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The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() " Awesome & amazing book about a Roman soldier that meets Jesus on Good Friday. " I really enjoyed this religious classic. " This book does a wonderful job at placing known historical facts of the biblical time into a great thrilling story " - Josh Matz, ![]() Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.It was so beautiful and faith inspiring- I absolutely loved it and would say that everyone should get a chance to read this, especially around Easter. It is a historical fiction about the Roman soldier who got Christ's robe. "This book is an old out of print one that my Mother recommended to me. Set against the vividly drawn background of ancient Rome, this is a timeless story of adventure, faith, and romance, a tale of spiritual longing and ultimate redemption. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene’s robe-a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity. It is to her that Douglas dedicated this book.Ī Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ’s robe as a gambling prize. Douglas immediately began working on The Robe, sending each chapter to Hazel as he finished it. One of those fans, a department store clerk in Ohio named Hazel McCann, wrote to Douglas asking what he thought had happened to Christ’s garments after the crucifixion. Douglas was receiving an average of one hundred letters a week from fans. At the height of his popularity, Lloyd C. ![]()
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Home work lloyd kahn6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() (BEHEMOTH is now ensconced in the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.) It’s the simplest of his bikes, and the easiest to understand, especially compared to his 1989–91 BEHEMOTH (Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine - Only Too Heavy), a 580-pound, 105-speed monster, costing some $1.2 million(!), a 3-year project supported by Sun Microsystems and about 140 other corporate sponsors. Here we’re covering his first recumbent bike, the Winnebiko, built in the ’80s. The text is pulled directly from those pages for easier reading and searchability. The pages shown below have different page numbers this was the proof PDF and I don’t want to damage my copy of this beautiful book to scan it. The book is a treasure, filled with marvelous machines and interesting people you can order it here. ![]() Rolling Homes is Lloyd Kahn’s latest volume, published in August 2022, and I am delighted that it includes four pages about the computerized recumbent bicycle on which I traveled 17,000 miles back in the 1980s. ![]() Shelter Publications has been producing dreamy wish books of tiny homes and efficient nomadic tools since 1973, and if you have ever fantasized about taking off in a home on wheels, you almost certainly know his work. ![]()
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Four past midnight stories6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() (The concepts of wasting time and losing control are almost the primary antagonists in this story.) Several of our natural fears are preyed upon – flying, being alone, creatures with scary teeth – but there's a great second level of terror being worked into the story: the fear of losing (or wasting) time. ![]() It's a great idea, with the execution both grounded and terrifying. Somehow, the plane flew through a rift, and the characters who survived the flight are trapped in that fragment of the past, waiting for the inevitable to happen. ![]() Then, the Langoliers appear: terrifying creatures that eat lost time, swallow up the past. The survivors hear static, in the distance some crackling that they can't explain. There's something wrong with the air, and with all food and water: everything is stale and tasteless. There's nobody in the terminal, nobody else anywhere. They land the plane – one of the surviving passengers is a pilot – and step out into the airport to discover that they're totally alone. Everybody else on the flight has disappeared, leaving the plane without a crew. The main characters are all asleep on American Pride Flight 29, a red-eye flight across America. ![]()
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Gabi burton sing me to sleep6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() After all, his father is the one who enforces the kingdom's brutal creature segregation laws. But when a mysterious blackmailer threatens her sister, Saoirse takes a dangerous job that will help her investigate: she becomes personal bodyguard to the crown prince. As the top trainee in her class, Saoirse would be headed for a bright future if it weren't for the need to keep her secrets out of the spotlight. And to her family, Saoirse tells the biggest lie of all: that she can control her siren powers and doesn't struggle constantly against an impulse to kill. At night, working as an assassin for a dangerous group of mercenaries, Saoirse lies about her true identity. As a soldier-in-training at the most prestigious barracks in the kingdom, she lies about being a siren to avoid execution. ![]() In this dark and seductive YA fantasy debut, a siren must choose between protecting her family and following her heart in a prejudiced kingdom where her existence is illegal. ![]()
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![]() And while I love how the narrator portrays most of the characters (her voice is generally quite pleasant to listen to, and she has some great accents!), I don't think her portrayal of Prince Dominic's deep voice worked for me. ![]() In this version of the story we have the Little Red Wolf, who lives in the beautiful forest with his family. This is a French retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, which was published in 2014 and has now been translated into English. I confess the story didn't feel quite as original as the first book it has a lot of the classic elements of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale and doesn't change it up as much as I might like, especially with the enchanted castle setting. A haunting fairy tale for children and adults alike. And A Tale of Beauty and Beast was another enjoyable listen overall! I like Sophie's character and the unique personalities of the secondary characters she encounters on her quest. I was so excited to snatch up this audiobook after finishing the first book in the series, A Dance of Silver and Shadow. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I can combine shipping & still refund overages exceeding $2.00. There is a flat rate box for $16.25 that I can use if you buy several books. ![]() Ships priority with tracking & insurance. Owner's name on front inside cover in cursive ink. A stain that may of from age or acid wore through.very tiny pin hole. When John Franklin brings his plane down into Occupied France at the height of the Second World war, there are two things in his mind, the safety of his. ![]() 3 pages have a dot stain at the top edge of page. Pages tight with beautiful uncut or deckle page edges.love those! (Zoom into pics to view better)īook Cover: Is a dark gray with red trim. Novel: Fiction Romance set at the end of World War 2ĬONDITION: Upon inspection as best I can see. Listed as a Good Read with 5 eat collectible book! Bates's most endearingly popular novels, Fair Stood the Wind for France is a compelling tale of love and redemption set against the horrors of war.īates also served in the Royal Air Force during the war & was a novelist at the time. And as German patrols close in on the area, his only chance of survival is to escape from France. ![]() But during the balmy summer months that follow, the pilot's situation becomes increasingly complicated by his feelings for Françoise, the daughter of the house. The family of a mill-owner risk their own lives to hide Franklin in their home until he regains his health. When John Franklin crash lands his Wellington bomber in Occupied France at the height of the Second World War, there are two things on his mind - the safety of his crew and his own badly injured arm. ![]()
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Brave new world6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() When Bernard and Lenina bring the two back to London, John serves as the mouthpiece for the conflicts between the Reservation, which still abides by traditional values, and the technocracy of the World State. ![]() In typical totalitarian regimes, total control is used to create a society that benefits the privileged few. On the Reservation, they meet Linda, a former citizen of the World State who had stayed behind, and her son John, born through a “viviparous” procreation, a scandal in the World State. Brave New World flips traditional ideas of dystopia and totalitarianism on their heads. He is accompanied by Lenina Crowne, an attractive foetus technician. Bernard Marx, a petty and depressive psychiatrist who works for the Hatchery, is sent on a mission to the New Mexico Reservation, where “savages” live. ![]() It is a society that rests on consumerism and collectivism and has a rigid caste system. ![]() Fun Fact: Kurt Vonnegut admitted to ripping off the plot of Brave New World for Player Piano (1952), claiming that Brave New World’s plot “had been cheerfully ripped off from Yevgeny Zamyatin's 'We.'"īrave New World follows a few characters as they live their lives in the seemingly utopian World State metropolis of London.Notable Adaptations: Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Brave New World for SyFy.Main Characters: Bernard Marx, Lenina Crowne, John, Linda, DHC, Mustapha Mond.Themes: Utopia/dystopia technocracy individual vs. ![]()
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Meg cabot being nikki series6/8/2023 ![]() The final, heart-squeezing plot twist will have fans lining up for the promised sequel." - Booklist"A complex and suspense-filled mystery." - Romantic TimesPraise for the Airhead Trilogy:New York Times BestsellerPublishers Weekly Bestseller"Cabot delivers yet another. reigning grand dame of teenage chick-lit." - The New York Times Book Review"Meg Cabot is chick-lit royalty." - NewsweekPraise for Being Nikki: An Airhead Novel"Doesn't every girl wonder what it would be like to suddenly wake up in the body of a supermodel?" - Justine Magazine"Em's first-person narrative is as engaging as the pervious book. ![]() Cabot delivers." - Publishers Weekly"Meg Cabot. Cabot delivers." - Publishers Weekly " strong, amusing voice, the plot twists, and the possibility of romance will draw mystery and chick-lit readers alike." - Booklist "Em's witty character keeps this read both grounded and fun." - Kirkus Reviews, Praise for Meg Cabot:"Cabot shows the dark side behind the bling-blingy superficial worlds." - " strong, amusing voice, the plot twists, and the possibility of romance will draw mystery and chick-lit readers alike." - Booklist"Bag the tiara and get out the gun. ![]() This book is sure to fly off the shelves." - School Library Journal, starred review "Bag the tiara and get out the gun. ![]() Praise for the Airhead Trilogy: New York Times Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller *" far-fetched but rousing roller-coaster ride of a novel. ![]()
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Ozma wizard of oz6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Katie DiCicco ( Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs) Maya Rudolph ( The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part) Kari Wahlgren ( Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz) Lea Michele ( Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return) Nikki Yanofsky ( Tom and Jerry & the Wizard of Oz singing voice)Īmy Pemberton ( Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz singing voice) Grey DeLisle ( Tom and Jerry & the Wizard of Oz and Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz speaking voice) Janice Kawaye ( Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz) ![]() Liz Georges ( The Wizard of Oz (1990 cartoon series)) Morgan Hallett ( The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Susan Morse ( Return to Oz singing voice)Īileen Quinn ( The Wizard of Oz (anime film)) Susan Conway ( Return to Oz speaking voice) Matreya Scarrwener/ Teri Reeves ( Once Upon a Time)Ĭorinne Conley ( Tales of the Wizard of Oz) Paulie Rojas ( Dorothy and the Witches of Oz) Jewel ( The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True) Stephanie Mills ( The Wiz (1975 musical)) Violet MacMillan ( His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz) Romola Remus ( The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays)īebe Daniels ( The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Dorothy with the silver shoes (illustration by W. ![]()
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American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() For the first time in his life, Jude can finally taste the kind of happiness that's always been just out of reach.Īn opportunity too good to pass up could mean a way to stay together and an incredible future for them both.if Nesto can remember happiness isn't always measured by business success. Soon he can't get enough'of Nesto's food or of Nesto. Until he tries Ithaca's most-talked-about new lunch spot and works up the courage to flirt with the handsome owner. Jude Fuller is proud of the life he's built on the banks of Cayuga Lake. He's got six months to make it happen'the last thing he needs is a distraction. If it doesn't? He'll have to give up the hustle and return to the day job he hates. If it works? He'll be a big fish in a little pond. 'A fresh and vital new voice in romance.'' Entertainment Weeklyįrom award-winning author Adriana Herrera comes a novel hailed as one of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best Romance Novels of 2019 and a TODAY Show Hot Summer Read.įor Nesto Vasquez, moving his Afro-Caribbean food truck from New York City to the wilds of Upstate New York is a huge gamble. ![]() |