Tom Newman
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Cycle Road Racing provides a practical and instructional guide for those entering into cycle road racing, and those improving their performance. It covers the latest developments in racing and cycle technology, and guides the reader through all stages of racing, from setting up the bike correctly to race day itself.
The book includes material on: Clothing, equipment and setting up your bike; Training, including the use of turbo training in winter...
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This book is a complete guide to billiards, being a comprehensive handbook on every aspect of the game. With simple instructions and a wealth of invaluable tips, this book will be of utility to any level of player with an interest in improving their game. "How To Play Billiards" constitutes a timeless educational resource, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "An Indispensable Preliminary", "Swinging...
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Nate Saint is a pilot and Christian missionary who, with his family, lives and works in the jungles of the Amazon River Basin in South America. Nate is fascinated by tales he's heard of the Waodani, a violent and aggressive tribe living nearby, and with a group of fellow Christians takes it upon himself to teach them the importance of compassion and forgiveness. However, the leader of the Waodanis, Mincayani, does not trust the white visitors, and...
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"Deep in the heart of the English countryside lays the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every twenty-five years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end. When David Richmond, a progressive young minister from London arrives in Gladbury, the villagers discover...
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God Came Near volume 3
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In this parable shared by Jesus in Luke 10, a traveler falls among thieves and is left half dead. While others pass him by, a Samaritan and known Jewish enemy saves the man from certain death by caring for him. "Go and do thou likewise," Christ urges.
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God Came Near volume 4
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After giving Abraham a promise of endless blessings, God gives the prophet a great test to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. This event from Genesis 22 is known by many throughout the world as the "Akedah," the Hebrew word for binding.
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God Came Near volume 6
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The Bible only mentions Mary and Martha three times, including the raising of their brother Lazarus (John 11), Mary anointing the feet of Jesus (John 12:1–8), and "choosing that good part" (Luke 10:38–42), but each incident is fundamental in Christ's ministry and teaching.
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God Came Near volume 1
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A man blind from birth is miraculously healed by Jesus Christ in this tale based on John 9. With his sight restored, the man not only sees his healer, but also his divinity, while others, despite their perfectly good eyesight, cannot see Jesus for who He really is.
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God Came Near volume 5
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After three years of famine, a faithful widow and her young son are down to their last "handful of meal . . . and a little oil," when the prophet Elijah approaches her, imploring, "Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand." Experience the widow's trial of faith as told in 1 Kings.