Gabriel's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:35:56 -0800 60 Gabriel's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[He Came to Set the Captives Free]]> 39961 288 Rebecca Julia Brown 0883683237 Gabriel 5 In my opinion, it is never a bad thing to ask God where we have been sleepwalking in darkness. It is probably more prevalent than we widely think.
]]> 4.15 1986 He Came to Set the Captives Free
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As with any book, pray about this one. I think there are some necessary alarms in here.
In my opinion, it is never a bad thing to ask God where we have been sleepwalking in darkness. It is probably more prevalent than we widely think.

]]> <![CDATA[How to Cast Out Demons: Everything You Need to Know About Deliverance]]> 208151253 The call to cast out demons is not for a select few; it is for every believer. 听 After reading this book, I will have the boldness and proper understanding of deliverance so that I can be used to cast out demons and see people鈥檚 lives restored and made whole. 听 At the end of 2020, revivalist Isaiah Saldivar had a visitation from the Holy Spirit in which He told him in so many words, 鈥淚saiah, the church is unprepared and untrained in spiritual warfare; I want you to teach on casting out demons and spiritual warfare.鈥� 听 Isaiah began to emphasize deliverance training and spiritual warfare in his ministry, and what he thought would be a one-week teaching turned into eight straight months and more than sixty hours of video teachings on how to cast out demons and win the fight in the spirit. These videos have now amassed over 30 million views, and thousands have been delivered by the power of the Holy Spirit. 听 In this book, Isaiah helps Christians who know they should be doing deliverance but don鈥檛 know how to go about it. Exploring the seven examples in the Gospels of Jesus casting out demons, and featuring stories from Saldivar鈥檚 life and ministry, this simple guide removes the mystery and provides practical training for believers who want to follow Jesus鈥� example of casting out demons and healing the sick. 听 In these pages, Saldivar challenges readers to not ignore Satan鈥檚 kingdom and equips them to confront, resist, wrestle, stand against, and cast out. Those who are tired of sitting on the sidelines will be empowered to do the works of Jesus and be part of the most significant deliverance revival the world has ever seen.]]> 224 Isaiah Saldivar 163641415X Gabriel 5 Deliverance was the ministry of Jesus. I鈥檓 certain that he did not die in the cross for his children to be tormented by spirits that he has given us the power to expel.]]> 4.79 How to Cast Out Demons: Everything You Need to Know About Deliverance
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Does a great job showing what the Bible says about deliverance being for believers.
Deliverance was the ministry of Jesus. I鈥檓 certain that he did not die in the cross for his children to be tormented by spirits that he has given us the power to expel.
]]> <![CDATA[Armed and Dangerous: The Ultimate Battle Plan for Targeting and Defeating the Enemy (A Biblical & Practical Guide to Spiritual Warfare)]]> 36183963 Dynamic Battle Plan Identifies Enemy Tactics and Equips Believers to Live VictoriouslyJesus made it clear that the devil has come to steal, kill, and destroy. Hell is ready to unleash fury against every follower of Jesus. Yet many believers live in denial, letting the enemy steal their blessings, destroy their relationship with Jesus, and kill their hope.But no more. It's time to put the enemy on notice! With passion and insight gained from years on the frontlines of spiritual warfare, John Ramirez equips you with the biblical weapons and practical strategies you need to battle the enemy successfully, including how to路 discern and shut down the enemy's tactics and next moves路 fight with your God-given authority路 break free from destructive patterns and replace them with godly ones路 fortify your mind and heart against attacks路 take back what the devil has stolen路 grow in wisdom and maturity in Christ路 and more!Here is everything you need to become armed and dangerous against every adversary that threatens your relationship and growth with Jesus. Through the power of the Holy Spirit you can destroy the power of the enemy and protect all that God has given you.It's time to push back the gates of hell, advance the Kingdom, and live the life God designed you for.]]> 210 John Ramirez 1493411659 Gabriel 5 4.69 Armed and Dangerous: The Ultimate Battle Plan for Targeting and Defeating the Enemy (A Biblical & Practical Guide to Spiritual Warfare)
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It鈥檚 hard for me to rate testimonies. His story is quite stunning and the prayers he outlines are biblical and helpful.
]]> <![CDATA[Secrets of the Secret Place: Companion Study Guide (Legacy Edition)]]> 58495949 112 Bob Sorge 193772557X Gabriel 0 currently-reading 4.57 Secrets of the Secret Place: Companion Study Guide (Legacy Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living]]> 62697454 108 Alan Noble 1514004437 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.30 On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living
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]]> The Unseen Realm 25077593 413 Michael S. Heiser 1577995562 Gabriel 0 currently-reading 4.46 2015 The Unseen Realm
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]]> <![CDATA[They Shall Expel Demons: What You Need to Know about Demons鈥擸our Invisible Enemies]]> 164042
HOW DO DEMONS GAIN ENTRY INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES?

DO CHRISTIANS EVER NEED DELIVERANCE FROM DEMONS?

In this readable, biblically based book, Derek Prince answers these and many other vital questions. If you are struggling with problems that never seem to go away, has it ever occurred to you that demons may be at work? Or perhaps you want to help others with such problems.

Derek Prince points out that "Jesus never sent anyone out to preach the Gospel without specifically instructing and equipping them to take action against demons in the same way that He Himself did."

If this is not true today, Prince asks, "Who has change? Jesus? The demons? The Church?"]]> 256 Derek Prince 0800792602 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.37 1998 They Shall Expel Demons: What You Need to Know about Demons鈥擸our Invisible Enemies
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]]> <![CDATA[Read People Like a Book: How to Speed-Read People, Analyze Body Language, and Understand Emotions]]> 58720990
Ever wondered what's going on in your co-worker's heads?

Are you looking to find out how friends, family, or partners are feeling without them talking about it?

Do you want to know what people's agendas are without talking to them?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, you're in the right place!

We get it.

It's hard enough to have to meet and deal with people daily. It becomes even more difficult if you're not equipped with the tools to manage conflicting emotions, perspectives, or attitudes.

On the other hand, there are times when you want to at least help them out in some way but have no way of knowing how they really feel or think.

However, all that is about to change.]]> 104 Discover Press Gabriel 0 to-read 3.85 Read People Like a Book: How to Speed-Read People, Analyze Body Language, and Understand Emotions
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]]> <![CDATA[The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility]]> 60447477 192 Heather Holleman 0802429394 Gabriel 4 4.47 The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility
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]]> East of Eden 4406
Adam Trask came to California from the East to farm and raise his family on the new rich land. But the birth of his twins, Cal and Aaron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and Adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives nurtured by the love of all those around him; the other grows up in loneliness enveloped by a mysterious darkness.

First published in 1952, East of Eden is the work in which Steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of Steinbeck's later years, East of Eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the Book of Genesis.]]> 601 John Steinbeck 0142000655 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.41 1952 East of Eden
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]]> <![CDATA[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running]]> 2195464
Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places ranging from Tokyo鈥檚 Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvelous lens of sport emerges a panorama of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back.

By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in running.]]> 188 Haruki Murakami Gabriel 0 to-read 3.87 2007 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District]]> 25255442 307 James Rebanks Gabriel 0 to-read 4.26 2015 The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician鈥檚 Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)]]> 65605
Narnia... a land where the woods are thick and cold, where Talking Beasts come to life鈥攁n entirely new world where adventure begins.

One cold, wet summer in London, Digory and Polly meet and become fast friends. Their lives take a sudden turn when Digory鈥檚 Uncle Andrew, who fancies himself a magician, sends them hurtling to... somewhere else. They arrive in Narnia, just as it is born from the song of the great Lion, Aslan. Along the way, they encounter the evil sorceress Jadis, whose dark magic threatens everything. After a whirlwind adventure, they finally find their way back home.]]> 221 C.S. Lewis 0060764902 Gabriel 5
After re-reading, I am left pondering the usual dialogue that Christians, including myself, tend to engage in regarding the voice of God and the Holy Spirit.

C.S. Lewis shows the impact that the voice of Aslan had on Digory by showing the increased level of self-control and wisdom that Digory had after listening to Aslan's voice. I think C.S. Lewis did an excellent job showing the simple power that accepting a conviction has on ones life.

Aslan gave Digory specific instructions on how to gather and plant the fruit, anything else would have hurt Digory in the long run. I believe the ending of this book shows how simple it is to live the John 10:10 abundant life. Getting caught up in over-analyzing if a conviction is from the Spirit may be the very stumbling block we are seeking to avoid.]]> 4.06 1955 The Magician鈥檚 Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
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I read this in 3rd grade and had to sleep with the lights on after Digory and Polly first met the Witch.

After re-reading, I am left pondering the usual dialogue that Christians, including myself, tend to engage in regarding the voice of God and the Holy Spirit.

C.S. Lewis shows the impact that the voice of Aslan had on Digory by showing the increased level of self-control and wisdom that Digory had after listening to Aslan's voice. I think C.S. Lewis did an excellent job showing the simple power that accepting a conviction has on ones life.

Aslan gave Digory specific instructions on how to gather and plant the fruit, anything else would have hurt Digory in the long run. I believe the ending of this book shows how simple it is to live the John 10:10 abundant life. Getting caught up in over-analyzing if a conviction is from the Spirit may be the very stumbling block we are seeking to avoid.
]]> The Return of the Gods 61254830 NEW YORK TIMES 听Best-Selling Author
From the author that brought you 6听New York Times听best-selling books including听The Harbinger, The Book of Mysteries, The Oracle and听The Harbinger II

Is it possible that behind what is taking place in America and the world lies a mystery that goes back to the gods of the ancient world鈥nd that they now have returned?

The Return of the Gods听 is the most explosive book Jonathan Cahn has ever written. It is so explosive and so revealing that no description here could do it justice. Jonathan Cahn is known for revealing the stunning mysteries, many from ancient times, that lie behind and are playing out in the events of our times. But with The Return of the Gods , Cahn takes this to an entirely new level and dimension.

The Return of the Gods , Cahn takes the reader on a journey from an ancient parable, the ancient inscriptions in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia that become the puzzle pieces behind what is taking place in our world to this day, specifically in America. Is it possible that what we in the modern world take as nothing more than ancient mythology could actually possess a reality beyond our fathoming?
听
Who is the Possessor?听 The Enchanter? The Destroyer? And the Sorceress?
听
Could a sign that has appeared all over America and the world be linked to the gods of Mesopotamia?听 And if so, what does it actually mean?

Could the gods have returned to New York City and an ancient mythology played out on the streets in real time?
听
Is it possible that the gods lie behind everything from what appears on our computer monitors, our televisions and movie screens; to the lessons given in our classrooms; to the breakdown of the family; to wokism; to the occult; to our addictions; to the Supreme Court; to cancel culture; to children鈥檚 cartoons; to every force and factor that has transformed the parameters of gender; to that which appears in our stores, on our T-shirts, and on our coffee mugs鈥攖o that which is, at this very moment, transforming America and much of the world?听 Is it possible that behind all these things are ancient mysteries that go back to the Middle East and ancient Mesopotamia? This and so much more, most of which we can鈥檛 even reveal in this description, will be uncovered.
听
The Return of the Gods is not only one of the most explosive books you鈥檒l ever read but also one of the most profound.听 It will reveal the most stunning secrets and truths behind what is happening before your eyes in America and the nations.听 You will see things, even in your world, in a whole new light. With such chapters as 鈥淭he House of Spirits,鈥� 鈥淭he Avatar,鈥� 鈥淭he Masters,鈥� 鈥淭he Deep Magic,鈥� and 鈥淭he Day of the Goddess,鈥� The Return of the Gods will take readers on a fascinating, unforgettable, and mind-blowing journey that will leave them stunned and with the ability to see the world as they never have before.
听
Be prepared to be blown away as you open up Jonathan Cahn鈥檚 most explosive book ever, The Return of the Gods!
听]]> 241 Jonathan Cahn 1636411436 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.32 2022 The Return of the Gods
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of God's Names (The Names of God Series)]]> 18054647 224 Tony Evans 0736939970 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.49 2014 The Power of God's Names (The Names of God Series)
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]]> <![CDATA[Honor's Reward: How to Attract God's Favor and Blessing]]> 1443892 240 John Bevere 0446578835 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.43 2007 Honor's Reward: How to Attract God's Favor and Blessing
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]]> <![CDATA[Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World]]> 6151 160 Henri J.M. Nouwen 0824519868 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.23 1992 Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation]]> 55467802
Pastors and church leaders want to see lives changed by the gospel. They work tirelessly to care for people, initiate new ministries, preach creatively, and keep up with trends. Sadly, much of this effort does not result in deeply changed disciples.

Traditional discipleship strategies fail because they only address surface issues and do not go deep enough into the emotional health of individuals.

But transformative, emotionally healthy discipleship is a methods-based biblical theology that, when fully implemented, informs every area of a church, ministry, or organization. It is a discipleship structure built from the center

Slows down our lives so we can cultivate a deep, personal relationship with Jesus.Challenges the values of Western culture that have compromised the radical call to follow the crucified Jesus.Integrates sadness, loss, and vulnerability, that, when left out, leave people defensive and easily triggered.Acknowledges God's gift of limits in our lives.Connects how our family and personal history influence our discipleship in the present.Measures our spiritual maturity by how we are growing in our ability to love others.In听Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, bestselling author Pete Scazzero takes leaders step-by-step through how to create an emotionally healthy culture and multiply deeply-changed people in every aspect of church life,

Leadership and team developmentMarriage and single ministrySmall groups and youth and children's ministryPreaching, worship, and administrationOutreachComplete with assessments and practical strategies, Emotionally Healthy Discipleship will help you move people to the beneath-the-surface discipleship that actually has the power to change the world.

**Winner of the 2022 ECPA Christian Book Award for Ministry Resources**]]> 276 Peter Scazzero 0310109493 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.57 Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation
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]]> <![CDATA[Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology]]> 79678
"A provocative book ... A tool for fighting back against the tools that run our lives."听鈥� Dallas Morning News

The story of our society's transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it鈥攚ith radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and truth.]]> 222 Neil Postman 0679745408 Gabriel 4 Regardless of some of the rambling in the first few chapters and confusing views on religion, Postman helped me reach a valuable insight into technology.
Many of us are not strangers to unplugging for a day or deleting for a time, but after reading this book my awareness of the need to audit the effect technology has had on my thinking has become a daily train of thought.]]> 3.95 1992 Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
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I would give this book a 3, except for the fact that many of the predictions made by Postman turned out to be very close to the reality we are in now.
Regardless of some of the rambling in the first few chapters and confusing views on religion, Postman helped me reach a valuable insight into technology.
Many of us are not strangers to unplugging for a day or deleting for a time, but after reading this book my awareness of the need to audit the effect technology has had on my thinking has become a daily train of thought.
]]> <![CDATA[The Disappearance of Childhood]]> 79679
Deftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demographic research, Neil Postman, author of Technopoly, suggests that childhood is a relatively recent invention, which came into being as the new medium of print imposed divisions between children and adults. But now these divisions are eroding under the barrage of television, which turns the adult secrets of sex and violence into popular entertainment and pitches both news and advertising at the intellectual level of ten-year-olds.]]> 177 Neil Postman 0679751661 Gabriel 0 to-read 3.99 1982 The Disappearance of Childhood
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]]> <![CDATA[The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters]]> 26720949 As Tom Nichols shows in The Death of Expertise, there are a number of reasons why this has occurred-ranging from easy access to Internet search engines to a customer satisfaction model within higher education. The product of these interrelated trends, Nichols argues, is a pervasive distrust of expertise among the public coinciding with an unfounded belief among non-experts that their opinions should have equal standing with those of the experts. The experts are not always right, of course, and Nichols discusses expert failure. The crucial point is that bad decisions by experts can and have been effectively challenged by other well-informed experts. The issue now is that the democratization of information dissemination has created an army of ill-informed citizens who denounce expertise.

When challenged, non-experts resort to the false argument that the experts are often wrong. Though it may be true, but the solution is not to jettison expertise as an ideal; it is to improve our expertise. Nichols is certainly not opposed to information democratization, but rather the enlightenment people believe they achieve after superficial internet research. He shows in vivid detail the ways in which this impulse is coursing through our culture and body politic, but the larger goal is to explain the benefits that expertise and rigorous learning regimes bestow upon all societies.]]> 272 Thomas M. Nichols 0190469412 Gabriel 0 to-read 3.76 2017 The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
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]]> <![CDATA[Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear]]> 62837289 221 Jinger Duggar Vuolo Gabriel 4 3.60 2023 Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
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Encouraging read about Jinger鈥檚 path from believing in a legalist set of rules about God to embracing the grace and truth that is offered to every believer.
]]> <![CDATA[Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology (Spiritual Theology #1)]]> 49575
Writing in the conversational style that he is well known for, Peterson boldly sweeps out the misunderstandings that clutter conversations on spiritual theology and refurnishes the subject only with what is essential. As Peterson shows, spiritual theology, in order to be at once biblical and meaningful, must remain sensitive to ordinary life, present the Christian gospel, follow the narrative of Scripture, and be rooted in the "fear of the Lord" -- in short, spiritual theology must be about God and not about us.

The foundational book in a five-volume series on spiritual theology emerging from Peterson's pen, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places provides the conceptual and directional help we all need to live the Christian gospel well and maturely in the conditions that prevail in the church and world today.]]> 380 Eugene H. Peterson 0802828752 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.18 1999 Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology (Spiritual Theology #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer]]> 60693285 Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious promises, and yet, people find prayer to be boring, obligatory, or confusing. Join Tyler Staton, author, pastor, and national director of the 24/7 Prayer movement, as he invites you to discover the incredible gift of prayer.

Within the pages of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools, Staton addresses common roadblocks to prayer and gives you the confidence to come to God just as you are. Through timely biblical teaching, powerful storytelling, and insights on historic Christian practices, Staton gives you the tools you need to:

- Express your doubts and disappointments about prayer
- Discover and practice multiple postures of prayer, including silence, persistence, confession, and more
- Understand and embrace the wonder and mystery of prayer in everyday life
- Open or reopen the line of communication with your Creator and experience afresh his divine power on earth

If you're feeling disheartened, disappointed, or distracted in your prayer life, let Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools be your guide as you learn to enjoy prayer in its purest form: a vital, sustaining, powerful connection with God that is more real and alive than you could have ever imagined.]]> 272 Tyler Staton 031036535X Gabriel 0 to-read 4.58 Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
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]]> <![CDATA[Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church]]> 61160063 鈽� Publishers Weekly starred review

"A must-read for anyone invested in the fate of evangelicalism."-- Publishers Weekly
Many Christian leaders use their fame and influence to great effect. Whether that popularity resides at the local church level or represents national or international influence, many leaders have effectively said to their followers, "Follow me as I follow Christ." But fame that is cultivated for its own sake, without attendant spiritual maturity and accountability, has a shadow side that runs counter to the heart of the gospel. Celebrity--defined as social power without proximity--has led to abuses of power, the cultivation of persona, and a fixation on profits.

In light of the fall of famous Christian leaders in recent years, the time has come for the church to reexamine its relationship to celebrity. Award-winning journalist Katelyn Beaty explores the ways fame has reshaped the American church, explains how and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical movement, and identifies many ways fame has gone awry in recent years. She shows us how evangelical culture is uniquely attracted to celebrity gurus over and against institutions, and she offers a renewed vision of ordinary faithfulness, helping us all keep fame in its proper place.]]> 195 Katelyn Beaty 1493437038 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.49 Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church
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]]> I and Thou 551866 An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here.

Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born after World War II considers Buber one of its prophets. Buber's main proposition is that we may address existence in two ways: (1) that of the "I" toward an "It," toward an object that is separate in itself, which we either use or experience; (2) that of the "I" toward "Thou," in which we move into existence in a relationship without bounds. One of the major themes of the book is that human life finds its meaningfulness in relationships. All of our relationships, Buber contends, bring us ultimately into relationship with God, who is the Eternal Thou.

The need for a new English translation had been felt for many years. The old version was marred by many inaccuracies and misunderstandings, and its recurrent use of the archaic "thou" was seriously misleading. Professor Walter Kaufmann, a distinguished writer and philosopher in his own right who was close to Buber, retranslated the work at the request of Buber's family. He added a wealth of informative footnotes to clarify obscurities and bring the reader closer to the original and wrote an extensive prologue that opened up new perspectives on the book and on Buber's thought. This volume provided a new basis for all subsequent discussions of Buber.]]> 185 Martin Buber 0684717255 Gabriel 4 Buber does a fantastic job explaining how intimate and profound I-Thou can be and how satisfying being seen by God as a Thou is; the missing piece is the motivation we need in order to treat mean, selfish, evil people as Thou.
It is tragic reading conclusions that are *this close* to being a very powerful basis for the Gospel. Buber was an orthodox Jew. Based on some of his writings I don't think he believed Jesus was the Messiah. I hope he found the love he wrote about before he died and I truly hope to see him in heaven!]]> 4.08 1923 I and Thou
author: Martin Buber
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The take presented here is a few short steps away from the idea of loving because He first loved us.
Buber does a fantastic job explaining how intimate and profound I-Thou can be and how satisfying being seen by God as a Thou is; the missing piece is the motivation we need in order to treat mean, selfish, evil people as Thou.
It is tragic reading conclusions that are *this close* to being a very powerful basis for the Gospel. Buber was an orthodox Jew. Based on some of his writings I don't think he believed Jesus was the Messiah. I hope he found the love he wrote about before he died and I truly hope to see him in heaven!
]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)]]> 136251
In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited.]]> 759 J.K. Rowling Gabriel 5 Miss Rowling built the most beautiful, spooky, and heartfelt world that I鈥檝e ever let my brain wander in.
As I was reading this last one, it seemed like every chapter took what could鈥檝e been a meaningless callback and made it a powerful part of the story. Reading this final piece felt like watching fourth quarter Tom Brady carve up a defense or game 6 Klay Thompson knock down shot after shot. This was a masterclass.

The reason why I will keep coming back to these books are because they are not only a charming fantasy world to escape in, but they are also a shard of glass sized look into the human condition. Rowling鈥檚 Christian background bleeds through the pages through phrases like 鈥淗elp will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.鈥�. We also see firsthand what can happen to families when the dad is gone (the Dumbledore鈥檚), what happens to kids when the dad is a negative presence,

鈥溾楧oesn鈥檛 your dad like magic?鈥�
鈥楬e doesn鈥檛 like anything, much,鈥� said Snape,鈥�

and what can happen when an orphan (Harry) has great faith in a love that saved his life. These are books about loss, grief, family, and justice.
Even though no one would have blamed him, Harry doesn鈥檛 use a killing curse on Voldemort, Tom Riddle dies from his own ricocheted curse. Many would have been happy to see Draco killed, Harry sparred him. These are books of haunting life lessons and good morals hidden in fantastical wrapping paper.]]> 4.61 2007 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.61
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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I started reading this series two summers ago. The time in between books was months but I always finished every book within a week of starting it.
Miss Rowling built the most beautiful, spooky, and heartfelt world that I鈥檝e ever let my brain wander in.
As I was reading this last one, it seemed like every chapter took what could鈥檝e been a meaningless callback and made it a powerful part of the story. Reading this final piece felt like watching fourth quarter Tom Brady carve up a defense or game 6 Klay Thompson knock down shot after shot. This was a masterclass.

The reason why I will keep coming back to these books are because they are not only a charming fantasy world to escape in, but they are also a shard of glass sized look into the human condition. Rowling鈥檚 Christian background bleeds through the pages through phrases like 鈥淗elp will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.鈥�. We also see firsthand what can happen to families when the dad is gone (the Dumbledore鈥檚), what happens to kids when the dad is a negative presence,

鈥溾楧oesn鈥檛 your dad like magic?鈥�
鈥楬e doesn鈥檛 like anything, much,鈥� said Snape,鈥�

and what can happen when an orphan (Harry) has great faith in a love that saved his life. These are books about loss, grief, family, and justice.
Even though no one would have blamed him, Harry doesn鈥檛 use a killing curse on Voldemort, Tom Riddle dies from his own ricocheted curse. Many would have been happy to see Draco killed, Harry sparred him. These are books of haunting life lessons and good morals hidden in fantastical wrapping paper.
]]> <![CDATA[Living Without Worry: How to replace anxiety with peace]]> 61641762
In this revised and expanded new edition, Tim Lane helps readers to see when godly concern turns into sinful worry, and how scripture can be used to cast our concerns upon the Lord. Christians will discover how to replace anxiety with peace, freeing them to live life to the full.]]> 169 Timothy Lane 1784987093 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.33 Living Without Worry: How to replace anxiety with peace
author: Timothy Lane
name: Gabriel
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)]]> 1 652 J.K. Rowling Gabriel 5 The bad news is that after this I don鈥檛 want to read a fiction book ever again.
I can鈥檛 believe how I got lured into thinking Dumbledore wasn鈥檛 going to die. I can鈥檛 believe that the whole book I thought Harry was wrong about Snape. When I was reading the death sequence, I felt like my whole world was crashing in around me鈥� then my sisters dog jumped on my air mattress and I remembered I skipped a meal to keep reading.
The power the Miss Rowling has over me at this point is scary. If there was a decent sized coyote standing between me and the next book鈥� I would charge that coyote. ]]> 4.57 2005 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.57
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 2022/07/31
date added: 2022/07/31
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The good news is鈥� I still have a chance at my goodreads yearly goal.
The bad news is that after this I don鈥檛 want to read a fiction book ever again.
I can鈥檛 believe how I got lured into thinking Dumbledore wasn鈥檛 going to die. I can鈥檛 believe that the whole book I thought Harry was wrong about Snape. When I was reading the death sequence, I felt like my whole world was crashing in around me鈥� then my sisters dog jumped on my air mattress and I remembered I skipped a meal to keep reading.
The power the Miss Rowling has over me at this point is scary. If there was a decent sized coyote standing between me and the next book鈥� I would charge that coyote.
]]> <![CDATA[The Indwelling Life of Christ: All of Him in All of Me]]> 174966
Why do we keep failing even in our best efforts to live the Christian life? Because no one other than Jesus Christ can live it, for the simple reason that He is the Christian life! And only He can live it in our lives as well. Major W. Ian Thomas takes a refreshing look at the pure thrill of living victoriously as you embrace the living Savior鈥檚 presence within you. The more you become genuinely and relentlessly available to Christ, the more He can take over so that your Christian walk becomes vibrant and effective! This inspiring devotional, along with the application questions at the end of each reading, will help you focus consistently on Jesus Himself so you can serve and enjoy Him at an entirely new level and dimension.

You can try to steer clear of sin. Avoid temptation. Refuse to steal, lie, or use drugs and alcohol. You can indeed try to be sinless. But that is still you . And you are still trying.

Jesus Christ was not holy because He focused His efforts on avoiding sin. Instead, 鈥淗e refused to allow there to be any possible explanation for the quality of His life but the Father, as God, dwelling in Him, as Man,鈥� writes Major W. Ian Thomas.

So whom do you want dwelling in you? More of you? Or all of Christ?

Story Behind the Book

Major W. Ian Thomas was twelve years old when he accepted the Lord with a simple prayer. But by nineteen, 鈥淚 had been reduced to spiritual exhaustion,鈥� he says, 鈥渨ith no hope or reason for going on.鈥� It was then that he discovered the life-transforming secret of the indwelling life of the living Lord Jesus Christ. God gave him a message through Galatians 2:20, where he learned to say, 鈥淟ord Jesus, I can鈥檛鈥擸ou never said I could鈥攂ut You can, and always said You would. That is all I need to know.鈥� Major Thomas came to understand it was Christ Himself living through him who would do His work. This is the message he has been passionately proclaiming all his life.]]> 176 W. Ian Thomas 1590525248 Gabriel 5 4.42 2006 The Indwelling Life of Christ: All of Him in All of Me
author: W. Ian Thomas
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers]]> 52891090 224 Dane C. Ortlund 1433566133 Gabriel 5 4.50 2020 Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
author: Dane C. Ortlund
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 35031085 This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847.

Mary Shelley's seminal novel of the scientist whose creation becomes a monster.

This edition is the original 1818 text, which preserves the hard-hitting and politically charged aspects of Shelley's original writing, as well as her unflinching wit and strong female voice. This edition also includes a new introduction and suggestions for further reading by author and Shelley expert Charlotte Gordon, literary excerpts and reviews selected by Gordon and a chronology and essay by preeminent Shelley scholar Charles E. Robinson.]]> 260 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 0143131842 Gabriel 4 4.02 1818 Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1818
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome]]> 313069 204 R. Kent Hughes 0842328491 Gabriel 3 4.28 1987 Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome
author: R. Kent Hughes
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1987
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective]]> 10587980 512 Siang-Yang Tan 080102966X Gabriel 0 to-read 4.11 2011 Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective
author: Siang-Yang Tan
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings, #1)]]> 359994
But his journey to the Holy One is riddled by influence from an assortment of men: Zechariah, a grandfather of noble standing who has fallen into drunkenness; Uriah, the High Priest whose lust for power forces him to gamble the faith he proclaims; and Shebna, the Egyptian intellectual who guides Hezekiah's instruction.

For the two women who love Hezekiah, the meaning of love--and its sacrificial essence--will direct the course of their lives and help shape the young prince's future.]]> 317 Lynn Austin 0764229893 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.31 1995 Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings, #1)
author: Lynn Austin
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> Eating the Dinosaur 6386555
In Eating the Dinosaur, Klosterman is more entertaining and incisive than ever. Whether he's dissecting the boredom of voyeurism, the reason why music fans inevitably hate their favorite band's latest album, or why we love watching can't-miss superstars fail spectacularly, Klosterman remains obsessed with the relationship between expectation, reality, and living history. It's amateur anthropology for the present tense, and sometimes it's incredibly funny.]]> 245 Chuck Klosterman 1416544208 Gabriel 0 to-read 3.77 2009 Eating the Dinosaur
author: Chuck Klosterman
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century]]> 33353952 New York Times-bestselling author and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman compiles and contextualizes the best of his articles and essays from the past decade.

Chuck Klosterman has created an incomparable body of work in books, magazines, newspapers, and on the Web. His writing spans the realms of culture and sports, while also addressing interpersonal issues, social quandaries, and ethical boundaries. Klosterman has written nine previous books, helped found and establish Grantland, served as the New York Times Magazine Ethicist, worked on film and television productions, and contributed profiles and essays to outlets such as GQ, Esquire, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and The Guardian.

Chuck Klosterman's tenth book (aka Chuck Klosterman X) collects his most intriguing of those pieces, accompanied by fresh introductions and new footnotes throughout. Klosterman presents many of the articles in their original form, featuring previously unpublished passages and digressions. Subjects include Breaking Bad, Lou Reed, zombies, KISS, Jimmy Page, Stephen Malkmus, steroids, Mountain Dew, Chinese Democracy, The Beatles, Jonathan Franzen, Taylor Swift, Tim Tebow, Kobe Bryant, Usain Bolt, Eddie Van Halen, Charlie Brown, the Cleveland Browns, and many more cultural figures and pop phenomena. This is a tour of the past decade from one of the sharpest and most prolific observers of our unusual times.]]> 11 Chuck Klosterman 0735285470 Gabriel 5 3.90 2017 Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.90
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Whenever Chuck is on the BS pod it makes my year.
]]> <![CDATA[Authentic Fire: A Response to John MacArthur's Strange Fire]]> 19453534 No se angustie mAs. No estA solo! Este libro lo ayudarA a desmitificar la oraciOn, ser alentado como padre y aprender consejos Utiles para hacer justo eso.
En" COmo criar niNos que oran "el Dr. David Ireland brinda un marco de referencia que eleva su vida de oraciOn como padre, mientras usted al mismo tiempo le comparte los secretos de oraciOn a sus pequeNos para que ellos tambiEn puedan convertirse en gigantes espirituales a lo largo del tiempo.
Esto es lo que puede Consejos prActicos de paternidad relacionados con la oraciOn para comprender el desarrollo de su hijo.Pasos a tomar fAciles de llevar a cabo, al final de cada capItulo.Oraciones sencillas con las que puede comenzar a orar con y por su hijo.Diecisiete ejercicios de oraciOn que cualquier padre e hijo pueden practicar juntosEste podrIa ser el libro de paternidad mAs importante que quizA lea jamAs, No hay un mayor regalo que le pueda dar a su hijo que inculcarle fuerte hAbitos de oraciOn que durarAn toda una vida.]]> 426 Michael L. Brown 162999006X Gabriel 0 to-read 4.15 2013 Authentic Fire: A Response to John MacArthur's Strange Fire
author: Michael L. Brown
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History]]> 55918296 352 John Dickson 0310118360 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.38 Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
author: John Dickson
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[For Calvinism / Against Calvinism (Enhanced Edition)]]> 19389511 466 Michael Scott Horton Gabriel 0 to-read 3.95 2011 For Calvinism / Against Calvinism (Enhanced Edition)
author: Michael Scott Horton
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> Why I Am Not a Calvinist 1250395 230 Jerry L. Walls 0830832491 Gabriel 0 to-read 3.65 2004 Why I Am Not a Calvinist
author: Jerry L. Walls
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Why I Stopped Wearing My Socks]]> 41718555
Except that it didn鈥檛 turn out that way. A few years after surviving the family setup, something turned up that sent Alok on a completely different career the INTERNET!

A crazy business idea Alok had turned out to be a winner and contests2win.com was born. Soon, Alok was fighting and thriving in a world completely different from the one he had grown up in. A world where technology breakthroughs, VCs, and out-of-the-box thinking decided the real winners.

Why I Stopped Wearing My Socks is Alok鈥檚 real, life story of starting up and unadulterated entrepreneurship. It traces his roller-coaster ride as an aspiring entrepreneur; traversing through a variety of business ideas in the family business up to his big breakthrough as one of India鈥檚 first entrepreneurs to tap the power of the internet. It details the amazing success of contests2win.com and Mobile2win, a venture eventually acquired by The Walt Disney Company. The chapters in the book are actual stories, throbbing with memorable anecdotes that conclude with crisp learnings for the readers.

Why I Stopped Wearing My Socks is a deeply compelling story about beating the odds, staying motivated and gung-ho entrepreneurship. It is an inspiration as well as a practical guide to emerging a winner.]]> 199 Alok Kejriwal Gabriel 0 to-read 4.19 Why I Stopped Wearing My Socks
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name: Gabriel
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]]> <![CDATA[The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology]]> 33970497 183 Leighton Flowers Gabriel 0 to-read 4.31 2015 The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology
author: Leighton Flowers
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.31
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]]> Burning Son 20643218 WWII. As their father celebrates his favored son, quiet-voiced
Jake is content to work in the background on their west Texas
ranch. Hampered by a lame leg, Jake figures his life has nothing
else to offer.
His brother鈥檚 charms and good looks fill the spotlight, but Jake
grows suspicious Aaron wasn鈥檛 as heroic as he claims. Their father
turns a blind eye to Aaron鈥檚 misbehavior, announcing his intention
to hand the ranch over to him someday.
After the arrival of the captivating and mysterious Ellie Peri
inspires Jake to imagine a different future, he realizes he yearns for
a partnership in the ranch. Even more, he wants Ellie to stay and
share it with him.
But high risk followed by devastating loss stand in the way to
Jake鈥檚 desires, and he is forced to choose a rocky path to save the
ranch he loves and the woman who set his heart on fire.]]> 439 Alex Reed 193874909X Gabriel 0 to-read 3.92 2013 Burning Son
author: Alex Reed
name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church]]> 50611070 The church is experiencing a leadership crisis.

For every celebrity pastor exiting in the spotlight, there are hundreds of lesser-known pastors leaving in the shadows. Why are so many pastors leaving the ministry? Best-selling author Paul David Tripp suggests that lurking behind the failure of a pastor is a weak leadership community.

Turning to Scripture for guidance, Tripp presents readers with twelve leadership-community principles necessary for a gospel-centered leadership model. Here is a book with a message for those new to ministry as well as those experienced in it--God's abiding presence is your hope in leadership.]]> 240 Paul David Tripp 1433567636 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.39 2020 Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church
author: Paul David Tripp
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.39
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]]> <![CDATA[The Adversary: The Christian Versus Demon Activity]]> 378626 160 Mark I. Bubeck 0802401430 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.08 1975 The Adversary: The Christian Versus Demon Activity
author: Mark I. Bubeck
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1975
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith]]> 729992 Are you living for God's pleasure or for your own?

Pleasing God is not a matter of personal choice, but an imperative that must be taken seriously. In a world of self, we must give way to the priority of God if we want to experience His joy.

In this popular book, Alistair identifies ten benchmarks from Scripture that will prove invaluable as you seek to live a life that is pleasing to God. His clear, personal message will challenge and revitalize your faith.

Spiritual fitness is not a series of straight, 100-yard sprints. Rather, it鈥檚 a lifelong cross-country run of endurance and perseverance. The life that is truly fulfilling gives back to God the talents and abilities He has given us to be used for His glory.

"Delightful, insightful teaching on God's Word" 鈥� Max Lucado

"Alistair compels us clearly and biblically to know the joy of pleasing God in our relationships, successes and failures, and other strategic aspects of our lives." 鈥� Joseph M. Stowell]]> 192 Alistair Begg 0802471374 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.23 1996 Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith
author: Alistair Begg
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1996
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]]> Name Above All Names 16228969 192 Alistair Begg 1433537753 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.43 2013 Name Above All Names
author: Alistair Begg
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.43
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]]> Pray Big 43218670
This short book by renowned Bible teacher Alistair Begg combines warmth, clarity, humour, and practicality as he examines Paul鈥檚 prayers for his friends in the church in Ephesus.

Paul clearly enjoyed prayer, and was excited about it. He expected his Father in heaven to hear what he said, and to act in other people鈥檚 lives accordingly. The truths that underpin and shape his prayers will motivate us to pray and set us an example.

So be inspired by the Apostle Paul to pray bigger and better prayers as we look to our heavenly Father to do more than all we ask or imagine!]]> 112 Alistair Begg 1784983365 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.45 2019 Pray Big
author: Alistair Begg
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[40 Questions About Interpreting The Bible]]> 7729279
Questions听include:]]> 352 Robert Plummer 082543498X Gabriel 0 to-read 4.33 2010 40 Questions About Interpreting The Bible
author: Robert Plummer
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.33
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]]> Unwind (Unwind, #1) 764347 Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.]]> 337 Neal Shusterman Gabriel 0 to-read 4.17 2007 Unwind (Unwind, #1)
author: Neal Shusterman
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Outdated: Find Love That Lasts When Dating Has Changed]]> 54080937
Jonathan "JP" Pokluda has counseled thousands of young singles through the pain and heartbreak of dating the world's way. Now he wants to dispel the myths, misconceptions, and fairy tales you've believed about dating and replace them with the truth from the One who invented marriage, created you to crave relationship, and is the very embodiment of true love. With plenty of true stories about relationships healed and love found, this practical book explains God's purposes for singleness, dating, and marriage and covers why you should date, who you should date, and how you should date.

If you're ready to trade the world's way of dating for the way that actually works, it's time to begin dating well.]]> 224 Jonathan (JP) Pokluda 080109495X Gabriel 5 "Running hard after him (Jesus) will never be outdated.)]]> 4.37 2021 Outdated: Find Love That Lasts When Dating Has Changed
author: Jonathan (JP) Pokluda
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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This book reads so well. Encouraging and challenging truths about relationships with scripture to back it up. Something I would recommend to anyone in my age group!
"Running hard after him (Jesus) will never be outdated.)
]]> <![CDATA[Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.]]> 35628407 336 John Mark Comer 0310337348 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.48 2015 Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.
author: John Mark Comer
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.48
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]]> <![CDATA[Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones]]> 40121378 Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving鈥攅very day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.

Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

Learn how to:
-听Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
-听Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
- Design your environment to make success easier;
- Get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.]]> 319 James Clear Gabriel 0 to-read 4.34 2018 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
author: James Clear
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2018
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]]> <![CDATA[The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God]]> 173454 448 Dallas Willard 0060693339 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.21 1998 The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
author: Dallas Willard
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God]]> 97800 228 Dallas Willard 0830822267 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.17 1984 Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
author: Dallas Willard
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1984
rating: 0
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]]> The Weight of Glory 29921671 208 C.S. Lewis Gabriel 0 to-read 4.38 1949 The Weight of Glory
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1949
rating: 0
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]]> Concise Theology 123077 288 J.I. Packer 0842339604 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.32 1993 Concise Theology
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.32
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]]> <![CDATA[Personal Disciplemaking: A Step-by-step Guide for Leading a Christian From New Birth to Maturity]]> 2072760 384 Christopher B. Adsit 1579020224 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.04 1988 Personal Disciplemaking: A Step-by-step Guide for Leading a Christian From New Birth to Maturity
author: Christopher B. Adsit
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives]]> 97792 How to Live as Jesus Lived

Dallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and author of The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today's 1999 Book of the Year), presents a way of living that enables ordinary men and women to enjoy the fruit of the Christian life. He reveals how the key to self-transformation resides in the practice of the spiritual disciplines, and how their practice affirms human life to the fullest. The Spirit of the Disciplines is for everyone who strives to be a disciple of Jesus in thought and action as well as intention.

]]> 288 Dallas Willard 0060694424 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.13 1988 The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
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]]> <![CDATA[Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth]]> 64023 228 Richard J. Foster 0060628391 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.19 1978 Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
author: Richard J. Foster
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[Searching for Enough: The High-Wire Walk Between Doubt and Faith]]> 54287625 240 Tyler Staton 0310360501 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.32 Searching for Enough: The High-Wire Walk Between Doubt and Faith
author: Tyler Staton
name: Gabriel
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]]> <![CDATA[Run With the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best]]> 674019 213 Eugene H. Peterson Gabriel 0 to-read 4.32 1983 Run With the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best
author: Eugene H. Peterson
name: Gabriel
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot]]> 9551
The circumstances of the death of these men are by now known throughout the world in one of the great missionary adventure stories of modern times. But this is the first account of the whole life of one of them, a life that, though "hid with Christ in God", was in part revealed in some of the most poignant and moving spiritual writings of our time. Shadow of the Almighty is a tremendous biography of an adventurous and inspirational life.]]> 256 Elisabeth Elliot 006062213X Gabriel 0 to-read 4.21 1958 Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
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]]> <![CDATA[The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own]]> 27036703 听
Most of us know we own too much stuff. We feel the weight and burden of our clutter, and we tire of cleaning and managing and organizing.
听
While excess consumption leads to bigger houses, faster cars, fancier technology, and cluttered homes, it never brings happiness. Rather, it results in a desire for more. It redirects our greatest passions to things that can never fulfill. And it distracts us from the very life we wish we were living.
听
Live a better life with less.
听
In The More of Less , Joshua Becker helps you...
听
鈥� Recognize the life-giving benefits of owning less
鈥⑻齊ealize how all the stuff you own is keeping you from pursuing your dreams
鈥� Craft a personal, practical approach to decluttering your home and life
鈥� Experience the joys of generosity
鈥⑻齃earn why the best part of minimalism isn鈥檛 a clean house, it鈥檚 a full life
听
The beauty of minimalism isn鈥檛 in what it takes away. It鈥檚 in what it gives.听
听
Make Room in Your Life for What You Really Want
听
鈥淢aybe you don鈥檛 need to own all this stuff.鈥澨� After a casual conversation with his neighbor on Memorial Day 2008, Joshua Becker realized he needed a change. He was spending far too much time organizing possessions, cleaning up messes, and looking for more to buy.
听
So Joshua and his wife decided to remove the nonessential possessions from their home and life. Eventually, they sold, donated, or discarded over 60 percent of what they owned. In exchange, they found a life of more freedom, more contentment, more generosity, and more opportunity to pursue the things that mattered most.
听
The More of Less听 delivers an empowering plan for living more by owning less. With practical suggestions and encouragement to personalize your own minimalist style, Joshua Becker shows you why听 minimizing听 possessions is the best way to听 maximize听 life.
听
Are you ready for less cleaning, less anxiety, and less stress in your life? Simplicity isn鈥檛 as complicated as you think.]]> 240 Joshua Becker 1601427964 Gabriel 0 to-read 3.77 2016 The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own
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]]> <![CDATA[The Practice of the Presence of God]]> 498641 Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here

Brother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret of living in the kingdom of God here on earth. It is the art of 鈥減racticing the presence of God in one single act that does not end.鈥� He often stated that it is God who paints Himself in the depths of our souls. We must merely open our hearts to receive Him and His loving presence.
As a humble cook, Brother Lawrence learned an important lesson through each daily chore: The time he spent in communion with the Lord should be the same, whether he was bustling around in the kitchen鈥攚ith several people asking questions at the same time鈥攐r on his knees in prayer. He learned to cultivate the deep presence of God so thoroughly in his own heart that he was able to joyfully exclaim, 鈥淚 am doing now what I will do for all eternity. I am blessing God, praising Him, adoring Him, and loving Him with all my heart.鈥�
This unparalleled classic has given both blessing and instruction to those who can be content with nothing less than knowing God in all His majesty and feeling His loving presence throughout each simple day.]]> 95 Brother Lawrence Gabriel 0 to-read 4.31 1692 The Practice of the Presence of God
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]]> <![CDATA[One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are]]> 8592946
In One Thousand Gifts, Ann invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative spiritual discipline of chronicling God's gifts. It s only in this expressing of gratitude for the life we already have, we discover the life we've always wanted, a life we can take, give thanks for, and break for others. We come to feel and know the impossible right down in our bones: we are wildly loved by God.

Let Ann's beautiful, heart-aching stories of the everyday give you a way of seeing that opens your eyes to ordinary amazing grace, a way of being present to God that makes you deeply happy, and a way of living that is finally fully alive. Come live the best dare of all!]]> 232 Ann Voskamp 0310321913 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.01 2011 One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
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]]> <![CDATA[Falling In Love with God's Word: Discovering What God Always Intended Bible Study To Be]]> 701520 194 Keith Ferrin 0974002305 Gabriel 5 4.48 2003 Falling In Love with God's Word: Discovering What God Always Intended Bible Study To Be
author: Keith Ferrin
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.48
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog (Hank the Cowdog, #1)]]> 180584 144 John R. Erickson 0670884081 Gabriel 0 4.07 1980 The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog (Hank the Cowdog, #1)
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name: Gabriel
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]]> <![CDATA[Got Style?: Personality-based Evangelism]]> 6821755 168 Jeffrey A. Johnson 0817015558 Gabriel 5 3.90 2009 Got Style?: Personality-based Evangelism
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.90
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Well thought out schema for personality types and evangelism. Great job of explaining the differences between being a witness, evangelizing, and spiritual gifts.
]]> Foxe's Book of Martyrs 609035 416 John Foxe 0800786645 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.27 1563 Foxe's Book of Martyrs
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)]]> 2
Harry has had enough. He is beginning to think he must do something, anything, to change his situation, when the summer holidays come to an end in a very dramatic fashion. What Harry is about to discover in his new year at Hogwarts will turn his world upside down...]]> 912 J.K. Rowling Gabriel 5 4.50 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cry of the Soul: How Our Emotions Reveal Our Deepest Questions about God]]> 350144
All emotion鈥晈hether positive or negative鈥昪an give us a glimpse of the true nature of God. We want to control our negative emotions and dark desires. God wants us to recognize them as the cry of our soul to be made right with Him. Beginning with the Psalms, Cry of the Soul explores what Scripture says about our darker emotions and points us to ways of honoring God as we faithfully embrace the full range of our emotional life.]]> 272 Dan Allender 1576831809 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.27 1994 The Cry of the Soul: How Our Emotions Reveal Our Deepest Questions about God
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been]]> 36408887 "I used to be a lesbian."

In Gay Girl, Good God , author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless, experienced gender confusion, and embraced both masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could?

At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact听with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel.

Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.]]> 193 Jackie Hill Perry 1462751229 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.35 2018 Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
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]]> <![CDATA[Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again]]> 52645353 *#1 New York Times Bestseller*

You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you.

Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can't go on like this, but you don't know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through this journey. But in surprising ways, she's discovered how to let go of bound-up resentment and overcome the resistance to forgiving people who aren't willing to make things right.

With deep empathy, therapeutic insight, and rich Bible teaching coming out of more than 1,000 hours of theological study, Lysa will help you:


Learn how to move on when the other person refuses to change and never says they're sorry.
Walk through a step-by-step process to free yourself from the hurt of your past and feel less offended today.
Discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and the peace that comes from living it out right now.
Identify what's stealing trust and vulnerability from your relationships so you can believe there is still good ahead.
Disempower the triggers hijacking your emotions by embracing the two necessary parts of forgiveness.]]> 288 Lysa TerKeurst 0718039882 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.09 Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
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]]> <![CDATA[Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age]]> 33028015 God has given us a specific, compelling reason for each of the four seasons of relationships: singleness, dating, engagement, and marriage. This book unlocks each season's God-given purpose and shows you how to thrive within it.

In a society where everyone is supposedly more connected, why do people feel so lonely? Even as marriage rates decline, recent studies find the overwhelming majority of single adults still hope to get married. But how can we navigate life and love in this disconnected culture? Has social media eroded the institutions that brought us together--and the deeper emotional intimacy they provided?

Pastor and bestselling author Ben Stuart will help you navigate through the four stages of a relational life and show you how to look at the truths and intentions God has established for each.

As you embark on this journey, you will discover how to:


Use singleness to make an impact for the kingdom of God
Pursue dating with clarity and purity
Use the season of engagement wisely to prepare for marriage
Maximize your life as a married couple for shared ministry
Continually seek God and His will throughout each stage
Discover how to embrace God's design, invest your life in what matters most, and find meaning in whatever season of life you're in.]]> 272 Ben Stuart 0718098439 Gabriel 5 4.42 2017 Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age
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Changed my paradigms on what it looks like to date as a Christian! Can鈥檛 recommend it enough. Even if you are seasoned in the dating world, you will learn something beneficial.
]]> <![CDATA[Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown, #1)]]> 789344
Missing roller skates...

A trapeze artist's inheritance...

And an eyewitness who's legally blind!

Theses are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try to crack the cases along with him--the answer to all the mysteries are found in the back!]]> 128 Donald J. Sobol 0553157248 Gabriel 5 4.04 1963 Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown, #1)
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)]]> 297249 Book #1 from the series: The Boxcar Children Mysteries

After becoming orphans, four siblings run away to live in an abandoned boxcar but find their adventure halted by the possibility of being caught in this classic tale! 鈥淎 compelling story鈥� (Publishers Weekly) with over 63,000 five-star ratings, read by an Earphones Award鈥搘inning narrator.

Four orphaned siblings, determined to stay together as a family, decide to inhabit an abandoned boxcar and turn it into their new home in the woods. When one of the siblings falls ill, the others go out to seek a doctor to save their sister. Meanwhile, their wealthy grandfather has offered a sizable reward to anyone who has information about his grandchildren, hoping that they can all be reunited once more. As the children continue to evade being found out, will they ever know peace?]]> 176 Gertrude Chandler Warner 0807508527 Gabriel 5 4.13 1924 The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler]]> 3980
When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort - she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because he was a miser and would have money.

Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie had some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she had discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too.

The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without her - well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home.]]> 159 E.L. Konigsburg 0744583276 Gabriel 5 4.16 1967 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Gabriel 5 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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average rating: 4.56
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 5 435 J.K. Rowling 043965548X Gabriel 5 4.57 1999 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.57
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)]]> 15881
And strike it does. For in Harry鈥檚 second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls鈥� bathroom. But then the real trouble begins 鈥� someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects鈥� Harry Potter himself!]]> 352 J.K. Rowling Gabriel 5 4.42 1998 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
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average rating: 4.42
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)]]> 2767052
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.]]> 374 Suzanne Collins Gabriel 0 to-read 4.34 2008 The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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]]> 1984 40961427 Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life鈥攖he ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language鈥攁nd his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.]]> 298 George Orwell Gabriel 0 to-read 4.24 1949 1984
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average rating: 4.24
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]]> Hamlet 1420 289 William Shakespeare 0521618746 Gabriel 5 4.02 1601 Hamlet
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]]> The Odyssey 1381 Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns
driven time and again off course, once he had plundered
the hallowed heights of Troy.

So begins Robert Fagles' magnificent translation of the Odyssey.

If the Iliad is the world's greatest war epic, then the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of everyman's journey though life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit and wiliness for survival in his encounters with divine and natural forces, during his ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, is at once a timeless human story and an individual test of moral endurance.

In the myths and legends that are retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery.

Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb Introduction and textual commentary provide new insights and background information for the general reader and scholar alike, intensifying the strength of Fagles' translation.

This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist and the public at large, and to captivate a new generation of Homer's students.

--

Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning new modern-verse translation.]]> 541 Homer 0143039954 Gabriel 4 3.79 -700 The Odyssey
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]]> The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 24583
Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn 颅 the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale."

As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.

Excerpt:
"TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone with that boy, 听I wonder? You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked听through听them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service鈥攕he could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll鈥�"
She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat.
"I never did see the beat of that boy!"]]> 244 Mark Twain Gabriel 3 3.92 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Gabriel 2 4.15 1985 The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> The Catcher in the Rye 5107 It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school...

Fleeing the crooks at Pencey Prep, he pinballs around New York City seeking solace in fleeting encounters鈥攕hooting the bull with strangers in dive hotels, wandering alone round Central Park, getting beaten up by pimps and cut down by erstwhile girlfriends. The city is beautiful and terrible, in all its neon loneliness and seedy glamour, its mingled sense of possibility and emptiness. Holden passes through it like a ghost, thinking always of his kid sister Phoebe, the only person who really understands him, and his determination to escape the phonies and find a life of true meaning.

The Catcher in the Rye is an all-time classic in coming-of-age literature- an elegy to teenage alienation, capturing the deeply human need for connection and the bewildering sense of loss as we leave childhood behind.

J.D. Salinger's (1919鈥�2010) classic novel of teenage angst and rebellion was first published in 1951. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. It was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the court for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and in the 1950's and 60's it was the novel that every teenage boy wants to read.]]> 277 J.D. Salinger 0316769177 Gabriel 4 3.81 1951 The Catcher in the Rye
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]]> Animal Farm 170448 Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned 鈥揳 razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell鈥檚 masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.]]> 141 George Orwell 0451526341 Gabriel 5 4.07 1945 Animal Farm
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.07
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)]]> 233093 Have a ball with Dr. Seuss and the Cat in the Hat in this classic picture book...but don't forget to clean up your mess!

Then he said That is that.
And then he was gone
With a tip of his hat.

A dreary day turns into a wild romp when this beloved story introduces readers to the Cat in the Hat and his troublemaking friends, Thing 1 and Thing 2 鈥� And don't forget Fish! A favorite among kids, parents and teachers, this story uses simple words and basic rhyme to encourage and delight beginning readers.

Originally created by Dr. Seuss himself, Beginner Books are fun, funny, and easy to read. These unjacketed hardcover early readers encourage children to read all on their own, using simple words and illustrations. Smaller than the classic large format Seuss picture books like The Lorax and Oh, The Places You'll Go!, these portable packages are perfect for practicing readers ages 3-7, and lucky parents too!]]> 61 Dr. Seuss 039480001X Gabriel 4 4.19 1957 The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> The Secret Garden 2998
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England鈥檚 Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night.

With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.]]> 331 Frances Hodgson Burnett 0517189607 Gabriel 1 4.16 1911 The Secret Garden
author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1911
rating: 1
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]]> Charlotte鈥檚 Web 24178 Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This high-quality paperback features vibrant illustrations colorized by Rosemary Wells!

Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.

E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. This edition contains newly color illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books.]]> 184 E.B. White 0064410935 Gabriel 3 4.20 1952 Charlotte鈥檚 Web
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1952
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Outliers: The Story of Success]]> 3228917 Learn what sets high achievers apart 鈥� from Bill Gates to the Beatles 鈥� in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).

In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"鈥攖he best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?

His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.]]> 309 Malcolm Gladwell 0316017922 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.19 2008 Outliers: The Story of Success
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike]]> 27220736
In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Today, Nike鈥檚 annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of startups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all startups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today.

But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment. At 24, after backpacking around the world, he decided to take the unconventional path, to start his own business鈥攁 business that would be dynamic, different.

Knight details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream鈥攁long with his early triumphs. Above all, he recalls the formative relationships with his first partners and employees, a ragtag group of misfits and seekers who became a tight-knit band of brothers. Together, harnessing the transcendent power of a shared mission, and a deep belief in the spirit of sport, they built a brand that changed everything.]]> 400 Phil Knight 1501135910 Gabriel 4 4.45 2016 Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.45
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rating: 4
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]]> Kind of Hindu 55054875 kind of knowing your family鈥檚 heritage is actually kind of lame? For Mindy Kaling, the number one bestselling author of Why Not Me?, the search for an answer begins with an Edible Arrangement of chocolate-covered strawberries and a Hindu priest.

Like Kelly Kapoor on The Office, Mindy is engaged with her Indian heritage to the extent that it is fun and convenient. So apart from a tolerance for spicy foods and an appreciation for Ravi Shankar, Mindy isn鈥檛 all that Hindu. Her daughter鈥檚 Jewish godfather鈥擳V and film鈥檚 B.J. Novak鈥攑rompts her to reconsider her religious beliefs and ask herself: How Indian do I want my daughter to be?

From the acclaimed writer, actor, director, producer, and New York Times bestselling author comes Nothing Like I Imagined. In these essays, Mindy Kaling shares the latest chapters of a multitasking life in Hollywood. Read or listen to them in a single setting. Either way, they鈥檙e pitch-perfect.]]> 17 Mindy Kaling 1542017173 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.18 2020 Kind of Hindu
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2020
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom]]> 561909
Corrie ten Boom and her family became leaders in the Dutch Underground, hiding Jewish people in their home in a specially built room and aiding their escape from the Nazis. For their help, all but Corrie found death in a concentration camp. The Hiding Place is their story.]]> 242 Corrie ten Boom 0553256696 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.46 1971 The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1971
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]]> My Utmost for His Highest 175510 400 Oswald Chambers 1586608290 Gabriel 5 4.38 1926 My Utmost for His Highest
author: Oswald Chambers
name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1926
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World]]> 13497505 New York Times Bestseller!

As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll.

Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world's most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does.

When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss.

Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too.]]> 224 Bob Goff 1400203759 Gabriel 0 to-read 4.31 2012 Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul]]> 40881942 236 John Eldredge Gabriel 0 to-read 3.97 2001 Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
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name: Gabriel
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2001
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