Trials of the Shepherd


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Seventy years after the birth of Jesus Christ..... The time has come for Hannah to leave for Rome from Beit Sahour, a valley village in the east of Bethlehem. She reminisces her story entwined with the supernatural stories of Abiyah, a shepherd turned trader, who means a world to her and with the stories of Jesus, her Messiah, whom she knows from His birth. Hannah remembers the transition of her life from poverty to prosperity.... of the inevitable move from Beit Sahour to Jerusalem.... of Abiyah's unusual journey from Palestine to Ophir with a secret mission.... At a later juncture, when she felt that she had become extremely lonely, to her joy, a totally unanticipated event takes place.... A trail that leaps out of earthly time realms is revealed to her.... Soon after the trance like revelation, a horrendous incident shakes Hannah's household... But the victory is imminent...... While in Jerusalem, Hannah had to endure several trying times... Eventually she moves back to Beit Sahour..... A letter from Rome is received. It leads to the long journey; a journey crossing the Great Sea.......... The book, built on a universal platform, has in it, a fusion of ancient and modern languages. It embraces and addresses almost every form of human life and traits across all continents of the earth through different time spans. 'Trails of the Shepherd' makes the human in you smile, laugh, shed tears and muse on the journey of mankind right from the time of creation to eternity...







The Shepherd's Trail


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"From breeding season to lambing season, and shearing in between, Cat Urbigkit takes young readers on a fascinating ride along the shepherd's trail" --from publisher.




The Shepherd of the Hills


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The Shepherd of the Hills is the classic story of the stranger who takes the Old Trail deep into the Ozark Mountains, many miles from civilization. His appearance signals intellect and culture, yet his countenance is marked by grief and disappointment. What is his purpose in taking on the lowly work of tending local sheep? And how is it that he befriends these simple hill folk, despite his coming from the world beyond the ridges? Mystery and romance envelop this gentle yet compelling story as the identity and purpose of the stranger-turned-shepherd is gradually unveiled.




Dark Intercept


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"WHEN DARK FORCES RISE, ARE FAITH AND FIREPOWER ENOUGH? On the eve of his medical retirement, Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson receives a frantic call from his estranged childhood best friend, David Yarnell. David's daughter has been kidnapped off the streets of Nashville in broad daylight. The police have no suspects and no leads. The only clue: the body of a dead priest left behind at the scene. With the clock ticking, David is growing desperate, as is his wife, Rachel . . . Jed's first love. Despite his painful history with David and Rachel, Jed agrees to help. But he's spent his career as a door-kicking Navy SEAL, not an investigator. His presence immediately draws unwanted attention, creates friction with the local police, and triggers a mysterious attempt on his life. Just when he thinks things can't get worse, it starts to happen again-the voices in his head, the nightmares, the visions. Dark memories and strange abilities, things he believed he'd left behind when he fled Nashville for the Navy at eighteen, begin to resurface. Jed realizes that to save the missing girl, he must take a leap of faith and embrace the gifts he's denied for all these years. To foil this dark intercept, he'll need more than just his years as a SEAL operator, because he has no choice now but to take up arms and join the battle in the unseen, spiritual warfare raging all around him. And there is far more at stake than just a missing girl: the world is not the place he thought it was-and he is not alone"--




My Own Hike


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At the age of 41, and having never backpacked more than thirty miles in her life, Nancy Shepherd sets off to hike the 2,168 miles of the Appalachian Trail. "My Own Hike" follows along as she grows from an inexperienced hiker into a confident long-distance backpacker and gains the self-assurance to go beyond the perceived "rules" of the trail and end the hike on her own terms.




While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks


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A forty day inspirational journey into biblical leadership lavishly illustrated with pictures of Bedouin whose insights bring color and life to passages on shepherd leadership.




The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come


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" This powerful novel is one of the most perceptive tellings of the Civil War experience.




Five-Star Trails: the Ozarks


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Welcome to Hiking Heaven It's no wonder why the Ozark Mountain region is such a popular destination. From the banks of Lake Alma to the broken-down buildings of the Rush ghost town, the area offers some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the country. The Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri is home to pristine natural springs. The Ozark National Forest in Arkansas provides a rugged mountain canvas, and the Arkansas River Valley features the towering Cedar Falls. Discover mountain panoramas, untamedstreams, and remote wilderness. Hiking expert and Ozarks native Jim Warnock shares everything you need to know about 43 five-star hiking trails for all levels and interests, including route details, directions, nearby attractions, GPS-based trail maps, elevation profiles, and more in this easy-to-carry and easy-to-use guidebook. Every trail is rated for scenery, difficulty, trail condition, solitude, and accessibility for children, so you know exactly what to expect before beginning your next adventure.




The Shepherds of Shadows


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Thirty-one years after masterful storyteller and prolific author Harry Mark Petrakis wrote the historical novel The Hour of the Bell—set in the first year of Greece's war of independence from the Turkish Empire—he now carries the narrative forward in his newest work, The Shepherds of Shadows. With this powerful sequel, Petrakis captures the fury and ferocity of revolution in the country that formed the bedrock of western culture. Featuring many of the characters who appeared in the earlier book, The Shepherds of Shadows depicts the horrors of war in battle scenes that echo the visceral starkness of conflict found in Homer's Iliad. The novel also includes a vivid portrayal of Lord Byron, who, through his poetry, supported the cause of Greece's fight for independence inspiring the world to provide aid and volunteers for the struggle. Byron himself traveled to Greece to join the war for liberation. Woven through the tapestry of war are stories of the love of a young guerilla fighter for a Greek girl and her child, born of a brutal rape, as well as the love of the scribe, Xanthos, for a village woman widowed by the war. There are lyrical descriptions of a village wedding and of the rituals of a village funeral. And always there is the mystical, overpowering presence of the Greek landscape and its majestic past blending reality and myth, as Petrakis creates a modern epic based on one of the most savage yet least known conflicts in European history.