Pastor Konrad Fromm is thirty-four years old, has been in office for four years, and is exceptionally good at his job. He sits with the dying who would otherwise die alone. He conducts funerals after which the bereaved hold his hand for just a little too long. In an Eifel village with eight hundred and twenty inhabitants, they were fortunate to have him.One afternoon in April, he reads a poorly printed circular. A missionary organization is looking for staff for a social center in Pattaya....

Much of Hawthorne's writing centers on New England, many works featuring moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. His fiction works are considered part of the Romantic movement and, more specifically, Dark romanticism. His themes often center on the inherent evil and sin of humanity, and his works often have moral messages and deep psychological complexity. His published works include novels, short stories, and a biography of his friend Franklin Pierce.

In a small Puritan settlement bound by silence and suspicion, Hester Prynne steps onto the public scaffold with a scarlet letter "A" stitched to her chest, and refuses to name the father of her child. Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 masterpiece follows three lives fractured by one unconfessed sin: a proud, isolated mother; a vengeful husband hiding in plain sight; and a minister slowly consumed by the guilt he cannot speak aloud. Dense with symbolism and psychological tension, The Scarlet Lette...

Nathaniel Branden's book is the culmination of a lifetime of clinical practice and study, already hailed in its hardcover edition as a classic and the most significant work on the topic. Immense in scope and vision and filled with insight into human motivation and behavior, The Six Pillars Of Self-Esteem is essential reading for anyone with a personal or professional interest in self-esteem. The book demonstrates compellingly why self-esteem is basic to psychological health, achievement, p...

If you get your health coverage through work and you are stuck with medical bills that should have already been paid, this book is for you.When the plan underpays or denies a claim, the doctor or hospital still wants to be paid. They send the invoice straight to you. That bill becomes real money out of your pocket. It can lead to collection calls, pressure on your household budget, and unnecessary stress. Most people never get told the simple truth. The employer is responsible for t...

Fifty essential works, one sweeping introduction to the world's greatest storytellers. This first volume gathers Jane Austen's social wit, Charles Dickens's unforgettable characters, Fyodor Dostoevsky's psychological depth, Victor Hugo's romantic grandeur, Herman Melville's seafaring epic, and Edgar Allan Poe's dark imagination alongside giants from Cervantes to Tolstoy, the Bronte sisters to Shakespeare. Spanning centuries and continents, from the Spanish Golden Age to Gothic romance, Vic...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Buried in the CIA's public archive sits one of the strangest documents the U.S. government ever released: a 1983 report on leaving your body, traveling beyond time, and reading a "universal hologram." The Monroe Institute Files traces the true story behind it—from Robert Monroe, a radio executive haunted by out-of-body experiences, to the Hemi-Sync sound technology, the Cold War psychic-spy program at Fort Meade, and the mystery of the missing page 25. Separating documented fact f...

In 1888, twelve football clubs stepped forward to form the world's first professional Football League. Among them was Accrington FC—the pride of a soot-choked Lancashire town. But while giant city syndicates built empires, Accrington fought for every shilling.William Cooper arrives in Accrington with a leather satchel and a cold heart. A ruthless auditor sent by the Manchester bank, his mission is simple: assess the club's mounting debts and recommend liquidation. He views the club...

Colour is one of the most meaningful and expressive elements that can be used in the design of buildings. It is also the most neglected: students are rarely taught about it, and many architects are fearful of it.Chromatic Architecture explores the beauty of colour. How it is crafted into the fabric of buildings, opening our eyes to the sensuous and delightful world that exists when it is embraced in the making of space.By featuring intriguing and rich examples of architectu...

**From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick.Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore of whaling, with deep resonance in American literature and history.In 1820, the whaleship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry sper...

Thebes, 1479 BCE.Berenice of Keftiu is a captive in a golden cage—a foreign cartographer accused of poisoning the High Priest of Amun. The evidence is damning. The court hungers for her blood. Her execution is imminent.General Peribsen, the Pharaoh's deadliest executioner, is the only man who believes in her innocence. He claims her as his prisoner, vowing to uncover the truth himself. But what begins as a cold interrogation becomes a consuming obsession—a passion that thre...