Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to spark group discussion.Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book Awards, Christian LivingSilver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers AssociationWhy, in an age of connectivity, are our lives more isolated and fragmented than ever? And what can be done about it? The answer lies in the hands...

The most accessible Kierkegaard reader ever“In a culture awash in religious silliness, Kierkegaard’s bracing metaphors expose our mediocrities and energize us with a clarified sense of what it means to follow Jesus.” –Eugene Peterson, author, Subversive SpiritualityProvocations contains a little of everything from Kierkegaard’s prodigious output: his famously cantankerous (yet wryly humorous) attacks on what he cal...

This unique book addresses the need for the scholarly works that include the voices of clinicians, community stakeholders, and leaders of faith-based institutions in various phases of developing, implementing, and evaluating programs that address health inequities and health disparities among marginalized, middle and low resource communities. Another feature of this book is the contributions to the evidence on SDOH from not only academic researchers but clinicians, community partners, and ...

Join this father and son as they team up with the famous neuroscientist Doctor Bub and his friend Sam Miller to genetically engineer an army of mice to become smarter. But to what end?The father, George, is employed by a lab in Memphis while enjoying the beauty of this small town of Caruthersville, Missouri.While this is a fiction novel, one must wonder about the truthfulness of this story as it is told in such a convincing way. There are parts of the story that are factual...

Silo Sam’s ConundrumBy: Charles E. MooreSince waking up from an accident-induced coma, Sam Miller is now blessed with being able to remember everything he is told or reads—a condition called “hyperthymesia,” which affects but a handful of people on the face of this planet.Rather than leave well enough alone, Sam, fascinated with his newfound “superpower,” chooses to explore his situation with a firm specializing in the research of individuals who are gifted and poss...

Join Doctor Bob L Gum along with his significant other and learn what it means to do the deed and be more than just a mouse as he wishes himself from mortal man to mouse and back to man again and learns what it means to not just make a wish, but be the architect of one’s transformation and fine-tuning that brings about real change in this world. To accomplish this he skirts around and dodges what some might consider illegal undertakings if he were human, but for a mouse he could be acquitt...

HIGH PRAISE This outstanding anthology of English poetry has received acclaim from all quarters, or at least sixths. Here is what the commentators have had to say: This is, to the poetry of the English language, a seuss of an introduce. Dr. Zeus I liked the art most. A sixth grade student who wishes to remain anonymous We have found this book invaluable in its presentation to our young, green students of the poetry of the Earth-English language. The United Teachers Association of Mars If s...

**Clive James was one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He was also a prize-winning poet. With his customary wit, delightfully lucid prose style and wide-ranging knowledge, Poetry Notebook draws together his best writing on the art form that mattered to him most.'Marvellously entertaining' – Observer'He reminds us that poetry is, or can be, "the most exciting thing in the world"' – Martin Amis**Since he was first enthralled by t...

A gorgeous collection of classic poems that the whole family will enjoy, thoughtfully chosen by actor John Lithgow.From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems.The wide variety of carefully selected poems ...

A literary titan of our time, "looks to poems for clarity about the end of life" ( New York Times Book Review ).In this charming anthology, esteemed literary critic Harold Bloom collects the last poems of history's most important and celebrated poets. As with his immensely popular Best Poems of the English Language, Bloom has carefully curated and annotated the final works of one hundred poets in Till I End M...

This bold undertaking covers Western theatre from ancient Greece to the present day. It traces the development of dramatic art through the miracle plays, the great Shakespearean period, Molière and Racine in France, Goethe in Germany, through the nineteenth century and the main movements in the twentieth century. It is written by David Timson, the British actor and director who features extensively on Naxos AudioBooks in both roles.

In The Quality of Mercy, one of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics.In this sequence of essays, Peter Brook debates such questions as who was the man who wrote Shakespeare's plays, why Shakespeare is never out of date, and how actors should approach Shakespeare's verse. He also revisits some of the plays which he has directed with notable brilliance, such as King Lear, Titus Andronicus and, ...