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"A lush, sweeping debut novel in the vein of All the Light We Cannot See, about a Hindu perfumer and a Muslim calligrapher, who fall in love against the backdrop of Partition. On a January morning in 1938, Samir Vij first locks eyes with Firdaus Khan through the rows of perfume bottles in his family's ittar shop in Lahore. Over the years that follow, the perfumer's apprentice and calligrapher's apprentice fall in love with their ancient crafts and...

To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. Following and extending the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, the plot of To the Lighthouse is secondary to its philosophical introspection. Cited as a key example of the literary technique of multiple focalization, the novel includes little dialogue...

Two half-brothers try to survive the fallout of their traumatic childhood and their abusive, alcoholic father in this tender and beautiful story about the power of forgiveness.

On a sprawling Southern estate, Tucker and his younger brother, Mutt, were raised by their housekeeper, Miss Ella Rain, who loved the motherless boys like her own. Hiring her to take care of Waverly Hall and the boys was the only good thing their abusive

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Are you sowing seeds to the flesh or seeds of the Spirit that will reap eternal life?"For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God." - 1 Peter 1:23Scripture says that all flesh is like grass and the things of this world and its kingdom will fade away.Are you trying to live in both kingdoms - this earthly temporary one, AND the everlasting eternal one at the same time?What is...

What does the cross of Christ have to do with the thunderbird? How might the life and work of Christian writer G. K. Chesterton shed light on our understanding of North American Indigenous art and history? This unexpected connection forms the basis of these discerning reflections by art historian Matthew Milliner. In this volume in the Hansen Lectureship Series, Milliner appeals to Chesterton's life and work including The Everlasting Man, his neglected...

The world's most mysterious book, some say it contains secrets of everlasting youth. Alfred Voynich, a Polish merchant, was the first to retrieve the book (from one place) on September 10, 1912. At that time it was a book with which it would be possible to rescue many unknown discoveries of the world or it would become an unknown mystery in itself. There are some hints in this book that have been speculated that the book is capable of answering undiscovered...

Trust isn't an option.Question everything.Every family has secrets and Natalie Morrigan was used to being kept in the dark. But when her childhood home is destroyed following the mysterious disappearance of her parents, Natalie soon discovers her secrets are darker than most. With nowhere else to turn, Natalie and her four lifelong friends seek out their estranged Uncle for guidance and he cannot wait to tell her the truth. Her entire life has been...

Heretics by G. K. Chesterton Nothing more strangely indicates an enormous and silent evil of modern society than the extraordinary use which is made nowadays of the word "orthodox." In former days the heretic was proud of not being a heretic. It was the kingdoms of the world and the police and the judges who were heretics. He was orthodox. He had no pride in having rebelled against them; they had rebelled against him. The armies with their cruel...

Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, this is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one of Europe's sharpest wits and ablest pens. With chapter titles ranging from "The Miser and His Friends" to "The Red Reactionary," from "The Separatist and Sacred Things" to "The New Theologian" and "The Romantic in the Rain," this volume includes 39 brief sketches of individuals, each one of...

When I was writing this book, I was touched from within to write about our Heavenly Father who is very loving, merciful, and full of grace. If we accept his gift of grace of eternal life, for that is why he sent his Son. John 3:16 says that whosoever believe in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. My granddaughter Trenity Celeste Green looked at me with her sincere beautiful eyes and said, "You will write the book, but don't forget about...