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  The Mitford Years: Book 9

  Light from Heaven

  by Jan Karon

  It’s never too late. Father Tim Kavanagh has been asked to "come up higher" more than once. But he’s never been asked to do the impossible—until now. The retired Episcopal priest takes on the revival of a mountain church that’s been closed for forty years. Meanwhile, in Mitford, he’s sent on a hunt for hidden treasure, and two beloved friends are called to come up higher. As Father Tim finds, there ... (more)
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  The Mitford Years: Book 3

  These High Green Hills

  by Jan Karon

  Jan Karon has attracted an enthusiastic population of fans to her stories set in a little town so cozy that everyone wants to put their feet up and stay awhile. The adventures of Father Tim and his shaggy, scripture-loving dog, Barnabus, begun in At Home in Mitford (RB# 94808), have captured the affection of listeners nationwide. As These High, Green Hills begins, Father Tim and his talented neighbor have just... (more)
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  The Mitford Years: Book 6

  A Common Life

  The Wedding Story

  by Jan Karon

  Mitford's Lord's Chapel seats barely two hundred souls, yet millions of Jan Karon's fans will be there for the most joyous event in years: the wedding of Father Tim Kavanagh and Cynthia Coppersmith. Here at last is A Common Life , the sixth book in the bestselling Mitford Years series, and the long-awaited answers to these deeply probing questions: Will Father Tim fall apart when he takes his vows? Will... (more)
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  The Mitford Years: Book 8

  Shepherds Abiding

  by Jan Karon

  Millions of Americans have found Mitford to be a favorite home-away-from-home, and countless readers have long wondered what Christmas in Mitford would be like. The eighth Mitford novel provides a glimpse, offering a meditation on the best of all presents: the gift of one’s heart. Since he was a boy, Father Tim has lived what he calls "the life of the mind" and has never really learned to savor... (more)
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  The Mitford Years: Book 4

  Out to Canaan

  by Jan Karon

  Thousands of readers have come home to Mitford, the little town with the big heart, whose endearing and eccentric residents have become like family members. But now change is coming to the hamlet. Father Tim, the Episcopal rector, and his wife Cynthia are pondering retirement; a brash new mayoral candidate is calling for aggressive development; a suspicious realtor with plans for a health spa is eyeing the beloved... (more)
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  They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

  by Cathy Birkenstein, Gerald Graff

  Identifying the moves that matter in academic writing in ways that students can readily understand and apply. "They Say / I Say" shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most important of which involves summarizing what others have said ("they say") to set up one’s own argument ("I say"). In addition to explaining the basic moves, this book provides writing templates that... (more)
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  Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio (Unabridged)

  by Jeffrey Kluger

  The riveting story of one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century, from the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Apollo 13 . With rivalries, reversals, and a race against time, the struggle to eradicate polio is one of the great tales of modern history. It begins with the birth of Jonas Salk, shortly before one of the worst polio epidemics in United States history. At... (more)