Jane: 7213 books

Beverly Jane Phillips grew up in a Christian family, married a minister, and served with him in four separate parishes. She was one of the first women in the Presbyterian Church to earn a master of divinity degree. But even during this amazing life, Beverly had trials and days when she did not feel...

As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel, published posthumously. She began it soon after she had finished Emma and completed it in August 1816. Persuasion was published in December 1817, but is dated 1818. The author died earlier in 1817. As the Napoleonic Wars come to an end in 1814,...

This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive study of the remaking of Ireland's aristocracy during the seventeenth century. It is a study of the Irish peerage and its role in the establishment of English control over Ireland. Jane Ohlmeyer's research in the archives of the era yields a major...

The Greatest Books of All Time Vol. 7 contains the following 10 Masterpieces : 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne Bleak House - Charles Dickens *Les Misérables *- Victor Hugo Macbeth - William Shakespeare Nostromo - Joseph Conrad Persuasion - Jane Austen Sons and Lovers - D....

Not a Perfect Fit is a collection of stories that are laugh-out-loud funny one minute and thought-provoking the next. Stories range from Schmidt’s experience living off-grid as the only English woman in an Amish neighborhood to family trips that are remarkably similar to National Lampoon’s Vacation....

**A Bible study for helping women connect with God more intimately and live more freely, from the critically acclaimed author of Come Closer. Fall in love with Jesus–again, and again, and again** Through ten illuminating encounters, walk into Jesus’ life, love and delight! Laugh, grow,...

Millions of people struggle with questions about how to pray, what to pray for, and even whether to pray at all. Nancy Jo Sullivan and Jane Kise help people get away from the magic formula mentality of prayer and recognize how God is at work in their lives. With explorative retellings of relevant...

Roots and Branches flows from the early 1800 Hanson and Rozelle families to the joining of Jane to her husband Lloyd and their continued life through the years to 2015 atleast. Their lifes trails took lots of twist and turns, but always they gave the credit to the Lord, for restoration, comfort, and...

Once merely a footnote in Restoration and eighteenth-century studies and rarely taught, Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave (1688), by Aphra Behn, is now essential reading for scholars and a classroom favorite. It appears in general surveys and in courses on early modern British writers, postcolonial literature,...

During the nineteenth century it became increasingly common for merchant service masters to take their wives to sea, particularly in the whaling industry, where voyages of 2-3 years were not uncommon. Reflecting the sailor’s traditional dislike of women on board – seen as unlucky by the superstitious...

At Queen Elizabeth’s palace, intrigue abounds. And when a naive girl with a gift for keen observation enters the court, she can hardly imagine the role she will play in bringing England—indeed, the whole of Europe—to the brink of war. Nor can she foresee her own journey to the brink of ecstasy...

Secrets: ancient prophecies; lost legacies; and forbidden trysts. Spells: enchanted weapons; powerful bloodlines; and unlikely apprentices. Discover mysteries and magic in this bundle of epic fantasy novels! Dive into these fantastic realms of richly drawn characters and become lost...

Emma Watson retourne vivre parmi les siens dans le Surrey après plusieurs années passées chez une tante fortunée. Rédigée en 1804, cette nouvelle rassemble tous les thèmes qui feront le succès de Jane Austen.