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Written over the course of 40 years following a pivotal healing experience in 1867, Science and Health is the result of extensive Biblical study by Mary Baker Eddy. This woman, who discovered Christian Science in 1866 and felt inspired to write her book soon after, poses in her work an entirely metaphysical view of Christianity. Eddy conceives of sin, sickness, and death as not of God, and hence not real. She strives to assert that reaching for a...
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Though Mark Twain is best remembered as perhaps the quintessential American humor writer, he was also a keen observer and critic of cultural and social trends. In this vein, he undertook a book-length discussion and analysis of Christian Science and New Thought, both of which enjoyed immense popularity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. The controversial text was originally rejected by Twain's publisher, a gesture
...3) Poems
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Christian Science Pub. Society
Pub. Date
[1910]
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English
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The poems garnered up in this little volume were written at different periods in the life of the author, dating from her early girlhood up to recent years. They were not written with a view of making a book, each poem being the spontaneous outpouring of a deeply poetic nature and called forth by some experience that claimed her attention...
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14) The candlestone
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Living Ink Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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The Candlestone, book 2 in the Dragons in Our Midst series, is a contemporary fantasy novel, written for preteens and young adults. Along with a unique blend of fantasy and real life, it delivers action and inspiration through the adventures of two young teens, Billy Bannister and Bonnie Silver.
Billy and Bonnie wonder about a number of unsolved mysteries. What was the strange book that the dragon slayers used to summon a dragon? Where is the magnificent...
15) Circles of seven
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Living Ink Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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In Circles of Seven, book 3 in the Dragons in Our Midst series, Billy and Bonnie explore a multidimensional domain of evil using their dragon traits and the wisdom they gained through their earlier adventures. In this realm, they navigate seven perilous worlds, each one manifested in a circular plane of existence that leads them deeper into the domain of a powerful enemy.
The seventh circle holds a group of prisoners, captives of the evil mistress...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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In South Carolina, Jeru Lamb, 10, tries to make sense of a confusing world. Jeru's brother has been killed by a dog, his father has quit work to write a book, mother is pregnant against doctor's orders and a classmate says she is his half-sister.
