John Calvin was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its doctrines of predestination and of God's absolute sovereignty in the salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. Calvinist doctrines were influenced by and elaborated upon the Augustinian and other Christian traditions. Various Congregational, Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have s...

One cold day in December, in the city of Aberdeen, a baby girl was carried by her mother into a church to be enrolled in the Kingdom of Jesus and given a name. As the minister went through the tender and beautiful ceremony the people in the pews looked at the tiny form in her robes of white, and thought of the long years that lay before her and wondered what she would become, because every girl and boy is like a shut casket full of mystery and promise and hope. No one knows what gifts may ...

This ebook compiles John Buchan's greatest writings, including novels and short stories such as "The Thirty-Nine Steps", "Greenmantle", "Mr. Standfast", "John Macnab", "The Island of Sheep" and "The Watcher by the Threshold". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected t...

Classic novel. According to Wikipedia: "Jack London (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf along with many other popular books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing."

What is Flashy doing?-in the drawing room of a great English mansion with the redhot-blooded mistress of a violently jealous blue-blood?-in between a pair of Chinese beauties who are willing to do anything and everything to close the gap between East and West?-in the hold of a warship under fire, with a Malay maiden as explosive as the shells bursting above?-in the forced service of an African queen who lets a lover stay alive only as long as his power to pleas...

Sir Richard Hannay, retired mining engineer, lives a comfortable suburban life outside London, but feels old age and stodginess coming on and longs to have his mettle tested again. He gets his chance when a promise he made years ago in Rhodesia, to protect the son of an old acquaintance from a sinister conspiracy, and the action moves rapidly from England through the Scottish Borders to the Island of Sheep in the remote Norlands, where Hannay and his friends turn at last to confront their ...

This book provides you with more than 70 articles written by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson. These articles were published in various newspapers and magazines, over the period 1890 to 1920.The collection covers most of the newsworthy events of that time, including The Boer War, and World War 1. Many of the articles are humorous, but most are quite serious; they delve into the politics of the time, and the issues that concerned the general population. This gives a gr...

The Complete Works of John BuchanJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.This collection includes the following:The Half-HeartedThe Path of the KingThe African ColonyHuntingtowerJohn Burnet of BarnsSir Quixote of the MoorsDays to RememberThe Thirty-nine StepsGre...

This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 5899 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Thirty-Nine Steps • Greenmantle • The World's Greatest Books • Mr. Standfast • Prester John • Poems of American Patriotism • HuntingtowerJohn Buchan • The Path of the King • My First Book:Various • The Half-Hearted • The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies • Salute to Adventurers • Sir Quixote of the Moors • John Burnet of Barns: ...

This collection presents some of the most amazing works by Stoker. Reflecting his true genius and imagination these works range from nautical life to an exquisitely beautiful imaginative land. From darkened and shadowed atmosphere the light of goodness and virtue shines through!

Fans of H. Rider Haggard's action-adventure novels will be swept away by John Buchan's Prester John, a thrill-a-minute tale set in colonial Africa. Young David Crawfurd travels to Africa to make a quick buck as a merchant, but the ambitious entrepreneur soon finds himself caught in the middle of an uprising—and under the sway of a charismatic rebel leader with a mysterious past.

Employing his unique style of innocent and endearing humour, Bones has written to the newspapers The Surrey Star and The Middlesex Plain Dealer inviting the Foreign Secretary to pay a visit to the African territories which they administer. It is against the regulations and his boss Hamilton is furious. While world powers vie for colonial honours, Sanders and his assistants attempt to administer an uneasy peace in a climate of ju-ju and witch doctors, and all the while Bos...