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Women of Pinecraft volume 1
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Hester Detlef, local Mennonite volunteer coordinator for disaster relief In Pincraft, Florida, defied the Old Order Mennonite tradition of limited education to get her college degree. Still single, Hester is well aware that her father has attempted to match her with Samuel Longbecker. but she has no feelings for the carpenter or for any other man. When a devastating hurricane roars across the barrier islands just off the Gulf coast of Florida, John...
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Walnut Creek volume 4.5
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Two years have passed since their friend Andy's death, and the Eight is still struggling to cope with their loss. In an attempt to give the group some time to reconnect with one another, remember their friend, and reflect on the last two years, Marie decides that a relaxing couple's getaway is just what they need before the craziness of the holiday season begins. When their large cabin in the woods turns out to be more rundown than rustic, though,...
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Harmony trilogy (Nancy Mehl) volume 2
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Gracie had hoped to make Harmony her home and explore romance with Sam, but when a developer moves in and hires her as graphic designer, the town's outrage may send her back to the city. Can she help the town fight the development of tourism while avoiding being framed for arson?--Publisher description.
64) Leah's Choice
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Leah Yoder dreams of marrying an Old Order Amish man and raising children in the peaceful Delaware community. But when Mennonite missionary Daniel Brown arrives to share his story, Leah is fascinated by him. She spends time with Daniel in a forbidden courtship to learn how she truly feels about him. Before long, Leah has a choice to make. Should she stay with her community ... or leave with the man she believes God has placed in her life's path?
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In a quiet town with a thriving Mennonite community, police officer Ashley Walters finds her threadbare faith and way of life challenged by the Plain people whose simple dress and welcoming manner open her eyes to a God she left behind. Peace eludes Ashley until she realizes the answers she seeks aren't found in starting over but in returning to the simple truth that it's God who overcomes the world, not her.
66) Bygones
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"Twenty-three years ago, Marie Koeppler left her Old Order Mennonite family and faith to begin an exciting new life with Jep Quinn. But her husband's early death cut her dreams short. Widowed and alone, Marie makes just enough to survive and raise her daughter, Beth, in the outside world. Ensnared by life's rhythms, Marie has but a faint memory of her former life in Sommerfield, Kansas. That is, until ex-beau Henry Braun suddenly shows up, bearing...
67) Redeeming Grace
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With nowhere to turn, penniless widow Grace Yoder travels with her young son to the Amish community of Seven Poplars, hoping to reunite with the Plain father she never knew, and become part of the community. Though her father is deceased, his new family still welcomes her. But when handsome family friend and Mennonite John Hartman offers her a job in his veterinarian office, Grace discovers a beautiful bridge between the two worlds. And prays John...
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Amish memories volume 2
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"After the death of her parents, Mennonite Brenna Zimmerman relocates to the Lancaster County farm of her Old Order Amish grandparents. There, she befriends Rylan Sanders, a disabled veteran, and commits to rising above her own grief to help him as much as she can. But when things take a turn for the worse, Brenna finds herself at a loss for what to do. As Brenna struggles, her Mennonite friend Johann Mazur, a soldier in the Ukrainian Army, encourages...
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A historical tapestry of border-crossing travelers, of students, wanderers, martyrs and invaders, The White Mosque is a memoiristic, prismatic record of a journey through Uzbekistan and of the strange shifts, encounters, and accidents that combine to create an identity. In the late nineteenth century, a group of German-speaking Mennonites traveled from Russia into Central Asia, where their charismatic leader predicted Christ would return. Over a century...
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"The annual Billy Goat Gruff Festival is the undisputed highlight of Hernia's social calendar. But when Magdalena Yoder, village mayor and owner of the PennDutch Inn, had the brainwave four years ago, little did she realize that it would soon attract visitors from far and wide - even Australia, as the unexpected arrival of Gabe's long-lost cousin, Miriam, at the inn confirms. Unfortunately, the shock of Miriam's one-legged appearance is soon usurped...
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Suzanne Zimmerman was only seventeen and pregnant when her shamed mother quietly sent her away from their Old Order Mennonite community in Kansas. With her old home, family, and first love firmly behind her, Suzanne moved to Indiana, became a nurse, and raised a daughter, Alexa, on her own. Now, nearly twenty years later, an unexpected letter arrives from Kansas. Her brother asks her to bring her nursing abilities home and care for their ailing mother....
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People's Place booklet volume no. 3
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Accessible in style, Plain Buggies presents the most complete work on the transportation modes of the "plain people" published to date. Includes details on prices, styles, laws, stories. Why do 100,000 persons in North America refuse to drive cars for religious reasons? What are the main styles among the 90-some variations of their vehicles? What does a horse's face tell you about its personality? What about accidents, the law, and harassment? How...
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Katie Raber's journey of discovery continues after her mamm's marriage to Jesse Mast. His oldest daughter's refusal to accept Katie creates conflict at home. Then Ben Stoll, the most popular boy in the community, begins to attend the Mennonite youth gatherings. Katie is overjoyed at the attention Ben pays her. And when given an opportunity to travel with the group to Europe to explore the roots of the faith, she feels blessed. While in Europe, Katie...
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It wasn't easy to move back to the Old Order Mennonite community from which quiet, responsible Suzanne Zimmerman was shamefully sent away as a pregnant teen. Returning twenty years later to take care of her mother, Suzanne and Alexa -- the daughter she raised as her own -- have spent months rebuilding relationships with her family. Now with the upcoming wedding of their biological daughter, Suzanne and Paul find themselves drawn to one another once...
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"A funny and whip-smart memoir about a feisty young woman's quest for independence in an isolated Mennonite community. Carla Funk is a teenager with her hands on the church piano keys and her feet edging ever closer to the flames. Coming of age in a remote and forested valley--a place rich in Mennonites, loggers, and dutiful wives who submit to their husbands--she knows her destiny is to marry, have babies, and join the church ladies' sewing circle....
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