November-December 1996
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Christmas In My Heart (Book 5), brings a treasury of old-fashioned, Christ-centered Christmas stories to your holiday season. Beautifully illustrated, yet inexpensive, it makes the perfect Christmas gift for family and friends.
Review & Herald Publishing, $10.99book/$12.99 Cass., book 0-8280-1139-7, cass. 0-8280-1261-X
Make your holiday extra special with the family traditions, poems, ideas, and stories passed down in Christmas Memories. Joni Eareckson Tada, Naomi Judd, Twila Paris, Debbie Boone, and others share their extraordinary memories that will inspire your family.
Thomas Nelson, $12.99 10-7852-7253-4
Actress Carol Lawrence shares the warmth of family traditions and recipies passed down through generations in this book of creative cooking ideas. I Remember Pasta is a celebration of family and dining.
Harvest House, $19.99 1-5650-7363-0
By Mary Engelbreit
A cozy keepsake for cold days to come. Winter Craft will delight your family with the charm and whimsy of Mary Engelbreit for hearth and home. The celebrated illustrator teams up with a photographer and crafts designer for easy projects pleasing to all.
Andrews & McMeel, $10.95 0-8362-2231-8
From one of America's foremost nutritionists comes a healthy feast of recipies. Every recipie is low-fat, low-cholesterol, and easy to prepare. A perfect Christmas gift, The Good Life will radically improve your health without compromising the taste.
Creation House, $24.99 0-88419-400-0
In On Wings of Praise, Kay Rizzo shares how praise to God lifted her from her spiritual winter and filled her life with a joy and power she had never known. Prayer combined with praise changed my heart," Rizzo writes. She shows how it can change yours, too.
Review & Herald Publishing, $12.99 0-8280-1050-1
A Spiritually Correct Christmas Story
A town is thrown into mayhem on all sides when its leading atheist and a pastor debate City Hall's decision to ban the manger. Away with the Manger is amusing and thought-provoking, and wonderfully warm.
InterVarsity Press $10.99 0-8308-1962-2
The man who has touched millions with his preaching for 50 years shares himself intimately in Breakfast with Billy Graham. Find out what the world's premier evangelist thinks about every area of life.
Servant Publications, $14.99 0-88419-400-0
Michael Card's songs are known for their theological depth as well as their power to touch the heart. Joy in the Journey is a visually stimulating mix of Card's lyrics with calligraphy by Timothy Botts that is bold and bright enough to be framed. Find new inspiration in God's promises.
Thomas Nelson, $24.99 0-7852-7789-7
Find words to live by in the 365 Bible Verses A Year 1997 Calendar. Learn the wisdom of Job and the truth of Revelations. For every day there's a passage cited from the original King James Version, giving spiritual wisdom all year long.
Workman, $8.95 1-56305-684-4
What would the holiday be without a tender story? Papa's Angels is an inspiring tale that reminds everyone that love is stronger than death, and that the wisdom of a child can restore harmony. The book's grace and charm is sure to make it a perennial bestseller.
New World Library, $17 1-57731-004-7
Big Band Christmas, and
Sentimental Season
For a personalized touch, send a CD Greeting Card (TM) like An Old English Christmas (CMD 5369), Big Band Christmas (CMD 5370), or Sentimental Season (CMD 5377). Each self-mailing card houses a full-length instrumental compact disc. Sign your own message, seal, and send!
Spring Hill Music Group, $9.98 each
With charming text and 16 delightful paintings of children celebrating cherished aspects of friendship, Treasured Friends is a warm look at encouragement, loyalty, sharing and laughter. Original thoughts of friendship, surrounded by the artist's floral borders, complement the paintings.
Harvest House, $12.99 1-56507-4459
With inspiration on every page, A Woman's Book of Days offers encouragement from such notable females as Ruth Graham Bell, Kay Coles James, Elisabeth Elliot, Corrie ten Boom, and more. With space for daily reflection and plans, this beautiful full-color book of days will be a tresured keepsake for years to come.
Thomas Nelson, $17.99 0-7852-7963-6
Celebrate the joy of collecting treasures from the past and create your own special memories for generations to come with Timeless Treasures, a charming new gift book from the bestselling author/artist team of Emilie Barnes and Sandy Lynam Clough (If Teacups Could Talk).
Harvest House, $14.99 1-56507-4289
Reclaim the true meaning of Christmas by centering your thoughts on the greatest gift of all--God's gift of love in Jesus. Christmas Gifts That Always Fit reminds us of free gifts we can give to each other--love, peace, joy, faith, forgiveness, kindness, time, appreciation and encouragement.
Dimensions for Living, $14 0-687-06148-2
Look no further than Thank Heavens for Friends and To My Daughter With Love when shopping for that special gift that says "I love you." Both are richly illustrated with colorful, detailed paintings and filled with quotes from some of the greatest writers and thinkers throughout the ages. Show that friend or daughter how much you care with the comforting thoughts expressed in each.
Exley Giftbooks, $9.99 each
Friends 1-85015-451-1
Daughter 1-85015-501-1
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