Francis: 3998 books
Bonecrack
A classic racing mystery from the king of crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon’s home and abduct him. He quickly discovers that unless he agrees to their unreasonable demands, they will destroy...
Knockdown
A classic racing mystery from the king of crime
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2019
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
For a generous commission, ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger...
Escape from Slavery
The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In this groundbreaking modern slave narrative, Francis Bok shares his remarkable story with grace, honesty, and a wisdom gained from surviving ten years in captivity.
May, 1986: Selling his mother's eggs and peanuts near his village in southern Sudan, seven year old Francis Bok's life was shattered...
Through the Year with Pope Francis
Daily Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
"I want the Church to go out onto the streets, I want us to resist everything worldly, everything static, everything comfortable, everything that might make us closed in on ourselves." -Pope Francis, World Youth Day 2013Pope Francis has been called the "pope of the people" as he captures minds...
by Francis Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
The father of Empiricism, the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon was an advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. His pioneering works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events...
God Is Young
A Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
**“[A] beautiful book of hope and inspiration . . . Pope Francis speaks frankly about problems facing the young and the elderly, Catholic and non-Catholic.”—*Publishers Weekly *(starred review)
Pope Francis examines the role of millennials in the future of the Catholic Church in this...
by Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2016
"Spirituality & Practice 2016 Award Winner." For the first time, all five major writings of Pope Francis—his encyclicals, bulls, and apostolic exhortations—are gathered into one volume. Pope Francis—the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church—was elected on March 13, 2013. Since then, he has...
by Saint Francis of Assisi
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Let us consider how the life of the glorious St Francis was conformed in every act with that of our Blessed Lord. For as Christ, before he began to preach, made choice of twelve Apostles, teaching them to despise all the things of this world, to follow him in poverty and in the practice of all other...
by Saint Francis of Assisi
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Let us consider how the life of the glorious St Francis was conformed in every act with that of our Blessed Lord. For as Christ, before he began to preach, made choice of twelve Apostles, teaching them to despise all the things of this world, to follow him in poverty and in the practice of all other...
by Francis Kai
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
The Catastrophe Theology is a theology learned by Francis Kai throughout the years he was thrown into the Valley of Achor. Although he had been a Catholic from ten years old, Francis did not know to receive grace from God in deep suffering when his wife, Martha, was diagnosed with brain cancer. During...
Product Creation
The Heart Of The Enterprise From Engineering To Ec
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Now more than ever, a company's success -- indeed its survival -- depends on a firmwide effort to create the best products and bring them to market quicker than competitors. Going beyond the traditional focus on design and production exclusively, product development expert Philip H. Francis provides...
Risk
A classic racing mystery from the king of crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
When he wakes in a pitch black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten, accountant and champion steeplechase jockey, knows he’s entered a nightmare of someone else’s making. Wracking...
Nerve
A classic racing mystery from the king of crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Nerve is the story of a struggling young jockey named Rob, a misfit in a family of accomplished musicians, who discovers that his troubling losing streak is caused not by a lack of skill...
Whip Hand
A classic racing mystery from the king of crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
Sid Halley’s career as a jockey - and his marriage - were brought to a sudden end by a heartbreaking accident. His glory days are over, but now, as a private investigator, he still finds...