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“Israel Served the Lord”: The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel

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Psst . . . I've Started Writing Fan Fiction

I have a little secret to share with all you lucky followers of my author page (i.e., all zero of you . . .), or with any Goodreads friends who might be listening. I've published my first fanfiction story, "All in a Day's Work," and it's been quite well-received: http://archiveofourown.org/works/1059...

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The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb

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Outlaw Tales of Kansas: True Stories Of The Sunflower State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats

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Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World

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Rachel and 38 other people liked Caroline's review of Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense: "Yet another book on my wobbly journey to discover if some sort of faith or spiritual practise could be part of my life. This book is like sitting in a washing machine, with the temperature at very hot and the rotations set to breakneck speed. Spufford" Read more of this review »
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“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

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