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The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries

Author : Otto Penzler

Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Page : 674 pages

File Size : 48,79 MB

Release : 2013-10-22

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0345802985

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The Edgar Award-winning editor collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories—from Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hardy, to Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain. • “Anyone who cares about the best mystery writing of the past century and beyond would be lucky to receive this thick volume during the holidays." —The Washington Post This collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant. Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery you’re in the mood for--suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police procedural—can be found in these pages. FEATURING: - Unscrupulous Santas - Crimes of Christmases Past and Present - Festive felonies - Deadly puddings - Misdemeanors under the mistletoe - Christmas cases for classic characters including Sherlock Holmes, Brother Cadfael, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Inspector Ghote, A.J. Raffles, and Nero Wolfe.



Christmas from the Back Side

Author : Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas

Publisher : Abingdon Press

Page : 89 pages

File Size : 43,66 MB

Release : 2010-10-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1426728336

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CHRISTMAS FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE Take a look at Christmas from alternative angles. Using an approach similar to his other “BackSide” books, Kalas crafts new insights into the scriptures of the Christmas story by looking at them from the “back side” – ...taking unique starting points...creative re-telling from different views...examining the story through new “lenses”...or looking through the eyes of a not-so-familiar character. Book session titles include: The Scandal of Christmas Three Votes for an Early Christmas Christmas Comes to a Back Fence How the Government Helped the First Christmas Happen Celebrating Christmas in a Hotel Christmas Comes to a Church Christmas and the Impossible Dream



The Scandal Before Christmas

Author : Elizabeth Essex

Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks

Page : 182 pages

File Size : 27,64 MB

Release : 2013-10-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1466843020

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First in a'Tis the season for a new holiday novella from acclaimed author Elizabeth Essex! The Scandal Before Christmas is romance so good it's scandalous... Lieutenant Ian Worth needs a wife by Christmas, and he can't afford to be choosy. He has to find her, woo her, and wed her before he goes back to sea—all within a matter of days. Anne Lesley is a shy spinster with no prospects, and nothing and no one to recommend her but her own self. She accepts the lieutenant's hasty offer only for the comfort and security it will bring. But when a midwinter storm snows her and Ian in, they both find they got much more than they bargained for—laughter, light, and a Christmas filled with honest to goodness true love... Praise for Elizabeth Essex's Reckless Brides series: "Nonstop action, witty repartee, and deft plotting."—RT Book Reviews "Deliciously sexy romance...I will read anything Elizabeth Essex writes!" —New York Times bestselling author Celeste Bradley "Adventure-packed, passion-filled, and totally satisfying."—Romance Junkies



Christmas Brides

Author : Suzanne Enoch

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 413 pages

File Size : 15,40 MB

Release : 2014-09-30

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1250060567

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A collection of four Christmas Regency romances includes Suzanne Enoch's "One hot Scot, " in which Duncan Lenox comes to the aid of an English beauty when they are stranded together during a winter storm.



The Other Side of Christmas

Author : e.b. lee

Publisher : Stage Partners

Page : 73 pages

File Size : 15,75 MB

Release : 2024-09-23

Category : Drama

ISBN :

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It's easy to look at the Christmas season through rose colored glasses, but the scrappy radio show "The Other Side" makes it their mission to bring you a different point of view. Through a series of vignettes, host Thomas May guides his audience through moments that aren't exactly holiday card material: Camping out on line for a Black Friday sale, spending your first Christmas without a loved one, forced fun at the office holiday party...some funny, some poignant, all unexpected. The Other Side of Christmas is a heartfelt and humorous play about putting down the burdens of perfection and embracing what truly makes the holiday season special - each other.



Christmas Uncut

Author : Carl Laferton

Publisher : The Good Book Company

Page : 66 pages

File Size : 23,91 MB

Release : 2012-10-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1908762500

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A funny and faithful retelling of the historical Christmas, showing why it matters today. Perfect for giving away. Scandal. Controversy. Massacres. Mystery... Christmas? This is a book about the real Christmas; the one that has been lost by being turned into a children's nativity play. The one that's been buried under made-up details about donkeys and innkeepers and kings. And this is a book about why what really happened at Christmas really matters today-about how these amazing events can transform people's lives and futures. Short, funny, friendly and easy-to-read, Christmas Uncut retells the Christmas story, and explains the gospel message as it does so. Perfect for giving away to unbelieving family and friends, whether they think they know the Christmas story, or know that they don't; and ideal for giving away at the end of Christmas church events. We have developed some Christmas Uncut themed promotional materials for evangelistic events. They are free to download and can be found under the 'Look-Inside' link on the left.



A Christmas Memory

Author : Truman Capote

Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers

Page : 49 pages

File Size : 37,29 MB

Release : 2014-10-28

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0385392761

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A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and a sixtyish childlike woman, with enormous love and friendship between them.



The Christmas Secret

Author : Julia London

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 134 pages

File Size : 18,10 MB

Release : 2011-11-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1451669348

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When Eireanne O'Conner returns to Ballynaheath, her home in Ireland, for Christmas, she finds that her brother has married, her new sister-in-law’s family is ever-present, and her friends, the Hannigan twins (Year of Living Scandalously) are up to their usual tricks. During the twelve days of Christmas, there are secrets and surprises that will either sink Eireanne deeper into the scandals that have surrounded her family, or send her to London to find a titled husband who will hopefully add some dignity to a family who can’t seem to keep away from scandal!



Cross and Culture

Author : Kurt Mahlburg

Publisher : Australian Heart Publishing

Page : 356 pages

File Size : 33,83 MB

Release : 2020-12-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1922480096

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Is There Hope in the Chaos? Our civilisation is unstable. Everyone can feel it. We face a looming mental health crisis. Slavery, censorship and superstition are back. Our politics are polarising. All the affluence in the world can’t seem to quench our thirst for meaning and purpose. But maybe there is hope—if we know where to look. In this timely book, Kurt Mahlburg shows how profoundly the West has been shaped by the life and teachings of Jesus—from our democratic freedoms and our pursuit of reason and science to our belief that every life is precious. Could rediscovering Jesus be the answer to our crisis?



Bunky and the Walms

Author : Aleksandra Tryniecka

Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers

Page : 185 pages

File Size : 49,70 MB

Release : 2021-10-08

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 166671867X

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Bunky and the Walms: The Christmas Story is a novel about the power of friendship, courage, loyalty, and nobility! What will happen if one slightly grumpy and complaining Bunky suddenly has to become a brave Christmas Hero, repair Santa Claus' sleigh, and deliver gifts all over the world? And what will happen if the literary world about which Bunky is dreaming while writing his novel enters his reality? Decidedly, this year's Christmas will be Bunky's greatest adventure, yet on this adventure he will not be alone: there will be his best friends, cousin Rodney and a little Wolf Plum, as well as the entire family of Walms, the Elves, the Reindeer, and even Santa Claus himself! From the magical Walmland, through the charming Faroe Islands, and to the very heart of the fantasy world of Bunkyland, Bunky's quest to save Christmas will take him on a memorable journey through different places, but also a journey into his own heart!