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Mere Christianity is one of the best books of Christian apologetics ever written. Arguably, no book other than the Bible itself has had as much influence for the cause of the gospel over the past 60 years. The story of how that message came to be created, during the rigors of World War II in England,...

Perhaps the first thing to strike us-paradoxical as it may sound to say so-about the Athenian 'Old Comedy' is its modernness. Of its very nature, satiric drama comes later than Epic and Lyric poetry, Tragedy or History; Aristophanes follows Homer and Simonides, Sophocles and Thucydides. Of its essence,...

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable...

A belief in the entity of witchcraft and sorcery may boast of a high degree of antiquity. In both the Old and New Testament, we observe numerous tragical events, bearing the semblance of diabolical agency. A prominent instance is found in the witch of Endor, who is said to have been deeply versed...

Inspiration to character-building and worthy achievement is the keynote of the present volume, its object, to arouse to honorable exertion youth who are drifting without aim, to awaken dormant ambitions in those who have grown discouraged in the struggle for success, to encourage and stimulate to...

The unique quiz informs playfully about the former Jewish family. They lived from 1926 to 1939 in Freiburg Haslach. Behind it there stand single mother Käthe and their children Fränze und Werner. Only because they were Jews, they were pursued and expelled. Through immediate escaping abroad, they...

This edition contains 29 short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh Medical School. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic,...

The wife of a rich man fell sick, and as she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, “Dear child, be good and pious, and then the good God will always protect thee, and I will look down on thee from heaven and be near thee.” Thereupon she closed her...

Do you freeze up every time a greeting card gets passed your way? Everybody else seems to know exactly what to write. Why does your mind goes blank? What do you do? Consult this book! It contains 101 unique sentiments you can write in congratulatory cards for friends, family, or co-workers....

Who knows but some of the ideas in the books may get you inspired to do that thing you always wanted to do, even if this comes in a very small way, to make your corner of this world a better place to be in. Who knows but you may realize your little corner is a really nice place to be in after all. It's all about life, if at times expressing life "outside the box" as the saying goes.

After the death of his beloved wife, questions to which there really is no answer torment him; refuses to acknowledge that such a dear to man has left him forever there. The apartment is empty and silent, and this silence is fatal. Emotions come to the fore, which are powerful and scary and hope is fading,...

Après les attentes déçues à l’université, voici avec ce quatrième tome l’immersion dans les apprentissages de la vie... Apprentissages assez rudes et déstabilisants pour fonder à eux seuls cette quête de l’essentiel qui, à l’instar du Perceval de Chrétien, hante et oriente la vie du jeune héros.

Dans le pays, on l'appelait la petite Fadette, car elle avait la taille d'un farfadet et les pouvoirs d'une fée. Comme sa grand-mère, elle guérissait les hommes et les animaux. Landry, l'un des jumeaux de la ferme voisine, tombe amoureux d'elle. Mais l'amour d'une sorcière est mal vu dans cette...

Il me semblait que la solitude lui pesait et plusieurs fois je voulus causer avec lui, mais, quand nos yeux se rencontraient, ce qui arrivait fréquemment puisque nous étions assis presque en face l’un de l’autre, il détournait la tête et prenait un livre ou regardait à la portière.