Peculiar Treasures

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<p align="left">In this second book of his popular lexical trilogy, Frederick Buechner profiles more than 125 of the Bible's most holy and profane people -- and one whale. In his lively and witty prose, Buechner brings to life such moments from scripture as: </p><p align="left"><blockquote><ul type="disc"><li>Adam's pangs of regret for a remembered Eden</li></ul></p><p align="left"><ul type="disc"><li>Delilah's last glimpse of Samson as they dragged him away</li></ul></p><p align="left"><ul type="disc"><li>Lazarus's first impressions upon rising from the dead</li></ul></blockquote></p><p align="left">To read <i>Peculiar Treasures</i> is to realize that many of these legendary figures are not who we thought they were. But they are -- in their human dreams, ambitions, and imperfections -- very much like us.</p>