Valerie Woerner

Book itself is in excellent physical condition, but there is neat underlining throughout. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

Finally Let Go of the Things Holding You Back from Your Most Important Conversation

Valerie Woerner, author and creator of purposeful journals designed to transform your prayer life, teaches that we don't have to limp through our prayer lives carrying the weights of every distraction. We can learn to pray boldly to the God of the universe who is beckoning us to come sit with him, share our needs and our hearts, and simply know him.

Pray Confidently and Consistently

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Sun-tzu

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Art of War is composed of only about 6,000 Chinese characters, it is considered by many to be the greatest book on strategy and strategic thinking ever written. . 350F PROFESSIONAL READING LIST.

The Art of War

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Anne Bogel

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

For so many people, reading isn't just a hobby or a way to pass the time--it's a lifestyle. Our books shape us, define us, enchant us, and even sometimes infuriate us. Our books are a part of who we are as people, and we can't imagine life without them. I'd Rather Be Reading is the perfect literary companion for everyone who feels that way. In this collection of charming and relatable reflections on the reading life, beloved blogger and author Anne Bogel leads readers to remember the book that first hooked them, the place where they first fell in love with reading, and all of the moments afterward that helped make them the reader they are today. Known as a reading tastemaker through her popular podcast What Should I Read Next?, Bogel invites book lovers into a community of like-minded people to discover new ways to approach literature, learn fascinating new things about books and publishing, and reflect on the role reading plays in their lives. The perfect gift for the bibliophile in everyone's life, I'd Rather Be Reading will command an honored place on the overstuffed bookshelves of any book lover.

I'd Rather Be Reading

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Lauren Casper

Discover the Hidden Power of Empathy

Author and blogger Lauren Casper shares the key to loving our neighbors well in today's world marked by fear and division: embracing the power of empathy. Christians are called to love our neighbors as ourselves, but we often don't know how, especially today. How do we love our neighbors when we're afraid of stepping on toes or don't know how to connect? Lauren Casper has found that the effective path to loving others is through the lost art of empathy. In Loving Well in a Broken World, Casper helps us tear down our pride and overcome our fear to choose empathy over apathy and judgement. Through storytelling and vulnerability, Casper empowers us to discover the surprising and beautiful places empathy might lead us. Whether in the pews, on twitter, in the hospital waiting room, around our dinner tables, or in the corners of our neighborhoods, discover how empathy can be our guide as we seek to love our neighbors well.

Loving Well in a Broken World

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Sharon Hodde Miller

Book is in excellent condition but there is neat underlining throughout. 

Why Life Is Better When It's Not about You

We live in a culture that's all about self, becoming the best "me" I can be instead of becoming like Jesus. This me-centered message affects every area of our lives--our friendships, our marriages, even our faith--and it breaks each one in different ways. The self-focused life robs our joy, shrinks our souls, and is the reason we never quite break free of insecurity. In this book, Sharon Hodde Miller invites us into a bigger, Jesus-centered vision--one that restores our freedom and inspires us to live for more. She helps readers - identify the secret source of insecurity - understand how self-focus sabotages seven areas of our lives - learn four practical steps for focusing on God and others - experience freedom from the burden of self-focus Anyone yearning for a purpose bigger than "project me" will cherish this paradigm-shifting message of true fulfillment.

Free of Me

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Rebecca McLaughlin

Four Questions Everyone Should Ask about the Resurrection Story

Explores the evidence for Jesus' resurrection and how that provides a rational basis for Christian beliefs.

Is Easter Unbelievable?

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Jen Wilkin

Matt Chandler

How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds

This best-selling book offers practical guidance and helpful tips for women who want to go deeper in their study of the Bible and learn how to teach others to do the same.

Women of the Word

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Jemar Tisby

The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism

The Color of Compromise reveals the chilling connection between the church and racism throughout American history. A survey of the ways Christians of the past have reinforced theories of racial superiority and inferiority provides motivation for a series of bold actions believers must take to forge a future of equity and justice.

Color of Compromise

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Andi Andrew

Learning the Truth about the Lies That Hold You Captive

We say we're free in Christ, but many of us are still living in captivity--to fear, anger, shame, isolation, unforgiveness, and control. We're good at faking it around others, but we're exhausted by the ruse. Andi Andrew wants women to break free of their self-imposed prisons and live the lives that are rightly theirs in Christ. Sharing her own intentional journey of finding true freedom by surrendering control of her heart and life to the God who welcomed her with open arms, Andrew encourages women to give their pain and brokenness to Jesus. She shows them how to purposefully take captive the lies they have believed and replace them with God's truth. Compassionate and biblically based, She Is Free is an invitation to women to step fully into the love that sets them free.

She Is Free

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Chrystan Ferrell

Today's Christian culture is confusing to say the least. With so much noise, it's hard to know what is true and what is not. How can a woman who loves Jesus discern the truth when surrounded by so many differing voices?Sister, Walk in Truth helps you identify the lies that permeate today's pop-culture Christianity and apply God's Word to your life in a relevant and easy-to-implement way. Sister, you will walk away more equipped than ever to take God's Word and apply it to the mistruths presented from pulpits and platforms across our nation. As you read this book, you'll be able to apply God's truth-- not the world's truth, not someone else's truth but-- God's truth about who you are as His daughter and what you are called to in loving God, loving others and loving ourselves. So, sister, have a seat at our table and let's walk in truth together.

Sister Walk in Truth

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Ashley Morgan Jackson

Book is in excellent condition, but there are about ten sentences underlined neatly throughout.

How to Hold on to God When You're Frustrated, Fed up, and Feeling Forgotten

What if that hard thing you're going through is not happening to you but for you? You've tried it all--saying the right words and prayers, reading the right Bible verses--but nothing seems to work. What do you do when your faith doesn't seem to be "working" anymore? Ashley Morgan Jackson is no stranger to this kind of spiritual exhaustion and discouragement. Much like the biblical character Jacob, Ashley wrestled with God, trying desperately to keep trusting Him despite her pain. It was here she found that sometimes God requires us to hold on to Him so we can let go of everything holding us back. Rich with biblical encouragement, personal story, and practical application, Tired of Trying is an invitation to wrestle--and face God in your greatest fears, pains, and unanswered questions. You'll learn to: break out of the cycle of frustration by saying yes to wrestling; identify the lies you are believing about God, yourself, and your circumstances and replace them with truth; shift your perspective so you can choose faith, persevere, and discover God's purpose for you. Choosing to wrestle isn't easy or quick--but it does have purpose. What seemingly tears us down may be an opportunity to grow. God is good at redeeming heartache. When we reach the place where the only choice is to run to God or run from Him, we can hold tight . . . because transformation and blessing will come.

Tired of Trying

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Ann Swindell

Jess Connolly

Hope for When God Doesnâe(tm)t Give You What You Want

What if God wants you to wait?Most of us know what it's like to wait for God to change our circumstances. But, whether we're waiting for physical healing, emotional breakthrough, or better relationships, waiting is something we usually try to avoid. Why? Because waiting is painful and hard. The truth is, it's also inevitable.In Still Waiting, Ann Swindell explores the depths of why God wants us to wait by chronicling her own compelling story of waiting for healing from an incurable condition. She offers a vibrant retelling of the biblical account of the Bleeding Woman that parallels her story--and yours, too.Let Ann help you see the promise that is hidden in the ache of waiting and the hope of what God can--and will--do as you wait on him.

Still Waiting

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Elizabeth George

Change Your Priorities to Change Your Life and Your Home

You will experience peace, order, and joy when you follow God's guidelines for every area of your life, and best of all, you will become a woman after His heart!

Elizabeth George shares God's Word and woman-to-woman practical wisdom on how you can pursue God's priorities by...

 * putting God first in your day, your heart, and your life
 * improving your relationships with family and friends
 * building a strong bond with your husband
 * raising your children to follow Jesus and make right choices
 * growing in your service to others

As you embrace God's plans for you, you will find real purpose in a life of prayer and practicing God's priorities as you become A Woman After God's Own Heart®.

A Woman after God's Own Heart

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Lydia Brownback

Trusting God When Suffering Comes

In this 10-week Bible study for women, Lydia Brownback presents an in-depth, exegetical look at the book of Job, helping readers explore topics including faith, doubt, and God's sovereignty in a suffering world.

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Celeste Ng

The #1 New York Times bestseller! Now a Hulu original series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. “I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting.” —Jodi Picoult “To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears.” —Reese Witherspoon “Extraordinary . . . books like Little Fires Everywhere don't come along often.” —John Green From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more... Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more.

Little Fires Everywhere

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C. F. Keil

Franz Delitzsch

Why We Love to Be Liked and How God Calls Us to More

God never called us to be nice.

What happens when we replace courage with compromise?
What happens when we replace honesty with likability?
What happens when we replace conviction with clich s?
What happens when we replace discipleship to Christ with a devotion to nice?

We live in a culture that prizes niceness as one of its highest virtues. Niceness keeps the peace, wins friends, gains influence, and serves our reputations well, but it also takes the teeth out of our witness and the power out of our faith. When we choose to be nice instead of faithful, we bear fruits that are bland, bitter, empty, and rotten to the core.

In this life-changing book, Sharon Hodde Miller explores the seemingly innocent idol that has crept into our faith and quietly corrupted it, producing the bad fruits of cowardice, inauthenticity, shallowness, and more. Then she challenges readers to cultivate a better tree, providing practical steps to reclaim our credibility as followers of Christ, and bear better, richer, more life-giving fruits.

Nice

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Scarlet Hiltibidal

Tornadoes, Cancer, Adoption, and Other Stuff You Need the Gospel For

What does the gospel say about your fears? What does it say about the irrational ones, like sinkholes in the Target parking lot? How does it speak to the rational ones, like pet scan predictions? And does the gospel have a word for the fears you feel you'll have for life, like the possibility of losing the one you love most? Growing up in the green room of SNL, being born to a fire-eater and adopted by a SWAT cop, having internal organs explode, and adopting a deaf girl from China, Scarlet Hiltibidal has been given some strange life experiences--and lived in fear through most of them. But life changed for Scarlet when she learned to hold the gospel up to her fears. She realized that though she can't fix herself or protect herself, Jesus walked into this broken, sad, scary place to rescue, love, and cast out her--and your--fear. Seeing life in light of the cross will help you avoid fear, overcome fear when you can't avoid it, and live beyond fear when you don't overcome it. You don't have to be afraid of all the things.

Afraid of All the Things

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Patricia Washburn

A Feline's Guide to Living the Pampered Life You Deserve

Expert self-care tips from the feline authorities on napping as an art form, looking good at all times, keeping your cool, and knowing when to just chill out—cats! Need to up your self-care game? Let your cat be your guru with this funny and entertaining guide. In Self-Care for Cats (And Their Humans), see how stretching every time you get up from the couch, meowing for help when you need it, maintaining balance on the great windowsill of life, taking time to play when the spirit moves you—and not being afraid to act like a kitten—er, child—and more can help you embrace the luxurious lifestyle of a cat—and that’s a great thing! With Self-Care for Cats (And Their Humans), you’ll feel more relaxed, have more fun, and pawsitively improve the quality of your naps in no time!

Self-Care for Cats (and Their Humans)

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Willard F. Jr. Harley

Building an Affair-Proof Marriage

Describes the ten things men and women look for in marriage, explains why their needs differ, and tells how to avoid the problems which can break up a marriage.

His Needs, Her Needs

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Paula Hawkins

A Novel

The #1 New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Book of the Year, soon to be a major motion picture starring Emily Blunt. The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. "Nothing is more addicting than The Girl on the Train."--Vanity Fair "The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl. . . . [It] is liable to draw a large, bedazzled readership."--The New York Times "Marries movie noir with novelistic trickery. . . hang on tight. You'll be surprised by what horrors lurk around the bend."--USA Today "Like its train, the story blasts through the stagnation of these lives in suburban London and the reader cannot help but turn pages."--The Boston Globe "Gone Girl fans will devour this psychological thriller."--People EVERY DAY THE SAME Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She's even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life--as she sees it--is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. UNTIL TODAY And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel goes to the police. But is she really as unreliable as they say? Soon she is deeply entangled not only in the investigation but in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good?

The Girl on the Train

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Delia Owens

In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a heartbreaking coming of age story and a surprising murder investigation. Thought-provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owens's debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

Where the Crawdads Sing

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Lisa Bevere

Maintaining Your Passion Without Losing Your Cool





New York Times best-selling author Lisa Bevere encourages women to stop hurting the ones they love, to learn to say things so they'll be heard, to get rid of bitterness, and to find forgiveness for themselves.

Conflict - it's unavoidable. Therefore, each of us must learn to manage it successfully. But what if we can't What if anger has us out of control and out of hand You're passionate and losing your cool. Or perhaps worse - you're depressed and wrought with fear because you've turned the destructive force of rage on yourself.

Anger controlled Lisa for years, exacting a devastating toll upon her life and relationships. Desperate, Lisa cried out to God . . . and found help. If you, too, are at a turning point - longing for change yet stuck in a whirlwind of fury and rage - Be Angry, But Don't Blow It will help you regain control. Sharing all she has learned about handling this powerful emotion, Lisa discusses how you can:

 * Learn to say things so you'll be heard
 * Move beyond mere apologies into genuine confession
 * Yank the defiling root of bitterness
 * Find forgiveness and release for yourself

This book interweaves powerful scriptural truths with practical, personal examples and prayer. Readers will learn to channel passionate emotions constructively. Anger is not wrong, it is how we express it and how far we take it that determines the outcome. For those really ready to be honest and get free, this book will light the way. Be Angry, But Don't Blow It also includes a three-week program to help move you from destructive to constructive anger and recapture the healthy passion God wants you to have.

Be Angry, but Don't Blow It

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LaTasha Morrison

Daniel Hill

Jennie Allen

Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation

A leading advocate for racial reconciliation offers a clarion call for Christians to move toward relationship and deeper understanding in the midst of a divisive culture. With racial tensions as high within the church as outside the church, it is time for Christians to become the leaders in the conversation on racial reconciliation. This power-packed guide helps readers deepen their understanding of historical factors and present realities, equipping them to participate in the ongoing dialogue and to serve as catalysts for righteousness, justice, healing, transformation, and reconciliation.

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Free of Me

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Is Easter Unbelievable?

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Women of the Word

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Color of Compromise

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She Is Free

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