A Fascinating Historical Study of Chinese Religion and Spiritual TraditionPublished in 1910, The Religion of the Chinese by Jan Jakob Maria de Groot, the distinguished Dutch sinologist and historian of religion, is an ambitious study of the beliefs, rituals, and religious traditions that shaped Chinese civilization.De Groot examines a remarkably broad range of subjects, including animism, beliefs concerning spirits and demo...

Journey through the fascinating story of Lisp: How it came about and why it was designed the way it was. Meet the geniuses involved in its creation, including Alonzo Church, Alan Turing, and the father of Lisp and artificial intelligence, John McCarthy. Lisp has informed the design of most programming languages in use today, and to learn how Lisp was constructed is to learn what programming is all about.Explore the mathematical foundations of the language and dive deeply into its e...

2013 Christy Award winner!Years of Nazi occupation have stolen much from Brigitte Durand. Family. Freedom. Hope for a future, especially for a woman with a past like hers. But that changes the day American fighter pilot Tom Jaeger is shot down over occupied France. Picked up by the Resistance, Tom becomes the linchpin in their plan to infiltrate a Germans-only brothel and get critical intel out through Brigitte, a prostitute rumored to be sympathetic to the Allied c...

Sometimes ordinary people are called on to achieve extraordinary things.Sometimes it starts out simply with a thought or a vision. For Wil Groot,it literally started with a dream.‘I was walking on an unpaved dusty road and ran into some children playing.I asked them where their parents were. ‘We do not have parents,’ they repliedand continued playing. Later I saw a dilapidated farm and thought I’ll make ahouse for you from that.I woke...

The sons of Joseph run a successful carpentry business in Nazareth. At least, it was successful until the oldest brother, Jesus, left home to tell the world he will forgive their sins and save their souls. Now everyone is hearing outlandish reports of healings and exorcisms. Business is suffering: not many people want a stool made by the family of the local crazy man.When one of his brothers starts listening to Jesus' troubling speeches and fanatical Zealots descend on Nazareth to ...

You're the one, Nathaniel had said. You go and tell her, "No stones."Rivkah knows her own sin all too well. She knows the prophets' judgments against women like her—and still believes that prostitution doesn't even compare to the most secret and shameful incident of her past. Not even her best friend knows what she did. Only God knows.Determined to make her way to Caesarea Maritima to confront the mother of her beloved Nathaniel, Jorah has no time to consi...

"Maya and the Keepers of Imagination" follows little Maya, accompanied by Pico the talking bird and Finn the clever fox, Mayajourneys through enchanting locations like the Whispering Forest and a castle floating among the clouds. She must save this magical realm from fading by confronting the Shadow of Doubt, which is fueled by people forgetting how to believe in impossible things. This adventure serves as a powerful reminder that even the smallest dream can become an unforgettable adventu...

On an Earth with titanic forests instead of oceans, highly-trained rangers brave the depths to bring back footage of treacherous landscapes and ferocious beasts. It's a dangerous job, but it has its moments: when a trio of ranger recruits stumble across a strange artifact, they begin to unravel a mystery with planet-spanning ramifications. The only problem is, if they're going to uncover the truth, they have to survive the worst the forest can throw at them first.

If there is a way into madness, logic says there is a way out. Logic says. Tallis, a philosopher's servant, is sent to a Greek academy in Palestine only to discover that it has silently, ominously, disappeared. No one will tell him what happened, but he learns what has become of four of its scholars. One was murdered. One committed suicide. One worships in the temple of Dionysus. And one . . . one is a madman.From Christy Award–winning author Tracy Groot comes a tale of mystery, ho...

2015 Christy Award winner!ECPA 2015 Christian Book Award Finalist!Near the end of the Civil War, inhumane conditions at Andersonville Prison caused the deaths of 13,000 Union soldiers in only one year. In this gripping and affecting novel, three young Confederates and an entire town come face-to-face with the prison's atrocities and will learn the cost of compassion, when withheld and when given.Sentry Dance Pickett has watched, helpl...

Ina Groot shares her poignant life story. At a young age, she faced severe abuse and violence by her father, which broke her internally and physically. Her mother stayed in the background and did not intervene. But despite the traumatic events, Ina continued to fight for a better life and eventually found strength in faith. Through her relationship with God, she found the courage to forgive her father and let go of what had haunted her for years.In "Broken Daughter," Ina shows how ...

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