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41) A nest of vipers
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"Montalbano investigates the death of the wealthy Cosimo Barletta in a case that involves a ring of mistresses and family secrets"--
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"In this witty and exuberant collection of linked stories, Aoko Matsuda takes the rich, millenia-old tradition of Japanese folktales-shapeshifting wives and foxes, magical trees and wells-and wholly reinvents them, presenting a world in which humans are consoled, guided, challenged, and transformed by the only sometimes visible forces that surround them. A busybody aunt who disapproves of hair removal; a pair of door-to-door saleswomen hawking portable...
44) Human sacrifices
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"A groundbreaking voice in contemporary Latin American literature, María Fernanda Ampuero confronts machismo, inequity and violence in her latest short story collection. An undocumented woman answers a job posting only to find herself held hostage, a group of outcasts obsess over popular boys drowned while surfing, and two girls suspect sinister behavior from the missionaries lodging in their home. Simultaneously terrifying and exquisite, Human...
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This powerful gospel narrative tells the story of the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as recounted by Matthew, a former tax collector turned disciple. Listen as Barnabas Corner brings this timeless story to life with his captivating narration in Nigerian Pidgin English.
Get ready to embark on a journey of faith and discover the power of the gospel in a new and exciting way. Let's begin.
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This powerful gospel narrative tells the story of the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as recounted by the physician Luke, a companion of the apostle Paul.
The Gospel of Luke, tells how God fulfilled his plan for the world's salvation through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, the promised messiah.
Listen as Benjamin Sesugh Kperrun of Barnabas Corner brings this timeless story to life with his captivating...
47) The Sacco Gang
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"Based on a true story, The Sacco Gang is a "wild west" tale of two brothers who battle both the State and a Mafia empire in 1920s Italy. Raffadali, province of Agrigento, 1920s. The Sacco brothers are free men with strong ideas about Socialism and the State. Their lives change radically one morning when their father, Luigi Sacco, receives an anonymous letter from the local Mafia demanding protection money. Luigi tells the police of the extortion...
48) Black ice
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"January in Gotland. The days are short, the air is cold, and all the roads are covered in snow. On a deserted, icy backroad, these wintery conditions will soon bring together a group of strangers with a force devastating enough to change their lives forever when, in the midst of a brief period, a deadly accident and two separate crimes leave victims in their wake. Four years later a single phone call is all it takes to bring back the terror of...
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"Just when things have finally cooled down for 88-year-old Maud after the disturbing discovery of a dead body in her apartment in Gothenburg, a couple of detectives return to her doorstep, ruining a perfectly good afternoon. Though Maud deftly dodges their questions with the skill of an Olympic gymnast a fifth of her age, she wonders if suspicion has fallen on her, little old lady that she is. The truth is, ever since Maud was a girl, death has seemed...
50) The Trial
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Kafka's final work was left unfinished at the time of his 1924 death, and the original 1925 and subsequent editions were edited according to the standards of the day. This edition endeavors to restore the text as closely as possible to the original manuscript. In addition to the text, this volume includes a bibliography and a chronology of the author's life.
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"From the author of the New York Times-bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series, twenty-one short stories spanning the beloved detective's career. Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels, and now in Montalbano's First Case and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected twenty-one short stories, written with his trademark wit and humor, that follow Italy's famous detective through highlight cases of his career....
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Get ready to dive into the powerful and transformative message of "The Gospel According to John" in Nigerian Pidgin English. In this captivating audiobook, you will embark on a spiritual journey through the life, teachings, miracles, and profound message of Jesus Christ, as narrated in the unique flavor of Nigerian Pidgin English.
As you listen to the skilled narration, you will be immersed in the rich cultural context and the heartfelt expressions...
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Welcome to the Gospel According to Mark.
This powerful gospel narrative tells the story of the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as recounted by Mark.
Listen as Barnabas Corner brings this timeless story to life with his captivating narration in Nigerian Pidgin English.
Get ready to embark on a journey of faith and discover the power of the gospel in a new and exciting way.
Let's begin."
55) Kibogo
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"Kibogo's story is reserved for the evening's end, when women sit around a fire drinking honeyed brew, when just a few are able to stave off sleep. With heads nodding, drifting into the mist of a dream, one faithful storyteller will weave the old legends of the hillside, stories which church missionaries have done everything in their power to expunge. Kibogo's tale is at once an origin myth, a celestial marvel, and a source of hope. And for the white...
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La NBLA es la palabra de Dios escrita en el lenguaje de tu corazón.
¡Descubre por qué la Biblia es el libro más vendido en la historia del mundo! El Texto de la NBLA es la forma perfecta de explorar la mayor obra literaria jamás escrita. Millones de vidas han sido cambiadas y toda nuestra sociedad ha sido afectada por este asombroso libro. El texto de la Nueva Biblia de las Américas retiene de manera precisa el significado de los idiomas originales,...
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John Nelson Darby was an Anglo-Irish Bible teacher associated with the early years of the Plymouth Brethren. Darby first published translations in French and German. In 1867, he produced a literal English version of the New Testament. After his death in 1882, his followers produced an Old Testament based on Darby's French and German translations. The complete Darby Bible was first published in 1890.
Darby's purpose was, as he states in the preface...
60) Saved Hot Mess
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Have you ever felt guilty for falling short of the glory of God? Like you're the only Christian going through that thing and no one would understand? On the outside, you look "saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Spirit" but on the inside...you're a hot mess? This devotional is for you.
Saved Hot Mess is a judgement free zone where we give each other the grace that God has shown us. No one is perfect. In fact, a lot of us are a hot mess....
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