Brock Thoene
Author
Series
Shiloh legacy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 23
Description
The peace and prosperity promised with the end of World War I fails to come to pass for two ex-soldiers--Arkansas farmer Birch Tucker, who faces the loss of everything he and his family have worked for; and Max Meyer, a financial columnist who may have to forfeit his wealth and influence to gain the son he never knew he had.
23) Warsaw Requiem
Author
Series
Zion Covenant volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 33
Description
It's May 1939, Aaron Lubetkin, esteemed rabbi of Muranow, is released from a Warsaw prison. But he and his family--beautiful Etta, daughter Rachel, and sons David, Samuel, and baby Yacov--remain targets of Hitler's sinister plot. In the free city of Danzig, Lucy Strasburg flees in terror from SS officer Wolf von Fritschauer. If he finds her, the consequences for Lucy and her newborn will be dire. Yet each day the web around her tightens. Imprisoned...
Author
Series
Zion Covenant volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Description
March 12, 1938, is a dark day. Hitler's evil sweeps across Austria, destroying all in its path. Although violinist Elisa Lindheim is safe in Czechoslovakia--for the moment--she grieves over her beloved Vienna. Swastika flags now wave from every window. Jewish shops are destroyed. Neighbors' houses stand empty. The Jews and those who try to defend them are arrested or killed. The clock is running out for those the Nazis consider enemies of the state,...
27) First light
Author
Series
A.D. chronicles volume 1
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Description
Go back in time to first-century Jerusalem. It's a dark time in the world's holiest and most turbulent city. Walk with Peniel, the blind beggar who longs for rescue from his suffering. Peek into the lives of Susannah and Manaen, two lovers separated by overwhelming odds. And meet an unusual healer who ignites a spark of controversy in the fire of hatred, deceit, and betrayal that is always burning in this ancient city. This first book in the A.D....
Author
Series
Zion chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Rachel survived the Nazi desolation at great personal cost. Returning to Jerusalem, she discovers members of her long-lost family. When her past is discovered, she is discredited before the people she wants to help.
Author
Series
Galway chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
"I've been given a second chance at my life," Joseph said to the priest. "A home, a true family. The things I imagined were lost to me forever, Father. It's a dream for me to be here. Can I risk the loss of the dream now?" Joseph Connor Burke has reclaimed his ancestral acres and the manor he was born to rule. But in a turbulent time when Ireland struggles under an unjust English oppressor, Joseph's dreams of a peaceable kingdom are inevitably shattered...
Author
Series
Zion legacy volume 1
Description
Book One of The Zion Legacy series opens as the British are withdrawing from Jerusalem in 1948 and tells the enthralling and dramatic story of several richly drawn characters who are caught up in this momentous time in the world's most sacred city.
31) Eleventh guest
Author
Series
A.D. chronicles volume 11
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
The lepers in the valley of Mak'ob hear the rumors-that a miracle worker is walking the earth. Ten lepers are chosen to leave the valley to search for this healer, knowing that outside the valley lies certain death. Will they find him in time? Could this healer be the Messiah they long for?
Author
Series
Galway chronicles volume 4
Description
It is October 1844. With the death of the evil Colonel Mahon and the end of the greatest potato famine in living memory, it seems peace and prosperity are finally on the way to Ballynockanor. But is this the calm before the storm? As Kate awaits the birth of their baby, Joseph is in hiding in London. Trying to find his way to Ireland and to his beloved wife, Joseph fights against the forces that seek to block their reunion. This fourth book in the...
33) Behold the man
Author
Series
Jerusalem chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Behold the Man is the culmination of the Jerusalem Chronicles and brings readers to an encounter with the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. How could Jesus--who preached righteousness before God, and love and mercy toward neighbors--be so hated and pursued? To the Temple officials, he was a threat to the livelihood and authority of the priesthood. To Herod Antipas, he was a threat to his ambition to be the King of the Jews. And to the...
35) The key to Zion
Author
Series
Zion chronicles volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Description
The Zion Chronicles series covers the events surrounding Israel's statehood in 1948. Each book vividly portrays the intense struggle of the Jewish people in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the forces, within and without, which engulf the Middle East in conflict and controversy even today. Will there ever be peace in Zion? The Jewish people wonder as they stream into the British Mandate of Palestine after the devastation of World War II. What has...
36) Shiloh autumn
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
The stock market crash of 1929 had yet to affect the families of Shiloh, Arkansas, in the autumn of '31. Though times were hard, the cotton farmers were sure their land and their hard work were insurance against the vagaries of the outside world and its financial markets. There was no forewarning of the terrible Memphis panic and disaster of October 1, 1931, when in one day the cotton market collapsed and a way of life was blown away with the wind....
37) Second touch
Author
Series
A.D. chronicles volume 2
Formats
Description
A retelling of New Testament events and history at the time of Christ.
Author
Series
Elijah chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Description
"Jack Garrison lost his wife and their only child in a car accident ... and thereafter lost his faith. In this dramatic novel, the thirty-three-year-old skeptic experiences the mysterious wonder of being caught up in visions, dreams, and real life experiences. Readers journey with Jack throughout the Holy Land ... and also globally, from his home in London to the furthest corners of the world. We watch prophecy being fulfilled ... and continuing to...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
"It was four o'clock on the afternoon of December Twenty-fourth, 1841, in the village of Ballynockanor, County of Galway, Province of Connaught, Ireland. It was after mass on the first day of Advent that the old woman, Mad Molly Fahey, had told Father O'Bannon (as well as every farmer, farmer's wife, and child) that a great miracle was coming to visit the poor of Ballynockanor" -- Conatiner.
40) Fifth seal
Author
Series
A.D. chronicles volume 5
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Description
Hurtful gossip swirls around newlyweds Yosef and Mary concerning the timing of Mary's pregnancy, while the prophetess Hannah foretells the birth of Israel's true King, and astronomer Melchior notes the changes in the night sky signifying the birth of Jesus.