Woods: 1346 books

I was reading an evening paper. I glanced over the advertisements. One attracted my attention, and held it so strongly that I read it over and over, again and again. There was nothing unusual in it to ordinary observation. It read, "Wanted.—At the Penitentiary, a Matron. Inquire at the Institution."...

Gabriel Sherlock arrives in Oman in 1982, fleeing shame and disaster back home in Ireland, and begins an intense affair with a woman whom no one else has seen. Locals insist she must be one of the jinn-a supernatural being-but Gabriel refuses to buy into the folklore, despite her sudden, unexplained...

A comprehensive introduction to working with people with learning disabilities, this guide provides the theoretical understanding needed to inform good practice and to help improve the quality of life of people within this group. Using accessible language and case examples, the authors discuss both...

Writing this book has been a joy. It is my gift to Christians living in these last days and to every individual who has been disappointed by organized religion yet has honest, heartfelt questions regarding God and his own spirituality. It’s been said that Satan’s greatest achievement is convincing...

On the Caribbean island of St. Marcelline, the date is July 16, 1816. Gaspard Fouche murders his wife and her male friend but, after a paperwork mix-up, Fouche is not charged with a double murder but with a misdemeanor and ordered to serve a mere 30 days. Gaspard thinks he is just lucky, but the luck...

What happens when fictional detective, Katie Shields, not only takes psychic possession of her author, but also starts to treat her creator as a suspect in a crime?

One person in four in the industrialized countries suffers from hyperuricemia and is therefore at risk of developing gouty arthritis, nephrolithiasis, or any of the other consequences of urate deposition. At present, far too little is known about urate deposition and the mechanisms by which it occurs,...

God often speaks to us and teaches us spiritual things through natural things He has created and also through circumstances He places us into. But often we are not “tuned in” to see or hear what He is communicating to us. This book contains a collection of allegories and messages that illustrate...

Romeo and Juliet didn’t really die. Well, their earthly bodies were entombed after their fifteenth century suicides, forcing their spirits to watch helplessly from The Other Side as their families renewed their centuries-old feud. With the help of their Spirit Guides and Heavenly Counselor, they...

Children’s Moral Lives makes use of case studies, observation, interviews and questionnaires to offer a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of children’s school lives and the complex moral issues and disputes they routinely negotiate The first ethnography of childhood to focus on children’s...

Have you ever been frustrated with or perhaps even frightened about writing a religious research proposal? This book demythologizes the religious research design process by beginning with the writer's passion for ministry and then guiding the writer through a series of questions and exercises that...

As Matt has sex with his former lover, he contemplates why he keeps finding himself back in Leo's arms. Matt is still attached to his former lover through a bond of secrecy and obsession. He wants to break the bonds, Leo works to keep him entrapped. This is Matt's account of their latest...

"Wenn aus Schwestern Feindinnen werden und Äpfel Königinnen zu Fall bringen. Erst wenn Königin Nerina sich einen Gemahl erwählt hat, darf die Prinzessin des Landes heiraten. Was aber, wenn sie sich in den Mann verliebt, den auch das Herz ihrer Schwester begehrt? Um den Thron betrogen und...

Wenn aus Hoffnung Verzweiflung wird und die Welt in Dunkelheit versinkt. Nerina ist entschlossen, den Kampf gegen ihre Schwester Eira anzutreten. Doch, um ihren Thron zurückzuerobern, benötigt sie die Hilfe des Orakels, das im Reich der Feen beheimatet ist. Der Weg dorthin führt die gestürzte...