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- Author: Abel Boyer
- Publisher:
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- Category : French language
- Languages : en
- Pages : 400
MacDonalds' Fairy-Tale Treasure Chest
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- Author: George Macdonald
- Publisher: Simon and Schuster
- ISBN: 1681464365
- Category : Fiction
- Languages : en
- Pages : 1061
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister who was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature. The mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll, his writings have been cited as a major literary influence by authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien,[1] Walter de la Mare,[2] E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. This collection contains six of his finest fairy tales, including 'The Princess and the Goblin,' 'The Princess and Curdie,' 'The Light Princess,' 'Phantastes,' 'The Giant's Heart,' and 'The Golden Key.'
University Magazine
The Truth and Other Stories
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- Author: Stanislaw Lem
- Publisher: MIT Press
- ISBN: 0262046083
- Category : Fiction
- Languages : en
- Pages : 341
Twelve stories by science fiction master Stanisław Lem, nine of them never before published in English. Of these twelve short stories by science fiction master Stanisław Lem, only three have previously appeared in English, making this the first "new" book of fiction by Lem since the late 1980s. The stories display the full range of Lem's intense curiosity about scientific ideas as well as his sardonic approach to human nature, presenting as multifarious a collection of mad scientists as any reader could wish for. Many of these stories feature artificial intelligences or artificial life forms, long a Lem preoccupation; some feature quite insane theories of cosmology or evolution. All are thought provoking and scathingly funny. Written from 1956 to 1993, the stories are arranged in chronological order. In the title story, "The Truth," a scientist in an insane asylum theorizes that the sun is alive; "The Journal" appears to be an account by an omnipotent being describing the creation of infinite universes--until, in a classic Lem twist, it turns out to be no such thing; in "An Enigma," beings debate whether offspring can be created without advanced degrees and design templates. Other stories feature a computer that can predict the future by 137 seconds, matter-destroying spores, a hunt in which the prey is a robot, and an electronic brain eager to go on the lam. These stories are peak Lem, exploring ideas and themes that resonate throughout his writing.
Walking the Line
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- Author: Thomas Alan Holmes
- Publisher: Lexington Books
- ISBN: 0739169688
- Category : Music
- Languages : en
- Pages : 289
An insightful and wide-ranging look at one of America’s most popular genres of music, Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture examines how country songwriters engage with their nation’s religion, literature, and politics. Country fans have long encountered the concept of walking the line, from Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line” to Waylon Jennings’s “Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line.” Walking the line requires following strict codes, respecting territories, and, sometimes, recognizing that only the slightest boundary separates conflicting allegiances. However, even as the term acknowledges control, it suggests rebellion, the consideration of what lies on the other side of the line, and perhaps the desire to violate that code. For lyricists, the line presents a moment of expression, an opportunity to relate an idea, image, or emotion. These lines represent boundaries of their kind as well, but as the chapters in this volume indicate, some of the more successful country lyricists have tested and expanded the boundaries as they have challenged musical, social, and political conventions, often reevaluating what “country” means in country music. From Jimmie Rodgers’s redefinitions of democracy, to revisions of Southern Christianity by Hank Williams and Willie Nelson, to feminist retellings by Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton to masculine reconstructions by Merle Haggard and Cindy Walker, to Steve Earle’s reworking of American ideologies, this collection examines how country lyricists walk the line. In weighing the influence of the lyricists’ accomplishments, the contributing authors walk the line in turn, exploring iconic country lyrics that have tested and expanded boundaries, challenged musical, social, and political conventions, and reevaluated what “country” means in country music.
C.S. Lewis—On the Christ of a Religious Economy, 3.2
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- Author: P. H. Brazier
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- ISBN: 1725246902
- Category : Religion
- Languages : en
- Pages : 344
C. S. Lewis--On the Christ of a Religious Economy. II. Knowing Salvation, opens with a discussion of the Anscombe-Lewis debate (the theological issues relating to revelation and reason, Christ the Logos). This leads into Lewis on the Church (the body of Christ) and his understanding of religion: how is salvation enacted through the churches, how do we know we are saved? This concludes with, for Lewis, the question of sufferance and atonement, substitution and election, deliverance and redemption: heaven, hell, resurrection, and eternity--Christ's work of salvation on the cross. What did Lewis say of humanity in relation to God, now Immanuel, God with us, incarnate, crucified, resurrected, and ascended for humanity? What of Lewis's own death, and that of his wife? What does this tell us about the triune God of Love, who is Love? This volume forms the second part of the third book in a series of studies on the theology of C. S. Lewis titled C. S. Lewis: Revelation and the Christ. The books are written for academics and students, but also, crucially, for those people, ordinary Christians, without a theology degree who enjoy and gain sustenance from reading Lewis's work. www.cslewisandthechrist.net
Delphi Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Illustrated)
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- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Publisher: Delphi Classics
- ISBN: 1908909242
- Category : Fiction
- Languages : en
- Pages : 4012
Widely regarded as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature, Fyodor Dostoyevsky crafted unique literary works that explored the psychology of the troubled political, social and spiritual atmosphere of nineteenth century Russia. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Dostoyevsky, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 9) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dostoyevsky's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 15 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * 20 short stories, with rare tales available in no other collection * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes Dostoyevsky's journal and letters - spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence * Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Dostoyevsky’s contribution to literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with corrected texts, new images and introductions Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels POOR FOLK THE DOUBLE NETOCHKA NEZVANOVA UNCLE’S DREAM THE VILLAGE OF STEPANCHIKOVO THE INSULTED AND HUMILIATED THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND CRIME AND PUNISHMENT THE GAMBLER THE IDIOT THE PERMANENT HUSBAND THE POSSESSED THE RAW YOUTH THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV The Short Stories MR. PROHARTCHIN THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING THE HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS TREE THE CROCODILE BOBOK A GENTLE SPIRIT THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN THE PEASANT MAREY THE LITTLE ORPHAN A WEAK HEART WHITE NIGHTS THE MEEK GIRL POLZUNKOV A LITTLE HERO THE HONEST THIEF A NOVEL IN NINE LETTERS THE LANDLADY AN UNPLEASANT PREDICAMENT ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE THE GRAND INQUISITOR The Non-Fiction DOSTOYEVSKY’S JOURNAL LETTERS OF FYODOR MICHAILOVITCH DOSTOYEVSKY TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS The Criticism ON RUSSIAN NOVELISTS by William Lyon Phelps RUSSIAN ROMANCE by Earl of Evelyn Baring Cromer A SURVEY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE by Isabel Florence Hapgood Extract from ‘AN OUTLINE OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE’ by Maurice Baring THREE ESSAYS ON DOSTOYEVSKY by Virginia Woolf Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare
Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums
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- Author: Jamie Davis
- Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
- ISBN: 073873750X
- Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
- Languages : en
- Pages : 212
Recounts supernatural encounters from ten well-known U.S. institutions, including West Virginia Penitentiary and St. Albans Sanatorium, in a work that features photographs, highlights from site tours, and historical information.
