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  The Holy Land for Christian...

  John A. Beck

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  A trip to the Holy Land is on the bucket list of many Christians. But planning a meaningful trip in a place so filled with significant sites is an imposing task. Most travel guides are not prepared to link the Bible and land in an accurate and meaningful way because they are written for people of all faiths. So how can a Christian traveler prepare a trip that will illuminate God's Word and reveal the Lord's presence? In The Holy Land for Christian Travelers, John A. Beck provides a guide to the Holy Land for Christians with explanations of the biblical significance of important sites. The entries provide key Scripture references for reflection and a guide to the land that will encourage communion with God and a genuine spiritual experience for travelers as they walk in the footsteps of Jesus. A trip to the Holy Land can be a worship-filled, once-in-a-lifetime spiritual journey. This book puts a biblical scholar and experienced Holy Land guide at the reader's side.

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  The 50 Greatest Prehistoric...

  Barry Stone

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  Humanity's written history stretches back only 5,000 years, a mere blip on the timeline of our existence. If you want to know what it really means to be fully human, to see the whole story, you need to go back. Way, way back.
  Prehistoric humans couldn't write, but they were adept at telling their own stories. On every continent and outpost where they gained a foothold, they left signs for modern man to decipher. 
  From the Middle Bronze Age settlement of Arkaim on the Kazakh Steppes to the temples of the Olmec in Mexico; from one of the first European proto-cities at Nebelivka in Ukraine to the neolithic henges of Avebury and Stonehenge; from the dolmens of Antequera in the heart of Andalucía to the megalithic culture that thrived in isolation on Indonesia's tiny Nias Island.

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  Car Talk: The Puzzler's Greatest...

  Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi

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  Now, for the first time ever, the very best Puzzler segments are available in one collection, challenging and improving brain function for all ages. With plenty of unexpected turns, hilarious commentary—and the occasional inspired insight—Click and Clack take listeners on an unforgettable joyride that will have puzzle fans scratching their heads, laughing out loud, and then cheering the revelation of each unpredictable answer.Featuring:&#9679 Quonset Hut Quandary: What advice helped save British World War II Pilots? &#9679 A Haircut in Horsetown: In a small town with two barbers, which one do you turn to for an urgent haircut?&#9679 Let's Make a Deal: Does Monty Hall's offer improve your chances of winning?&#9679 Crusty's Wedding Breakdown: Can Crusty retrieve a screw in time to make it to his wedding?&#9679 Frank's Vacuum Cleaner Repair: How did Ray's neighbor use his vacuum cleaner to fix his Lincoln?&#9679 Prisoners and Hats: Can a group of prisoners win their warden's game, and not get fed to the sharks?&#9679 And more!

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  Uncle Remus

  Joel Chandler Harris

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  Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the popular tales concerning them. (To this day, “tar baby” as an expression for a particularly sticky situation that is almost impossible to solve, has passed into the English language and common use.) Even people who have never read any of these tales will know exactly why you don’t throw a rabbit into a briar patch, mainly because Walt Disney produced his first movie ever to use professional actors with animation, called “Song of the South”, based on the Uncle Remus tales. 
      Joel Chandler Harris, a newsman in Georgia, grew up listening to folktales told by the local black population. Later, he published his version of these tales in a series of stories printed in the “Atlanta Constitution.” The tales of, and by, Harris’ chief character Uncle Remus, an old black man scrabbling to make his living in the post-Civil War South, were extremely popular and widely read. Harris’ use of innovative spelling to give the reader a sense of the black dialect was considered novel.    While this is not a book that will pass a current political correctness test, due to its use of labels for black folks which have gone out of polite conversation, Uncle Remus is a largely sympathetic look at post-war plantation life. Uncle Remus himself is a warm, folksy man of good humor and dry wit, and after finishing his animal stories, the remaining sayings and tales are a moment of history frozen in amber. (Summary by Mark)

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  Setting Solutions

  Sharyn Craig

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  “Offers clear, inspiring, and creative ideas throughout to help us complete our unfinished quilt projects in a fresh style.” —Alex Anderson, author and host of Simply Quilts   Get out all of the unfinished blocks lurking in the back of your closet, and use them to make a quilt! Sharyn shows you easy and fun ways to solve some of quilting’s most common block problems, such as size dilemmas, color clashes, orphans, and what to do with plain old boring blocks.    Sharyn’s 10 Project Maps are your blueprints for success! Insert the blocks you already have into fabulous settings  Learn how to identify why you haven’t used a particular set of blocks and where to begin to determine a plan for using them in a quilt top  Tired of traditional settings? You’ll learn new techniques for grouping and enhancing your blocks  Sixty-two full color quilts illustrate the techniques, and fire your imagination  Presents an easy-to-understand glossary of many quilting terms such as audition, cornerstones, alternate set, and more  Includes helpful Decimal Equivalents and Setting Triangle charts “The problem-solving section and the project maps make it absolutely clear just how Sharyn dealt with each set of challenges, and just how simple the solutions are. Now where is that set of blocks I won last year?” —Sally Schneider, author of Scrap Quilts Fit for a Queen

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  You Look Like a Thing and I Love...

  Janelle Shane

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  AI is everywhere. It powers the autocorrect function of your iPhone, helps Google Translate understand the complexity of language, and interprets your behavior to decide which of your friends' Facebook posts you most want to see. In the coming years, it'll perform medical diagnoses and drive your car—and maybe even help our authors write the first lines of their novels. But how does it actually work?Janelle Shane, a scientist and engineer, is also the go-to contributor about computer science for the New York Times, Slate, and the New Yorker. Through her hilarious experiments, real-world examples, and illuminating cartoons, she explains how AI understands our world, and what it gets wrong. More than just a working knowledge of AI, she hands readers the tools to be skeptical about claims of a smarter future.A comprehensive study of the cutting-edge technology that will soon power our world, You Look Like a Thing and I Love You
   is an accessible, hilarious exploration of the future of technology and society. It's Astrophysics for PEople In a Hurry meets Thing Explainer: An approachable guide to a fascinating scientific topic, presented with clarity, levity, and brevity by an expert in the field with a powerful and growing platform.

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