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Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel

by Alexandre Christoyannopoulos (Goodreads Author)

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The Beekeeper of Aleppo

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The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life

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Mary Ellen’s Quotes

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do.”
― Helen Keller

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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

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Bible Readers - Thru the Bible in a Year — 86 members — last activity Feb 04, 2017 06:32PM
We want to read the Bible in a year. This group has been created to encourage each other to read it. Everybody is welcome here.

Willing To Review Christian Group — 710 members — last activity May 31, 2026 09:57AM
This is a group of Christians or people who are willing to review books from authors or writers from many different genres of Christian literature (MA This is a group of Christians or people who are willing to review books from authors or writers from many different genres of Christian literature (MAINLY, NEW AUTHORS AND STRUGGLING AUTHORS WHO NEED EXPOSURE ) If you are willing to review a book for a struggling or up and coming author please join the group. “AUTHORS” post your work on the book shelf, (Please don’t post any books, unless you are the author of that book) and want a review done of your work “AND” you are willing to send the willing reviewer a free copy of your book to be reviewed. After you post your book, leave a comment in the discussion board with info about yourself, so that the willing reviewer who has interest in reviewing your book can contact you, letting you know that they are interested and willing to review your book……. "WILLING" reviewers, please place your review here on Goodreads . “AUTHORS” Don’t worry if you get more than one person willing to review your work; that's a plus! The more exposure you get the better for your book, especially if you get good reviews. This will be up to you “the author” about how many reviewers you decide to send your book to. This is good for reviewers too; they can get overloaded with books and the work becomes tedious, so this way even a reviewer can limit how many books they are willing to review. I encourage authors and reviewers to join this group, because there are authors who also review. “AUTHORS” UNFORTUNATELY, even though you place your book on the bookshelf and post info about your book in the discussion board, does not guarantee you will get someone to review your work; all you can do is display your works here, and ask if anyone is willing to review your book. Every so often, I will send out a message to all the members, informing them of authors who are interested in a book review, so potential reviewers can look on the bookshelf and in the discussion board, to see if there are any books that they are willing to review. Let’s have fun! Thank You and God Bless. ...more

Kindle Lending — 248 members — last activity Mar 06, 2025 10:47AM
A place for Amazon Kindle and Kindle App users to lend and borrow books from all genres using the Amazon Kindle Lending feature. Piracy will NOT be to ...more

Biblical Fiction — 45 members — last activity Aug 09, 2012 11:49AM
The extreme of Historical Fiction, A growing genre, Biblical Fiction is still searching for its niche, as it brings the the most famous Book ever, and ...more