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A Subversive Gospel

Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

by Michael Mears Bruner ...

Series series Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
Conference on Christianity and Literature (CCL) Book of the Year - Literary CriticismThe good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act.These notions were embodied in the literary work of American author Flannery O'Connor, whose writing was deeply informed by both her Southern context and her Christian faith. In this Studies in Theology and the Arts ... Read more

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Conference on Christianity and Literature (CCL) Book of the Year - Literary CriticismThe good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act.These notions were embodied in the literary work of American author Flannery O'Connor, whose writing was deeply informed by both her Southern context and her Christian faith. In this Studies in Theology and the Arts
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Lost among the Dead and Dying

by Michael Mears ...

Paris, 1927. Anne Johnson is missing among the city's artists and expats. Detective Michael Temple is sent to bring her home. Her trail leads to Left Bank cafés, nightclubs in Montmartre, the homes of celebrated hostesses, a boutique publishing house, an art gallery of questionable repute, a painter's studio, and a smuggler's den. All to no avail. As the summer of 1927 draws to a close, Anne has ... Read more

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Paris, 1927. Anne Johnson is missing among the city's artists and expats. Detective Michael Temple is sent to bring her home. Her trail leads to Left Bank cafés, nightclubs in Montmartre, the homes of celebrated hostesses, a boutique publishing house, an art gallery of questionable repute, a painter's studio, and a smuggler's den. All to no avail. As the summer of 1927 draws to a close, Anne has
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Chasing Dietrich

by Michael Mears ...

In 1934 talented Germans - including Marlene Dietrich - have begun to flee the Third Reich. Yet Sara Potter, an American actress, has gone to Germany to star in what turns out to be a propaganda film. Why? Paramount boss, Adolph Zukor sends detective Michael Temple to bring Potter home before she tarnishes her career. Although the book unfolds like a thriller and provides a who-done-it to unravel, ... Read more

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In 1934 talented Germans - including Marlene Dietrich - have begun to flee the Third Reich. Yet Sara Potter, an American actress, has gone to Germany to star in what turns out to be a propaganda film. Why? Paramount boss, Adolph Zukor sends detective Michael Temple to bring Potter home before she tarnishes her career. Although the book unfolds like a thriller and provides a who-done-it to unravel,
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Matthew

A Biblical–Theological Commentary

by Frederick Dale Bruner, Michael Mears Bruner ...

Series series Jesus' Greatest Hits
New Commentary Series by Noted Father-Son Team Explores the Gospels as "Jesus' Greatest Hits"For all that they include, the New Testament gospels represent only a small portion of Jesus' entire public ministry. The Gospel of John even notes that Jesus performed many other signs, which, had they been recorded, would have filled the world. As amalgamations of the greatest things that Jesus ever said ... Read more

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New Commentary Series by Noted Father-Son Team Explores the Gospels as "Jesus' Greatest Hits"For all that they include, the New Testament gospels represent only a small portion of Jesus' entire public ministry. The Gospel of John even notes that Jesus performed many other signs, which, had they been recorded, would have filled the world. As amalgamations of the greatest things that Jesus ever said
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A Subversive Gospel

Flannery O'Connor and the Reimagining of Beauty, Goodness, and Truth

by Michael Mears Bruner ...

Narrated by Michael Mears Bruner ...

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10 hours 35 min

Conference on Christianity and Literature (CCL) 2020 Book of the Year - Literary Criticism.The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act. These notions were embodied in the literary work of American author Flannery O'Connor, whose writing was deeply informed by both her Southern context and her Christian faith. In this volume in IVP Academic's ... Read more

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Conference on Christianity and Literature (CCL) 2020 Book of the Year - Literary Criticism.The good news of Jesus Christ is a subversive gospel, and following Jesus is a subversive act. These notions were embodied in the literary work of American author Flannery O'Connor, whose writing was deeply informed by both her Southern context and her Christian faith. In this volume in IVP Academic's
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Getting Nowhere Fast : Series 1-3

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy

by Mervyn Stutter ...

Narrated by Mervyn Stutter, Lill Roughley, Martin Freeman, Tracy-Ann Oberman, John Challis, Christopher Etteridge, Michael Mears, Gyuri Sarossy, Geoffrey Given, Full Cast0 ...

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6 hours 32 min

Former lovers Pam and Merv open a cyber section in their Vodka and Veggie Café in this BBC comedy seriesWhen Merv and Pam got divorced, that should have been the end of their relationship. But here they are, trying to turn a veggie-and-vodka bistro in a cyber cafe, while Merv is still living in Pam's front garden in a small caravan.Merv's dreams of being a rock star failed a long time ago, so the ... Read more

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Former lovers Pam and Merv open a cyber section in their Vodka and Veggie Café in this BBC comedy seriesWhen Merv and Pam got divorced, that should have been the end of their relationship. But here they are, trying to turn a veggie-and-vodka bistro in a cyber cafe, while Merv is still living in Pam's front garden in a small caravan.Merv's dreams of being a rock star failed a long time ago, so the
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Rules of Civility

A Novel

by Amor Towles ...

From the #1 New York Times**-bestselling author of** The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow**, a “sharply stylish” (Boston Globe) book about a young woman in post-Depression era New York who suddenly finds herself thrust into high society—now with over one million readers worldwide**On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is i... ... Read more

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From the #1 New York Times**-bestselling author of** The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow**, a “sharply stylish” (Boston Globe) book about a young woman in post-Depression era New York who suddenly finds herself thrust into high society—now with over one million readers worldwide**On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is i...
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The Nazi Officer's Wife

How One Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust

by Susan Dworkin, Edith Hahn Beer ...

#1 New York Times BestsellerIn this gripping WWII historical nonfiction, Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground, a true story of survival by hiding in plain sight. With the help of a Christian friend, she emerged ... Read more

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#1 New York Times BestsellerIn this gripping WWII historical nonfiction, Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. When she returned home months later, she knew she would become a hunted woman and went underground, a true story of survival by hiding in plain sight. With the help of a Christian friend, she emerged
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Breakdown

by Sara Paretsky ...

Series Book 15 - A V.I. Warshawski Novel
A strange crime gets V.I. Warshawski involved with some of Chicago’s most rich and powerful players in this thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky.When a group of Chicago tweens holds a ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse—stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. V.I. Warshawski arrives on the scene to escort the girls home–but ... Read more

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A strange crime gets V.I. Warshawski involved with some of Chicago’s most rich and powerful players in this thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sara Paretsky.When a group of Chicago tweens holds a ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse—stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. V.I. Warshawski arrives on the scene to escort the girls home–but
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Our Crime Was Being Jewish

Hundreds of Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories

by Anthony S. Pitch ...

In the shouted words of a woman bound for Auschwitz to a man about to escape from a cattle car, If you get out, maybe you can tell the story! Who else will tell it?”Our Crime Was Being Jewish contains 576 vivid memories of 358 Holocaust survivors. These are the true, insider stories of victims, told in their own words. They include the experiences of teenagers who saw their parents and siblings ... Read more

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In the shouted words of a woman bound for Auschwitz to a man about to escape from a cattle car, If you get out, maybe you can tell the story! Who else will tell it?”Our Crime Was Being Jewish contains 576 vivid memories of 358 Holocaust survivors. These are the true, insider stories of victims, told in their own words. They include the experiences of teenagers who saw their parents and siblings
... Read more
The Most Beautiful Walk in the World

A Pedestrian in Paris

by John Baxter ...

Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat in Paris provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of the city in years.In this enchanting Paris memoir, acclaimed author and long-time resident John Baxter remembers his yearlong experience of giving "literary walking tours" through the city. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the ... Read more

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Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat in Paris provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of the city in years.In this enchanting Paris memoir, acclaimed author and long-time resident John Baxter remembers his yearlong experience of giving "literary walking tours" through the city. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the
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The Last Jews in Berlin

by Leonard Gross ...

New York Times Bestseller: The true story of twelve Jews who went underground in Nazi Berlin—and survived: "Consummately suspenseful" ( Los Angeles Times).When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, approximately one hundred sixty thousand Jews called Berlin home. By 1943 less than five thousand remained in the nation's capital, the epicenter of Nazism, and by the end of the war, that number had ... Read more

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New York Times Bestseller: The true story of twelve Jews who went underground in Nazi Berlin—and survived: "Consummately suspenseful" ( Los Angeles Times).When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, approximately one hundred sixty thousand Jews called Berlin home. By 1943 less than five thousand remained in the nation's capital, the epicenter of Nazism, and by the end of the war, that number had
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