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Tada – Step further

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Tada

Author Tada, Joni Eareckson.
Title A step further / Joni Eareckson & Steve Estes ; illustrated by Joni.
Publisher Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, c1978.

 

Description 166 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. [159]-163.
Summary Personal answers to the difficult ‘whys’ of suffering. A Step Further is Joni Eareckson Tada’s response to thousands of letters she received from people puzzled about the ‘whys’ of suffering. Joni answers these questions by taking a personal look at how God has used circumstances, people, and events in her own life and the lives of others. A Step Further has been used by individuals, in hospitals and rehab centers, and in scores of countries overseas to bring comfort and peace to those who are suffering.
Subject Quadriplegia — Biography.
Tada, Joni Eareckson.
Additional Author Estes, Steve.

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Wangerin – Miz Lil & the chronicles of grace

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Wangerin

1988

Personal Author:
Wangerin, Walter.
Title:
Miz Lil & the chronicles of grace / Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Variant title:
Miz Lil and the chronicles of grace
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication info:
San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1988.
Physical description:
192 p.
Summary:
Former Lutheran pastor Wangerin relates 12 autobiographical tales from childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and his years as and inner city pastor. These beautifully interwoven story-memoirs offer both challenge and comfort, are so beautifully told it will be difficult to read just one. Uplifting chronicles of grace, faith, and hope.
ISBN:
0060692677 : 14.95

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Spiegelman – Maus: A survivor’s tale, II; And here my troubles began

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Spiegelman

1986

Vol. II

Personal Author:
Spiegelman, Art.
Title:
Maus : a survivor’s tale, II:  and here my troubles began/ Art Spiegelman.
Publication info:
New York : Random House, 1986
Physical description:
136 p. : ill. ; maps; $14.00
ISBN: 0-679-72977-1.
Personal subject:
Spiegelman, Vladek–Comic books, strips, etc.
Personal subject:
Spiegelman, Art–Comic books, strips, etc.
Subject term:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)–Poland–Biography–Comic books, strips, etc.
Subject term:
Holocaust survivors–United States–Biography–Comic books, strips, etc.
Subject term:
Children of Holocaust survivors–United States–Biography–Comic books, strips, etc.

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Spiegelman – Maus: A survivor’s tale, I; My father bleeds history

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Spiegelman

1973

Vol. 1

Personal Author:
Spiegelman, Art.
Title:
Maus : a survivor’s tale, I:  My father bleeds history/ Art Spiegelman.
Publication info:
New York : Random House, 1973
Physical description:
159 p. : ill. ; maps; $14.00
ISBN: 0-394-74723-2.
Personal subject:
Spiegelman, Vladek–Comic books, strips, etc.
Personal subject:
Spiegelman, Art–Comic books, strips, etc.
Subject term:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)–Poland–Biography–Comic books, strips, etc.
Subject term:
Holocaust survivors–United States–Biography–Comic books, strips, etc.
Subject term:
Children of Holocaust survivors–United States–Biography–Comic books, strips, etc.

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Tirabassi – Life of the party

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Lewis

1990

Author Tirabassi, Becky, 1954-
Title Just one victory / Becky Tirabassi, with Gregg Lewis
Publisher Grand Rapids : Zondervan Publishing, c1990
Subject Tirabassi, Becky, 1954-
Subject Alcoholism – Young Adult — Biography.
Added Name(S) Lewis, Gregg A.

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O’Dell – Hawk that dare not hunt by day

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O’Dell
1975
Personal Author:
O’Dell, Scott, 1898-1989.
Title:
The hawk that dare not hunt by day / Scott O’Dell.
Publication info:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Physical description:
xi, 182 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:  William Tyndale was the hawk that dare not hunt by day. Hunted, hated by many, a fugitive in several countries, this humble man’s pen changed the course of history. For modern Christians, he is the symbol of scholarship and courage, determination and meekness. For Tom Barton, he was father and friend, teacher and comforter, and the first true testimony of Christ in a godless age.
Personal subject:
Tyndale, William, d. 1536–Young adult fiction.
            Subject term: Smuggling–Young adult fiction.
            Subject term: Reformation–Young adult fiction.
Subject term: English Bible–Young adult fiction.
Geographic term:
Europe–History–1517-1648–Young adult fiction.
ISBN:
0890843686 $6.49

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Hall – One saint and seven sinners

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Hall

1959

Author:Hall, Ennen Reaves.
Title:One saint and seven sinners.
Publisher: Crowell

Date:[1959]

Description: 243 p. 21 cm.

Summary:  Folksy remembrances of the turn of the 19th century and a   Baptist preacher’s family with six children moves to a small town in Oklahoma Indian Territory.   The daughter’s coming of age is told with wit as she looks about at her family and the people around her.

Subject: Clergy –Family relationships.

 

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Durrell – My family and other animals

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Durrell

1956

Personal Author:
Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995
Title:
My family and other animals.
Publication info:
New York, Viking Press, 1957 [c1956]
Physical description:
301 p. 22 cm.
Summary: When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the islan,d but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home.
Biography:
Durrell, Gerald
Subject term:
Natural history–Greece–Kerkyra.
Animals
Zoologist
Geographic term:
Corfu Island (Greece)–Description and travel.
ISBN:
0140013997

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