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One of the most dramatic episodes in American history was the attempt to establish a two-party political system in the South during Reconstruction. Historians, however, have never systematically analyzed the region's political process during that era. Michael Perman undertakes this task, arguing that the key to understanding Reconstruction politics can be found in the factions that developed inside the two parties. Not only did these factions play...
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To put their pasts behind them…
Can they find forgiveness together?
Moving to Montana is the chance Thomas Kemp needs to open his own business and seek a wife-while keeping his shameful past hidden. Except the beautiful Amish widow who catches his eye wants financial independence, not marriage. When Emma Fisher's toddler bonds with the newcomer, she believes Thomas is everything she wants in a husband. But can she accept his past…for the chance...
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While Ken Cooper lived with his wife and two children and worked as publicity director for a Christian college, he was leading a double life--as a felon. With a vivid, you-are-there style, this former gentleman bank robber takes readers on a journey through years of armed robberies, the dramatic shooting that ended his career, the horrors of prison, and a soul ultimately finding peace. Without fear or embellishment, Cooper openly shares the darkest...
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Time is a fickle bedmate during the best of times. However, when Bradleigh is thrown into the mix, it turns into a battle of wits and constantly falling through fractured timescapes. Our two heroes find themselves thrown back in time and forced to settle within the minds of two young proteges from the early twentieth century. Unless their previous conduct can be reconciled, the two will be faced with the continually deadly threat of survival traversing...
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We all know there are "bad seeds" - those who show signs early in life of being troublemakers, deviants, or career criminals. By all accounts, Dwaine Casmey was one of those kids. Sent to juvie by his parents when they felt they could not control him, graduated through the system for discipline problems, and shifted from one facility to another in an attempt to rein him in. Dwaine seemed incapable of making a right or good choice for his life. In...
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Tandem volume 9
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A man harboring a secret is killed in his olive grove.
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Short Story Collection
Red Road Redemption is an unforgettable collection of short stories filled with haunting characters, both human and animal, overflowing with thought-provoking drama, humor, and nostalgia. Take an unquiet walk in the woods, peer through a poignant lens at disappearing family farms, and cheer for the dog pack struggling to bring home the best gifts ever.
Find a holiday allegory to share, classic car memories, and the story...
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The Life of a Trauma Queen: My Road to Redemption is a book about how a little Black girl, who came from nothing and endured extreme forms of traumatic hardships and abuses throughout her life that stretched into adulthood but overcame it all because of the mercy of God. This book provides a bird's-eye view of how devastating trauma suffered can be and how deeply it can affect someone mentally, emotionally, socially, and psychologically. Yet God had...
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This is a story about a hard drinking, fast living, drug-consuming person who got started way to early. When I say early, you wouldn't believe just how early it started. Life can be rough and sometimes downright cruel. Unfortunately, he did learn this in a very hard way. You might say, he used to dance with the devil until life caught up with him. Not all stories have to have sad or bad ending. I think you just might be surprised to see how this story...
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In 1954, when Florence Kaefer was just nineteen, she accepted a job as a teacher at Norway House Indian Residential School of Manitoba. Not fully aware of the difficult conditions the students were enduring, Florence and her fellow teachers nurtured a school full of lonely and homesick young children.
Edward was only five when he was brought to the school at Norway House and Florence remembered him as a shy and polite young boy. He left the school...
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Our heroes are on the road again and looking for adventure. This time, however, there are no guarantees to ensure that they will make it back alive. The story begins the day after hearts have been mended and past transgressions have yet to be discovered. Together with Jon and Marc, the four find themselves traversing the waves of the past and soon fall onto several shattered time lines, where space and time is dictated by colour.
Stepping back...
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The Road that Brought Me Here is a wonderful story of a journey to love. It will make you laugh and cry. It will make you angry, and it will encourage you in your own life struggles. But through, the emotional ups-and-downs, one thing is for sure: you will finish knowing without a doubt, that you too can be redeemed, delivered, and loved!
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"I've got some stuff with my parents, and my parents got some stuff with their parents. And while most times I've been able to move past those grievances, there was also an issue with reconciling with my father. So, I asked the Big Man Upstairs for one more try, one more time to see if I could have something with my dad, a cordial ground to walk on.” In November of 2020, the "Big Man Upstairs" presented Mike Liguori with a phone call and an awkward...
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“Volume 2 of Searching For My Identity” is a chronological autobiography of an outlaw biker that covers his life from prominent leader of a notorious international motorcycle club in January 2001 to his redemption in December 2020. Intended for the general public and those in the academic community that find the outlaw biker aspects of anthropology, criminology, sociology, psychology, ethnography, deviant behavior, criminal justice, pop culture...
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Brad Mathias thought everything in his family was fine. A busy, contented dad, he had vaguely noticed that Bethany, his middle child, had become withdrawn and moody, but he assumed it was part of being a "teen" and didn't look any deeper. Until the night God spoke clearly to Brad and his wife: Ask her to reveal what she has hidden. They did-and learned the secret Bethany had been carrying, one that rocked their family to the core. In a desperate attempt...
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Though Isaac Preston has been battling depression nearly 17 years. he's landed a a new teaching position, his first steady paycheck in years. Despite the fact that good fortune is slowly creeping its way back into Isaac's life, it comes as no surprise that he clings to old habits, sitting alone at his desk, his brown bag lunch in front of him, pondering "what if" scenarios and second-guessing decisions made that altered his life forever.
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38) Road redemption
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published & developed by Tripwire Interactive under license of Pixel Dash Studios and EQ-Games
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[2022]
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Play as a motorcycle gang leader traveling cross-country and earning money when your gang wins races or completes some criminal activity; with no extra lives, you can carry forward any experiences to upgrade your character, your bike and your weapons.
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Brendan McManus SJ lost his brother Donal to suicide in 2005 and has written and spoken extensively about his grief journey. He published an article, 'Surviving Suicide' in The Furrow journal, and a book, Redemption Road, about walking the Camino in honor of his deceased brother. Here, some ten years later, he offers advice on the complex suicide grief process and what he has found to be helpful for survival, adaptation, and thriving.
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Adrift in an ocean of pain and confusion. Sorrow and pain are my ever-present companions. My life's path is a winding road to where? The work of salvation has been accomplished through the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. There is a process of salvation, all the events of life leading up to faith in Christ. This book of poetry is a journey capturing the emotions, the questions, and the struggles of life on the redemption road resulting...