A comprehensive study and comparison between the Early Church Chiliast or Premillennial View of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ with the modern doctrine of Pretribulationism. The author takes a different approach than most books on the subject of prophecy, revealing the direct connection with the prevailing apostasy of the Body of Christ from the Biblical text over the last two centuries which has been instrumental in leading Christians away from the true hope of the Lord's Second Coming...

Readers of Plato have often neglected the Laws because of its length and density. In this set of interpretive essays, notable scholars of the Laws from the fields of classics, history, philosophy, and political science offer a collective close reading of the dialogue "book by book" and reflect on the work as a whole. In their introduction, editors Gregory Recco and Eric Sanday explore the connections among the essays and the dramatic and productive exchanges between the contributors. This ...

The Man Without a Body is a pioneering science-fiction tale first published in The New York Sun in 1877. The story follows a brilliant but impatient scientist who invents a machine capable of transmitting matter through space — but when he tests it on himself, only his head makes the journey. What begins as a bold experiment quickly becomes a darkly humorous and unsettling lesson in the limits of human control over technology. Long before teleportation was a commo...

A devastating plague is sweeping the continent of Greater Virren....Its origin is unknown, its dominance of the land near complete. In times of grim desperation, pestilence has given way to superstition, and the citizenry are now more divided than ever.Yet the city of Rothenberg remains inexplicably untouched....The council has grown convinced of their immunity, even as their neighbors are consumed before them. As the world teeters on the brink of collapse, a zealou...

One of the Top 10 “Books We Love” —Fresh AirThe definitive edition of Emily Dickinson’s correspondence, expanded and revised for the first time in over sixty years.Emily Dickinson was a letter writer before she was a poet. And it was through letters that she shared prose reflections—alternately humorous, provocative, affectionate, and philosophical—with her extensive community. While her letters often contain poems, and some letter...

Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we have. But we're not talking about a story as a nice-to-have or an occasional distraction from the real work you do. We’re talking about story as the backbone and the underlying structure, and story as a way of ordering your thoughts and connecting with those around you.If you want to make the most of every page on your website, every email to your clients and every conversation on site, this is the guidebook you need. It gives you a ...

Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerFeatured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” When their transatlantic airship is destroyed, three survivors find themselves in a lost world 25,000 years in the past, a world peopled by Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, haunted by mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Writer Claire Stranlay must somehow survive and does so in the only way she knows how...Originally published in 1932, this is the first new edition in ...

There is no plague in Enfaire....Dead things have been found in the fields of Enfaire, a God-fearing town north of Reams. Not just dead things, but twisted forms…unholy shapes. And there are rumors, too, of a blasphemous union and of fell creatures that haunt the night. Yet even as plague and witch pyres blacken the sky, the town remains untouched by the malady that has already claimed thousands and will claim thousands more.It is here, in Enfaire, that an ...

When the crew of the longship Varúlfr take refuge from a storm on a mysterious island, they are confronted by the relics of an ancient belief, and the remnants of a long forgotten civilisation. As the true horror of the island reveals itself, they're forced to wonder if they really have stumbled upon Hel's kingdom... or something worse. In The Bone Fields, Mitchell Lüthi paints a bloody picture of Vikings, the old faith, and the perils of the high seas.Complete with accompanying so...

Five extraordinary stories take you from bizarre scientific experiments and impossible disappearances to cosmic mysteries, ancient secrets, and an invention that could change the way we see the world.An Adventure of a Professional Corpse: The Artificial Honeymoon — H. Bedford-JonesAn unusual profession leads to an even more unusual assignment in this inventive tale from one of the most prolific writers of his era. What begins with a peculiar proposition qui...

(Dec. 1992) - Interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs; a response to the critical reaction to FWWM; comprehensive Twin Peaks character relationship chart; Twin Peaks magazine checklist, part 2; reviews of TP books.Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television series, Twin Peaks. WIP regularly featured in-depth analyses of films (and other projects) by Lynch, inter...

(Dec. 1994) - Feature article: "Twin Peaks and the FBI" (by Michele Malach); RTP in Britain; interview with John Boylan (Mayor Milford); TP plot chart; X-Files "One Breath" review; XF in France and Japan; and much more!Wrapped in Plastic Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine devoted to analysis and critique of the works of David Lynch and other artists associated with the television series, Twin Peaks. WIP regularly featured in-depth analyses of films (and other projects) by Lynch, in...