Ivor Porter first came to Romania in 1939 as a teacher of English - to the exotic, semi-oriental Bucharest described by Olivia Manning. After the war had broken out, and Romania had been absorbed into the Axis sphere of influence,...
"The Case Against Owen Williams" is Allan Donaldson's latest novel, a captivating literary mystery set in the fictional town of Wakefield, New Brunswick, against the backdrop of the Second World War. The story follows the enigmatic Owen Williams, a man...
Examines the Roman Catholic roots of postliberal theology via conversations with three seminal postliberal theologians: George Lindbeck, David Burrell, and Stanley Hauerwas.
Editor: Wright, John
Publisher: Baker Academic
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Any tourist, traveler, Western business person or foreign expat can attest to the occasional c......
Mysterious and evocative, tantalising and erotic, this unique novel explores the qualities of love and obsession.Marienbad, the central European spa resort, is immortalised in the romantic imagination for its legendary doomed love affairs - Goethe......
'Sybylla, with her touching charm, her impetuosity, her inappropriateness, ranks with the great romantic figures of the nineteenth century.' - The London Times
Author: Franklin, Miles
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
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It was but two hours after midnight, yet many were wakeful in Caesarea on the Syrian coast. Herod Agrippa, King of all Palestine-by grace of the Romans-now at the very apex of his power, celebrated a festival in honour of...
Bestselling author Melody Carlson begins an inspiring new series of adventure and romance on the Oregon Trail.Kentucky, 1854-Elizabeth Martin has mourned her husband's death for three years, but now she feels ready to fulfill the dream they had sh......
Continuing the adventures of Quintus Honorius Romanus (a.k.a. Taurus)legendary gladiator of ancient Romethis second book in the series picks up in AD 68, when the emperor is dead, and the throne is up for grabs. Three contend......
A vibrant 1890s blend of mystery and romance as a woman is appointed to paint carousel horses--a position normally held only by men
Author: Miller, Judith
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: The Carousel Paint......
Barbara Baynton's short-story collection Bush Studies is famous for its stark realism-for not romanticising bush life, instead showing all its bleakness and harshness. Economic of style, influenced by the great nineteenth-century Russian novelists......
In this captivating sequel to Desert Rose, popular novelist Linda Chaikin takes readers out west for a spirited romance. Callie Halliday glitters as she sweeps across the stage in Virginia City. With her career on the rise, Callie is determined......
From the informal games of Homer's time to the highly organized contests of the Roman world, Miller has compiled a trove of ancient sources: Plutarch on boxing, Aristotle on the pentathlon, Philostratos on the buying and selling of victories, Vitr......
Humor and romance abound in this tale of a Texas Ranger tracking a gang while undercover as a linesman, and the alluring birder watching him.
Author: Gist, Deeanne
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Love on t......
Are you looking for the solutions to start a healthy lifestyle, stay free from bad illness, have a better sex life and more romantic involvements for a more satisfied life but just do not know how and where to get...
When Germany's Sixth Army advanced to Stalingrad in 1942, its long-extended flanks were mainly held by its allied armies-the Romanians, Hungarians, and Italians. But as history tells us, these flanks quickly caved in before the massive Soviet coun......
A gloriously funny and hopelessly romantic Christmas novella set in the beautiful Australia bush of East Gippsland from one of the stars of the rural genre.A Bush Christmas was an no.1 ebook bestseller on its release. Due to popular demand,...
Bestselling author Melody Carlson (more than 5 million books sold) continues her Homeward on the Oregon Trail series with this second romantic adventure.Elizabeth Martin and her two children have made it through the easy part of their journey, but......
Ideas and the presidency flirt with each other, but can they really get along? President Clinton had a romance with big ideas. He intently cultivated intellectuals, seducing them with his characteristic charm and with the promise of real influence......
Making the artistic leap from Bachs Well-Tempered Klavier via Beethoven, Liszt and Wagner, the nine preludes and fugues of Salomon Jadassohn set a new benchmark for the form at a time when the Romantic piano was soaring to new technical...