A collection of poems by an inner-city priest reflecting time spent in Ireland.

Studying theology at Belgiums Louvain University, then working as a priest in Oklahoma in the 1960s profoundly changed the views of one who grew up Catholic in rural Ireland. Interaction with students from Asian and African cultures while pursuing doctoral studies at Germanys Tubingen University created uncertainty, then a growing realization that Catholicism has no more claim on truth than any world religion, culture, or society. Resigning as a priest exposed the ugly side of the Catholic Ch...

Through the lives of a young married couple this volume portrays life in a rural Irish community during the Great Depression and World War II. Despite their poverty people there lived fulfilling lives, sharing the little they had. They believed strongly that wealth was more a hindrance than a help in getting to heaven---ultimately the only thing that mattered to them. In an idyllic setting of rolling hills and thatched cottages they built a life together, though sharing their farm home with a...

Pie Comics began as a college comic strip way back in the mid ’00s, when flip phones roamed the earth. But after a shoulder injury forced cartoonist John McNamee to simplify his drawing style and improvise comics, Pie Comics evolved into the beloved strip it is today! This third collection from The Onion and the New Yorker contributor features his most absurdly relatable comics on our futile attempts to look “normal,” and why that’s hilarious.

Pie Comics began as a college comic strip way back in the mid '00s, when flip phones roamed the earth. But it wasn't until a shoulder injury forced John to simplify his drawing style and improvise the comics instead of actually sitting down and writing them that Pie Comics became the beloved strip it is today! This collection showcases some of the funniest and most trenchant of Onion writer John McNamee’s online comic strips, found at piecomic.tumblr.com.

The diary of a man trying to live within his religious faith while dealing with the harsh realities of urban America.

In this silly, read-from-both sides, comic-style joke book for kids, one side is dog jokes told by cats, and the other side is cat jokes told by dogs—for more than 200 jokes in all!There are few rivalries across history that are quite as formidable as CATS vs. DOGS. In this fully illustrated joke book, they go head-to-head—with a twist or two that may give you…paws.Presented in a read-from-both-sides format, the first half of the book consists of cat jokes ...

The six spheres to pronounce judgment, the six spheres to wield its power, the six spheres to resurrect the demon, and in death . . . rule in darkness... In the fires of the Dark Lands in the midst of war, a prophecy will be born entrusted with an immense task. He must fulfil the prophecy of the gods and become who he was born to be, the one who will bring an end to evil. Deep within the pit of evil a shadow is unleashed from its shackles, and plots to wreck total chaos on Middle Earth, an...

More than a decade after Jack Gilbert’s The Great Fires, this highly anticipated new collection shows the continued development of a poet who has remained fierce in his avoidance of the beaten path. In Refusing Heaven, Gilbert writes compellingly about the commingled passion, loneliness, and sometimes surprising happiness of a life spent in luminous understanding of his own blessings and shortcomings: “The days and nights wasted . . . Long hot afternoons / watching ants w...

The #1 New York Times best-selling authorFresh from the success of her book Secrets & Mysteries of the World, Sylvia Browne now writes about the clandestine world of secret societies. Sylvia's research, combined with her amazing communication with her spirit guide Francine, has uncovered the fact that many secret societies affect the lives of each of us every day...whether it be in the areas of religion, politics, economy, government, crime, or other world...

Read the #1 bestselling chapter book that started it all! Magic. Mystery. Time-travel. Get whisked back in time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie!Where did the tree house come from?Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark…or will they become a dinosaur’s dinner?The Magic Tree House series has been a beloved favo...

DOG MAN IS BACK! The highly anticipated new graphic novel in the #1 worldwide bestselling series starring everyone's favorite canine superhero by award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey!Piggy has returned, and his newest plot is his most diabolical yet. WHAT other new villains are on the horizon? WHERE are they all coming from? And WHO will step forward to save the city when scoundrels sabotage our Supa Buddies?With themes of friendship and doing go...