AND A PAST SHE NEVER KNEW.From far-off Tibet to England's rich countryside, this marvelously enchanting novel unfolds the incredible saga of a beautiful, young half-caste whose strange destiny pulls her into a world of love and terror--a worlds a mysterious power moves slowly toward her, threatening her sanity...and her life.

    A cross between Fielding´s Tom Jones and the story of Moses, Refiner´s Fire is a great and colorful adventure that ends in a crucible of battle, suffering, and death, from which Marshall Pearl rises purely by the grace of God. Addressing the holy and the profane, but never heavy handedly, it is not so much a meditation on the fate of the Jews after the Holocaust, the rise of Israel, and the spirit of America, as it is an elegy and a song in which the powers of life and regeneration are shown to gorgeous effect.

    There are only two days left to unmask the real villain - a terrifying psychopath who has killed before and has unfinished business with his victim's family.

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    With a superb performance by Martin Shaw, this first installment of three volumes will thrill and delight Tolkien fans of all ages, and listeners will treasure this extraordinary presentation for years to come.

    But it is an extraodinary week, filled with the poetry of living, the sweetness of expectation, and the glory of surprise that can change a life forever....

    The author weaves a tenderly perceptive, intensely personal tale as seen through the eyes of Martha - sister to Lazarus and Mary, friend to Jesus. The story line runs from Martha's childhood, through the baptism of Jesus, right up to His final ascension after the crucifixion. Experience for yourself the hopes, the doubts, and the sheer amazement that were being expressed throughout Israel about the carpenter from Nazareth.

    Called Draperville for purposes of anonymity, the setting of the stories is in fact Lincoln, Illinois. The stories are: "The Trojan Women," "What Every Boy Should Know," "A Final Report," and "The Value of Money."CONTENTS: Over By the River.--The Trojan Women.--The Pilgrimage.--The Patterns of Love.--What Every Boy Should Know.--The French Scarecrow.--Young Francis Whitehead.--A Final Report.--Haller's Second Home.--The Gardens of Mont-Saint-Michel.--The Value of Money.--The Thistles in Sweden.

    The Life-story And Teaching Of The Greatest Poet-Saint Ever To Appear In The History Of Buddhism.

    

    A bold young American heiress, a bitter British ex-air ace, his aristocratic German former flying foe...Put them in the year 1920.Give them three vintage World War I fighters.And you have what sheer juicy reading pleasure is all about -- High Road to China.