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  Emberverse: Book 1

  Dies the Fire

  A Novel of the Change

  by S. M. Stirling

  The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable. What follows is the most terrible global catastrophe in the history of the human race-and a Dark Age more universal and complete than could possibly be imagined.
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  2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl

  by Daniel Pinchbeck

  This literary and metaphysical epic unifies the cosmological phenomena of our time - from crop circles to quantum mechanics to the worldwide resurgence of shamanism - in support of the Mayan prophecy that the year 2012 portends an unprecedented global shift. Cross Umberto Eco, Aldous Huxley, and Carlos Castaneda and you get the voice of Daniel Pinchbeck. And yet nothing quite prepares you for the lucidity,... (more)
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  The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope

  by Catherine Hamlin

  The awe-inspiring story of the life and mission of Dr. Catherine Hamlin who, with her husband Reg, established what has been heralded as one the most incredible medical programs in the modern world. The Hamlins, both Christians, dedicated their lives to women suffering the catastrophic effects of obstructed labor. The awful injuries that such labor produces are called fistulae, and until the Hamlins began their... (more)
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  Finding Grace: The Face of America's Homeless

  An amateur photographer from the age of 10, Lynn Blodgett studied under Andrew Eccles, a renowned photographer who was selected by The New York Times to shoot the cover of their millennium issue. Blodgett is also a businessman with a social conscience who travels the country as head of the nation’s largest provider of computer-based services to state and local governments. He does extensive fundraising across... (more)
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  Fighting for Dear Life

  by David Gibbs III

  From The Christian Law Association. David Gibbs III took a leap of faith in September 2003 when Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri Schiavos parents, asked him to become the lead attorney in their frantic fight to save their daughters life. Taking the case pro bono, Gibbs embarked on a compelling journey that would forever change his life. He watched Terri fade away in those last days, and was with Mary, her mom, the... (more)