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  Coffee with Jesus

  David Wilkie

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  One of Library Journal's Best Books
  Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist
  Midwest Publishing Association Honorable Mention
  Thousands of people start each day with a shot of Coffee with Jesus, the enormously popular online comic strip. Irreverent at times, yet always insightful, this volume features classic entries and all new, exclusive material that was born out of artist David Wilkie's frustration with the polarized political climate in America.
  "Originally created as a one-off, single-panel comic on my blog, utilizing old advertising clip art for the main characters and Sunday school clip art for the person of Jesus, I simply enjoyed the notion of Jesus appearing at table with these people (dressed as they were and sharing coffee with them) to refute their claims of how he might vote on any particular issue, to convince them that they cannot confuse their flag with their God—to set them straight, as it were," explains Wilkie.
  But it didn?t stop here. Soon the Jesus of Coffee with Jesus could be seen offering counsel to a recurring cast of characters on their personal and work lives. The characters—Carl, Lisa, Ann, Kevin and Joe—all honestly engage with Jesus about their successes and failures and wants and needs, effectively showing what conversation with God—or prayer—might look like.
  Poignant, pointed, and rife with good theology,  Coffee with Jesus is organized around six themes: getting to know Jesus, spiritual disciplines, relationships, culture, church, and the challenges of life. With exclusive material like twelve-panel mega-strips and "behind the strip" reflections on life, faith and art, Wilkie inventively poses answers to the perpetual Christian speculation, "What would Jesus do?"

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  Stake a Claim! - Nickolas Flux...

  Terry Collins

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  When a spontaneous time leap sends Nickolas Flux back to the California Gold Rush, what's a teenage history buff to do? Join the scramble to strike it rich, of course! From meeting John Sutter to panning for gold, Nick must survive one of the most pivotal events of American Westward Expansion.

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  Thalia Book Club: Tessa Hadley...

  Tessa Hadley

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  The acclaimed British novelist and short story master who "recruits admires with each book" (Hilary Mantel) discusses her latest novel with fellow author Colm Tóibín (House of Names). Ingeniously moving between past and present, Late in the Day exposes how infinite alternate configurations lie beneath the seemingly dependable arrangements we make for our lives. With a reading by Rita Wolf (An Ordinary Muslim).

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  The Serpent-Bearer and the...

  C. S. Johnson

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  A tiresome task. 
  A deceptive dragon. 
  A prince that changes everything. 
  Ophiuchus is a celebrated warrior of the Celestial Kingdom and a warrior among the Stars. He has been always been a dutiful servant of the Prince of Stars. So when the prince asks him to watch over the crafty serpent, Naga, Ophiuchus agrees. But as time passes and discouragement—both from Naga and others—Ophiuchus wonders if the Prince of Stars was right in asking him to take on the burdens of his task. 
  Will Ophiuchus honor his duty, or give into his heart's weariness?

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  Zambaa - Masks and Gauntlets

  Alex Cage

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  From Africa to his hands and a superhero is born… 
  Calvin Bush lives an ordinary life in Chicago and is stuck in a dead-end job that doesn’t fuel anything inside him – except rage. He knows he’s made for more but has no idea what that is until a single invite to the museum changes everything. 
  Calvin encounters two magical gauntlets, Zamani and Baadaye, but he’s not the only one who has his eyes on them. A mysterious man in a black kabuki mask is lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect chance to seize the gauntlets. Zamani and Baadaye, however, fuse with Calvin, and Zambaa, a mighty superhero comes to life. 
  But the kabuki-masked man will do anything it takes to get his hands on the gauntlets, including destroying the whole city.

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  Signature Wound - Rocking TBI

  G. B. Trudeau

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  An Iraq War vet struggles with a traumatic brain injury in this Doonesbury book that examines the impact of combat of American soldiers. 
   
  Headbanging Humvee driver SFC Leo Deluca (a.k.a. Toggle) had a love of ear-bleed battle music—until the sonic distraction led to his vehicle getting blown up in Iraq. Missing an eye and suffering from aphasia, Toggle fights to recover from traumatic brain injury (TBI), a journey of recovery that brings out the best in his former commander, B.D.  
   
  Toggle's tattooed, metalhead mom initially has reservations about his improbable Facebook romance with an MIT tech-head named Alex, but love blooms. As the story unfolds, Toggle finds himself drawn toward a career in the recording industry, undaunted by the limitations of the New Normal that now defines his life. 
   
  Crafted with the same kind of insight, humor, and respect that earned Trudeau a Pulitzer prize, Signature Wound is a perceptive and timely look at the contemporary soldier's experience.

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