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  MY JOURNEY TO GRACE: What I...

  Cindy Hyles Schaap

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  Cindy Hyles Schaap was a sought after speaker and counselor, as well as a pastor's wife of a megachurch. All that came crashing down when her husband was arrested and sent to prison. Cindy became unwillingly and unwittingly involved in public scandal.In My Journey to Grace: What I Learned About Jesus in the Dark, the author shares her moving and intimate account of a life turned upside-down by tragedy.This book helps to answer many questions that arise when someone is faced with public or private shame.How do you go about forgiving yourself, or the other people involved?How do you begin to rebuild?How does one find strength to face the world again?Fortunately, there is hope in the transformative power of God.The book you're holding is a "behind the scenes tour." It's not a tell-all written to set the record straight or to justify decisions made. Rather it's a private glimpse of how Jesus walks people through the darkness. It's a unique view of His mercies in the face of our failures. It's a reminder that when one walks through the valley of the shadow, God is with us and He won't let us go.

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  The Edge of Doubt - The Trial of...

  David Miraldi

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  In the tight-knit community of Lorain, Ohio, a whirlwind of horror swept through as unsettling allegations surfaced - a trusted bus driver and her alleged companion accused of shattering the innocence of preschoolers in the respected Head Start program. The verdict? Life-long prison sentences that would cast a shadow over a community, and initiate an untiring quest for truth. 
  'The Edge of Doubt' is a meticulously researched true crime narrative that delves into the reverberations of a sensational trial. This gripping tale is anchored in three decades of unwavering claims of innocence. As the pages turn, you'll find yourself torn between the scales of justice and the resilience of the human spirit. 
  In a world that is quick to judge, 'The Edge of Doubt' compels you to lend an ear to the whispers of truth. This is your invitation to dive into a powerful account that will challenge your assumptions and unveil the complexities of human nature.  
  Read it, and prepare to see the world with new eyes.

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  Inner City Teens Struggle to...

  PBS NewsHour

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  The jobs report for June 2013 found that among teens alone, the jobless rate was almost 25 percent — more than three times the rate for the nation as a whole. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talks to young people struggling in their search for work in his report on the bleak job picture for inner-city youth.

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  Islam Struggles for Understanding

  PBS NewsHour

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  Demonstrations on both sides of the debate over whether an Islamic community center should be built a couple of blocks from ground zero took place in lower Manhattan over the weekend. Gwen Ifill gets three views from Rev. Welton Gaddy of Interfaith Alliance, Professor Abdullahi An-na'im, and Cynthia Mahmood a senior fellow at the University of Notre Dame.

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  Jane Austen's Juvenilia (Golden...

  Jane Austen

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  Before becoming the author of such classics as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Jane Austen experimented with various writing styles as a teenager in the early 1790s. This is a collection of her juvenilia, including the epistolary novels Love and Freindship, Lesley Castle, and Lady Susan, as well as her comic History of England and some shorter pieces. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

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  The Witch of Eye

  Kathryn Nuernberger

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  This amazingly wise and nimble collection investigates the horrors inflicted on so-called “witches” of the past. The Witch of Eye unearths salves, potions, and spells meant to heal, yet interpreted by inquisitors as evidence of evil. The author describes torture and forced confessions alongside accounts of gentleness of legendary midwives. In one essay about a trial, we learn through folklore that Jesus’s mother was a midwife who cured her own son’s rheumatism. In other essays there are subtle parallels to contemporary discourse around abortion and environmental destruction. Nuernberger weaves in her own experiences, too. There’s an ironic look at her own wedding, an uncomfortable visit to the Prague Museum of Torture, and an afternoon spent tearing out a garden in a mercurial fit. Her researched material is eye-opening and lively. An absolutely thrilling collection.

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