Everyone Wears His Name


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Traces the life of the immigrant Jewish peddler who went on to found Levi Strauss & Co., the world's first and largest manufacturer of denim jeans.




Teach the Free Man


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The twelve stories in Teach the Free Man mark the impressive debut of Peter Nathaniel Malae. The subject of incarceration thematically links the stories, yet their range extends beyond the prison's barbed wire and iron bars. Avoiding sensationalism, Malae exposes the heart and soul in those dark, seemingly inaccessible corridors of the human experience. The stories, often raw and startlingly honest, are distinguished by the colloquial voices of California's prison inmates, who, despite their physical and cultural isolation, confront dilemmas with which we can all identify: the choice to show courage against peer pressure; the search for individual rights within a bureaucracy; and the desperate desire for honor in the face of great sacrifice. These stories present polished and poetic examples of finding something redemptive in the least among us. The book's epigraph by W. H. Auden, from which the book takes its title, exemplifies the spirit of these dynamic stories: In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountain start. In the prison of his days Teach the free man how to praise.




What If . . . Everyone Knew Your Name


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Meet Haley Miller. She’s a 15-year-old girl of average height, average weight, and an average sense of style. Installed in her first public high school, Haley faces the toughest choices of her young life. And guess what? She’s all yours. In this interactive novel, readers lead Haley through the halls of Hillsdale High for better or for worse. Until graduation do you part. Do you guide her away from the pitfalls of peer pressure? Or into the vortex of bad boys and parties? Send her to homecoming with the captain of the soccer team . . . or have her skip the dance to go on a road trip with the hot rebel. Give Haley a makeover or teach her to love herself the way she is. Pick which crowd she’ll hang with. Tell her how often to do her homework. And decide whether she drinks or inhales. You determine her fortune. Her grades, her friends, her love life, her future. With Haley’s many positive traits, you should have no trouble achieving success . . . or will you? It’s all in the way you work, love, and play with Haley Miller, the girl with the most potential at Hillsdale High.




The small conference


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Anomal


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What happens behind closed doors shall not be seen by the public eye. Stefan, a boy who suffers from decidophobia, fell victim to the system of a mental hospital and finds his life at risk. Alongside his friends, Claire and Luuk, he breaks free from the chains of enclosure and goes on an escape across Germany with the aim of getting home. On their way, the trio encounters numerous challenges that put their psyche to the test. They either have to face their fear or receive a one-way ticket back to where they cam from. The reader gets to experience the everyday world through the eyes of a mentally ill person which shed a light on how differently people can perceive the world around them. The characters are written with character traits that are understandable and easy to relate to but allow for a deep insight into their characteristics and thought processes. This novel is written in a way that people who usually don't read book can enjoy but it does not fall short on little details and connections that only experienced readers might catch on their second read.




Devotions by Dead People


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This book of 50 devotions pulls back the shroud, revealing life lessons from long-gone Bible characters. The choices they made and the results—good and bad—provide teens with insights into this life . . . and the next!




I, Love, You?


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Your past is important in shaping your future. But you cannot fix your pastonly God can do that for you. Since God is the one who made you, he knows what can benefit you, and he can provide you with the blissfulness that you could only imagine. In I, LOVE, YOU? author Mardy Brown shows how God can carry you over into the promised land of the heavenly kingdom, and he helps you learn about who has been caring for you your whole lifeeven if you didnt know it. By looking to the scriptures and reflecting on Gods love, you can discover all the ways Gods love can improve your life and offer you both material and spiritual fulfillment. God is love, and without his love we will have difficulties navigating the journey of life. But even when we face obstacles, we can be comforted in knowing that God is with us and that he loves usunconditionally. Love is all there is and will ever be, so trust in God and embrace his love.




A Message of Hope


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Have you ever felt like you were going through this life alone? Through his own experiences Author Trey Moore creates a sense of Hope to readers that they too can overcome this game of life. The Author used the Bible to show it was God that gave him a second chance. For that Moore is privileged and honored to give back what has been given to him. "A Message of Hope" challenges you to motivate and inspire by using your life story to encourage the people around you.




Love Has a Name


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Discover the joy of stepping out and intentionally loving the people around you. “Love has a name, and that name isn’t Mark or Adam or even yours! That name is Jesus, and when we make love about him, everything else falls into place. Struggling to love? Pick up this book!”—Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker and lead pastor of National Community Church Who does Jesus love? The stranger who looks strange. The driver who cuts us off in traffic. The person online who thinks differently than we do. Loving people is hard. Especially when it involves the difficult people in our lives and those different from us. We say we love others, but really we don’t. Instead of loving, we hurt, belittle, and overlook people. Which is precisely why we need to learn how to love—from Jesus and from one another. Adam Weber knows firsthand how important it is to learn to love. And he’s learned incredible lessons from incredible people—some of them quite unexpected. With hope, humor, stretched comfort zones, biblical truth, and (maybe) a few tears, Love Has a Name looks at the most powerful of these stories, showing us twenty-seven people (and one school) who have taught Adam how to love like Jesus. One name at a time.




The Office of Desire


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Having developed a close friendship through their work at an Ohio medical practice, Alicia, Brice, and Caroline find their personal and professional dynamics dramatically shifting when Alicia begins an affair with one of their employers.