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[1997]
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Dr. Tom Carter, the inventor of the Genescope, a device that can decode the blueprint of man, is targeted for assassination by the Brotherhood of the Second Coming who believe his work is unnatural, but when the Brothers discover they can use Carter's work to find a genetic match for the Messiah, they offer to let him use the DNA from one of Christ's teeth to develop a cure for his dying daughter.
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Before Simon sails to America, he promises his family that he will get a job and send for them. Simon's mother knows he will need a miracle, so she reminds him to celebrate Hanukkah wherever he may be. Little does either of them know that Simon will spend the first night of Hanukkah on an ice floe after his ship sinks.The lone survivor out in the wide ocean, Simon lights the first candle, and it attracts a visitor: a polar bear. Does she eat him?...
66) The thin place
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When three schoolgirls come upon a seemingly dead neighbor, Mr. Banner, prostrate on the beach, he is revived by the uncanny spiritual powers of one of the girls, Mees Kipp, a strange fatherless waif who is also able to communicate with dogs. Meanwhile, in the Crockett Home for the Aged, sharp-witted Helen Zeebrugge, at 92, simmers at the stupidity and condescension of her caretakers; her only son, Piet, in his vigorous 60s, is looking for wife number...
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Shelter volume 3
Pub. Date
2020
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The long-awaited final book in the Shelter Trilogy. A cop killer is hiding out at Open Door Church. As he tries to wrestle the gun out of his hands, Galen's heart stops beating. When he wakes up, his wife begs him to walk away from the homeless shelter. Eight years is long enough. But Galen doesn't want to walk away. Meanwhile, Daniel's life has fallen apart. His mother has moved him to Portland, where he's made a friend in the beautiful Ember, who...
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Angels walking volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
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Growing up in a comfortable home, Mary Catherine wanted for nothing. Though she loves her wealthy parents, their lifestyle never appealed to her. Instead, Mary Catherine pursues meaning through charity work, giving away a part of herself but never giving away her heart. This is the story of one woman's deep longings of the soul and the sacrifices she's willing to make in search of healing.
69) The dog of Jesus
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[2013]
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"For several centuries an isolated mountain village in Mexico has held hidden an amazing secret, an immortal dog that performs miracles of healing. Recorded in ancient Spanish records, it is the dog of Christ, a mongrel stray dog that was present at the crucifixion and which was stabbed by the same spear that pierced the body of the Savior. When a tragedy reveals the dog's existence through a series of miracles accidentally caught on television, it...
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Angels walking volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
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From bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes the third novel in an unforgettable, heart-wrenching series about divine intervention and the trials and triumphs of life for a group of friends whose lives could affect the future of the country.
73) Truck stop Jesus
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[2016]
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"Oh, for a simpler time! Paradise Jones dreams of the Hollywood glamour days. Clothes, hair, vintage car--you name it, she's got it. She's classic retro, a 21st-century image of her favorite Golden Era stars--Doris, Audrey, Esther, Marilyn. The entertainment rags call Paradise eccentric. The studios rarely call at all. When an altercation with her leering stepfather forces her to flee Los Angeles, Paradise leaves behind everything she loves and longs...
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Color of Heaven volume 12
Pub. Date
2017
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From USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes a standalone novel in the bestselling Color of Heaven Series - where people are affected by real life magic and miracles that change everything they once believed about life and love. Claire Radcliffe believes she has been blessed with a wonderful life-a loving husband, a fulfilling career, and a perfect house in a charming historic neighborhood. But with each Christmas that passes, the one...
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[1999]
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In the Old South of the 1930s, when a gentle giant of a man is sentenced to death for the murder and rape of two little girls, the fact that he is Black and the girls are white is inflammatory enough, but the situation is further complicated by his near muteness and gift for healing.
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[2018]
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Rendered paraplegic after a traumatic event four years ago, Cameron Harris has been living his new existence alongside his sister, Tanya, in their battered Biloxi, Mississippi neighborhood where only half the houses made it through Katrina. One stiflingly hot August afternoon, as Cameron sits waiting for Tanya during their daily run to the Biz-E-Bee convenience store, he suddenly and inexplicably rises up and out of his wheelchair. In the aftermath...
78) Joshua
Pub. Date
c2002
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When Joshua moves to a small cabin on the edge of town, the local people are mystified by his presence. Joshua appears to seek nothing for himself. He supports himself by working as a carpenter. The statue of Moses that he carves for the local synagogue prompts amazement as well as consternation. Some people report having seen him carry a huge cherry log on his shoulders effortlessly. Still others talk about the child in a poor part of town who was...
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[2019]
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Christmas in Mississippi: Photographer Holly Logan returns to her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi for Christmas. The town is resurrecting their traditional holiday light show and now Holly must spend the next few days with the man who broke her heart. Christmas on the bayou: A divorced workaholic executive goes back to her hometown to spend Christmas with her son and mother. Through a rekindled romance and a small miracle, she discovers where her...