Dining with the Devil


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What shapes the message of the church? The Bible and Spirit? Or society and culture? Os Guinness points out perils of compromise in the church growth movement.




Outwitting the Devil


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Originally written in 1938 but never published due to its controversial nature, an insightful guide reveals the seven principles of good that will allow anyone to triumph over the obstacles that must be faced in reaching personal goals.




Dining with the Devil


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DINING WITH THE DEVIL is a collection of poems spanning two years. This literature postulates the tempestuous cruising of reality and fantasy of life through the monocle of a young, burdened writer. An adventure into themes of sheer love, betrayal, war of the heart, and a fantasy of life after death has been penned down. DINING WITH THE DEVIL reflects the writer's thoughts in trying to speak to the world so they may understand him.




The Devil Served My Dinner


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All Christians face adversity. After all, Jesus promised us that we would. But that doesn't mean it's easy, and author Dr. Sunday John Robert-Eze is here to help Christians through the difficult process of dealing with the devil. In his biblically based book, "The Devil Served My Dinner," Dr. Robert-Eze provides copious scriptural evidence for how Christians can use the attacks of the devil for spiritual gain. Join Dr. Sunday John on an unforgettable and inspirational adventure through the Bible that will leave you feeling more confident than ever about your spiritual walk with Christ.




Food Whore


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Full of wit and mouth-watering cuisines, Jessica Tom’s debut novel offers a clever insider take on the rarefied world of New York City’s dining scene in the tradition of The Devil Wears Prada meets Kitchen Confidential. Food whore (n.) A person who will do anythingfor food. When Tia Monroe moves to New York City, she plans to put herself on the culinary map in no time. But after a coveted internship goes up in smoke, Tia’s suddenly just another young food lover in the big city. But when Michael Saltz, a legendary New York Times restaurant critic, lets Tia in on a career-ending secret—that he’s lost his sense of taste—everything changes. Now he wants Tia to serve as his palate, ghostwriting his reviews. In return he promises her lavish meals, a bottomless cache of designer clothing, and the opportunity of a lifetime. Out of prospects and determined to make it, Tia agrees. Within weeks, Tia’s world transforms into one of luxury: four-star dinners, sexy celebrity chefs, and an unlimited expense account at Bergdorf Goodman. Tia loves every minute of it…until she sees her words in print and Michael Saltz taking all the credit. As her secret identity begins to crumble and the veneer of extravagance wears thin, Tia is forced to confront what it means to truly succeed—and how far she’s willing to go to get there.




Devil's Food


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A sly, witty mystery features two extraordinary sisters--one a master chef and the other a renowned actress--who juggle husbands, lovers, the Hollywood media, and their own identities to catch a thief. By the author of Frost the Fiddler.




The Overachievers


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The bestselling author of Pledged returns with a groundbreaking look at the pressure to achieve faced by America's teens In Pledged, Alexandra Robbins followed four college girls to produce a riveting narrative that read like fiction. Now, in The Overachievers, Robbins uses the same captivating style to explore how our high-stakes educational culture has spiraled out of control. During the year of her ten-year reunion, Robbins goes back to her high school, where she follows heart-tuggingly likeable students including "AP" Frank, who grapples with horrifying parental pressure to succeed; Audrey, whose panicked perfectionism overshadows her life; Sam, who worries his years of overachieving will be wasted if he doesn't attend a name-brand college; Taylor, whose ambition threatens her popular girl status; and The Stealth Overachiever, a mystery junior who flies under the radar. Robbins tackles teen issues such as intense stress, the student and teacher cheating epidemic, sports rage, parental guilt, the black market for study drugs, and a college admissions process so cutthroat that students are driven to suicide and depression because of a B. With a compelling mix of fast-paced narrative and fascinating investigative journalism, The Overachievers aims both to calm the admissions frenzy and to expose its escalating dangers.




Dining with the Devil


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Doctor Raúl was the one to speak, his eyes just as empty and soulless as her own. "Because you have the mind of a killer."Doctor Noel Lancaster is the youngest agent in the BSU, graduating with a doctorate degree in criminal psyhocology at the young age of 22, and became one of their top agents and best marksmen at the age of 24. She had just caught one of the most infamous serial killer from Chicago. The Chicago Skinner. The thing about her is that she's not only a child prodigy. But she holds a deep psychological power that most humans don't have. This power aided her in her success.What she didn't expect when she came to Tali New York, was a completely different killer. One that haunts the night and stalks young women and rips them apart. Taking their insides out and leaving them completely bloodless. The scariest thing about all of this? They all looked just like Noel.Being forced to work with a partner she knew nothing about, or even care to know, she was stuck between living a normal life and fighting the being of the dark. Doctor Raúl was an enigma, her powers never failed on her before. But with him? He was the silence she had begged for her entire life.Being plunged into the unknown, Noel has to fight not just for her life, but the lives of those in Tali New York. Will she live? Or become the Hunters next victim?




Devil's Food


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Anthony Award Finalist: A skip tracer chases an embezzler to Florida—and finds herself entangled with bikers and the IRS—in this thriller “packed with humor” (Booklist). With her low-level law-enforcement career on the rocks, it’s make-it-or-break-it time for zaftig Loretta Kovacs. She’s been assigned to the ragtag Parole Violators Search Unit, a.k.a. the Jump Squad. All her buttons are pushed when she goes undercover as a desperate dieter at a Florida fat farm in order to nab an embezzler who’s a perfect size 2. But untangling the mysteries surrounding this case is going to be harder than passing up a pastry . . . “Bruno’s characters are more than just quirky dressing for the plot . . . It moves fast and furious, but along the way his characters’ struggles with their own doubts and failings anchor the reader to them.” —The Nashville Banner “A divertingly comic entertainment with a bittersweet bite.” —Kirkus Reviews “Devil’s Food is good, grainy crime writing, a little bit like New Jersey’s answer to Elmore Leonard.” —The Advocate (Greenwich, CT)




Devil's Food Cake Murder


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Straight from the surefire pantry of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Joanne Fluke, a classic cozy mystery in which baker Hannah Swensen discovers that sometimes life can be a little too sweet . . . Hannah Swensen must admit that her life is pretty sweet. Things are going well in the romance department, and her bakery’s delectable confections are selling almost as fast as she can bake them. Even her good friend Claire is on cloud nine, head over heels with her new husband, Reverend Bob Knudson. If only they could find time to take their honeymoon! When Bob’s childhood friend Matthew Walters comes to town, it seems like divine intervention. Matthew, like Bob, is a Lutheran minister with a stubborn sweet tooth. Since he’s on sabbatical, Matthew is happy to fill in for Bob while he and Claire take that long-awaited honeymoon. It sounds like the perfect plan—until Hannah finds Matthew dead in the rectory, face-down in a plate full of Devil’s Food Cake. Determined to find out who killed Matthew, Hannah starts asking questions—and discovers that the good Reverend wasn’t quite the saintly fellow he appeared to be. It will take some more digging to find out, but Hannah is sure of one thing: even the most half-baked murder plot can be oh so deadly . . .