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2) Last words
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
What if the last five people on earth in 2085 found joy and delight? A story of astonishing human tenderness and creativity in the face of ecological catastrophe.
Publisher
Lacuna Filmes
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Portuguese
Description
A fun and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who₂s fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him reconsider his plans.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Psychological anthropologist Luhrmann offers an extended case study examining how believers come to have faith in an active, present God despite secular pressures in contemporary America. Drawing on extensive interviews and personal experience among Vineyard Movement members, Luhrmann focuses on the use of prayer among charismatic evangelical Christians. Her work combines personal narratives and excerpts from bestselling evangelical how-to guides...
6) Life events
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"[This] novel follows Evelyn, who, at thirty-seven, is on the verge of divorce and anxiously dreading the death of everyone she loves. She combats her existential crisis by avoiding her husband and aimlessly driving along the freeways of California looking for an escape - one that eventually comes when she discovers a collective of "exit guides." Evelyn enrolls in their training course, where she learns to provide companionship and a final exit for...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When their plane to New York is grounded on the morning of September 11, 2001, strangers Elliott and Joni are unexpectedly thrust together amidst the chaos of that historic day. With little in common but both needing to get to NYC urgently, they accept help from Joni's family friend Scottie, who lends the duo a rusty old 1972 Chevy Van. The shock and stress of 9/11 quickly threaten to derail their cross-country journey until the pair discover what...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Compelling." - Kirkus Reviews
"The Fellowship both fascinates and infuriates. You can't top the material for richness: genius, sex, spirituality, madness, money, mania." - USA Today
"[A] blockbuster…packed [with] plenty of sex and surprises. …This book has a lot of news." - Capital Times
"A mesmerizing account of the drama that compelled the great architect…to greater accomplishments…and the cost of that success." - Ken Burns, award-winning...
Author
Series
Doomsday with my dog volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a lone high school girl decided to hole up in her room with her trusty canine companion, she never could've dreamed they would become a pair of adventurers exploring everything postapocalyptic Japan has to offer! Whether they're enjoying a barbecue with Anubis or trying to survive a night in a haunted mansion, life after doomsday is one heck of a roller coaster--and this duo is strapped in for the ride!"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Doomsday with my dog volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A single teenage girl journeys through the crumbling ruins of civilization--the last human on Earth, exploring the concrete jungle that has outlived mankind. Keeping her company is woman's best friend--the ever-adorable and quick-witted Shiba Inu Haru, who is ready to stick with her through thick and thin! With such a pleasant conversation partner to keep the postapocalyptic doldrums at bay, the end of the world might not be so bad after all!"--Back...
Author
Series
Doomsday with my dog volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A high school girl, the last human on Earth, and her loyal canine companion make their way through the prefectures of postapocalyptic Japan, taking in the spectacular sights and meeting the locals, from the furry to the intimidating to the outright bizarre! After all, when there's no destination, the journey is all the fun!
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Language
English
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Description
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Millions of American Evangelicals are praying for the State of Israel. Among them are the Binghams, a dynasty of Kentucky pastors, and their Evangelical congregants in an impoverished coal mining town. They donate sacrificially to Israel's foremost philanthropic organization, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews because they fervently believe the Jews are crucial to Jesus's return. The film traces this unusual relationship, from rural...
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