In the Bleak Midwinter: Advent and Christmas with Christina Rossetti
By: Rachel Mann
3.76
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Framed by her most famous poems, ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ and ‘Love Came Down at Christmas’, this d…
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1. The Sense of Wonder
By: Rachel Carson , Charles Pratt , Nick Kelsh , Linda Lear
4.40
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
First published more than three decades ago, this reissue of Rachel Carson's award-winning classic … read more
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"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."-Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder
"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."-Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder
"It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility. "-Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder
"For most of us, knowledge of our world comes largely through sight, yet we look about with such unseeing eyes that we are partially blind. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask your…"-Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder
2. The Robe
By: Lloyd C. Douglas
4.23
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest t… read more
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"Lumea nu merită sacrificiul de a trăi pentru ea, cu atât mai puțin de a muri."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"So much the better. The higher the price you have to pay, the more you will cherish it."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"Cauza necazurilor noastre nu se află în jilțul guvernului, ci în imediata apropiere, în trib, în familie, în noi înșine."-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
"E greu să-ți imaginezi lumea fără un creator, dar prefer să nu-mi închipui că faptele oamenilor sunt inspirate de ființe supranaturale. Îmi place mai mult să cred că oamenii și-au inventat brutalitat…"-Lloyd C. Douglas, The Robe
3. Lent and Easter Wisdom from G.K. Chesterton: Daily Scripture and Prayers Together with G.K. Chesterton's Own Words
By: G.K. Chesterton , Thom Satterlee , Robert Moore-Jumonville
4.40
Format: 172 pages, Paperback
"G. K. Chesterton is one of the few Christian thinkers admired and quoted equally by Christians of … read more
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4. The Door in the Wall
By: Marguerite de Angeli
4.88
Format: 242 pages,
The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more
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5. The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
By: Les Standiford
4.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how one writer and one book revive… read more
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6. A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter
By: I. Lilias Trotter , None
4.22
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
Art critic John Ruskin enthusiastically proclaimed her potential as one of the best artists of the … read more
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7. Understood Betsy
By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more
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"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy
8. The Story of the Other Wise Man
By: Henry Van Dyke
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
"I do not know where this little story came from--out of the air, perhaps. One thing is certain, it… read more
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9. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
By: Richard Louv
3.93
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourt… read more
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"The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses."-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
"The logical extension of synthetic nature is the irrelevance of "true" nature--the certainty that it's not even worth looking at. (62)"-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
"An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal to the wider world."-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
"Joni Mitchell had it right: "They paved paradise / and put up a parking lot." But perhaps, in the near future, we could add a line of hopeful epilogue to that song: then they tore down the parking lo…"-Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
10. For the Children's Sake
By: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
4.44
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would l… read more
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"Pupils whose foundations have been deeply laid on books and things, using narration to lock their knowledge in place, and who learn not for marks and prizes but because learning is its own reward... …"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
"No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,…"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
11. All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings
By: None
4.00
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
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12. There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom’s Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids
By: Linda Åkeson McGurk
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"A perfect antidote to the hyper-vigilant, extra-electrified, standardized-tested, house-arrested, … read more
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13. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
By: Barbara Robinson
4.22
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant… read more
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- christmas
"I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus."-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
"When they got to the part about swaddling clothes and the manger, Imogene asked, “You mean they tied him up and put him in a feedbox? Where was the Child Welfare?"-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
14. Farmer Boy (Little House, #3)
By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams
5.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing--his very own… read more
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15. Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline
By: AmblesideOnline Education Foundation
4.72
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
The AmblesideOnline Advisory began as a band of mothers who followed God and the vitalizing ideas o… read more
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16. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
By: Cindy Rollins
4.75
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more
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"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too
17. Everything Sad Is Untrue
By: Daniel Nayeri
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more
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"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"I won't tell you about her yet, because sometimes love has to be kept secret. If other people find out, they will attack it."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, "Yes. That is a thing you're looking at. You haven't lied to yourself."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
18. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
By: Justin Whitmel Earley
4.61
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond t… read more
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- nonfiction
19. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality
By: Emily Morrow
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more
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20. Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow
By: Jamie Erickson
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were made to give life—and they can do that right in their own homes. Hygge [HYOO-guh] ha… read more
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- nonfiction
"I’m caring enough about me to enjoy the simple pleasures I’ve planned for during this dark season so I can approach my days with a sense of abundance rather than scarcity."-Jamie Erickson, Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow
21. Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future
By: Ginny Yurich
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
It may shock you to learn that we spend an average of 4-7 minutes outside each day--while we spend … read more
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22. Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2024: Foreword by Justin Welby
By: Selina Stone
4.07
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
'Wonderful'JUSTIN WELBY 'Tarry Awhile... is one of the most profound and beautifully written Lent … read more
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23. Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
By: Helen Czerski
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski’s lively, entertaining, and informed introduction to the world o… read more
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"Nothing that is in equilibrium can be alive."-Helen Czerski, Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
24. When We Had Wings
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.18
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses station… read more
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25. The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line (Feminist History Book for Adults)
By: Mari K. Eder
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Radium Girls and history and WWII buffs, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you in… read more
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26. The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs
By: Peter Wohlleben
3.44
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES, PETER WOHLLEBEN, INVITES US TO RECONNECT WITH NATUR… read more
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27. Offering Ourselves: A Lenten Journey with Charlotte Mason
By: Anne E. White
4.46
Format: 120 pages, Kindle Edition
Charlotte Mason said that we are born persons, and education is the science of relations. Her fourt… read more
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28. In the Bleak Midwinter: Advent and Christmas with Christina Rossetti
By: Rachel Mann
3.76
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Framed by her most famous poems, ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ and ‘Love Came Down at Christmas’, this d… read more
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- religion
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- christmas
29. Honest, Simple Souls: An Advent Meditation with Charlotte Mason
By: Anne E. White
4.68
Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition
In the church year, the long season of post-Pentecost, post-everything-else is drawing to a close. … read more
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30. Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing
By: Gayle Boss
4.37
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Pangolins and polar bears, olms, lemurs, and leopards. We share this beautiful blue-green globe wit… read more
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31. Mind to Mind: An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education
By: Charlotte M. Mason
4.60
Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition
This is Charlotte Mason as you have not seen her before: Mind to Mind is her well-seasoned final wo… read more
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