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Is it possible to make a case that the Gospel of Mark was not composed by a single man from scattered accounts but in a process of people's telling Jesus' story over several decades? And what can we say about the tellers who were shaping this story for changing audiences? After an introduction showing the groundwork already laid in oral tradition research, the case begins by tracing the Mark we know back to several quite different early manuscripts which continue the flexibility of their o...

Before the angels sang, before the shepherds watched their flocks, before a star rose over Bethlehem, Heaven had already announced the King.The King Announced by Heaven traces the story behind the story-how God prepared the world for the arrival of His Son through prophecy and the unfolding drama of redemption. This is not a retelling of the Christmas narrative; it is the deeper narrative beneath it, the one written long before the manger.Drawing f...

The field of New Testament studies often appears splintered into widely different specializations and narrowly defined research projects. Nevertheless, some of the most important insights have come about when curious men and women have defied disciplinary boundaries and drawn on other fields of knowledge in order to gain a more adequate view of history. The essays in Bridges in New Testament Interpretation offer surveys of the current scholarly discussion in areas of New Testament and Chri...

The Seventh Western Novel MEGAPACK® presents four more great westerns:BLAZING TRAILS, by Francis W. Hilton. What happens when a cow-puncher with a lightning fast draw carries out his dying uncle's last wish?INDIAN BEEF, by Harold Channing Wire. When young Barnet trail-bosses cattle north to an Indian reservation, rival cattlemen resort to low trickery to beat him to the market. Fugitive Indians, outlaws, and spies in his crew add to Barnet's troubles!GUNS OF CIRCLE 8,...

From Alan Bennett's Baffled at a Bookcase, to Lucy Mangan's Library Rules, famous writers tell us all about how libraries are used and why they're important. Tom Holland writes about libraries in the ancient world, while Seth Godin describes what a library will look like in the future. Lionel Shriver thinks books are the best investment, Hardeep Singh Kohli makes a confession and Julie Myerson remembers how her career began beside the shelves. Using memoir, history, polemic and some short ...

Elinor De Wire has been writing about lighthouses and their keepers since 1972. During that time she found that hundreds of lighthouse animals wandered into her research notes and photo collection. This book is the story of all these cold-nosed, whiskered, wooly, hoofed, horned, slithery, buzzing, feathered, and finned keepers of the lights. Where else would a dog learn to ring a fogbell, a cat go swimming and catch a fish for its supper, or a parrot cuss the storm winds rattling its cage?...

When Pelé Broke Our Hearts is the definitive and bestselling story of Wales's remarkable 1958 World Cup campaign. Now republished in an updated and expanded third edition, Mario Risoli’s highly acclaimed book contains additional material from the players and their families and many more photographs and illustrations from the qualifying campaign and tournament. An incredible tale that features the Munich Air Disaster, a bizarre qualification as representatives of FIFA’s Middle East/Asia gro...

Freckleberry is a brave and curious girl who stumbles upon a problem while coloring a drawing of herself. She can't decide what crayon to use because none of the colors match her skin. Freckleberry seeks the help of her little brother and father. She questions the idea of being seen as a color. Her father steps in to help her understand that she is more than the color of her skin.

Medical progress and greater prosperity have helped us to not only live longer, but also to stay healthy longer. However, the downsides of ever greater convenience are now becoming apparent: the next pandemic will be characterised by lifestyle-related diseases and – unlike the coronavirus – will spread slowly and without much media attention. A growing number of circulatory diseases, type 2 diabetes and cancer are part of the new normal, resulting from a modern lifestyle with less exercise...

One hundred years ago a deadly super-virus infected all of humanity—and killed all the men—making it impossible for boys to be born alive. Women, alone, have been ruling the world ever since.When a cure for the super-virus is eventually discovered—men are able to be born again—and the women begin reintroducing boys back into society. However, there are some who are not happy about the return of men to civilization. A secret cult of man-killers, called the Sicarii, plot to make sure...

Freckleberry is a special girl with unique features. She encounters her first bully in school who makes her question her self-love and confidence. Freckleberry overcomes the teasing, loves herself, and meets a new friend just as special as her. Freckleberry realizes with the help of her mom that it is okay to be unique on the outside as well as on the inside.

On May 20, 1890, after leaving the asylum in Saint-Rémy in the south of France, the Dutch painter arrived in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, where his brother, Theo, had placed him in the care of Dr. Paul Gachet, well known as physician and patron painters. A frequent guest in the Gachet household, Vincent came to know the doctor’s 20-year-old daughter, Marguerite. Was there a romance as she later claimed? What were the true circumstances of the artist’s death from a gunshot wo...