"It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to show by this statement that I am not his murderer." The year is 1933, and Edward Derby's best friend, Daniel Upton, visits him in Arkham Sanitorium and shoots him dead to the horror of the guards. It's an open and shut case - or is it? What happened to this lifelong friendship for it to end this way? Who exactly was Edward Derby at the end of his life? And, most importantly, will his murder be en...

THE STARLITE IS UNDER ALIEN SPOTLIGHTS—AGAIN!When a mysterious stranger starts sniffing around the trailer park, Louis Rogan knows who to call—his big brother Alex Rogan, the Last Starfighter! But Alex has other problems. He’s just failed his first real mission as leader of the Star League—and against the Ko-Dan Blackstars, mistakes are deadly. Louis and life back home are calling for Alex, but if he doesn’t step up, more than one planet will be lost. And now everyone he loves, inc...

The Deliverance Dialogues confronts one of the most urgent and misunderstood questions facing the church today: When is it mental illness, and when is it demonic influence? In an age marked by rising anxiety, trauma, addiction, and renewed fascination with the occult, pastors and counselors often find themselves navigating complex spiritual and psychological terrain. Too often, the church has either over-spiritualized mental health struggles or dismissed the reality of spiritual w...

Clay Redmond, a Miami real estate broker living the good life, was all set for early retirement until his business partner screws him out of his interest in a choice piece of real estate. Clay's golden years nest-egg issue goes to court, but even his own attorney and the presiding judge side against him. Cheated again, he felt, by a corrupt justice system. Bitter and dispirited for a time, the broker - a former Marine - begins to plot a strategy of recovery. His plan includes, in addition ...

The chess board contains sixty-four squares, and in order to execute the movements of the Chess Player, distinct trains of machinery must be formed, which shall be capable, when set in motion, of conveying the hand of the Automaton to each, and to any, of these several squares. Having arrived at a square, and taken up a chess man, it will be requisite, either to withdraw the hand towards the side, and without the limits of the board, for the purpose of letting drop the chess man there, and...

Canterbury Cathedral, at the heart of the Church in England since the arrival of Augustine in Kent in 597 C.E., is remarkable for its extent, beauty and importance, for the variety of its architectural styles and the many structural changes which it has undergone over the years. In this 1845 work, the Reverend Robert Willis, who was Jacksonian Professor of the University of Cambridge, reproduces historical accounts of the destruction and rebuilding of the cathedral, for example by the monk...

This book is for anyone who has ever been in love; who has even been infatuated with someone, who has ever found someone so desirable that you have lost your focus; who has ever been rejected by that ONE; who has longed for someone so badly that it made you quake with emotion. If you have felt how and its many facets love feels, then these poems may be of interest.

In "An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player of Mr. De Kempelen," Robert Willis embarks on a meticulous investigation of one of the 18th century'Äôs most captivating mechanical wonders: the chess-playing automaton, famously known as The Turk. Willis employs a methodical and analytical literary style, intertwining historical inquiry with a rich understanding of mechanics and engineering principles. The book situates itself within the broader discourse of the period'Äôs fascination w...

In "Servetus and Calvin," Robert Willis intricately explores the profound theological conflict between two influential figures of the Reformation: Michael Servetus and John Calvin. Utilizing a blend of historical narrative and critical analysis, Willis delves into the ideological rift that distinguishes their views on the nature of God, the Trinity, and the essence of faith. The book is marked by a meticulous examination of primary sources and the socio-political milieu of 16th-century Gen...

Some years ago I was led to make a study of the Life and Writings of Spinoza, and took considerable pains to present the gifted Jew of Amsterdam in such fulness to the English reader as might suffice to convey a passable idea of what one of the great misunderstood and misused among the sons of men was in himself, in his influence on his more immediate friends and surroundings through his presence, and on the world for all time through all his works. This study completed, and leisure from t...

Some years ago I was led to make a study of the Life and Writings of Spinoza, and took considerable pains to present the gifted Jew of Amsterdam in such fulness to the English reader as might suffice to convey a passable idea of what one of the great misunderstood and misused among the sons of men was in himself, in his influence on his more immediate friends and surroundings through his presence, and on the world for all time through all his works. This study completed, and leisure from t...

William Harvey's "An Anatomical Disquisition on the Motion of the Heart & Blood in Animals" (1628) is a groundbreaking work that radically transformed the understanding of human physiology and anatomy. This seminal text employs a meticulous empirical approach and integrates detailed anatomical observations with a passionate philosophical inquiry into the nature of life itself. Harvey's use of clear, methodical prose, combined with authoritative empirical evidence, challenges existing notio...