Religious Classics

This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction audiobook goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical mythology. It is a wide-ranging account, examining how classical myths are used and understood in both high art and popular culture, taking the listener from the temples of Crete to skyscrapers in New York, and finding classical myths in a variety of unexpected places: from Arabic poetry and Hollywood films, to psychoanalysis, the Bible, and New Age spiritualism.

Motivated by the longstanding need to retrieve the classical doctrine of the Trinity, theologian Matthew Barrett brings together Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox scholars to intervene in the conversation. With over forty contributions, this ecumenical volume resurrects the enduring legacy of Nicene orthodoxy, providing a theological introduction that listens with humility to the Great Tradition.

Digory and Polly meet and become friends one cold, wet summer in London. Their lives burst into adventure when Digory's Uncle Andrew, who thinks he is a magician, sends them hurtling to...somewhere else. They find their way to Narnia, newborn from the Lion's song, and encounter the evil sorceress Jadis, before they finally return home.

The Complete Deadwood Dakota 4 Books in one boxed set! Clean and Wholesome American mail order bride historical western short story romance. Come on out West and see the girls’ journey in finding meaning to their life, meeting different people and getting a shot at finding true love. Read all the books Deadwood Dakota Series By Best Selling Author Katie Wyatt Book ~1 – Clara Meet Clara, she started living with her mean grandmother since she was ten when her parents died in a fire. She wanted to escape the grasp of her grandmother, but she knows that she only has very few choices at hand...

C. S. Lewis's dazzling allegory about Heaven and Hell - and the chasm fixed between them - is one of his most brilliantly imaginative tales, where we discover that the gates of Hell are locked from the inside. In a dream, the narrator boards a bus on a drizzly afternoon in Hell and embarks on an incredible voyage to Heaven. Anyone in Hell is invited on board, and anyone may remain in Heaven if he or she so chooses. But do we really want to live in Heaven?

Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day powerful and fascinating. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West.

You'll get FOUR full-length novels in one boxed set, As each woman arrives in town to marry her mail-order beau, she gets drawn into the mayhem. Through every trial, however, the brides’ new husbands stand by their side. Tiny Twin Creeks’, California, has a mystery! When the town’s brand-new mail order brides stumble upon the pieces to an ancient treasure map, the brides suddenly find more than they bargained for in the way of heart-pounding adventure and life-threatening excitement. It will take a lot to solve the mystery—but whatever the treasure turns out to be in the end, the ...

From Aristotle to Wittgenstein and Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics provides a lively entry point to the field of philosophy. Analyses of key works by Descartes, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Heidegger, and Nietzsche also show how philosophy helped shape the thinking and events of the last 150 years.

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The Complete Series 4 Books in one boxed set! Clean and Wholesome American mail order bride historical western short story romance. You'll get FOUR books! When the group of four friends decides to journey of discovery and learns about life, love, and relationships in a way they had never dreamed possible. Continue with us on this Wild West journey as we mingle with notorious outlaws and may find something that just may change their lives forever. Read all the Daughters For The Wild West Series Book 1 Monday’s Child is Fair of Face Book 2 Tuesday's Child is Full of Grace Book 3 ...

The Complete Series for adventure and excitement in this Four Books, series full of love, and the joys of the season in one boxed set! Four brave brides. Four men, each in need of a wife to walk with them through life, raise children, chase dreams, leave a legacy for the generations to come. But the West is wild even in the late 1800s, and the challenges are many. Shadows of the past will arise and try to mar the couples’ newfound happiness, but as Christmas approaches, miracles are in the air. Grab a cup of hot chocolate and curl up with each of the four books in this heartwarming series...

Margaret Simon, almost 12, has just moved from New York City to the suburbs, and she’s anxious to fit in with her new friends. When she’s asked to join a secret club, she jumps at the chance. But when the girls start talking about boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret starts to wonder if she’s normal. There are some things about growing up that are hard for her to talk about, even with her friends. Lucky for Margaret, she’s got someone else to confide in...someone who always listens.

Dark. Damaged. Dangerous. He will ruin me. I should run. Blake Harrison is everything I've been taught is wrong. The handsome billionaire is hiding a dark secret and the longer I stay, the more I fall under his spell. We are both running from something, but our secrets threaten to tear us apart. The darkness is starting to feel more comfortable than the light. Can we find salvation in our ruin? Note: This is a standalone romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It was previously published under a different name.

Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness. How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy? Schaeffer's work takes on a newfound relevance today in his prescient anticipation of the contemporary postmodern ethos. His critique demonstrates Christianity's promise for a new century, one in as much need as ever of purpose and hope.

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It is the story of Mr. Vane, an orphan and heir to a large house - a house in which he has a vision that leads him through a large old mirror into another world. In chronicling the five trips Mr. Vane makes to this other world, MacDonald hauntingly explores the ultimate mystery of evil.

This exciting three-book series takes you into the heart of turn-of-the-century America, when cattle drives were still a daily way of life for many men…and also for a few women!When Colt, Michael, and Joseph are bequeathed a thriving cattle ranch, the stipulation is that they each need to marry before claiming their share of the inheritance. Before long, three brave, independent mail order brides make their way west, unaware of how startled their handsome Texan fiancés will be when it turns out these women want to participate in all parts of frontier life—cattle drives included. Danger...

The Dawn Treader is the first ship Narnia has seen in centuries. King Caspian has built it for his first voyage to find the seven lords, good men whom his evil uncle Miraz banished when he usurped the throne. The journey takes Edmund, Lucy, their cousin Eustace, and Caspian to the Eastern Islands, beyond the Silver Sea, toward Aslan's country at the End of the World.

The Complete Series 3 Books in one boxed set! Clean and Wholesome American mail order bride historical western short story romance. The three brave women in this series have courage in spades! They follow God and their hearts all the way across the country to the men of their dreams. But life in California’s wild west isn’t easy. There are dangers of many kinds, not to mention the challenge of building a relationship from scratch with a stranger. Liza Kennedy is the youngest of nine children in her family, but knows her parents can’t take care of her much longer. She answers an ad in ...

Juanita di Perli was a young woman when she decided to live the rest of her life on a table-top. She called it God's will, but for the order of nuns that sprang up around her, Juanita's devotion was a curse. For decades they did the bidding of the holy grouch, and the entire island of San Juan el Pirata sighed with relief when she died. Twenty years later, the islanders fight for Juanita's canonization - not because they liked her, but because a local saint would be a tourist boon. The only thing keeping the island poor is the Archduke, who refuses to ask Rome to consider Juanita for sainthood.