Religion / Protestant / Amish

The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World

by Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt & David L. Weaver-Zercher

A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the Amish

This second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality,...

A Prayer for the Night: An Amish-Country Mystery

by P. L. Gaus

Three young friends disappear while traveling on their Amish rite of passage, Rumschpringe, or wild days. In a race against the clock, the sheriff must find a murderer and break a ruthless drug ring operating...

Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women

by Cindy Woodsmall & Miriam Flaud

Two friends from different worlds—one Old Order Amish, one Englischer—share the truths that bring them together.

Best-selling novelist Cindy Woodsmall might seem to have little in common with Miriam Flaud,...

Cast a Blue Shadow: An Amish-Country Mystery

by P. L. Gaus

When the widow of a revered Millersburg College alumnus and one of the school's biggest donors is brutally murdered, authorities fear that Martha Lehman, a young Mennonite college girl, holds the key. but Martha-who...

Clouds Without Rain: An Amish-Country Mystery

by P. L. Gaus

A compulsively readable new series that explores a fascinating culture set purposely apart.

In the wooded Amish hill country, a professor at a small college, a local pastor, and the county sheriff are the only...

Broken English: An Amish-Country Mystery

by P. L. Gaus

A compulsively readable new series that explores a fascinating culture set purposely apart.

In the wooded Amish hill country, a professor at a small college, a local pastor, and the county sheriff are the only...

Blood of the Prodigal: An Amish-Country Mystery

by P. L. Gaus

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A compulsively readable new series that explores a fascinating culture set purposely apart.

In the wooded Amish hill country, a professor at...

Separate from the World: An Amish-Country Mystery

by P. L. Gaus

Enos Erb, an Amish man, claims that his brother,-benny,-a dwarf like himself- has been murdered. Upon investigation, links to a controversial genetics study examining the effects of inbreeding within the Amish...

What the Amish Can Teach Us About the Simple Life: Homespun Hints for Family Gatherings, Spending Less, and Sharing Your Bounty

by Georgia Varozza

Emphasizing Amish values of faith, simplicity, and self-sufficiency, author Georgia Varozza (Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook) offers fresh ideas to make faith, serenity, and healthy living a stronger presence...

My Amish Childhood: A True Story of Faith, Family, and the Simple Life

by Jerry S. Eicher

Bestselling fiction author Jerry S. Eicher (nearly half a million books sold) turns his pen to a moving memoir of his life growing up Amish.

Jerry's mother was nineteen years old and nine months married when...

Harmless as Doves: An Amish-Country Mystery

by P. L. Gaus

"A sensitive account of the impact on this community when outsiders (that is, the cops) descend to deal with an Amish youth who has confessed to the murder of his fiancée's older, richer, and very persistent...

Out of Deception

by Nathan O. Miller

The unbelievable but true story of how Wil, a young, innocent Amish teen and his family, were unwittingly lured into the clutches of a smooth-talking cult leader. Wil's family was searching for something deeper,...

Plain and Simple: A Journey to the Amish

by Sue Bender

"I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary."

So begins Sue Bender's story,...