Miracle from Tobacco Road


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Miracle from Tobacco Road is a true story of the life and times of Jesse Davis. He was born in North Carolina and lived his life in the south. His is a story of a man who overcame many difficulties and hardships in his life through the miracles and grace of God, whether or not he knew it at the time. It is a story of salvation and redemption. It is an interesting book with many stories that will keep you wanting to find out what happens next. This book is written like Jesse talks, in a poor, rural, southern conversational style, sometimes spoken in the present as if each moment in his life was now. Jesse talks very openly about his life, relationships, alcohol and drug use, and the difficulties and tragedies that he overcame. It is about the miracles that spared his life on several occasions, to the point that Jesse knew without a doubt that Jesus Christ was following him and protecting him, never abandoned him, and kept leading him to God.




Miracles & Sacrilege


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Tracing the development of the Church in the United States, Johnson discusses the reasons it found The Miracle sacrilegious and how it attained the power to persuade civil authorities to ban it.




Tobacco Road


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The definitive history of the most intense geographical sports rivalries in all of sports




Going Down Tobacco Road


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A History of the tobacco industry in the United States and an insider's look at the tobacco industry through U.S. history.




Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment


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120 movies are detailed in this 8th book in the "Hollywood Classics" series. The movies range from marvels of special effects like "King Kong" to the first sound-on-disc feature, "Don Juan". Charismatic film stars like Humphrey Bogart, Jeanette MacDonald, Bing Crosby, Deanna Durbin, John Wayne, Errol Flynn, Eddie Cantor, Lana Turner, Alan Ladd, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Kay Francis, John Garfield, Jane Powell and Roy Rogers enlivened many of these classic films.




Miracles on the Hardwood


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Discover the David vs. Goliath rise of Catholic college basketball, from Villanova to Georgetown to Gonzaga, where small schools perennially shoot past the big power conference programs. In MIRACLES ON THE HARDWOOD, author John Gasaway traces the rise of Catholic college basketball—from its early days (Villanova made an appearance in the Final Four in the first NCAA tournament in 1939) to the dominance of the San Francisco Dons in the 1950s and the ascendance of powerhouses Georgetown, Villanova, and Gonzaga—through their decades-long rivalries and championship games. Featuring interviews with notable coaches, players, alums, and fans—including Loyola Chicago's most famous and dedicated fan, 100-year-old Sister Jean—to get at the heart of how these universities have excelled at this sport. Small in number but devout in the game's spirit, these teams have made the miraculous a matter of ritual, and their greatest works may be yet to come.







Old Newgate Road


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Old Newgate Road runs through the tobacco fields of northern Connecticut that once drove the local economy. It’s where Cole Callahan spent his youth, in a historic white colonial in which he hasn’t set foot in thirty years—not since he was a teenager, when one night his father murdered his mother in a fit of rage. Now Cole has returned to discover his elderly father, freed from prison, living alone in their old home and succumbing to dementia. Matters grow even more complicated when Cole’s rabble-rousing son Daniel is expelled from high school. So Cole summons Daniel to Connecticut to work in the tobacco fields—Cole’s own job growing up. Forced together, these three generations of men must contend with the sinister history they share—and desperately try to invent a future that isn’t doomed by it.




Cruel Miracles


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A collection of science fiction tales from the bestselling author of Ender's Game. Cruel Miracles, part of the Maps in a Mirror series of Card's collected fiction, presents the Hugo Award-winning story "Eye for Eye," as well as an autobiographical essay by the author himself. Introduction Mortal Gods Saving Grace Eye for Eye St. Amy’s Tale Kingsmeat Holy Afterword "This book is a revelation and a delight."--Macon Telegraph At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




Have You Seen The Stars Tonite


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"When it comes to the J.A./J.S. Craig Fenton is the source." Signe Anderson original J.A. member and part of the J.S. 93-94. Have You Seen The Stars Tonite contains 179 photos, the singles and albums the Jefferson Starship and J.S. The Next Generation released, a healthy dose of the solo projects, and the dates of service for members of the band past and present. There is much more. You can find documentation on the players that filled in for the regular members, special guests, and setlists either whole or at least partial for 703 concerts. There is no reason to stop there. The first time a song appeared, alternate versions, excerpts, poem titles, and a year-by-year breakdown of the tunes performed are all included in the flight manual. Finally, you can see which Jefferson Airplane titles were performed, an entire list of documented songs played 1974-1978 and 1992-2007 as well as an extensive listing of many of the cover tunes performed and the artists that made them famous.