On Loving Josiah

On Loving Josiah
Author: Olivia Fane
Publisher: Arcadia Books
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2011-04-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1908129697

Josiah Horatio Nelson is born to unusual parents. Having met in a psychiatric hospital, they decide to bring up their child far away from the constraints of conventional society. But social services soon intervene to remove him from his idyllic home. Friendless, ostracised and bullied, Josiah is saved from despair when he meets his Latin tutor,Thomas Marius, with whom he soon forms an intense relationship. Marius takes him to Italy on an educational visit but returns to find he is suspected of child abuse...

Arm of the Sphinx

Arm of the Sphinx
Author: Josiah Bancroft
Publisher: Orbit
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2017-08-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316517976

Senlin continues his ascent up the tower in the word-of-mouth phenomenon fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world. "One of my favorite books of all time" -- Mark Lawrence on Senlin Ascends The Tower of Babel is proving to be as difficult to reenter as it was to break out of. Forced into a life of piracy, Senlin and his eclectic crew are struggling to survive aboard their stolen airship as the hunt to rescue Senlin's lost wife continues. Hopeless and desolate, they turn to a legend of the Tower, the mysterious Sphinx. But help from the Sphinx never comes cheaply, and as Senlin knows, debts aren't always what they seem in the Tower of Babel. Time is running out, and now Senlin must choose between his friends, his freedom, and his wife. Does anyone truly escape the Tower?

Loving Jesus More

Loving Jesus More
Author: Philip Graham Ryken
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2014-09-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433534118

Do you love Jesus more than your spouse? Your reputation? Your kids? Your health? Your job? Your money? As Christians, we're called to love Jesus more than anyone or anything else. But do we really do this? Emphasizing that God's love for us is the source of our love for him, Phil Ryken challenges us to take Jesus's words seriously and think carefully about where our affections truly lie.

Josiah and Julia Go to Church

Josiah and Julia Go to Church
Author: Kelly Ramke Lardin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN: 9781936270378

Josiah and Julia love to go to church. They love to venerate the icons, light candles, and eat the blessed bread. Sometimes they behave very well--but sometimes they make mistakes. Little ones can follow Josiah and Julia through the Liturgy and learn how even the youngest child can honor God by behaving properly in church.

Vampire Love Story

Vampire Love Story
Author: H. T. Night
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2018-07-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781983340772

Book #1 of the bestselling "Vampire Love Story" series! Out for a late-night jog, mixed martial artist, Josiah Reign, crosses paths with a group of drunken men assaulting a young woman. In a few short minutes, he takes care of her attackers...all five of them, in fact. Little does Josiah know that this one act of goodwill will introduce him to a strange new world of dreams...and nightmares. After all, the damsel in distress, Lena, is not who she seems, and her friends are the stuff of legends. Worse yet, Josiah finds himself falling in love with not one, but two of these deadly creatures of the night. Josiah will soon learn that befriending the undead has its consequences. And when he suffers a devastating loss that rocks his world, he will discover just who he really is... and what he's willing to fight for. Luckily, fighting is what Josiah does best.

The Fall of Babel

The Fall of Babel
Author: Josiah Bancroft
Publisher: Orbit
Total Pages: 743
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316518182

The incredible final book in the phenomenon fantasy series described as “future classics" follows one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world and the mysteries he uncovers along the way. (Los Angeles Times). "Josiah Bancroft is a magician. His books are that rare alchemy: gracefully written, deliriously imaginative, action packed, warm, witty, and thought provoking." —Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe As Marat's siege engine bores through the Tower, erupting inside ringdoms and leaving chaos in its wake, Senlin can do nothing but observe the mayhem from inside the belly of the beast. Caught in a charade, Senlin desperately tries to sabotage the rampaging Hod King, even as Marat's objective grows increasingly clear. The leader of the zealots is bound for the Sphinx's lair and the unimaginable power it contains. In the city under glass at the Tower's summit, Adam discovers a utopia where everyone inexplicably knows the details of his past. As Adam unravels the mystery of his fame, he soon discovers the crowning ringdom conceals a much darker secret. Aboard the State of Art, Edith and her crew adjust to the reality that Voleta has awoken from death changed. She seems to share more in common with the Red Hand now than her former self. While Edith wars for the soul of the young woman, a greater crisis looms: They will have to face Marat on unequal footing and with Senlin caught in the crossfire. And when the Bridge of Babel is finally opened, and the Brick Layer's true ambition revealed, neither they nor the Tower will ever be the same again. Also by Josiah Bancroft: The Books of Babel Senlin Ascends Arm of the Sphinx The Hod King The Fall of Babel

Senlin Ascends

Senlin Ascends
Author: Josiah Bancroft
Publisher: Orbit
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2017-08-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316517909

The first book in the word-of-mouth phenomenon debut fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world. "One of my favorite books of all time" -- Mark Lawrence The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of luxury and menace, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife, Marya, in the overwhelming swarm of tourists, residents, and miscreants. Senlin is determined to find Marya, but to do so he'll have to navigate madhouses, ballrooms, and burlesque theaters. He must survive betrayal, assassins, and the illusions of the Tower. But if he hopes to find his wife, he will have to do more than just endure. This quiet man of letters must become a man of action.

Consuming Fire

Consuming Fire
Author: Robyn Langdon
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1525545159

Hamutal is a humble shepherdess who follows the mesmerizing voice of God. When rowdy criminals assault her at Jerusalem’s cistern one afternoon before Sabbath, she feels hopeless until Josiah rescues her and leaves the men bleeding in the street. Young King Josiah’s journey to find truth leads him to Jehovah’s altar and— together with the woman he rescued from both tedium and peril—he seeks to leave behind the scandalous past of his grandfather’s monarchy in exchange for a revolutionary plan. What will he do when restorers of the Temple at Jerusalem unearth an ancient scroll that spells doom for them all?

Josiah for President

Josiah for President
Author: Martha Bolton
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0310318734

When former Congressman Mark Stedman throws in the towel on his presidential campaign, his only choice is to return to his home state and decide how to spend the rest of his life ... until he meets Josiah Stoltzfus, an Amish farmer from Pennsylvania. Stedman learns more from Josiah in a few hours than in his many years in office. He comes to the conclusion that someone like Josiah should be running the country. Not a career politician, but someone with a little old-fashioned common sense, someone who’s not afraid of rolling up his sleeves and getting his hands dirty. Someone like Josiah Stoltzfus. Using his old campaign headquarters for a base, Mark Stedman determines to introduce a new candidate to America. He pledges to do everything in his power to make sure Josiah gets elected. But can a plain man of faith turn the tide of politics and become the leader of America, and what will he have to risk to do it?

Cher

Cher
Author: Josiah Howard
Publisher: Plexus Publishing
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 085965897X

Throughout her astonishing fifty-year career - which has encompassed TV triumphs, a string of international hits, an Oscar statuette and a Las Vegas residency - Cher's personal life has continually made front-page news. In the shadow of her success, Cher has married twice, battled depression, defied the censors, and dealt with the tragedy of Sonny Bono's early death. Including exclusive interviews with Cher and those she has worked with on and off stage, Strong Enough documents the ins, outs, ups and downs of a one-name American icon at her outrageous best - by the writer behind Cher's Vegas tour programmes.