Early English

Getting to know the Church Fathers means getting to know our own roots. It means knowing more deeply who we are as we learn more and more about who they are. The early Christians are our ancestors, our common genealogy, our family. When we look to our roots, what do we see?

Step into a world where each whispered promise and stolen glance could be a scandal. Dive into a tale of forbidden romances set against a backdrop of strict societal norms and heart-wrenching choices. Experience the thrill and heartache of love that dares to defy the rules. Are you ready to discover if they will dare to love despite it all? Unlock the secrets of the past and begin a journey of passion and peril

How would you like to spend quality time with your kids or grandchildren? Read together Little Monster’s first adventure! It's all about unconditional love, realizing family values and building strong self-esteem! “Little Monster Saves the Day” is the first in a series of books about a boy who is small in size, but big in personality. Your kids will delight in this imaginative and colorful story, joining Little Monster as he discovers that who he is, is more important than his size. Little Monster is the newborn to a family of giant monsters. Because he is so much smaller than ...

What does it mean for Jesus to be “deified” in early Christian literature? Litwa’s samples take us beyond the realm of abstract theology to dwell in the second- and third-century imagination of what it meant to be a god and shows that the Christian depiction of Christ was quite at home there.

In Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean, Randy M. Browne looks past the familiar numbers of life and death and into a human drama in which enslaved Africans and their descendants struggled to survive against their enslavers, their environment, and sometimes one another.

Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War, tells the story of his life in his own words. In this opening volume, Grant covers his early years, including his time at the U.S. military academy at West Point and his service during the Mexican War under Zachary Taylor. Grant wrote his memoirs in order to rescue his family from debt and they were published as he lay dying of throat cancer. Today, they are an American classic.

In Is This Perimenopause?, wellness author Emma Clarkson offers a calm, clear guide for women in their late 30s and early 40s who are beginning to experience the subtle, confusing shifts of early perimenopause. With relatable examples, symptom checklists, gentle humor, and both natural and medical options, this book helps you recognize the signs, understand your hormones, and find practical ways to support yourself—without feeling overwhelmed or dismissed. Learn why your cycles, moods, and energy are changing. Discover how to talk to your doctor confidently, when to consider natural ...

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Hap Collins looks like a good ol’ boy. But even in his misspent youth, his best pal is Leonard Pine, who is Black, gay, and the ultimate outsider. Inseparable friends, Hap and Leonard climb into the boxing ring, visit their families, get in bar fights, and just go fishing - all the while confronting racists, righting wrongs, and eating a whole lot of delicious food.

I really need to wake up Mr. Pug to tell him some important news. Do you think he'll listen to me? This is an early reader picture book for ages 3 to 6.

After a desperate escape from the Blue Stone Island, Skree and his faithful companion Zuka must find a new home for Priestess and the last of the Kobold race. Joining the fiery Captain Fenna Lis and her no-nonsense first mate Hawkins, Skree finds plenty of opportunities to grow in skill and strength. With few options available to him, Skree must provide a haven for his friends and the last survivors of the Kobold race. Luckily, Captain Fenna knows just the right guy to solve their problem, but it won't be easy. Or cheap.

The Yellow House delves into the passion and politics of Northern Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. Eileen O'Neill's family is torn apart by religious intolerance and secrets from the past. Determined to reclaim her ancestral home and reunite her family, Eileen begins working at the local mill, saving her money and holding fast to her dream. As war is declared on a local and global scale, Eileen cannot separate the politics from the very personal impact the conflict has had on her own life.

In the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent Stephen Hopkins to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horsemans coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary Englishmen, venturing off into the depths of unexplored America would have been a once in a lifetime adventure - but not for Stephen.

Al Miller’s worst fears of the Trensmyan’s current capabilities are confirmed. Now he has to convince a sitting monarch to evacuate all his citizens, all twenty-one million of them. They also need to remove all the usable supplies that could be of use to the Trensmyan soldiers. Jack Prable is made the official commander of First Battalion. If that isn’t enough, he stupidly opens his mouth about a good idea. He soon finds himself on the back of a stupid beast he doesn’t want to be within a hundred yards of. Thom Mellin’s forces have helped the Norwan Navy and Marines clear the ...

From classics such as the Odyssey and the Aeneid to fifth-century Christian apocrypha, narratives that described guided tours of the afterlife played a major role in shaping ancient notions of morality and ethics. In this new account, acclaimed author Bart Ehrman contextualizes early Christian narratives of heaven and hell within the broader intellectual and cultural worlds from which they emerged.

Millions of American adults are now diagnosed with ADHD - you are not alone! But, most ‘self-help’ or psychology books are not targeted to your demographic. Which is why we dedicated an entire book to help you not only understand your ADHD, but learn to work with it so it doesn’t have to stop you from living your best life! And, the second part dives deep into Autism and how that form of neurodiversity will affect you.

What if mankind's "missing link", the apelike Homo erectus, had survived to dominate a North American continent where woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers still prowled while the more advanced Homo sapiens built their civilizations elsewhere? Now imagine that the Europeans arriving in the New World had chanced on these primitive creatures and seized the opportunity to establish a hierarchy in which the sapiens were masters and the "sims" were their slaves.

Ernest Seton's stories reach, inside the animals he writes about in telling their stories. He gives us a greater understanding of their lives on planet earth. Adventure, comedy and sadness all intertwine to make these stories hard to put down until the last word...

When the art teacher disappears after a strange display of flashing lights, it looks like Bailey Elementary is in a bind. But out of nowhere a mysterious and pale woman with silver-white hair and an unusual white outfit shows up to take her place. Soon after her arrival the objects of Bailey City start to lose their color, but the new teacher seems to be getting more colorful every day. Can the Bailey School kids stop Bailey City from being washed out before it's too late?

Maximum Volume offers a glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles. George Martin's working-class childhood and musical influences profoundly shaped his early career in the BBC's Classical Music department and as head of the EMI Group's Parlophone Records. Out of them flowed the genius behind his seven years producing the Beatles' incredible body of work, including such albums as Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road.