A special blend of fact and fiction ...The Elizabethan golden age was peopled by a court of flamboyant and devoted men - each one unique, ambitious and talented. At its centre was a woman, Elizabeth, the Tudor princess who succeeded to the throne of England in 1558 and who vowed to her Parliament to remain unwed and a Virgin Queen for the rest of her life.How did such a diverse group of red-blooded men view their Gloriana? What were their aims and i...

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We are in England sometime during the early part of the 20th century. A chance encounter with a group of unusual and talented people on a train journey reveals an insight into the life and times of Queen Victoria, one of the world’s most influential and controversial monarchs.From manipulated childhood, to passionate marriage, to unrelenting widowhood and ultimately independence, follow her story and discover the men in her life and what they meant to her.And...

Deep faith meets high tech here in The Renewal of Preaching in the Twenty-first Century. A communications revolution is sweeping through the churches leaving some on fire and others burned out. This work shows what makes the difference for church leaders and communities who are using new media to advance Christian preaching. Join them by recovering the great tradition and expanding it through creative use encouraged by artists and filmmakers as well as preachers and professors. This work e...

Este libro corrige la doctrina de los derechos humanos mediante la presentación de una teoría de los derechos humanos determinada por el método científico. Es decir, primero son descubiertos los axiomas aplicables y luego una teoría completa se construye basado en ellos por deducción. No se incorporan ningunos valores personales ni moralidad que arruinaría su objetividad. La teoría resultante es diferente de la doctrina prevalente sobre los derechos humanos que incorpora valores, moralidad...

One of the wildest, most spectacular decades in American history, the 1920s were a period of unprecedented growth and mass consumerism. In the New Era people drank in speakeasies, danced to jazz, idolized gangsters, and bet their life savings on stocks.Born and raised in a small Canadian town, Arthur Cutten went to Chicago in 1890 with ninety dollars to his name. Through utter ruthlessness he amassed a fortune trading in grain futures and stocks. Cutten was heralded as the modern M...

One of the wildest, most spectacular decades in American history, the 1920s were a period of unprecedented growth and mass consumerism. In the New Era people drank in speakeasies, danced to jazz, idolized gangsters, and bet their life savings on stocks.Born and raised in a small Canadian town, Arthur Cutten went to Chicago in 1890 with ninety dollars to his name. Through utter ruthlessness he amassed a fortune trading in grain futures and stocks. Cutten was heralded as the modern M...

My father, Steve Hampel, was a man who served his country in World War I. Less than twenty-five years later, during World War II, he immediately said yes when the Navy asked him to fill a need uniquely suited to his gifts and expertise.As I approach my one-hundredth birthday in August 2025, I wanted to honor my father by recording memories and sharing them with my family and friends.Dad was a businessman, a sportsman, a musician, and a craftsman, among many other talents. M...

Whether seated in a pew or listening to something online about faith, most of the faith-talk people hear is shaped by a speaker's faith sensibility. And those faith sensibilities can generally be distinguished as four distinctly different "voices" of preaching. Understanding what these voices are and how they differ is what this book is about. In this updated and expanded volume, the author canvases the tradition of preaching by drawing together religious, social, and cultural concerns tha...

Who knows where one goes when death takes its hold? This book thrills, suspends and saddens the mind and heart. From tragedy to horror to a deeper understanding of mortality, this collection of stories and poems offers a unique view worth exploring.

With its first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on March 8, 1981, this dramatised tale of Middle Earth became an instant global classic. It boasts a truly outstanding cast including Ian Holm (as Frodo), Michael Hordern (as Gandalf), Robert Stephens (as Aragorn), Bill Nighy (as Sam Gamgee) and John Le Mesurier (as Bilbo).Brian Sibley's famous adaptation has been divided into three corresponding parts, with newly-recorded beginning and end narration by Ian Holm, who now stars as Bilbo in the...

Vienna c 1905In darkness, late at night, a woman returns to her hotel to discover her usual maid has been replaced by a stranger. What begins as an icy exchange, born of weariness, becomes within minutes one of the most extraordinary encounters of her life. It will take her on a journey deep into her past and yet also closer, hour by hour, to a fateful assignation awaiting her on the other side of the night.Set amid the elegance and sophistication of the Bel...