"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens, is part of a computerised reading program devised by journalist/author Dave McKay. The program, which paraphrases classic novels, primarily targets people who are learning English as a second language. It enables older students to quickly read classic novels despite having a very limited reading vocabulary. Each book has a number on the cover, showing how many different English words were used in McKay's translation of teh book.When reading...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first printed in 1884, eight years after Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It starts up where the other story finished, and the two books together are believed to be the best that Mark Twain ever wrote.Huck travels down the Mississippi on a raft, facing many dangers on the way, and learning about life and what it means to be a friend.There are truths that Twain tries to get people to think about through this book. One is t...

This is the Book of James paraphrased as a comic book. It's radical dude!Using a modern Australian context and slang, this powerful twenty two page comic book will challenge and perhaps offend some, and it may even change your life!Don't be an Ozzie Ostrich and stick your head in the sand! Take a look!

This is a comic book paraphrase of the book of Galatians, so the Smashword computers do not count words which are drawn into speech bubbles. Nevertheless, it is fairly short (26 pages). Churchianity vs Christianity uses modern situations (e.g. a church building instead of a synagogue, and reference to baptism instead of circumcision) to bring Paul's message forward into a 21st Century context.

About this bookOver the years many people have said many wonderful things... some of them funny, some very wise, and some just aimed at making us think. But there are not enough books to hold all that has been said.So when a person is able to say a great truth in just a few words, others have often remembered it and saved it for people to read or hear over and over. They have become famous quotations.In this book are hundreds of famous quotations. It is a book that ...

This is the first of three books which challenge the interpretations of prophecy given by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, in the Left Behind series. A string of appendices at the back of the book come from articles McKay wrote before he penned “ Survivors”. With the help of friends in Los Angeles, London, and Sydney, more than a million copies of this title have been sold to the general public for "whatever donation they could afford". McKay finally decided that he could do a bette...

This is the first of three books which challenge the interpretations of prophecy given by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, in the Left Behind series. A string of appendices at the back of the book come from articles McKay wrote before he penned " Survivors". With the help of friends in Los Angeles, London, and Sydney, more than a million copies of this title have been sold to the general public for "whatever donation they could afford". McKay finally decided that he could do a better job with...

This classic tale, translated into Easy English by Dave Mckay and beautifully illustrated by his son, Kevin, allows those who are new to the English language a chance to enjoy the dangerous and exciting adventures of Robinson Crusoe, originally written by Daniel DeFoe in 1719.Robinson Crusoe's father said he should studyhard, learning to be happy with his life.But Robinson disobeys his father and sails away.He travels the world looking for an easy way to becom...

There is a growing interest in endtime prophecy. People want to know whether world events are leading toward some predetermined end, and whether that end has personal significance for them. That much is fine … but the end result may not be. Interpreting prophecy can be complex, and it is easy for the uninitiated to be drawn into making or believing conclusions that go beyond the actual intent of the prophecies.Sadly, many of the widely recognised experts in theology have little fai...

The story continues. Follow the final twelve chapters of the Gospel of Luke in this radical 48-page comic book. Everything from McDonald's Restaurants to a modern tractor and chain saw come into the illustrations as readers are challenged to consider this ancient manuscript in a modern setting.

Introducing sixteenth-century Scottish lawyer and amateur sleuth Hew Cullan in "a gripping mystery that holds the reader to the very last page" (John Burnside, prize-winning poet and novelist).1579, St Andrews. A thirteen-year-old boy meets his death on the streets of the university city of St Andrews, and suspicion falls upon one of the regents at the university, Nicholas Colp. Hew Cullan, a young lawyer recently returned home from Paris, uncovers a complex tale o...

The first twelve chapters of the Gospel of Luke are beautifully illustrated in this 48-page comic book. From modern applications (a teller's window through which Matthew does his tax-collecting) to a bit of tongue-in-cheek (the angel Gabriel dressed as Superman), readers are challenged to consider passage after passage in an entirely new light. This is the first of two volumes which cover the entire Gospel. Across the bottom of each page are the relevant passages from the King James Versio...