When Abraham Lincoln was sworn into office, seven slave states had preemptively seceded rather than recognize the legitimacy of his election. His immediate purpose was to argue against the legitimacy of a powerful minority forcibly partitioning the United States because it was dissatisfied with the results of a free, constitutionally conducted election. His wider purpose was to make the case that a deliberate, constitutionally checked majority, though by no means infallible, was the approp...

When Abraham Lincoln was sworn into office, seven slave states had preemptively seceded rather than recognize the legitimacy of his election. In his first inaugural address on March 4, 1861, Lincoln replied to the secessionists and set forth a principled defense of majority rule as “the only true sovereign of a free people.” His immediate purpose was to argue against the legitimacy of a powerful minority forcibly partitioning the United States because it was dissatisfied with the results o...

Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American Republic.Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation--sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill--that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Right...

The present essay when complete will contain three parts. Of the two parts now published, the first is an analysis of the conversion process; it is divided into six subdivisions, corresponding to the natural phases of the experience: The Sense of Sin, Self-surrender, Faith, Joy, Appearance of newness, The Role of the Will. In Part II we place, side by side, the Christian doctrines concerning Justification, Faith, the Grace of God, the Freedom of the Will, and the corresponding facts as the...

For over forty years, Leland Ryken has championed and modeled a Christian liberal arts education. His scholarship and commitment to integrating faith with learning in the classroom have influenced thousands of students who have sat under his winsome teaching. Published in honor of Professor Ryken and presented on the occasion of his retirement from Wheaton College, this compilation carries on his legacy of applying a Christian liberal arts education to all areas of life.Five sectio...

Obedience has its rewards—and this fembot is about to be thoroughly thanked.Chidori has been the perfect synthetic companion: patient, loyal, and eager to please. While her owner, Tony, enjoys the pleasures of his other fembots, Chidori works hard to earn his attention—and today, she finally gets it. But she won’t be alone for long.Amber, the fiery redheaded fembot, wants in on the fun. Together, the two sensual machines give Tony a night he won’t forget. But just as the pl...

When desire, domination, and technology collide—no one is safe from surrender.Scott’s fembot harem has brought him power, pleasure, and loyalty. But now, his seductive empire extends into the home of Mrs. Espinosa—a voluptuous Latina beauty with a submissive streak and a husband too weak to stop what’s coming. When the timid man returns home early, Scott sees an opportunity: to claim the wife fully… with her husband watching.With his obedient fembots assisting every step of...

She’s soft, obedient, and designed to please—and she’s just getting started.Scott never expected his job as a product tester would come with such… stimulating perks. When a gorgeous, eager-to-learn fembot named Annie arrives at his doorstep, life quickly turns into a series of heated experiments. With his redheaded girlfriend Evie encouraging every wild idea, and a seductive boss who knows exactly how to take control, Scott’s world becomes a playground of synthetic passion and huma...

She’s beautiful, built for pleasure—and very, very bad.When product tester Scott receives his newest assignment—a stunning, curvy fembot named Becky—he’s more than ready to explore everything she can offer. But Becky isn’t like the others. She’s playful, disobedient… and she loves to push limits.Luckily, Scott’s not alone. With the help of Annie, his eager first fembot, and his adventurous redhead girlfriend Evie, he sets out to train Becky in all the right ways. And when t...

She thought she knew desire—until one forbidden night at the Succubus Café changed everything.Emma has always played the role of the perfect wife. Polite smiles. Suburban routine. A marriage that looks flawless from the outside—but behind closed doors, the spark has long since faded.When a friend dares her to visit the mysterious Succubus Café, Emma expects nothing more than a drink and a story to laugh about later. Instead, she finds herself captivated by Lana, the seducti...

The right mindset can make you three times more likely to get the job you want-and even less likely to lose it later.What does it take to get and keep the job you want? Ninety-six percent of employers argue that it's not just about having the right skills for the position- it's all about the right mindset.As two leading experts on the subject, Reed and Stoltz know what employers really want from the people they hire and keep. According to their extensive an...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDRE SIMON FOOD BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM AND MASON FOOD BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS FOOD BOOK AWARDA playful and accessible guide to fermenting at home**James Read is on a mission to smuggle bacteria into our kitchens. In Of Cabbages & Kimchi, he takes the ten greatest 'living' ferments - fermented foods that are neither cooked nor pasteurized - and places them under the microscope, before co...