This 1st volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane: Emma Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan of the Apes Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Cather, Willa:...

“A modern classic of courage and excitement.” —The New Yorker • The source for the iconic prison-escape film starring Steve McQueenHenri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was wrongfully convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the brutal French Guiana penal colony, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous y...

Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life features the wisdom that spiritual leader and counselor Henri J. M. Nouwen brought to the essential question asked by every Christian and seeker: What should I do with my life?Nouwen emphasizes listening to the Word of God—in our hearts, in the Bible, in the community of faith, and in the voice of the poor as a way to discern God’s plan.Although the late Henri J. M. Nouwen counseled many people during his lifetime, his p...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter speaks a thousand more . . . Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter. Love letters express the spectrum of our emotions, offering a colorful glimpse into the soul of the writer, and of the writer's beloved. For passionate readers and lovers of words, a letter is irresistible. List of letters included: Ludwig van Bethoveen - The Immortal Beloved Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfr...

L'œuvre de Nietzsche est essentiellement une généalogie critique de la culture occidentale moderne et de l'ensemble de ses valeurs morales (issues de l'interprétation chrétienne du monde), politiques (la démocratie, l'égalitarisme), philosophiques (le platonisme et toutes les formes de dualisme métaphysique) et religieuses (le christianisme). Cette critique procède d'un projet de dévaluer ces valeurs et d'en instituer de nouvelles dépassant le ressentiment et la volonté de néant qui ont do...

L'œuvre de Nietzsche est essentiellement une généalogie critique de la culture occidentale moderne et de l'ensemble de ses valeurs morales (issues de l'interprétation chrétienne du monde), politiques (la démocratie, l'égalitarisme), philosophiques (le platonisme et toutes les formes de dualisme métaphysique) et religieuses (le christianisme). Cette critique procède d'un projet de dévaluer ces valeurs et d'en instituer de nouvelles dépassant le ressentiment et la volonté de néant qui ont do...

Bernard-Henri Lévy's Israel Alone is a passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur, about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7, starting with Lévy's eyewitness account the day after the pogroms.On October 8, 2023, Bernard-Henri Lévy flew to Israel to bear witness to the unprecedented invasion and massacre committed by Hamas. Israel Alone begins here and weaves in Lévy's fifty years on the ground in Israel, from his first trip in 1967, his experiences writing on all the co...

After his wife passed away unexpectedly Frank Pooler went into retirement leading a solitary life after completing two careers--one in the military and another as an academic administrator including being a college president. That peaceful existence came to an abrupt end because of two phone calls. Pooler returned to academic life becoming the interim president for a small college that had lost its president very unexpectedly and had lost track of what it should really be doing engaging in...

With a preface by James Martin, SJ. A specially-priced two-in-one omnibus gift edition of Henri Nouwen's bestselling The Return of the Prodigal Son and it's companion and prequel Home Tonight.In seizing the inspiration that came to him through Rembrandt's depiction of the powerful Gospel story "The Return of the Prodigal Son," Henri Nouwen probes several movements of the parable: the younger son's return, the father's restoration of sonship, the e...

This book follows a squad of French volunteer soldiers on the front in France after the German invasion. The book opens and ends with broad visions shared by multiple characters. The anecdotes are episodic in nature, each with an individual chapter title. In contrast to many war novels which came before it, Under Fire describes war in gritty and brutal realism.

**With over a million copies sold, this classic work is essential reading for all who ask, “Where has my struggle led me?”Recommended reading for Hallow’s 2026 Lent Pray40 Community Prayer Challenge**A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on an unforgettable spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chos...

This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness Creative Evolution Matter and Memory Meaning of the War: Life & Matter in Conflict Dreams