This full-cast performance of Dracula offers a new way to experience Bram Stoker's seminal vampire story, which follows Abraham Van Helsing's efforts to track down Lucy Seward after she becomes the victim of Count Dracula. Originally written by Irish playwright Hamilton Deane, this stage play was the first authorized adaptation of the 1897 epistolary novel Dracula. Beginning a tour in England in 1924, it was then revised by American writer John L. Balderstone for a Broadway production that...

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, O. He...

Diary of a Dean is a memoir of Herbert London's years at New York University. It follows his personal path from professor and ombudsman to dean of a new "experimental" college. The period in question parallels a tumultuous era in higher education. London's experiences placed him in the eye of the academic hurricane.Although there was considerable debate about the content and nature of higher education in this overheated period, London attempted to maintain a balance betwee...

The book explores the meaning of the Book of Zephaniah in a historical, literal, and symbolic context. Reading it will give an in-depth look at each verse to see what its meanings are.The book starts with a genealogy that introduces the possibility that the prophet is a descendant of King Hezekiah. Zephaniah warns of a coming judgment that will come against Judah and the nations. He mixes the near judgment with the end-time judgment. He indicates that Yahweh's judgement will be tot...

An anthology Malcolm Gladwell has called "riveting and indispensable," The Best Business Writing is a far-ranging survey of business's dynamic relationship with politics, culture, and life. This year's selections include John Markoff (New York Times) on innovations in robot technology and the decline of the factory worker; Evgeny Morozov (New Republic) on the questionable value of the popular TED conference series and the idea industry behind it; Paul Kiel (P...

Hosea is the first book of what is known as the minor prophets. This book will offer a deep dive into the meaning of the text using the literal meaning, symbolic meaning, and historical context. Hosea's wife Gomer is a symbol for the Northern Kingdon of Israel. Like all of us, Israel had been disobedient to God. As Israel had been unrepentant, they were coming under judgment. Hosea warns for the judgment and future hope of restoration through the grace of God.

An anthology Malcolm Gladwell has called "riveting and indispensable," The Best Business Writing is a far-ranging survey of business's dynamic relationship with politics, culture, and life. This year's selections include John Markoff (New York Times) on innovations in robot technology and the decline of the factory worker; Evgeny Morozov (New Republic) on the questionable value of the popular TED conference series and the idea industry behind it; Paul Kiel (P...

A commentary on the Book of Haggai exploring both the literal and symbolic meaning of the text. This is about the return of the Jewish people to Israel and their hesitancy in rebuilding the temple until they were encouraged by God. Haggai is a contemporary of Ezra and is mentioned in that book. He is straightforward and gives practical advice to the Jewish people.

This anthology of the year's best investigative business writing explores the secret dealings of an elite Wall Street society and uncovers the crimes and misadventures of the young founder of Silk Road, the wildly successful online illegal goods site known as the "eBay of vice." It reveals how the Fed dithered while the financial crisis unfolded and explains why the leaders of a two-trillion-dollar bond fund went to war with each other. Articles from the best newspapers and magazines in th...

A definitive interpretation of the literal, historical, and symbolic meaning of the Book of Amos. This is a book of a call for the Nation of Israel to repent of their sins, and judgments that were imminently upon them. Amos is one of the Minor Prophets but is a longer book than Daniel.Amos was living at a time when there was gross immorality in Israel and Judah, but the prophecy is centered on the northern kingdom of Israel. After a brief introduction, he lists a series of eight "fo...

Blackstone Audio presents an eclectic mix of stories, plays and sketches dedicated to the thinking paranoiac. Gore, sex, horror, literature and edifying morals—what more could you want from an audiobook?This collection includes "In a Grove," upon which Akira Kurosawa based his classic film, Rashomon; an adult fairy tale by the author of Winnie-the-Pooh; the real story (honest!) behind Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel The Moon Maid; and cautionary and scary ta...

The principles of Biblical interpretation and introduction to a series of books going through the entire Bible. The Gospel Message is presented with the Ontological argument. There is a section about Bible versions, joining a church, and tounges. I talk about literal interpretation, historical interpretation, and symbolic, or spiritual, interpretation.