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Messenger, The

by Siri Mitchell

Published: 2012-03-01

Paperback: 384 pages

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Hannah Sunderland felt content in her embrace of the Quaker faith ...until her twin brother ran off and joined the army and ended up captured and in jail. Suddenly Hannah's world turns on end. She longs to bring her brother some measure of comfort in the squalid, frigid prison where he re...

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Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs

by Jeni Stepanek

Published: 2010-09-07

Paperback: 352 pages

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The moving tribute to the young man Oprah Winfrey called "an inspiration"-told by the woman who raised him. Mattie Stepanek's Heartsongs books were a phenomenon. Not only did they hit the bestseller lists, but the books-and Mattie himself- were a source of inspiration to many, and brough...

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Messengers

by David Arnett

Published: 2011-06-15

Hardcover: 313 pages

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By all accounts, Jake Daniels should have died when his SUV collided head-on with a moving truck. Now the vision of the mysterious woman who saved his life is consuming his every thought. A formerly nonreligious person, Jake becomes obsessed with learning more about angels, near-death expe...

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Messiah

by Boris Starling

Published: 1999-09-01

Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages

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Metamorphosis and Other Stories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Franz Kafka

Published: 2008-02-26

Paperback: 320 pages

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For the 125th anniversary of Kafka's birth, an astonishing new translation of his best-known stories, in a spectacular graphic package For all his fame, Franz Kafka published only a small number of stories in his lifetime. This new translation of those stories, by Michael Hofmann, one of ...

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The Metamorphosis, In The Penal Colony, and Other Stories

by Franz Kafka

Published: 2000-05-22

Paperback: 352 pages

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The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

Published: 2009-09-12

Paperback: 44 pages

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"The Metamorphosis" (original German title: "Die Verwandlung") is a short novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is often cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is widely studied in colleges and universities across the western world. The story begins with a traveling...

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Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town

by Nick Reding

Published: 2009-06-09

Hardcover: 272 pages

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The dramatic story of the methamphetamine epidemic as it sweeps the American heartland a timely, moving, very human account of one community s attempt to battle its way to a brighter future. Crystal methamphetamine is widely considered to be the most dangerous drug in the world, and nowher...

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Metro Girl

by Janet Evanovich

Published: 2005-10-01

Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages

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Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, "Wild" Bill. Leave it to the maverick of the family to get Barney involved with high-speed car chases, a search for sunken treasure, and Sam Hooker, a NASCAR driver who's good at revvin...

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Metropole

by Ferenc Karinthy

Published: 2008-10-01

Paperback: 279 pages

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?A Central European classic to be discovered and relished.??Eva Hoffman ?A stunning novel. Funny, nightmarish and jubilant.??Libération "Although it took almost 40 years for Metropole to be translated into English, the book holds up well. In the same way that Kafka becomes relevant again ...