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Behind the Christmas songs we love to sing lie fascinating stories that will enrich your holiday celebration. Taking you inside the nativity of over thirty favorite songs and carols, Ace Collins introduces you to people you've never met, stories you've never heard, and meanings you'd never have imagined. The next time you and your family sing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," you'll have a new understanding of its message and popular roots. You'll discover...
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This historical and critical survey discusses the lyric significance of such songs as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Steal Away to Jesus, and others. In addition, the words and music for 230 songs appear, including You May Bury Me in the East, Rock of Ages, Go Tell It on the Mountain, and many more.
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Sure to become a holiday favorite, this songbook features easy arrangements of 27 traditional carols, plus fabulous full-color Christmas artwork of the Peanuts Gang! Songs include: Away in a Manger * Deck the Hall * The First Noel * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * Jingle Bells * O Christmas Tree * Silent Night * The Twelve Days of Christmas * What Child Is This? * and more.
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
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2012
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THE MAN WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS Toy maker A.C. Gilbert ( Jason Alexander ) convinces the U.S. Congress, during the rationed times of WWI, to save his factory and keep the Christmas spirit alive. BORROWED HEARTS With a little Christmas magic, a powerful businessman ( Eric McCormack ) learns to open his heart to the greatest gifts of all|́|love and family. A HOBO'S CHRISTMAS After 25 years apart, a grandfather makes one last attempt to reunite with his...
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Growing up African American in the middle part of the twentieth century, James Baldwin saw firsthand the ugly racism that scarred the United States. Further complicating his identity was the fact that he was openly gay at a time when homosexuality was a crime in almost all states. Baldwin turned his struggles into art, writing the semi-autobiographical novel Go Tell It on the Mountain; the essay collection Notes of a Native Son; and the controversial...
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A great collection to take along to the campfire! 60 folk songs, including: Amazing Grace * The Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn) * Buffalo Gals * Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie * Camptown Races * (Oh, My Darling) Clementine * Down in the Valley * For He's a Jolly Good Fellow * Give Me That Old Time Religion * Go Tell Aunt Rhody * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Good Night Ladies * Home on the Range * I've Been Working on the Railroad * Kumbaya * Little...
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Learning from Black voices means listening to more than snippets. It means attending to Black stories. Reading Black Books helps Christians hear and learn from enduring Black voices and stories as captured in classic African American literature.
Pastor and teacher Claude Atcho offers a theological approach to 10 seminal texts of 20th-century African American literature. Each chapter takes up a theological category for inquiry through a close literary...
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