Award-winning novelist Joan Thomas blends fact and fiction, passion and science in this stunning novel set in 19th-century Lyme Regis, England—the seaside town that is the setting of both The French Lieutenant's Woman and Jane Austen's Persuasion.More than 40 years before the publication of The Origin of Species, 12-year-old Mary Anning, a cabinet-maker's daughter, found the first intact skeleton of a prehistoric dolphin-...

Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck His faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairie. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restless, not the daughter she feels her mother wants. As she tries to invent herself, she conjures, too, an imagined past for her beloved father in an effort to understand him and the demons he battles. In her teens, Lily is sent to England to care for her Grandmother and further explores the delicio...

In Go a Little Further, Joan Thomas shares the life and legacy of her husband Major W. Ian Thomas, evangelical Christian writer, teacher and founder of the Torchbearer bible schools. This book is part biography, part history, and packed full of individual stories about Ian Thomas and the Torchbearers ministry.

Mit seiner ersten Veröffentlichung "Christus in euch - Dynamik des Lebens" wurde er weltweit bekannt. Ian Thomas (1914-2007), britischer Major, Evangelist und Autor mehrerer Bücher ist Gründer der Fackelträger-Bewegung - einer internationalen christlichen Missionsgemeinschaft. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg erfüllte er sich seinen Traum von einem großen Anwesen, in dem junge Deutsche nach dem Ende der Naziherrschaft das Evangelium hören sollten. Der Landsitz Capernwray Hall in England wurde zu...

Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to spark group discussion.Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book Awards, Christian LivingSilver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers AssociationWhy, in an age of connectivity, are our lives more isolated and fragmented than ever? And what can be done about it? The answer lies in the hands...

The Heart of the Story: My Improbable Journey as a Cardiologist is an examination of the struggles and successes of one woman cardiologist. The story initially focuses on the unlikely path Dr. Joan Thomas took to become a cardiologist - a specialty still dominated by men.This inspiring memoir encourages the next generation of young women, whether just entering or already working in the medical profession, to understand not only the risks and sacrifices made by the women wh...

La presse, la politique, la Californie, les femmes : on retrouve déjà dans ce recueil rassemblant des chroniques rédigées entre 1968 et 2000, ceux qui deviendront les thèmes de prédilection de l’icône des lettres américaines. Qu’elle raconte ses débuts au magazine Vogue, une réunion des Joueurs Anonymes, qu’elle analyse la presse locale underground ou qu’elle s’interroge sur les publications posthumes des écrivains, c’est finalement toujours l’Amérique qu’elle scrute, dans toutes ...

20 unheilvolle Kurzgeschichten rund um den gruseligsten Tag des Jahres Folgen Sie uns durch PC-Spiele, zu verfluchten Treffen, seltsamen Blind-Dates, hinein in Zeitschleifen und zu Opferungen. Doch zwischen Vampiren, Hexen und Werwölfen gibt es auch Mörder, Serientäter und wahre Teufel. Und Monster … märchenhafte, sagenhafte und erfundene … mit guten, schlechten oder gebrochenen Herzen …denn auch diese Wesen sehnen sich nach Liebe. Und so ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass auch hier Misserfo...

Dive into the sultry undercurrents of Victorian erotica with this meticulously curated anthology from the Victorian Passions series, volume 21. This collection gathers seven rare gems of forbidden desire, each a testament to the era's masterful blend of literary finesse and unbridled sensuality. From the bold escapades in The Adventures of Claudia to the scandalous family intrigues of The She-Devils, or Three Daughters of their Mother, these narratives explore the hidden passions that simm...

She was twenty-two years old when they burned her. Before that, she had moved a kingdom.Kimpa Vita emerged in the early eighteenth century as the Kingdom of Kongo fractured under civil war and foreign influence. Claiming to carry the voice of Saint Anthony, she called for unity and renewal — and thousands believed her. Church authorities called her a heretic. Political leaders called her a threat. Both were right that she could not be ignored.This is the story of how one yo...

While new railroad tracks cut through Northwestern Iowa in the mid-19th century, hardy pioneers cultivated the fertile soil, and the burgeoning sport of baseball took root and flourished. An integral element of the developing culture, it promoted community pride. Eight Northwestern Iowa towns supported professional teams by 1912, the first being Sioux City in 1888. Over time, that city's clubs produced hall-of-fame shortstop Dave Bancroft and initiated the still-existing American League. H...

There are few individuals in modern Spanish history that have been as thoroughly mythologized as José Antonio Primo de Rivera, a leading figure in the Spanish Civil War who was executed by the Republicans in 1936 and celebrated as a martyr following the victory of the Falangists. In this long-awaited translation, Joan Maria Thomàs provides a measured, exhaustively researched study of Primo de Rivera’s personality, beliefs, and political activity. His biography shows us a man dedicated to t...