Michael Russell
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Professional magician, actor, marketing executive, award winning salesman, poet, teacher, philosopher, theologian, the author has traveled countless roads. A MAGIC MAN LOOKS AT LIFE is just as varied as his life experiences. The chapters include, THINGS TAKEN FOR GRANTED, AND THE EXPLOSION OF SEVERAL MYTHS, (God is Good, Jesus was a perfect man (or was He?), the level playing field (myth or reality). Hard work always pays off-really?; THE LITTLE BOOK...
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New York, 1939: A city of hope. A city of opportunity. A city hiding dark secrets ... A brutal murder in an affluent suburb of Dublin and the unexplained death of an Irish diplomat in Manhattan... Garda Sergeant Stefan Gillespie is sent to America to bring a killer to justice, but his mission soon becomes part of an increasingly personal struggle. A chance encounter with an old friend draws him deep into a chilling network of conspiracy, espionage...
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Raven is a twelve year old goth girl who just found out she's decended from vampire blood. As if her life isn't already turned upside down by Jen, her bully, Joey a jock turned goth and her new love interest, Raven doesn't feel she needs anything more on her plate. Much less learning about the three different broods of vampires and being chased down by Gabriel Storm, a powerful necromancer, bent on the destruction of all vampires and Raven is now...
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According to the Apostle Paul, what can be known about God-and by extension, about ethics-is plain to people, so we are "without excuse." Romans 1:18-21 teaches that we will be "without excuse" when God confronts us for whatever beliefs and actions seemed good to us on the day, but weren't.
In our time, this notion has come to seem at least unpalatable, and more likely unbelievable. Michael D. Russell's book is an extended meditation on the possibilities...
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Particularly since the nineteenth century and Charles Darwin, those with a high view of Scripture have struggled to integrate the Bible's teachings on human origins with the mainstream scientific consensus. By positing a fundamental physical divide between the "once-cursed world" of Adam and Eve and the "twice-cursed world" of Cain's banishment, the book opens the door to a reexamination of the biblical origins story. This includes the possibility...
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For investigative journalist Carl Shewan, the Scottish coastal village of Inverlair is a picturesque cage. Imprisoned in this remote refuge by a technological catastrophe for which he feels partly responsible, Carl struggles to adapt to impending fatherhood and to a harsh new existence in an ancient landscape, until a childless gamekeeper offers him an alternative to guilt and alienation. Set in the near future, Lie of the Land examines the claustrophobia...
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Distributed by Acorn Media
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[2004]
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English
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A young secretary of a multinational corporation falls to her death in London and a member of the Home Guard is shot to death in the south of England. Finding how these deaths are related and how business and politics can be deadly Foyle finds who killed these people and why.
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Midsomer Murders volume 5
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English
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A children's magic show goes horribly wrong when one of the performers dies during a trick. Barnaby and Jones discover that the victim was poisoned with a rare toxin extracted from Ecuadorean poison frogs.
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Midsomer Murders volume 4
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English
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Midsomer University science fellow and cycling enthusiast George Jeffers threatens to make public a problem with his state-of-the-art invention Kernel Logic.
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Climate change threatens to undermine the conservation values of protected areas, such as Khuvsgul Lake National Park (KLNP), one of Mongolia's largest and most visited parks. Khuvsgul Lake is sacred to Mongolians and is known locally as the Blue Pearl. This publication presents the first quantitative assessment of the potential impacts of climate change to a protected area in Mongolia in relation to three dimensions: biodiversity, livelihoods, and...
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Midsomer Murders volume 5
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English
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Investment in a secret invention leads to an apparent suicide in Midsomer Magna, and a plan to steal valuable falcon eggs leads to another death.
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Midsomer Murders volume 1
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English
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Barnaby and Troy tackle two separate cases as Troy prepares to leave Midsomer after his promotion to DI.
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Midsomer Murders volume 5
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A woman is found dead in Setwale Wood, an apparent suicide, except that her suicide note is emailed after her body has already been sighted.