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Fire crawls up the sides of the church. The orange glow thrashes. Blackens the siding. Climbs up onto the steeple. The flames close in on the wedding party trapped inside.When a serial arsonist...

The atrocities and betrayals John Ralston has seen in forty years of UN field work - teachers raped, acid thrown in the faces of aid workers, murderous leaders getting rich while children die - have...

In this charming memoir, Clara Barrus recounts her life as a poet and naturalist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Barrus was a close friend of the famous poet and naturalist John Burroughs,...

In this spellbinding and riveting memoir, Barrington provides a brutally honest and gripping portrayal of his life as a young missionary priest. A racist alcoholic pastor nurses him through his first...

Delve into the heartfelt and candid letters of John Newton, a prominent evangelical author and pastor, in this intimate collection. Written to his close friend and fellow minister, William Cowper,...

Marie Rivier faced many obstacles in life. She was a cripple unable to walk in her childhood, but Blessed Mother Mary cured her. Everything she did was through Mary. Refused entry into a Community...

A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY, MEANING AND MATERIALITY OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENTThere is a blue hole in environmental history. The thirteen essays in this very accessible collection fill it...

This volume contains Stephen Leacock's collection of short stories, "Winsome Winnie And Other New Nonsense Novels" (first published in 1920). These wonderful and comical tales will appeal to fans of...

Hideout in the Apocalypse is about surveillance and the crushing of Australia's larrikin spirit. The government knew when it introduced the panopticon, universal surveillance, that it would have...

The first edition of Rastell’s law dictionary precedes in point of time the publication of the first general English dictionary, and is the most important English dictionary before...

Her name is Mama Nostromento and someone close to her has been murdered. She may be the only one who knows why. But the truth is locked inside her mind, lost in a tangle of thoughts as a neurovirus...

A war of musket and tomahawk in colonial AmericaIn the minds of many the close of the French and Indian War-the Seven Years War as it was fought in the New World-meant an end to the aspirations of...

Are you ready to learn the world's biggest and scariest secret?"One day, Moses saw something very interesting in the Desert.""A Bush was on fire such as a fireball, yet it was not consumed."(Bible,...

The Bible more then seven times says the universe is a closed universe and that once it stops expanding it will contract and collapse on itself. King David was the first to mention it in the psalms,...

In 1910, American author and social critic Jack London began writing The Assassination Bureau, Ltd., a work that he never completed. Now, thanks to the recently discovered manuscript of Dr. John...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks,...

In this moving memoir, John Mason Good pays tribute to the life and legacy of his close friend and colleague, Alex Geddes. With its heartfelt anecdotes and vivid descriptions of life in 19th-century...

This title was first published in 2000. Most children enjoy drawing and use it to express a wide range of experiences and emotions. Drawing can offer an avenue of expression where words fail. So why...

William Osler (1849-1919) is widely regarded as one of the most influential physicians of the late 19th and early 20th century and a key figure in the history of medicine. Besides his research...

"O magnify the Lord with me!" (Ps. 34:3). One effective way to closely examine and worth-ship God is to meditate on what the Scriptures specifically testify that "God is." As the Holy Spirit...

This fifteenth issue of The Lovecraft Annual features cutting-edge scholarship on the life, work, and thought of H. P. Lovecraft. Among the biographical articles, we find Horace A. Smith examining...

In the European Middle Ages, the use of religion toattain political ends was a routine strategy andremains a rich source for research. Politics andreligion were so closely intertwined in the...

In 'On Viol and Flute,' Edmund Gosse explores the relationship between literature and music in the English Renaissance. Drawing on the works of composers like Thomas Tallis and John Dowland, as well...

The words are already there. All you have to do is find them. The words are lurking, refracted, shredded, retrieved by a miner of meaning, a literary gangster, my good fellow, Mike Maggio, Master of...

Over a million copies of Ian Irvine's fantasy novels sold.After every defeat, Lord Shambles comes back stronger than before, and more determined to punish humanity. Having crushed all...

The Gospels provide four different accounts of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. In this book, authors John Gorham Palfrey and Lant Carpenter provide a unique and detailed look at the Gospels,...

Complicating a pervasive view of the ethical thought of the Victorians and their close relations, which emphasizes the domineering influence of a righteous and repressive morality, Wainwright...

The Life of Fellowship is a religious book written by Arabella M. James in 1878. The book consists of meditations on the first part of the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of St. John. Through her...

This study examines the dilemma of a traditional neutral country between independence and interdependence. The Swiss perception of seeing themselves as a "special case" is discussed in terms of Swiss...

Designed to share the unfolding story of the founding and development of the CHILI CROSSROADS BIBLE CHURCH in Coshocton County, Ohio, over a time span of more than sixty years, this short volume...

Though we all face a tug of war between dependency and autonomy while growing up, British author D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) experienced the struggle with particular intensity. Later in life, his acute...

Unspoken Thoughts of Me: Focuses on life situations and events of what someone is going through or has been through. Throughout these pages this book will focus on the closeness of Jesus love,...

Fully Human-Fully Divine: Integral Dynamic Monotheism, a Meeting Point between the Vedic Vision and the Vision of Christ is the latest book of John Martin Sahajananda. This books deals with finding...

One of the most influential works of American poetry of the 19th century, Leaves of Grass is a stunningly original and visionary celebration of the beauty and diversity of the American landscape and...

This series of lectures explores the story of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, three close friends of Jesus, as told in the Gospel of John. It provides rich insights into the culture and society of...

Take a journey back in time to experience the daily lives of the people of Lesmahagow parish in the late 18th century through the eyes of the parish minister, Reverend John Stobo. His charming and...

Much of the language of the church--messiah, kingdom, lord--belongs to the realm of politics as much as it does that of religion. Yet, given the tendency in Western society to treat politics as the...

For two centuries, nearly all historical accounts of American theatre have focused on New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. As a result, the story of theatre on the frontier consists primarily of...

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 3.34, Indiana University (College of Arts and Sciences - Philosophy...

There have been twenty-one universal gatherings—ecumenical councils—of the Catholic Church. The first opened in 325, the last closed in 1965, and the names of many ring out in the history...