This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

Casting a modern light on memories and artifacts of the Civil WarIn December 2021, a copper box filled with artifacts that had been buried beneath the statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, for 134 years was opened with great ceremony. Newspaper articles from 1887 had dubbed these mementos of Lee and life in the capital during and after the Civil War “cornerstone contributions.”In The Buried Cause, historians, curators, p...

Southern Baptists are the nation's largest protestant denomination, with over 43,000 churches and millions of members. Since its inception, controversy has surrounded the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, Southern Baptists' most recent confession of faith. The present volume consists of essays by Baptist scholars explaining and defending that document. Each of the 18 articles of the BF&M 2000 is addressed, with special attention to the most critical issues and changes from the denomination's...

The Hudson Review has always had an international focus. Travel and reports from abroad have figured prominently in the journal, including essays on exotic and picturesque locales, as well as accounts from war-torn areas and the experiences of exiles. Many of these are pilgrimages; others are harrowing memoirs. What unites even the most devastating of these accounts are intellectual curiosity and a spirit of adventure.Places Lost and Found is a treasury of distinc...

This volume offers very specific illustrations of psychoanalytic ways of thinking and working in both clinical and pedagogical contexts with children. It is designed for professionals who work with infants, children, and adolescents, and who are seeking modes of working that respects emotions, that embrace context, and that privilege imagination and possibility. For professionals who already practice in ways that are sympathetic to these modes of working, the scholarly underpinning of this...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

Christmas Collection: 400+ Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated) offers a sweeping tapestry of festive literature that spans continents and centuries, bringing together a rich mosaic of styles, stories, and traditions. This anthology encompasses the sentimental, the humorous, and the profound, capturing the essence of Christmas in its myriad forms. Within these pages, classic themes such as the spirit of giving, familial bonds, and the wonder of the season are intertwined ...

The 'HOLIDAY Ultimate Collection: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)' is an extensive anthology capturing the essence of Christmas through the ages. This collection spans a vast array of genres and styles, from heartwarming tales of generosity to timeless legends of holiday miracles. Included are poignant poems and enchanting stories that capture the spirit of the season's generosity and introspection, with standout pieces that leave lasting impre...

In "The Big Book of Classics for the Long Winter," readers are offered a kaleidoscope of literary styles and forms, capturing a rich tapestry of themes spanning morality, family, adventure, and the quest for personal and social transformation. This anthology, curated thoughtfully, brings together timeless tales and poems that traverse the realms of fantasy, poignant realism, and the spectral. Each piece, from the whimsical to the introspective, stands testament to the boundless imagination...

Particular focus on advances in understanding insect species and landscape ecology, which provide the foundations for effective IPMCovers latest research on classical, conservation and augmentative biological controlReviews key developments in use of entomopathogenic fungi, viruses and nematodes

The Big Christmas Basket gathers more than two hundred illustrated novels, tales, poems, and carols into a capacious archive of Christmas writing. Its range extends from devotional lyric and traditional seasonal song to domestic realism, fairy tale, comic anecdote, moral fable, ghostly fantasy, and cosmopolitan short fiction. Canonical Victorian and Romantic modes meet children's literature, American regionalism, and European storytelling, making the volume a vivid record of how Christmas ...

Bastrop, Texas: a picturesque community of modest size located at the edge of the Lost Pines Forest in Central Texas. Yet, from its vantage point on the banks of the Colorado River, this town boasts 131 sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying the community for its label: “Most Historic Small Town in Texas.”In Historic Homes of Bastrop, Texas, local historian and researcher Robbie Moore Sanders has collected the stories behind nearly a hundred o...