Examining how a civilian organization used the Civil War to advance their religious missionTabernacles in the Wilderness discusses the work of the United States Christian Commission (USCC), a civilian relief agency established by northern evangelical Protestants to minister to Union troops during the American Civil War. USCC workers saw in the Civil War not only a wrathful judgment from God for the sins of the nation but an unparalleled opportunity to save...

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當半獸人找來的時候， 會呼喊你的名字， 而你無能為力……愛倫坡獎得主　威廉．肯特．庫格紐約時報暢銷佳作──落魄警長 寇克．歐康納系列首部曲──一場看似自殺的謀殺犯罪與隨之而來的兒童失蹤事件其背後究竟埋藏著什麼樣的謎團？名譽掃地的警長該如何才能解決這些案件？★美國安東尼獎（Anthony Award）★閣樓─麥克奈特小說獎（Loft-McKnight Fiction Award）★貝瑞獎之一鳴驚人獎（Barry Award for Best First Novel）★美國作家之友獎（Friends of American Writers Prize）★明尼蘇達圖書獎（Minnesota Book Award）★明尼蘇達東北圖書獎（Northeastern Minnesota Book Award）★迪利斯獎（Dilys Award）入圍邱常婷（小說家）、張東君（...

La escuela Lincoln (a orillas del río Gilead en Minnesota) es, en el verano de 1932, un lugar hostil donde cientos de niños nativos americanos, arrancados de sus familias, son enviados a recibir educación. Entre ellos se encuentra Odie O'Banion, un ingenioso niño huérfano cuyas hazañas provocan la ira del director.Odie y su hermano Albert (los únicos niños blancos de la escuela) cometen un crimen terrible y se ven obligados a huir, llevando con ellos a su mejor amigo, Mose, un niño...

Eighteen-year-old, Bronwyn Littleton is in love with a stranger she met on a summer night a year ago.A stranger who was tall and broad in a way that made her feel safe. He had dark blue eyes that she can’t stop drawing in her sketch book. And he had a deep, soothing voice that she can’t stop hearing in her dreams.That’s all she knows about him though.Until she runs into him again. At St. Mary’s School for Troubled Teenagers–an all girls reform school–where she’s tra...

The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance her life as a wife and mother—cowritten by her husband Joe Kent, a retired special operative and the former Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism CenterOf the 1.3 million active-duty service members in the US military, only a tiny fraction are selected as “oper...

Shakespeare's dextrous comedy of two twin masters and two twin servants continually mistaken for one another is both farce and more than farce. The Comedy of Errors examines the interplay between personal and commercial relationships, and the breakdown of social order that follows the disruption of identity. As well as detailed on-page commentary notes, this new edition has a long, illustrated introduction exploring the play's performance and crtitical history, as well as its plac...

The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance her life as a wife and mother—cowritten by her husband Joe Kent, a retired special operative and the former Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center In this audiobook, Joe Kent reads a powerful, emotional letter he wrote to his sons about their mother and the purpo...

Originally featured as articles in the ESV Study Bible, these eighteen essays have been repurposed and republished in a convenient format. Covering a diverse range of essential subjects, including how to read the Bible well and why it is reliable, the essays delve into specific topics such as world religions, canon, and archaeology.Useful as both a general overview of the Bible and as a tool for more specific reference and training, readers of this book will grow in their ...

Menagerie was Williams' first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our preeminent lyric playwright. Since its premiere in Chicago in 1944, with the legendary Laurette Taylor in the role of Amanda, the play has been the bravura piece for great actresses from Jessica Tandy to Joanne Woodward, and it is studied and performed in classrooms and theaters around the worldA new introduction by prominent Williams scholar Robert Bray, editor of The...

A groundbreaking examination of the implications of synthetic biology for biodiversity conservationNature almost everywhere survives on human terms. The distinction between what is natural and what is human-made, which has informed conservation for centuries, has become blurred. When scientists can reshape genes more or less at will, what does it mean to conserve nature?The tools of synthetic biology are changing the way we answer that question. Gene editin...

From choosing a doctor to postsurgical recovery, this guidebook for facial cosmetic surgery provides tips for every stage of the most popular procedures including facelifts, lip augmentation, and rhinoplasty. Potential risks and complications, realistic expectations, and criteria for determining if one is a good candidate for surgery are addressed by three experienced plastic surgeons. The newest materials used in cosmetic surgery, such as Restylane, longer-lasting wrinkle filler, and surg...