The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede is a beloved classic of Victorian humor that offers a lively and entertaining glimpse into student life, social customs, and youthful misadventures. First published in the nineteenth century, this enduring comic novel follows the experiences of an inexperienced young man as he navigates the challenges, surprises, and eccentricities of university life. Mr. Verdant Green arrives at college full of enthusiasm but with little understanding o...

Porsha Hawkins is just an artist trying to make it by in a world that seems to live for putting her down. Her only solace? Her favorite lite-RPG dating sim Crystal Eclipse.After her computer breaks in an unfortunate accident, she's quick to drain her savings and get back to her favorite addiction. But when a storm blows through causing an electrical disturbance in her apartment, she goes to bed only to wake in a world so different from her own. Trapped in a new body—the dreaded vil...

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Trinity and Inculturation offers a renewed examination of the naming of God in the context of contemporary fundamental theology and African inculturation theology.In the past decades, missionary discourse has developed an intentional theological awareness of the intricacies of African traditional religions. Its aim of counteracting the prevalent devaluation of African culture throughout history, however, has come at the expense of foundational components o...

This complete 5 book masterpiece now fits conveniently on your e-book reader! Bedes Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section. Bede, also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Latin: Bēda Venerābilis), was a monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, today part of Sunderland, England, and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow (see Wearmouth-Jarrow), both ...

God Emperor Raul Horadian is the king of all things.Given a fierce name at birth, his mother suffered headaches and visions while he gestated in her womb and she knew her son was destined for greatness. Though birthing such a being of terror and might killed her before she even witnessed him draw his first breath. Yet, her prophecy had been true and that day the rightful ruler of this realm was brought into being.He is the first of his kind, so there was no name for him whe...

Have you ever wondered why medieval visions of the afterlife continue to fascinate and terrify readers to this day?The Vision of Drythelm provides a compelling modern translation of one of the most powerful and vivid accounts of the afterlife from the early Middle Ages. Recorded by the renowned historian the Venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, this text tells the remarkable story of Drythelm, a devout Northumbrian family man who fa...

Have you ever wondered why medieval visions of the afterlife continue to fascinate and terrify readers to this day?The Vision of Drythelm provides a compelling modern translation of one of the most powerful and vivid accounts of the afterlife from the early Middle Ages. Recorded by the renowned historian the Venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, this text tells the remarkable story of Drythelm, a devout Northumbrian family man who fa...

Britain, an island in the ocean, formerly called Albion, is situated between the north and west, facing, though at a considerable distance, the coasts of Germany, France, and Spain, which form the greatest part of Europe. It extends 800 miles in length towards the north, and is 200 miles in breadth, except where several promontories extend further in breadth, by which its compass is made to be 3675 miles. To the south,1 as you pass along the nearest shore of the Belgic Gaul, the first plac...

This selection of writings from the sixth and seventh century AD provides a powerful insight into the early history of the Christian Church in England and Ireland. From Bede's Life of Cuthbert and Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow to the anonymous Voyage of St Brendan - a whimsical mixture of fact and fantasy that describes a quest for paradise on earth - these are vivid accounts of the profoundly spiritual and passionately heroic lives of Christian pioneers and saints. Both vita...

Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative years of the English people. Leo Sherley-Price's translation brings us an accurate and readable version, in modern English, of a unique historical document. This edition now includes Bede's Letter to Egbert concerning pastoral care in early An...

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism Roman Rite and Celtic Christianity. It was originally composed in Latin, is considered to be one of the most important original references on Anglo-Saxon history and has played a key role in the development of an English national identity. It is believed to ha...