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Facebook Giveaway: Win a Copy of Christmas Flavors of Ireland!

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9781620202074Are you ready to see some great new recipes? It’s time for another one of our monthly giveaways! We are celebrating the holiday season by giving away a free copy of the Christmas Flavors of Ireland cookbook by Margaret M. Johnson. Head over to Facebook for more details!

Christmas Flavors of Ireland invites readers — cooks and armchair travelers alike —on a culinary tour of one of Europe’s fastest growing food destinations. Part recipe collection, part travel guide, and part history, the book offers an insightful look into the ingredients that shape the country’s cooking. Flavors of Ireland will awaken your senses to the grand places and glorious food of this warm and welcoming land. Enter now and try some of these great recipes yourself!

Five Things About Author Steve Whigham

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Steve WhighamLearn more about your favorite Ambassador authors with our “Five Things” series. Author Steve Whigham wrote the recently released book Eclipse of Faith: When Doubt Overwhelms Religious Belief, available now. Here are Steve’s “five things”:

  1. I have spoken on this subject on three continents already. I’m amazed at how many people struggle with doubt. Most do not feel confident enough — or free enough — to discuss their doubt with others. I know how they feel. I went through the same struggle myself, which I wrote about in my book. You just don’t want to vocalize your doubt about faith just in case it may alienate people you are very close to.
  2. I love music. I’ve been playing piano, drums and guitar for many years now. I’ve played in all kinds of bands, even orchestras: classical, opera, jazz, rock, blues, folk, and even a bit of country. Whenever I need to relax and decompress, all it takes is a few minutes behind the keyboard and I’m renewed. There is something special about music. The crazy thing is, I can’t sing on tune. I can play instruments. I just can’t sing.
  3. You just never know who is embroiled in doubt. I met a bright, young Christian leader just a couple weeks ago. He’s struggling with his faith in profound ways. From the outside he looks all put together — a model 20-something actively leading Bible studies, church functions, etc. He just doesn’t know what he truly believes any more. And he was scared to admit it. I got to talk witEclipse of Faithh him for a couple hours over coffee and give him tools to deal with his doubt. When we finished, he looked so relieved. I’m praying for the joy of his faith to return to him soon.
  4. I got to talk to a former Captain of the Soviet Air Force in Odessa, Ukraine a couple years back while there on business. He must have been at least 80 years old. He clapped his boot heels together and saluted me with pride. He spoke no English. I spoke only rudimentary Russian. But we both spoke enough German to have a pleasant conversation. He is a follower of Christ now and attends an active church right in the heart of Odessa. His eyes danced with joy. That day, I got to experience history folding down upon itself and reveal the human stories behind the dry accounts of history. When you get past the stereotypes, how much alike we all are!
  5. I have to admit it, I’m a reading geek. I can’t get enough reading time in. I’ve got so many books I’m currently reading encompassing so many subjects: history, politics, philosophy, arts, science, cooking, fiction, autobiographies, business, theology, technology, and the list goes on. I should be more focused — but maybe not. I’m an eclectic reader and I think it gives me a broader perspective. It sure makes entertaining dinner conversation!

Learn more about Steve and his struggle with doubt in his new book Eclipse of Faith. Thank you Steve for sharing your “five things” with us!

Fiction Friday Sale: Azure Maris $2.99

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Fiction Friday 11 15Every week you can purchase Ambassador International’s Fiction Friday ebook selection for the incredibly low price of $2.99 on Amazon. This limited time sale will expire on Sunday so act fast! This week’s Fiction Friday title is Azure Maris, uniting  romance, adventure and faith in a world where mermaids and fallen angels exist among us. Azure Maris is just $2.99. Head to Amazon to buy now!

Fiction Friday Sale: No Turning Back $2.99

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Fiction Friday 11 8We’re ending each week with an incredible deal on Christian fiction! This week you can dive into Christian romance novel No Turning Back. Set in 1898 it’s a forbidden love story that follows a couple’s doomed journey to America to start a new live. No Turning Back is just $2.99 on Amazon for a limited time! Learn more about this week’s Fiction Friday deal:

 

New Book Gives Teens “A Map for the Middle”

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Map for the MiddleAuthor covers Timely, practical topics like Popularity, Insecurity and Social Media Pitfalls

for immediate release: Three in five middle schoolers say they have been bullied, according to Pew Research. More than half of teens using the internet say they’ve given out personal info including photos to people they don’t know. Nearly 60 percent of schools require middle schools to teach about pregnancy prevention, according to the School Health Policies and Programs Study. The point is, middle schoolers are forced to deal with some very grown up issues. A Map for the Midle (Ambassador International; October 2013; $8.99, paperback) combines scriptural truth and wisdom for today’s adolescents.

Written by Matthew Sink, a teacher-turned-minister, A Map for the Middle provides a roadmap for success for middle school students covering hot topics like popularity, insecurity and sex. “The decisions students make in middle school are critical in setting the direction for their lives,” explains Sink, a father of three kids between the ages of 10-13. “I wrote this book to offer advice to these young adults about how to navigate the next few years.”

While A Map for the Middle is written for young readers, Sink believes it will be a useful tool for parents who often struggle with communication through the middle school years. “The book features two voices,” explains Sink. “One is mine, as someone who remembers vividly what it’s like to be a teen and who has spent countless hours with them in the classroom. The other voice is God’s, revealed through scripture.” Every chapter of the book includes a short scripture reference and devotion designed to open the lines of communication between parent and child.

About the Author: Matthew Sink taught for 14 years in North Carolina public schools. He’s now a minister at Pinedale Christian Church in Winston-Salem. He lives with his wife and three children, all between the ages of 10-13, in Lexington, North Carolina.

To learn more about author Matthew Sink and his book A Map for the Middle visit Facebook.com/MapfortheMiddle. To receive a review copy of A Map for the Middle or to connect with the authors please contact publicist Alison Storm by email at [email protected].

 

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Fiction Friday Sale: The Red Stones $2.99

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Fiction Friday 11 1If you loved The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe you’ll love our latest Fiction Friday selection! Anna McCarthy’s novel The Red Stones takes place in an enchanting and mysterious world. Buy this book today for just $2.99! This incredible price expires on Sunday, so act now! Watch the video for more information about this week’s Fiction Friday selection from Ambassador International:

 

Secrets and Forbidden Love Surface in New Historical Novel

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No Turning BackAlex and Katy Sail to America for a New Life

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The year is 1898. The first automobile is sold. The United States declares war on Spain. And Alex Meissen, son of a wealthy Austrian bureaucrat, falls in love with the beautiful maid Katy Thannen. No Turning Back (Ambassador International; September 2013; $14.99, paperback) tells their story of forbidden love and their doomed plan to make a new life together in America, an ocean away from their infuriated families.

Raven-haired Katy is determined to venture beyond the alpine fields of her birthplace. Taking a job as a maid for a wealthy family, Katy quickly catches the attention of the family’s only son, Alex. Alex’s father climbed the civil service ranks, developing an intolerance toward the peasant classes. So when Alex falls in love with the maid, his father is appalled.

Forbidden to marry, Alex devises a plan for them to sail to America to begin their life together far from the scornful eyes of their families. But the plan fails and suddenly there is no turning back.

About the Author:  Published in Christian magazines and newspapers, Joanne Wilson Meusburger has developed and marketed a line of greeting cards. She also co-authored Hope for Hurting People (Whitaker House) which has been translated into seven languages. Joanne lives in Charlotte, North Carolina where she and her husband, Bill, enjoy volunteer work and eight of their ten grandchildren.

For more information about the author and her book, please visit www.JMeusburger.com.  For interview requests, please contact publicist Alison Storm at [email protected].

 

Facebook Giveaway: Win a Copy of Love Into Light!

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9781620202227Here’s your chance to win a free book! It’s the end of the month, and that means one of our monthly giveaways! For October we’re giving away a free copy of Love Into Light by Peter Hubbard. Check out Facebook for more details!

Homosexuality is one of most controversial moral issues of our day. Sadly the church has often been afraid to talk about homosexuality. Many Christians feel confused and divided between the call to love and the call for truth. Love Into Light is your next step toward becoming more faithfully and helpfully engaged with people in your families, in your church and in your neighborhood. Enter now to see more!

Craig D. Lounsbrough: $3.99 eBook Sale Happening Now

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Do you long to live a life with meaning and purpose? Do you need help getting through a time of loss? Do you believe your life was made for “something more”? Each of Craig D. Lounsbrough’s books is intentionally written to address pressing issues that he see in the lives of the people that he serves as a counselor and life coach. This makes these resources timely, relevant and genuinely helpful. It is his hope that these works may make an impact in your life. From Oct. 1 through Oct. 7 these ebooks are available for just $3.99 each at Amazon.com.

An Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus: An Intimate Collision arises out of the belief that people sense there is a far greater reality to our portrayal of God and the Christian life than that which we have grasped. ON SALE FOR $3.99

Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone: Simple Truths for Profound Living: Profound living is something that we all passionately yearn for. We’ve concocted a dizzying array of strategies, programs, steps and philosophies that are all designed to achieve the lofty goal of profound living. Yet, genuinely profound living is not achieved by developing innovative strategies, tidy programs, formfitting steps, or by devising trendy philosophies. Rather, genuinely profound living is seized and ceaselessly nurtured through the careful reclamation of simple truths, which are explained in this book. ON SALE FOR $3.99

Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone: Simple Truths for Life’s Complex Journey: This book contains those simple truths richly explained, practically expanded upon, and relevantly integrated into life’s realities in a manner that brings fresh insight, rejuvenated hope, and desperately needed resources to all of us who struggle through the complexities of life. ON SALE FOR $3.99

An Autumn’s Journey: Deep Growth in the Grief and Loss of Life’s Seasons: This book does not loosely gloss over loss or provide shallow prescriptions and weak formulas for our grieving. Rather, it aggressively embraces both grief and loss, bringing fresh eyes to these times in our lives in order to draw out of them the marvelous riches that we all too often miss. ON SALE FOR $3.99