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Journey Back to Christmas

Author : Leigh Duncan

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 31,6 MB

Release : 2017-10-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1947892010

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In the 1940s, and in modern times… The true meaning of Christmas never changes. WWII is finally over, but Hanna's husband, Chet, didn't return home. She puts on a brave smile during the day while nursing her hospital patients, but at night, she grieves the loss of her love. Then the Christmas Comet appears for the first time in over seventy years, and Hanna's caught in a snowstorm and knocked unconscious. She wakes up in modern times, and much to her confusion, her small town has changed. A local cop takes pity on her and invites her to stay with his family over the holiday. As she searches for her place in this familiar yet different town, Hanna discovers that even small acts of kindness impact lives…and that the true meaning of Christmas is timeless. Now, she hopes to find her way back to her own time…and this year's comet may lead her to a Christmas miracle. This sweet holiday story includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Gingerbread Cupcakes with Christmas Comet Cookies.



The Christmas Journey

Author : Donna VanLiere

Publisher : St. Martin's Press

Page : 108 pages

File Size : 45,14 MB

Release : 2010-10-26

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1429945532

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The eighty-mile journey of a common carpenter and a simple peasant girl is one of the most powerful stories in history. As books go out of print and stories fade from memory, the journey of Joseph and Mary and her delivery inside a common barn continues to bless and inspire hope in people around the world. Accompanied by moving and beautifully rendered illustrations throughout, Donna VanLiere's retelling shows that the story of the Nativity is alive in our modern world.



Christmas in Evergreen: Bells are Ringing

Author : Lacey Baker

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 39,82 MB

Release : 2021-11-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1952210445

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Welcome back to Evergreen, the town built on Christmas wishes… And learn what happens after one snow-globe wish comes true. Life is going great for Hannah, really. She’s fallen in love with her best friend, her brother is getting married, and she’s looking forward to another festive Christmas in Evergreen. Still, between her job, taking charge of the choir, and being the town’s jill-of-all-trades, she’s feeling uninspired…especially when Elliot starts to question his own role in the town. Hannah finds fresh inspiration in the brand-new Evergreen Christmas Museum, and she volunteers for their storytelling project. When she interviews her fellow Evergreenians, however, she learns that not everyone wants the museum around; specifically Mr. Cooper who owns a third of the building. As Hannah finds herself with more and more responsibilities, and as her relationships with Elliot and her family grow strained, she starts to wonder about what she really wants. Can her love and newly-found purpose survive the changes that loom after the holidays are over?



A Monastery Journey to Christmas

Author : Victor-Antoine D'Avila-Latourrette

Publisher : Liguori Publications

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 36,83 MB

Release : 2018-10-10

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9780764827990

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Full of wonder and joyful anticipation, the Christmas season is the perfect time for Christians to take a break from their busy schedules and ponder the wonderful works of God--in the depths of their heart. Based on the ancient Christian tradition of meditating throughout the 40 days before and after Christmas, this small monastic book follows the rhythm of the Advent and Christmas journey as it takes place in a particular monastery, a place as small and tiny as Bethlehem itself. This book offers a meditation based in a liturgical, biblical, traditional, or literary text for every day from November 15th to January 13th and then February 1st and 2nd. Best-selling author Br. Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette will help you fill Christmas with moments of quiet prayer. Experience a deepening faith while awaiting in joyful expectation for the Savior's coming. Softcover



I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies

Author : Brandon Gray

Publisher : Running Press Adult

Page : 453 pages

File Size : 16,29 MB

Release : 2021-10-26

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0762499338

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I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies is the unofficial fan guide to Hallmark holiday movies, from the creators of the wildly popular Deck the Hallmark podcast. Hosts and best friends Brandon Gray, Daniel "Panda" Pandolph, and Dan Thompson share reviews that make you feel like you're watching these holiday favorites with your best buds, discussing warm Christmas feelings and absolutely bonkers plot twists with equal enthusiasm. And thanks to original interviews with the movies' stars and creators, fans will find out insider information on the making of the movies and learn answers to pressing questions: Why do the lead characters keep coming down with amnesia? Why do so many female stock brokers and lawyers find themselves forced to plan parties? And do all of the stories take place within something called the "Kennyverse"? To complete the perfect Christmas package, the book is also chock-full of ideas for hosting your own holiday movie-watching party, complete with delicious recipes. Featuring dozens of full-color photos throughout, I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies is as cozy and sparkly as the movies themselves.



Dropping Britain’s First H-Bomb

Author : Group Captain Kenneth Hubbard OBE DFC AFC

Publisher : Pen and Sword

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 48,24 MB

Release : 2008-10-31

Category : History

ISBN : 1844157474

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On 15 May 1957 Vickers Valiant V-Bomber X.D.818 under the command of Wg. Cdr. Kenneth Hubbard, O.C. 49 Squadron R.A.F., dropped Britain’s first live thermonuclear bomb. The success of Operation Grapple broadcast to the world that the UK had the resolve and the capability to protect her own democracy and that of her Commonwealth. It was a major breakthrough that ensured Britain maintained her place in the most senior influential positions of the United Nations and other corridors of world power, and in the ensuing years provide Britain’s deterrent throughout the decades of the Cold War. The theme of this book is to explain how the R.A.F. selected and trained the crews who would be responsible for the precision dropping of the several weapons that would detonate during Grapple. It also provides a complete background to the parts played by all other services during this unique period in British history.



Journey Back To Watooka

Author : Steve Connolly

Publisher : FriesenPress

Page : 375 pages

File Size : 34,94 MB

Release : 2018-03-27

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1525525964

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Open Journey Back To Watooka and take a reading leap out of your ordinary world into one that is truly unique, remarkable and mesmerizing ... that of Guyana. Locate it and master your mind to the magniffcent wonders of rainforest ora, fauna and flying things. Follow the Demerara ‘river of wonder’ upstream to the pulsating heart of bauxite country ... to Linden ...and to Watooka. Understand more about Guyana’s precious bauxite resource, about its history and of how the country, working with Canada, had helped to win WWII by producing aluminium to construct almost 40% of Allied war planes. Learn about the history and colourful culture of the only English speaking country in South America and the only country in the Caribbean that is not an island. Discover its rich past before, during and a er slavery. Enjoy seemingly endless stories of amazing people of six races entwined with history and achievement, not only in the country but also around the world. Counting explorers, slaves, quoted notables, common folks, politicians, government and business VIPs, engineers, academics, clergy, authors/poets, Amerindians, social workers and others, over 800 names are given mention. Enjoy this reading journey ... this ’story of stories’ written by a master story teller. And, learn about the promising future for this third world country about to cross forth into a first world future.



The Hallmark Channel

Author : Emily L. Newman

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 13,15 MB

Release : 2020-05-18

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1476678103

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Originally known as a brand for greeting cards, Hallmark has seen a surge in popularity since the early 2010s for its made-for-TV movies and television channels: the Hallmark Channel and its spinoffs, Hallmark Movie Channel (now Hallmark Movies & Mysteries) and Hallmark Drama. Hallmark's brand of comforting, often sentimental content includes standalone movies, period and contemporary television series, and mystery film series that center on strong, intuitive female leads. By creating reliable and consistent content, Hallmark offers people a calming retreat from the real world. This collection of new essays strives to fill the void in academic attention surrounding Hallmark. From the plethora of Christmas movies that are released each year to the successful faith-based scripted programming and popular cozy mysteries that air every week, there is a wealth of material to be explored. Specifically, this book explores the network's problematic relationship with race, the dominance of Christianity and heteronormativity, the significance placed on nostalgia, and the hiring and re-hiring of a group of women who thrived as child stars.



Long Journey Back

Author : G.B. “Sonny” Clayton

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 36,6 MB

Release : 2011-05-04

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 1462859399

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A person can make many choices in their life, how it turns out is what choice one makes. My sons have made some bad ones, hopefully they will learn from their mistakes. I made so many bad choices in my life; I only wish I could do them over again. But you learn by making mistakes. Sean and Danny's lives will forever be altered by their bad selections. Sean will have lost almost 6 years of watching his little girls grow up, at least Danny is only facing 15% of his 5 years. He hopefully he will be home by August of this year. No one has ever said life is easy or fair. Life is what you make it. Like Sinatra said in song, "I've got the world on a string, setting on a rainbow' , at one time that was me. I had it all, I thought there was no end to it, but a bad choice ruined it all. As I sit here pondering over my life. I truly know now, that this was for me, "The Long Journey Back".



Come Home for Christmas

Author : Matthew West

Publisher : Thomas Nelson

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 45,87 MB

Release : 2024-09-10

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1400343968

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Matthew West, in his trademark creative and engaging style, leads readers to experience Christmas through the eyes of a child and to come home to greater joy, hope, peace, and belonging found only in Jesus. Come Home for Christmas invites readers to enter the Christmas season with the intention of returning their hearts to God. In the midst of what can be the busiest and most stressful holiday season, each chapter points the reader to the kingdom realities that God invites each of us to participate in through the birth of Jesus. Matthew West's humor, Bible-teaching, and storytelling challenge us to embrace this season of Christmas as the homecoming that God intends for it to be. Through the pages of this winsome and inspiring book, you will: Feel the wonder of Christmas as you did when you were a child Move beyond the baby in the manger to the Savior of the world Return your heart to the joy, peace, love, and hope found in Jesus Restore neglected or broken relationships with family and friends Come home to the life God intended you to experience throughout the year This special book, which springs out of Matthew's love for Christmas, reminds us that the story of Christmas calls readers back to the heart (or the home) of what it means to be loved by God. Each chapter will include a specific Bible reading about the Christmas story, and the book will include small group discussion questions and an Advent challenge.