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The 40 days of fasting before Christmas are meant to prepare us for the Feast of the Nativity, but the busyness of the secular celebration can interfere with our best efforts to center our hearts on Christ. Behold a Great Light is a daily devotional, designed to help listeners contemplate the mysteries of the Incarnation, from the beginning of the Nativity fast on November 15, through Christmas and Theophany, ending with the Synaxis of St. John the Baptist on January 7.

In Waking Up, Volume 3, Sounds True publisher and founder Tami Simon speaks with seven teachers about their personal understandings of spiritual awakening—how it takes place, what changes (and what doesn't), and how their experiences can inspire and inform our own realizations.

The book features one carol for each day from December first to Christmas Eve and presents both the lyrics and the fascinating stories and interesting facts behind the creation of the songs. Each entry deepens our understanding of the music and enhances our appreciation of why these songs are culturally important and dearly treasured. From popular, familiar carols to lesser known but cherished hymns, author Michael D. Young combines his musical expertise with information specific to each song.

Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge.

Seducing a proper Bostonian was easy. Making him die of a heart attack a week after the wedding was hardly any trouble at all. Now she has money, social status, everything she has cunningly schemed to get since she was a poor little girl. Everything except the Brookline mansion and the multi-million dollar trust fund left to the three children. But what wicked stepmother couldn't get rid of three children?

On the way to the promised land, one of the Jaredite barges takes an unplanned detour. Shipwrecked during a violent storm, the inhabitants of the barge find themselves on a strange shore without the company of the other 15 barges and no hope of rescue.

Five acclaimed teachers and visionaries show us how mindfulness practice can boost our performance and creativity.

Since 2013, Tweet of the Day has been a daily delight for early risers, with its 90 seconds of beautiful birdsong and fascinating ornithological stories. But what of the people who tune in to this avian chorus? In this collection, we bring to the airwaves the conversational voices of an array of wildlife enthusiasts, all eager to recount their encounters with birds.

Enjoy all seven books of the "Wonderful Week for a Quest" series!

It’s the end of the world as they know it, and no one feels fine. But even among a completely transformed Beandom, the heroes find a tiny glimmer of hope. Scattering across the Beandom, our heroes search for their final McGuffin for a chance to bring back the fallen and restore the natural order. The new inhabitants of the Beandom, however, have no intention of leaving, and there are other dark forces who want to turn this power over life into an instrument of death. Join our heroes for a final time to see if there is truly such a thing as a happily ever after.

If there’s one wizard Jackdaw can’t stand, it’s Merlin. So, when a letter arrives from the mage of mages, he assumes it brings bad news. Instead, he is allowed to host the annual Battle of the Bards competition in the Beandom, a feat that, if handled correctly, could cement his status as a premier prognosticator. But as the contestants file in, so does a strange, menacing darkness that casts a shadow over the proceedings. With the help of his friends, Jackdaw tries to unravel a sinister plot brewing among the musicians to slaughter the competition and enslave the Beandom

With two out of his four quests to become a paladin completed, Rich Witz fears the hardest part is yet to come. His nemesis, a dark knight in training, has already shown his terrible power, and Rich barely escaped with his life. Not only does he need to figure out how to pass the final two tests, but also a way to defeat his enemy once and for all. He knows his nemesis is disguised as a regular person at his school, and his list of suspects just keeps growing. With only a few days left, Rich must find out for himself if he has what it takes to become a knight—and to save his family.

The desk of a third-grader is a great place to live! Just ask Mr. E, the eraser. He has been with Eli, his kid, for longer than any of the other school supplies, and he wouldn't have it any other way. But there's a new kid in town, a bully named Josh, whose desk is home to the Shapeshifter, a piece of notebook paper that can folder itself into a hundred different shapes.

Follow the magic of music in this enchanting trilogy, taking place first at the height of WWI in Germany, and then in the Canticle Kingdom within the music box of a great and evil musicanter. Heroes abound without and within the music box, but many are lost throughout this epic journey, some to dark magic. First following the brothers Jorgen and Karsten, The Canticle Prelude leads into Michael Young’s already published novel The Canticle Kingdom, weaving music into dark fantasy like never before.

Even the most ordinary objects and people may hide something truly wonderful inside. The Canticle Kingdom is once again in peril as an old evil resurfaces, stronger than ever before. Johann, Brigitta, and many others return in this exciting sequel from Michael Young, author of The Canticle Kingdom and prequel The Canticle Prelude. Discover once again a world full of magic, danger, loyalty, and bravery, as they take on this new threat to save their home, other magical kingdoms yet unknown to them, and even our own world.

With the new hymnbook and children’s songbook for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the horizon, it is an excellent time to look back at where church music has been and to see where we might be going. The Song of the Saints examines the history of the hymnbooks and children's songbooks of the church, both the official and nonofficial versions.

When nerdy Rich Witz unwittingly becomes a Paladin, a white knight in training, he is thrust into a world where flunking a test can change the course of history, and a mysterious bully is playing for keeps with his life.

A revised and updated version of the definitive peanut allergy book. The Most Cutting-Edge Research on Peanut Allergy Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Is Here! Did you know that avoidance of peanuts early in life may actually lead to peanut allergy, the opposite of what was originally...

When a mysterious being gives Frank Edison the chance to travel back in time to prevent his brother’s death, he jumps at the chance. Being a first-time temporal traveler, however, he does not realize how sinister meddling with the past can be.

Today, God continues to be a God of miracles and works his wonders in the lives of ordinary people. In this collection, you will hear the stories of people from a variety of backgrounds who have experienced miraculous events in their lives. Feel inspired as you listen to the modern-day wonders that God is working all around us.