Natural Law Today: The Present State of the Perennial Philosophy explains and defends various aspects of traditional natural law ethical theory, which is rooted in a broad understanding of human nature. Some of the issues touched upon include the relation of natural law to speculative reason and human ends (teleology), the relationship between natural law and natural theology, the so-called naturalistic fallacy (deriving “ought” from “is”), and the scope of natural knowledge of the precept...

A new look at the 1937 abduction of a wealthy wife and mother, based on previously classified FBI documents—includes photos.When she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook, New York, in 1937, Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island's wealthy elite. The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months.J. Edgar Hoover personally assigned his best FBI agents to the case, and within a short time, Pa...

***This ebook edition does not contain the photo insert that appears in the print edition.***Clara and David Harris were married on Valentine's Day. Young and in love, they developed a thriving dental business, built a half-million-dollar mansion, and raised the perfect family. Then whispers of an affair between David and his beautiful secretary drifted through their exclusive Houston social circle. A private detective confirmed the rumors. When Clara saw her husban...

Her Mormon husband would go to any lengths to fool the world—from leading a double life to murder . . .Well-liked and respected, Mark Hacking came from a highly successful Mormon family. His father was a pediatrician. One of his brothers was also a doctor, and his other brother was an electrical engineer. With acceptances into both George Washington University and University of North Carolina medical schools, Mark was on the road to continuing his family's legacy o...

The towns and scenic byways of the Long Beach Peninsula attract more than just tourists, and from Oysterville to Ilwaco, ghostly tales abound. In Seaview, the Lamplighter hosts a multitude of spirits, including Lily, a murdered barmaid, while at the nearby Shelburne Inn, many guests have reported a ghostly presence that has yet to be identified. Mysterious footsteps can be heard on the stairs of the George Johnson house in Ocean Park, and a man holding a baby is rumored to appear at the Ol...

Planned and chartered on April 24, 1834, the Long Island Rail Road commenced operations in 1836 to provide a route to Boston. Stretching 110 miles east of New York City, the Long Island Rail Road has been the backbone of population growth and suburban development for over ahundred years. Electrification was begun on the Long Island Rail Road in 1905. Whether it was commuter, freight, or special trains, third-rail operations played a major role in the Long Island Rail Road�s development as ...

“Forty years of messy, crazy, good‑then‑bad‑then‑better experiences, and they are Still Here to share it.” —Max LucadoEverybody knows the music. Everybody knows, as well, their tragedy. But what makes the Chapmans so remarkable—Steven Curtis and Mary Beth—is that the same endurance their relationship embodies can be true of each of ours as well.Still Here is their take on marriage, on parenting, on the lives we live and the promises we make. The Chapmans’ ...

In sleepy Priddy, in Somerset, England there is a team of talented innovators working in the fields of robotics and genetics. The genetic research is led by Dr. Glenda Woods, a geneticist from America and a joint Nobel Prize winner with her late husband for the revolutionary protein kp which enhances mental abilities. Now she has done it again! Her new groundbreaking discovery promises to extend human life considerably but she receives death threats from an unscrupulous life insurance comp...

For centuries, the Long Beach Peninsula has been known for the treacherous waters off its western shore, prompting seafarers and fishermen to call it the "Graveyard of the Pacific." But it's not just the ghosts of shipwrecked mariners that residents whisper about on stormy winter nights. As "Ghost Stories of the Long Beach Peninsula" proves, the truly chilling tales are more often about earthbound spirits and specters that linger in the weathered communities along the Peninsula. Early sett...

Fate happens when you're making other plans…It's been a long, long time since Beryl Blue left her gruff and sexy Army sergeant Tom "Sully" Sullivan behind in 1943. Two years to be exact. Though her heart still hurts, she knows Sully's life is at stake if they ever see each other again. She's moved on with her new life as a time cop in the year 2132 and is even contemplating a new romance, as she vows to put Sully, and the past, behind her.But fate has other ideas. ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Earl believes that his overspending and plant-crazed wife, Maggie will one day land him in an institution. When Maggie drains their life's savings on a new gardening supplement, odd and horrific events begin taking place. Events only Earl seems to notice. Has Maggie's collection of potted plants become the garden from hell — or has Earl come completely uprooted?Find more books by this author at boohousebooks.com

“Forty years of messy, crazy, good‑then‑bad‑then‑better experiences, and they are Still Here to share it.” —Max LucadoEverybody knows the music. Everybody knows, as well, their tragedy. But what makes the Chapmans so remarkable—Steven Curtis and Mary Beth—is that the same endurance their relationship embodies can be true of each of ours as well.Still Here is their take on marriage, on parenting, on the lives we live and the promises we make. The Chapmans’ ...