The Amish Quiltmaker S Uninvited Guest

Author : Jennifer Beckstrand
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781420156133

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The Amish Quiltmaker's Uninvited Guest by Jennifer Beckstrand Pdf

The beloved bestselling inspirational romance author continues her uplifting Amish Quiltmakers series set in Colorado. Will appeal to readers of Amish and inspirational romance and fans of Charlotte Hubbard, Amy Lillard, and Emma Miller. Esther’s distant cousin, widower Menno Eicher, needs to be hard-headed and practical. Swamped by family and farm responsibilities, he must find the perfect wife as quickly as possible, so he’s shown up in Colorado—with “finding a wife” on his To-Do list! Esther’s community has many women who could match his ever-growing requirements. Yet after a chance meeting, Menno keeps coming back to baker Joanna Yoder. Hard-working, honest, and forthright, she’s distracting Menno from his search, opening his heart—but refuses to believe he’s falling hopelessly in love with her . . . Happily busy inventing and selling delicious desserts, Joanna has no time for someone as ridiculously exacting as Menno. After all, what sort of man thinks choosing a wife is like picking a pie at the general store? But once she sees the surprisingly kind heart, doting father, and understanding man beneath his hard-to-please ways, she has second thoughts. With faith and genuine love, might the few things they have in common overcome the differences between them—and prove precious enough to risk a future together?

Author : Jennifer Beckstrand
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781420152029

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The Amish Quiltmaker's Unruly In-Law by Jennifer Beckstrand Pdf

Moving to a new Amish settlement in small-town Colorado was a brave new start for independent-minded quiltmaker Esther Kiem. But helping her reckless relative will really put her special matchmaking skills to the test . . . Mischievous and rebellious, young Ben Kiem is making the wrong kind of name for himself throughout the town of Byler. And even though his sister-in-law, Esther, somehow coaxes him into keeping company with sensible Linda Eicher, Ben can’t see anything they have in common. Or that he could ever be good enough for someone like her. But Linda’s down-to-earth nature and unexpected understanding have Ben trying his best to be better, no matter how challenging . . . Linda couldn’t be more surprised when Ben turns out to be caring and helpful, despite his rowdy pranks and bad-news friends. And falling in love with him suddenly seems just right. But when a heartbreaking misunderstanding comes between them, both she and Ben must risk enough to trust, stitch the pieces back together—and dare a forever precious happiness. Praise for Jennifer Beckstrand and Abraham “This is an endearing romance that fans of Wanda Brunstetter will love.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Jennifer Beckstrand
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781420152005

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The Amish Quiltmaker's Unexpected Baby by Jennifer Beckstrand Pdf

In the first in an engaging new series, an Amish quiltmaker moves from Pennsylvania to a new settlement in Colorado, where adventure, challenges, and love are waiting . . . Esther Zook is starting over after her father’s death, piecing together a new life with as much care as she puts into her intricate quilts. When her wayward sister abandons her baby, it throws all those plans for a fresh start asunder. Esther had accepted her status as an old maid—but a mother? And a single one, at that? Not that she hasn’t noticed Levi Kiem, the eligible young man who’s making repairs in her house. Yet he surely has no interest in Esther as anything other than a friend . . . It’s true that Levi has plenty of marriage prospects. His dat has even offered to send him to Ohio to find a wife. Yet the more time he spends with Esther, the more intrigued he becomes. Feisty and independent, she’s nothing like the wife he once imagined for himself. Yet just as a quilt is crafted from contrasting cloth, they might find that together, they can create a family to cherish . . . Praise for Jennifer Beckstrand and Abraham “This is an endearing romance that fans of Wanda Brunstetter will love.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Janneken Smucker
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781421410531

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Amish Quilts by Janneken Smucker Pdf

By thoroughly examining all of these aspects, Amish Quilts is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of these beautiful works.--Roderick Kiracofe, author of The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort, 1750-1950 "Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies"

Author : Jodi Thomas
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781420151398

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Sunday at the Sunflower Inn by Jodi Thomas Pdf

Readers have fallen in love with Jodi Thomas’s Honey Creek series, featuring an “inviting setting and quirky, good-hearted characters” (Publishers Weekly). With tender romance, adventure, and a touch of mystery, Sunday at the Sunflower Inn is comfort reading at its best, bringing together a cast of endearing locals in intertwined stories perfect for fans of Robyn Carr, Susan Mallery, Susan Wiggs, and Debbie Macomber. Jessica Ann MacKenzie—“Jam” to everyone in Honey Creek—has fulfilled her dream of owning the best restaurant for miles around. Serving romantic candlelit dinners on Valentine’s Day is a reminder of another dream, one she’s just about given up on. Until, that very night, Sergeant Tucson Smith clambers out of the muddy river and onto her land, bringing the promise of something they’ve both been searching for. When McCoy Mason crashes on Interstate 45, he doesn’t just bust up his Mustang, his leg, and his relationship. He also loses his prospects of a job and apartment in Houston. Honey Creek, home to his estranged grandfather, offers a temporary respite. After all, what permanent use could a town so picture-perfect have for a man like him? At sixty-seven, Charles H. Winston III lives by order and routine. One of his cherished rituals is a regular lunch date with three lovely ladies at the Honey Creek Café, including the very proper Miss Lilly Lambert. But it’s not too late to surprise the whole town—or himself—by seizing a chance for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. And there’s no better season than spring, a time of renewed hope and second chances . . .

Author : Jennifer Beckstrand
Publisher : Zebra
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781420152036

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The Amish Quiltmaker's Unconventional Niece by Jennifer Beckstrand Pdf

"Mattie Zook always stands up for what's right--which is why she's been exiled from her Pennsylvania Dutch home to her aunt Esther's farm. Outraged at a local discrimination against the Amish, she's using her rumschpringe to run for town council. Esther can only hope that sensible local farmer Freeman Sensenig will help Mattie--and keep her from going too far. But Mattie is soon finding her new campaign manager all too appealing..."--

Author : Jennifer Beckstrand
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781420133578

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Huckleberry Hill by Jennifer Beckstrand Pdf

When an older Amish couple starts playing matchmaker, their Wisconsin community sees sparks of new love in this heartwarming romance series debut. With their thirteen children grown, Anna and Felty Helmuth are ready for their next adventure: matchmaking. What could be more fun than igniting love when it's right—and undoing mismatches when they're wrong? They're ready to turn Huckleberry Hill into the most romantic spot in Wisconsin . . . Lia Shetler is too tall and sturdy to ever be marriageable—so says her overbearing dat. Instead, she's helping her pretty, spoiled sister Rachel secure the perfect husband—the Helmuths' grandson, Moses Zimmerman. But the more Lia sees of Moses' gently teasing ways and quiet understanding, the more she wishes he could be hers alone . . . Moses knew his grandparents couldn't resist trying to find him a wife. But he can't deny his feelings for graceful, sensible Lia—a woman tall enough to look him in the eye, and honest enough to make him question a promise holding him to his past. With courage, faith, and a matchmaking miracle they just might be on the road to a lifetime of happiness.

Author : John Paul Lederach
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199747580

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The Moral Imagination by John Paul Lederach Pdf

Originally published in hardcover in 2005.

Author : Bill Lubanovic
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781492051329

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Introducing Python by Bill Lubanovic Pdf

Easy to understand and fun to read, this updated edition of Introducing Python is ideal for beginning programmers as well as those new to the language. Author Bill Lubanovic takes you from the basics to more involved and varied topics, mixing tutorials with cookbook-style code recipes to explain concepts in Python 3. End-of-chapter exercises help you practice what you’ve learned. You’ll gain a strong foundation in the language, including best practices for testing, debugging, code reuse, and other development tips. This book also shows you how to use Python for applications in business, science, and the arts, using various Python tools and open source packages.

Author : Linda Byler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781680991178

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Mary's Christmas Goodbye by Linda Byler Pdf

Mary Stoltzfus is thirty years old, splashed with freckles, and unmarried. In her Amish world, that qualifies her to be called an old maid. She is living her quiet schoolteacher life in the Lancaster County Amish community when she gets a surprising invitation in the mail one day. Would she come to Montana to teach? Of course not, she decides, fully at home in eastern Pennsylvania, where she can go out to eat in dozens of restaurants, do her laundry in a newfangled washer that’s powered by compressed air, and hire a driver if she wants to go farther than her horse and buggy can comfortably take her. What is there to do in Montana, she sniffs. But soon she becomes annoyed by the cracks in the floor of her one-room schoolhouse, the noise of the nearby road, and the two eighth-grade boys who try to make toilet paper cigarettes and nearly burn down the privy. Before long, Mary is on Amtrak, “just to take care of her curiosity,” she explains to her mother. She arrives at a desolate station and meets Arthur Bontrager, who had signed the invitation and has come to introduce her to Beaver Creek School, dirt roads, and the fancy shed where she would live. When she settles into this world of mountain ranges and pine-tree majesty, her old buried questions—about why no man had ever been her match—have come along to live with her. After she’s injured by wild dogs on her walk home from school, Mary faces new questions. Is she weak if she accepts a Bouvier des Flandres dog from Arthur’s friend? Who is the young woman in the photo at Arthur’s house? And why does she suddenly care? Does she really belong back in Lancaster? Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : William Albert Wilson,Jill Terry Rudy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015064754677

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The Marrow of Human Experience by William Albert Wilson,Jill Terry Rudy Pdf

Composed over several decades, the essays here are remarkably fresh and relevant. They offer instruction for the student just beginning the study of folklore as well as repeated value for the many established scholars who continue to wrestle with issues that Wilson has addressed. As his work has long offered insight on critical matters—nationalism, genre, belief, the relationship of folklore to other disciplines in the humanities and arts, the currency of legend, the significance of humor as a cultural expression, and so forth—so his recent writing, in its reflexive approach to narrative and storytelling, illuminates today’s paradigms. Its notable autobiographical dimension, long an element of Wilson’s work, employs family and local lore to draw conclusions of more universal significance. Another way to think of it is that newer folklorists are catching up with Wilson and what he has been about for some time. As a body, Wilson’s essays develop related topics and connected themes. This collection organizes them in three coherent parts. The first examines the importance of folklore—what it is and its value in various contexts. Part two, drawing especially on the experience of Finland, considers the role of folklore in national identity, including both how it helps define and sustain identity and the less savory ways it may be used for the sake of nationalistic ideology. Part three, based in large part on Wilson’s extensive work in Mormon folklore, which is the most important in that area since that of Austin and Alta Fife, looks at religious cultural expressions and outsider perceptions of them and, again, at how identity is shaped, by religious belief, experience, and participation; by the stories about them; and by the many other expressive parts of life encountered daily in a culture. Each essay is introduced by a well-known folklorist who discusses the influence of Wilson’s scholarship. These include Richard Bauman, Margaret Brady, Simon Bronner, Elliott Oring, Henry Glassie, David Hufford, Michael Owen Jones, and Beverly Stoeltje.

Author : Ricky Tims
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781607051633

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Ricky Tims' Kool Kaleidoscope Quilts by Ricky Tims Pdf

Learn Tims’ innovative techniques step-by-step to create a stunning kaleidoscope quilt of your own. • An inspirational gallery of 26 student quilts • Like snowflakes, each quilt you make with this technique will be unique • Includes easy steps to enlarge or reduce the size of your quilt Create a spectacular kaleidoscope quilt with Ricky's unique strip-piecing method for making a multi-faceted pattern. You'll see impressive and intricate results from simple sets of strips; it’s foolproof with little need for pre-planning. The beauty lies in the unpredictability of how the fabric unfolds—just like a real kaleidoscope!

Author : Howard Saul Becker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520043863

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Art Worlds by Howard Saul Becker Pdf

Author : Kate Lloyd
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493418930

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An Unexpected Christmas Gift by Kate Lloyd Pdf

Driving into a Lancaster County ditch during a near-blizzard is not where Maria Romano envisioned she'd end up on the day before Christmas Eve. But somehow she finds it fitting--after all, her life has been stuck and lonely for years, and the recent discovery that she was adopted makes her yearn for connection. So when a genealogy search leads her to a shop in Amish country, she can't help but visit in person, regardless of the weather. Despite a rough introduction, Maria is surprised by the warm and welcoming Amish family table she finds herself invited to on Christmas. But will the family's kindness be enough to help her find her place and the truth about her past? An Unexpected Christmas Gift is an endearing novella from Amish fiction author Kate Lloyd.

Author : Aurora Rose Reynolds
Publisher : Montlake Romance
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1542034833

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Risky by Aurora Rose Reynolds Pdf

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aurora Rose Reynolds comes a bittersweet romance about the risks and rewards of falling in love. Everly never expected to move back in with her parents, and she definitely didn't expect to do so as a single mother. But with the father of her son suddenly out of the picture, she's had to make some adjustments to her plans. Now Everly has one priority: to make a life for herself and her boy. And Blake, her sometimes infuriating but admittedly handsome employer at Live Life Adventures, doesn't factor into her future as anything more than her boss. But it seems the guy who's about as friendly as a grizzly bear has a soft spot for her and her son...and the more time she spends with him, the more difficult it is to remember why giving in to the chemistry between them is a bad idea. Now, with their future on the line, they'll have to decide if love is a risk worth taking.