What begins as a seemingly innocent invitation to dinner from a relative stranger turns into something more sinister. Persuaded to stay for three days in the stranger’s isolated house, the guest hears six bizarre stories of people known to the host. The last of these chilling tales concerns the host himself and has an alarming ending. When the guest returns to his own home, the tales he’s heard continue to haunt him and where they lead makes his own story the strangest of all.

The Equality Issue from the Male Perspective and an Ethical Society's Viewpoint

A consistent effort to destroy the natural environment, with a cultural influence that clashed with the Native American way of life, presently continues from European arrival. When we see land "developers," supported by government-funded contracts and zoning laws that accommodate turning land into urban sprawl, we are still witnessing today the European take-over of Native America. Sharing the same destiny with the Indians and the buffalo, large unaltered areas of our native land will soon...

Detailed historical and archaeological essays give insight into the many people groups who interacted with and influenced ancient Israel.

A Flaw From Within addresses a 'sacred' code that elevates women above men (on a pedestal) that defies equal justice for all and opposes our country's constitution created by men in good conscience. This Euro/Anglo-originated injustice culturally built into the male psyche' (commonly referred to as chivalry) corresponds to the female entitlement mindset that pervades society today. (Only based upon the premise of chivalry could feminism ever exist.) A Pandora's Box is opened that underlies...

Is historical accuracy an indispensable part of the Bible's storyline, or is Scripture only concerned with theological truths? As progressive evangelicals threaten to reduce the Bible's jurisdiction by undermining its historical claims, every Christian who cares about the integrity of Scripture must be prepared to answer this question.Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? offers a firm defense of Scripture's legitimacy and the theological implications of modern and postmo...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers must navigate fraught politics and explosive secrets in this “rich [and] addictively readable” mystery in the renowned Inspector Lynley series.Don’t miss the upcoming BritBox streaming series Lynley!“Combining the eloquence of P.D. James with a story John Grisham would envy, George serves up a splendid, unsettling novel.”—...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common Sense. Here Howard offers nothing less than a fresh, lucid, practical operating system for modern democracy. America is drowning—in law, lawsuits, and nearly endles...

Studies of animal behavior have often been invoked to help explain and even guide human behavior. Think of Pavlov and his dogs or Goodall and her chimps. But, as these examples indicate, the tendency has been to focus on "higher," more cognitively developed, and thus, it is thought, more intelligent creatures than mindless, robotic insects. Not so! Learn here how honeybees work together to form a collective intelligence and even how they make decisions democratically. The wizzzzdom of crow...

"The reasoned and insistent exhortations of a man with a cause who, rather than mellowing with age and wisdom, continues to grow in forcefulness and vision." —BooklistOver the years, Wendell Berry has sought to understand and confront the financial structure of modern society and the impact of developing late capitalism on American culture. There is perhaps no more demanding or important critique available to contemporary citizens than Berry's writings—jus...

How to restore the can-do spirit that made America great, from the author of the best-selling The Death of Common Sense.Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choices—teachers can’t maintain order in the classroom, managers are trained to avoid candor, schools ban tag, and companies plaster inane warnings on everything: “Remove Baby Before Folding Stroller.”Philip K. Howard’s urgent argument is full of examples, often darkly humoro...

Best friends, worst enemies and a bond that can never be broken…A poignant new tale from the English Maeve Binchy.Crete, present day. A woman anxiously awaits the arrival of someone who could change her life for ever…Lancashire, the 1950s. Three young girls make their way in a brave new post-war world. But can they escape the trappings of the past?Bookworm Connie dreams of university. Brought up on myths about her mysterious father, her life is turned upside ...