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1) Los muertos
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
A convicted killer is freed after serving a lengthy prison sentence. Released into Argentina, the ex-convict sets off on a journey of redemption and self-discovery.
2) Biutiful
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
Español
Description
Uxbal is a man on the wrong side of the law who struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona. As fate encircles him, Uxbal learns to accept the realities of life, whether bright, bad, or biutiful.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Finnish
Description
Leila is pardoned from a murder sentence and offered a job in a secluded parsonage reading and writing letters for Father Jacob, a blind priest. Though she resents him at first, Leila grows to admire Father Jacob's positive outlook and help to others.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Successful businessman James Kier is shocked to see his obituary in the local paper and devastated at the harsh comments left by those who knew him, but instead of getting angry, James is inspired to turn over a new leaf, and as he looks back on his life and tries to make amends to the people he has hurt the most, he learns the true meaning of Christmas and the real price of love and family.
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Introduction to the Pentateuch as the essential first act in the Bible's grand story of redemption. The chapters cover the whole of Genesis through Deuteronomy, examining themes such as creation, salvation, genealogies, and biblical covenants"--
6) Tsotsi
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006, 2005]
Language
Afrikaans
Description
A young man running with a criminal gang on the streets of Johannesburg, Tsotsi--a nickname meaning "thug"--is immersed in a world of violence that seems to leave him unaffected, until he discovers an infant in the backseat of a car he has stolen.
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Do Christians overemphasize the hope of the future to the neglect of needs in the present? Are discussions about the end times unimportant so long as we all "get to heaven" in the end? In Coming Home, a team of eight leading Bible teachers offers us a vision of the new heaven and new earth that doesn't just impact our view of the future -- it also has the potential to change how we live today. These eight essays will stir up within us a longing for...
Author
Publisher
University of Queensland Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Daniel Whittaker has left some unusual instructions in his will: in order for his three children to get their share of the inheritance, they must hand-deliver twelve letters he has left with his lawyer. What significance did these strangers have to their father? Kelly, the youngest of the three, is intrigued by what they might learn about Daniel. For Richard, however, the exercise seems futile, especially when he has his own secrets to hide. And Evonne...
Author
Series
Publisher
JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
One of the the American Library Association's Top Ten Fantasy and SF Novels of 2010. A sensuous, suspenseful modern fantasy of love, betrayal, and redemption. An Aetherial Talesnovel that can be read as a standalone, Freda Warrington's Midsummer Night is a powerful contemporary fantasy, beginning with a prank that turns lethal when supernatural forces are unwittingly set loose. A century may not be enough to undo the terrible consequences of one fateful...
10) Luke
Author
Publisher
HarperChristian Resources
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Unleashing God's Kingdom Every paragraph in Luke's gospel is about Jesus. Luke showcases Jesus' character by recounting all the significant events of his life, recalling his major teachings, and recommending his character as the truest way to live. The Jesus in Luke's biography doesn't wait for these events to happen to him, instead Jesus powerfully moves and unleashes the kingdom of God, proclaiming--and demonstrating--holistic redemption. This redemption...
Author
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Finding Refuge
Shunned by the Amish community, shepherd Carl King has given up on his dream for a family. Yet when captivating Lizzie Barkman shows up at the sheep farm where he works, Carl sees the wife he once dreamed of. Lizzie is looking for a new start, for herself and her sisters, and discovers Carl to be a kind and gentle man who cares deeply about the Amish way of life. But he is under the bann. Is it possible that this forbidden man holds...
12) The broken road
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Chicago celebrity Charles James can't shake the nightmare that wakes him each night. He sees himself walking down a long, broken highway the sides of which are lit in flames. Where is he going? Why is he walking? What is the wailing he hears around him? By day, he wonders why he's so haunted and unhappy when he has all he ever wanted -- fame, fans, and fortune and the lavish lifestyle it affords him. Coming from a childhood of poverty and pain, this...
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
""But many who are first will be last, and the last first." -Matthew 19:30 The Bible is full of ironic situations in which God overturns the world's wisdom by doing the opposite of what is expected-people are punished by their own sin, the persecution of the church is the catalyst for its growth, Paul claims to have strength through weakness, and more. In this book, biblical scholar G. K. Beale explores God's pattern of divine irony in both judgment...
14) Redemption Bay
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne brings you back to Haven Point -- a place made for second chances ... McKenzie Shaw would do anything for her hometown of Haven Point. It may be small, but it's never let her down ... unlike gorgeous, infuriating Ben Kilpatrick. He was her childhood hero until he closed his family's factory, leaving the town's economy in shambles. Now his tech firm is considering opening a local facility. For Haven...
Author
Series
Hidden hearts of the gilded age volume 2
Publisher
Kregel Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Trapped by their pasts, is there hope for a future? When Secret Service operative Andrew Darlington is brought in to support a US Marshal case involving counterfeiters in rural Indiana, he thinks it's simply the next rung on his climb to the top of his career. But liars can only climb so high--and Andrew is keeping a dangerous secret he doesn't ever want to get out. When he clashes with the criminal family that took over the town of Landkreis and...
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The exodus -- the story of God leading his chosen people out of slavery in Egypt -- stands as a pivotal event in the Old Testament. But if you listen closely, you will hear echoes of this story of redemption all throughout God's Word. Using music as a metaphor, the authors point us to the recurring theme of the exodus throughout the entire symphony of Scripture, shedding light on the Bible's unified message of salvation and restoration that is at...
17) Dollbaby
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
When Ibby Bells father dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1964, her mother unceremoniously deposits Ibby with her eccentric grandmother Fannie and throws in her fathers urn for good measure. Fannies New Orleans house is like no place Ibby has ever beenand Fannie, who has a tendency to end up in the local asylumis like no one she has ever met. Fortunately, Fannies black cook, Queenie, and her smart-mouthed daughter, Dollbaby, take it upon themselves...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption, before everything goes to hell.
19) Harry's trees
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When you climb a tree, the first thing you do is to hold on tight...Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane works as an analyst for the US Forest Service. When his wife dies suddenly, he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, determined to lose himself. But fate intervenes in the form of a fiercely determined young girl named Oriana. She and her...
Author
Series
Notorious knights volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A lady's need for protection A knight's chance for redemption Exiled Knight William Geraint answers only to himself. Yet, a mission to reunite lost heiress Lady Isabel de Clancey with her family is Will's chance to finally atone for the torment of his past. With every rushed mile, their intense attraction becomes dangerously thrilling. He swore to protect Isabel not seduce her, but their desire for each other could threaten the redemption he's worked...
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