A Booklist Best Crime Novel Debut “Don’t miss this one.”—USA Today "A masterful job." -Michael Connelly It is called kaamos--two weeks of unrelenting darkness and soul-numbing cold that falls upon Finnish Lapland, a hundred miles into the Arctic Circle, just before Christmas. Some get through it with the help of cheap Russian alcohol; some sink into depression. This year, it may have driven someone mad enough to commit murder. The brutalized body of a beautiful Somali woman has been found in the snow, and Inspector Kari Vaara must find her killer. It will be a challenge in a place where ugly things lurk under frozen surfaces, and silence is a way of life.

Snow Angels (Inspector Vaara, Book 1)

Literature & Fiction

JAMES THOMPSON

Contemporary

Penguin Publishing Group

Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture

Examines recent Austen remakes as well as other “post-heritage” films and television shows to show how the past is reshaped for a contemporary market. Jane Austen and Co. explores the ways in which classical novels―particularly, but not exclusively, those of Jane Austen―have been transformed into artifacts of contemporary popular culture. Examining recent films, television shows, Internet sites, and even historical tours, the book turns from the question of Austen’s contemporary appeal to a broader consideration of other late-twentieth-century remakes, including Dangerous Liaisons, Dracula, Lolita, and even Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Taken together, the essays in Jane Austen and Co. offer a wide-ranging model for understanding how all of these texts―visual, literary, touristic, British, American, French―reshape the past in the new fashions, styles, media, and desires of the present. Contributors include Virginia L. Blum, Mike Crang, Madeline Dobie, Denise Fulbrook, Deidre Lynch, Sarah Maza, Ruth Perry, Suzanne R. Pucci, Kristina Straub, James Thompson, Maureen Turim, and Martine Voiret.

Humor & Entertainment

Suzanne R. Pucci

Movies

State Univ of New York Pr

WANTED: An intimate fellowship lost during search for personal relationship with Jesus. "Our Life Together is excellent. This message on fellowship is vital. We have a great need for this study." Jim Bill McInteer West End Church of Christ Nashville, Tennessee "Excellent... sound exposition of Scripture..... My best compliment is: I would like to use Our Life Together for my class." Furman Kearley, Ph.D. Abilene Christian University

Our life together (Journey books)

Library power: A new philosophy of librarianship

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Bingley

History of the Principles of Librarianship

Clive Bingley

The title of this volume, God's Holy Fire, is taken from William Butler Yeats' poem, 'Sailing to Byzantium.' This poem speaks of a yearning for a place of truth and beauty that is beyond our daily routines. Like the poet, we desire to live in such a place. The image of fire also evokes the words of Jeremiah 20:9, 'Is not my word like fire?' Fire has the power to consume and renew life. Jeremiah speaks of a 'fire in [his] bones' so overpowering that he can no longer hold it within himself (20:9). The image indicates that the Bible contains potent words for any age. - from the Introduction

God's Holy Fire: The Nature and Function of the Scripture

Mark Hamilton

Ken Cukrowski

Religion & Spirituality

Abilene Christian Univ Press

CHANGE - this single word conjures up a storm of conflicting emotions, especially in today's church. While it is true that change is ushering in an unprecedented array of challenges and opportunities, it's important to remember that this isn't the first time the Body of Christ has had to find a reliable path through a shifting landscape. 
At the end of his life, the apostle Paul knew that change was inevitable. As he contemplated his beloved children in the faith, he considered how to equip them for the time when he could no longer personally assist their journey toward God. In his letters to Timothy and Titus, Paul opens his heart to those who would soon receive the baton of leadership. 
In Equipped for Change, James Thompson draws deeply from the lessons offered by Paul to his apprentices. From these pastoral letters he gleans biblical principles by which the church can prepare for the opportunities and guard against the dangers presented by an uncertain future.

Equipped for Change: Studies in the Pastoral Epistles

Christian Books & Bibles

Christian Living

Abilene Christian University Press

The History Of Leicester

Excerpt from The History of Leicester: In the Eighteenth Century The Day of Thanksgiving - The Erection of the Exchange - Resumption of the struggle by the non-freemen - their success against the Corporation Proposed Lighting and Watching Act - Erection of the Assembly Rooms, East-gates - An Earthquake felt in Leicester - The Mayor's Dinner - Turnpike Improvements - The Establishment of the Leicester Journal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The History of Leicester: In the Eighteenth Century (Classic Reprint)

History

Europe

Forgotten Books

Snow Angels

AudioGO Limited

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