The sound of a scream in the early morning dawn leads to a case that will change Kate Burkholder's life irrevocably.. . When the police arrive at the Amish farmstead in Painters Mill they can't imagine the horror that awaits them. An entire family slaughtered: the men shot the young women tortured & killed. The Amish are peace-loving gentle folk & the town is shocked by what appears to be a particularly brutal
- & random killing. But is it random? Every family has its secrets. Kate knows that better than anyone. & as she & Agent John Tomasetti dig deeper into the victims' lives they discover a young woman who was living a lie. A girl who had to live in silence. With her own past resonating
- Kate knows she has to maintain some distance. From the case & from Tomasetti. She knows what could happen if she gets too close. But when she puts herself in the line of fire
- she realizes that this time there may be no going back. ' Think of the movie Witness & add just a touch of the Coen brothers' Fargo & you have the feel for this brilliant nail-biting thriller'
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' After what happened none of us can be sure we're going to see tomorrow' The killing was an expert hit. Three shots through the head as the lights dimmed at a celebrity concert in Glasgow. A most public crime & Edinburgh Chief Constable Bob Skinner is right in the centre of the storm as it breaks over the Strathclyde force. The shooters are dead too killed at the scene. But who sent them? The crisis finds Skinner his private life shattered by the shocking end of his marriage taking a step that he had sworn he never would. Tasked by Scotland's First Minister with the investigation of the outrage he finds himself quickly uncovering some very murky deeds... The trail leads to London where national issues compromise the hunt. Skinner has to rattle the bars of the most formidable cage in the country & go head to head with its leading power brokers.. .a confrontation that seems too much even for him. Can the Chief solve the most challenging mystery of his career.. .or will failure end it? ...

Multi-award winning spirituality writer Philip Yancey is loved throughout the world for his honest insightful & inspirational writing. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? carries all the hallmarks of classic Yancey a journalist by training. His quest to unravel the mysteries of prayer reads as the journal of a fellow traveller: questioning challenging lamenting the unexplainable & rejoicing in the discovery of awesome insights. His journey is beautifully illustrated with moving true stories drawn from around the world. PRAYER: DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? tackles the following questions: What is prayer? What difference does it make? Why & how should we pray? What about unanswered prayer? How should we understand prayer for physical healing? Focusing on such a universal theme this is potentially Yanceys biggest book yet. To date his books have sold over 14 million copies & have been translated into 25 languages. His first book with Hodder SOUL SURVIVOR sold over 90 000 copies in just five years. ...

Prayer & Prayer Activities offers a versatile collection of prayers from the ROOTS archive to help you customise your worship for adults children & all-age. For every Sunday in Years A B & C it provides themed prayers based on the lectionary readings plus an activity to help everyone engage in prayer more deeply. The prayers include: * Calls to Worship * Prayers of Confession * Seasonal prayers of thanksgiving * Creative prayer responses to the day's readings * Imaginative ideas for intercessions * Prayer activities including many appropriate for children * Prayers for all ages * Blessings & sending out prayers All the prayers & activities can be downloaded from the accompanying CD-ROM helping you easily integrate the material into service booklets or project the words on screen. ...

' If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love you have to find the courage to live it'. Eleven-year-old Owen Meany playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend New Hampshire hits a foul ball & kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is both extraordinary & terrifying. ...

A book of simple prayers & reflections that a grown up can say with a baby & know they are beginning to enact the promises they made at the infant's christening to help raise them in the Christian faith. The prayers have been chosen & presented to be age-appropriate & appealing to young children & adults alike. This book

Includes:: some of the favourite childhood prayers that older generations will remember as favourites to know by heart.

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This colourful yet classic collection provides a set of prayers for the morning & evening of every day of the week as well as prayers for festivals & seasons to use throughout the year. With a theme for each day the prayers provide a mini liturgy that can become part of the child's life. This very keepable collection

Includes:: both familiar favourites & new writing including some psalms & prayers taken from other famous Bible passages.

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Praying for England" reflects on the role of Christian priesthood in contemporary culture & comes up with some surprising & timely insights about its efficacy & importance. There are ritual & representative functions of the priest it argues which remain spiritually & socially vital even
- perhaps especially
- in a society which ostensibly ignores the Church or appears so pluralistic as to lack any religious cohesion. The priestly role as mediator before God of societys deepest pains losses joys & irresolvable anxieties is here reimagined & brought freshly to life though moving narratives of pastoral encounter. Above all the priest is seen as one who goes on praying for England in decisive but often uncelebrated ways prayer being the chief measure & test of the priests representative role. This is a deceptively simple volume
- theologically accessible but often deeply moving & profound. In it a new vision is sketched of how Christian priesthood can go forward today with humility understated dignity & spiritual power. It will be of special interest to English churchpeople in an established setting but is written no less with an ecumenical & international readership in mind."


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This book is a compilation of prayers poems & reflections on grief & grieving to help the grieving person to put his or her feelings into words. With classic texts from the Bible & other prayers & poems from around the world this book makes the perfect gift for a bereaved person & will be an indispensable resource for those working with the bereaved (e.g. pastors funeral directors chaplains etc.). The content is organised thematically with chapters on for example:
- Give Sorrow Words
- Love Immortal
- Do Not Stand at My Grave & Weep
- Comfort & Consolation



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The fun & easy way to learn pre-calculus Getting ready for calculus but still feel a bit confused? Have no fear. Pre-Calculus For Dummies is an un-intimidating hands-on guide that walks you through all the essential topics from absolute value & quadratic equations to logarithms & exponential functions to trig identities & matrix operations. With this guide's help you'll quickly & painlessly get a handle on all of the concepts
- not just the number crunching
- & understand how to perform all pre-calc tasks from graphing to tackling proofs. You'll also get a new appreciation for how these concepts are used in the real world & find out that getting a decent grade in pre-calc isn't as impossible as you thought. * Updated with fresh example equations & detailed explanations* Tracks to a typical pre-calculus class* Serves as an excellent supplement to classroom learning If the fun & easy way to learn pre-calc" seems like a contradiction get ready for a wealth of surprises in Pre-Calculus For Dummies!"

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