestry of experience. She looks deep into her...
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"Thirty-eight years old, fit and handsome, John Blackburn was a former Air Force pilot and evangelical Christian. His wife, a veterinarian, healed animals and homeschooled their five children with the Bible as their textbook. The coming end of days was certainty, not poetry, and for John, the end did arrive--cancer. The healing hands of his community hovered over growing tumors in his torso, but his disease continued to progress. At the time, no one...
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2024.
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English
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"In this unforgettable debut novel, twenty-seven-year-old Tessa, pregnant with her third child and living in a trailer on her mother-in-law's property, encounters the woman she used to love--leading Tessa to question the very foundations of the life she's built. Abandoned by first her father and then her mother, as a girl Tessa is left to live with her abusive stepfather and stepbrother. She survives by finding reserves of strength in herself, and...
7) Meet April
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Calendar Kids volume 4
Publisher
Calendar Kids Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"April loves playing pranks! She also loves springtime, baby animals, and rainy days. This year the big egg drop contest at school is coming up. Will April think of any idea to win or will the rainy day ruin it all?"--Back cover.
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Calendar Kids Bookss
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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February is a lovable character! With her adorable heart themed outfit and love for friends, February teaches young children about the month of February in a unique way. Throughout the story we share all that February loves. From her pet groundhog to her Black History Month studies and most of all... making special valentines cards for friends. February spends day after day creating her unique cards until one day, she loses them! She looks all over...
9) Meet March
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Series
Calendar Kids volume 3
Publisher
Calendar Kids Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"March is ready for winter to come to an end. He is tired of browns and grays. Will March and his friends spot the first signs of spring?"--Back cover.
10) Murder most owl
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"It's been years since screenwriter Georgie Johansen last visited her aunt Olivia's farm in the coastal town of Twilight Cove and things have certainly changed. First of all it's now an animal sanctuary, and then there's the new farmhand who's as mysterious as he is handsome. Her first day on the farm, Georgie encounters the eccentric Dorothy Shale, an older woman who lives in a cabin in the woods. There are rumours that Dorothy's a witch, but Georgie...