The Shenandoah Valley had all the visible makings of the finest Holiday greeting card with its lush rolling hills, majestic mountains and the mighty Shenandoah River. Abby and Andi were raised in the valley among a beautiful community of faith. They were raised to love Jesus and were deeply rooted in GodaEUR(tm)s Word; but these identical twin sisters lived completely opposite lives. Abby, a home-health nurse, was well loved and respected by her family and friends. Andi, AbbyaEUR(tm)s mirror twin sister lived a rebellious, sordid life. Between empty, loveless affairs and alcohol addiction she was on a fast track to destruction. The day Isaac Graham, a widower and father of a four-year-old daughter, moved to the Shenandoah Valley was more than anyone could have expected. Dr. Graham was an earnest believer who came to town to serve his indigent patients in the community clinic. But when Abby arrived for her appointment to abort her unborn child, he never thought he could be so disconcerted with both shock and betrayal. Living Waters Church was a bulwark of the community and few things came in or went out of the Valley without passing through the prayer gates of this body of believers. But for several prominent families, what was about to transpire would forever change the entire landscape of their lives. Come to the river to find what tests, trials, joy and triumphs they experienced.

Little cub wants to be big and strong like all the other bears because there's nothing bigger or stronger than a bear... or is there? Join this curious bear cub as it learns from its mother how to hunt, fish, scratch and be patient in this beautiful debut picture book from Sarah Noble. Touching on themes of nature, nurture, and the importance of family, this is the perfect story for any curious young reader starting to question the world around them. In the vein of a classical animal picture book, As Strong as the River is designed to be the perfect bedtime story reading for parents and children.

To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One idyllic, midsummer week over sixty years later, Olivia Laing walked. Woolf's river from source to sea. The result is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape and how ghosts never quite leave the place they love.

*Sita Brahmachari is a World Book Day author for 2021 with gorgeous short story, The River Whale!* Two children must risk everything to escape their fate and find the impossible . . . bold adventure, timely climate change themes and breathtaking writing, from award-winning author Sita Brahmachari. 'Lavishly written and full of love of the natural world.' - Sunday Times Shifa and her brother, Themba, live in Kairos City with their father, Nabil. The few live in luxury, whilst the millions like them crowd together in compounds, surviving on meagre rations and governed by Freedom Fields - the organisation that looks after you, as long as you opt in. The bees have long disappeared; instead children must labour on farms, pollinating crops by hand so that the nation can eat. The farm Shifa and Themba are sent to is hard and cruel. Themba won't survive there and Shifa comes up with a plan to break them out. But they have no idea where they are - their only guide is a map drawn from the ramblings of a stranger. The journey ahead is fraught with danger, but Shifa is strong and knows to listen to her instincts - to let love guide them home. The freedom of a nation depends on it . . . Endorsed by Amnesty International.

A Short Survey of the Bible presents an overview of each book of the Bible in plain English. It is intended to be used as introductory and background material for each book to increase comprehension of the Bible as one cohesive story of God's plan of redemption for mankind. It is a great tool for those new to Bible study, and can also serve as a reference tool for those more familiar. Included with the summary of each book are questions to guide the reader through central themes in each book.

Super fans. Groupies. Stalkers.These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be they rock stars, actor, or authors. Or even serial killers.Lori's obsession is with Edmund Cox, who was convicted of butchering more than twenty women. She will do anything to get close to him, so when he gives her a task, she accepts.She has no idea of the horror that awaits her.Edmund says she must go to his cabin in the woods and retrieve a key to deliver to a mysterious figure known only as The River Man.She brings along her sister, and the trip becomes a surreal nightmare, one that digs up Lori's personal demons, the ones she feels bonds her to Edmund. Soon she will learn The River Man is not quite fact or folklore, and definitely not human . . . at least not anymore.