Joy: 1603 books

For years, I was skeptical about divine healing. I thought that it was too good to be true. But one day, I got very sick and I needed help. Like anyone with common sense, I went to the hospital to be treated by medical Doctors. I sought for the best of them because I could afford it and I certainly...

Over the last half of the twentieth century, television has become the predominant medium through which the public accesses information about the world. Through the news, situation comedies, police dramas, and commercials, we learn about the world around us, and our role within it. These genres, narratives,...

Celebrating 100 years of Peter Pan, this fourth volume in the Centennial Studies series explores the cultural contents of Barrie's creation and the continuing impact of Peter Pan on children's literature and popular culture today, especially focusing on the fluctuations of time and narrative strategies....

Nominated for the National Book Award in 1974, this haunting, profoundly disquieting novel manages to be at once sparse and lush, to combine Biblical simplicity with Gothic intensity and strangeness. It is the story of Kate, despised by her mother, bound to her father by ties stronger and darker than...

From a true American master of the short story, comes a collection of disturbing, comic, and moving takes that find deeper meanings in ordinary domestic life. Here with unforgetable characters, places and events--a young divorcee, a shared summer home, a troubled family, a wedding, the death of a pet--Williams takes her readers on journey after journey, as only she can.

Contributors include New York Times Bestselling Authors Ace Atkins, Ron Rash, Jill McCorkle, Leigh Ann Henion, Eric Rickstad, M.O. Walsh, and #1 Bestseller C.J. Box. The Cherokee have a ceremony of going to water. Once a month on a night governed by the moon, they go to the river in an act of renewal...

When Cameron and his sister attend their cousin Celia's wedding, something very strange happens to Cameron when the lights suddenly dim. Candles appear out of nowhere and he finds himself attending a completely different wedding, where he is captivated by a certain woman in blue called Darcy, that...

This collection of essays is dedicated to the prolific career of Paul Ricoeur. In his lifetime, Ricoeur made significant contributions to many fields, such as theology, aesthetics, narratology, linguistics, and of course, philosophy. Within philosophy alone, he engaged many currents of thoughts, always...

BEING OF TWO MINDS: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR is a truism that was never truer than in the case of Jasper Kelly, one of society's young rejects who, on a lark, came into possession of three "magic coins" with three wishes attached through a pawn shop buddy. He plunked down 20 bucks on...

When Liv Gunderson, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, discovers a listening device planted in her high-tech company she knows she could lose everything she’s worked for. As the FBI crawls over her top secret facility like a hoard of roaches, her almost-ex shows up. All she needs is that lying, cheating...

The perfect book to create wonderful, homemade memories! The 12 Blessings of Christmas is a delightful celebration of the season, bringing out the best of blessings that make Christmastime so joyous. Memories, friends, music, faith, kindness, beauty, warmth, love, giving, peace, and faith—each...

Morgan Ravn arrives in Denmark seeking clues about her mysterious heritage. What she finds is a flirtatious stranger who regales her with a story about a jewel thief from 1958 and then abandons her with a large unruly dog. Can Morgan locate the irresponsible pet owner before his monstrous canine drags...

Susan refuses to listen to her mother when she tells her she must remove the "Jason character from her new novel before it is published. Her mother warns her that Jason killed at least three people outside of the story in real life, when she once used him as a character in one of her books and...

Leaving Chicago to move to his aunt and uncles dairy farm in the Ozarks was going to be a huge change for Nick. With his mother down on her luck and moving in with his grandparents, the only viable thing for him to do was to leave Chicago. He knew that he would never survive sharing a room with his...