Philip Smith
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English
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Charming stories - brimming with humor, whimsy, and imagination - include an Algonquin tale of how Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog; "The Meeting of the Wild Animals," a Tsimshian myth recounting how all the animals came to fear the porcupine; "The Man Who Married the Moon" a Pueblo story; others. 6 full-page illustrations.
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Superb treasury of time-honored poetic gems includes Lewis Carroll's "The Walrus and the Carpenter," Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat," Eugene Field's "Wynken, Blynken and Nod," Emily Dickinson's "I'm Nobody! Who are you?," Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Swing," many more. Printed in large, easy-to-read type.
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This book is meant for every follower of Jesus the Savior. Whether you belong to a particular denomination or nondenominational church, you will benefit from the information in this book, bringing to light the many false teachings within the worldwide church. It is written in simple layman language for any Christian to comprehend.
Jesus said: "Beware of false prophets." His warning directly pertains to spiritual deception--a matter of eternal consequence....
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Six exotic adventures featuring a multitude of magicians, monsters, lovely princesses, and steadfast suitors: "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," "Abou Hassan, or the Sleeper Awakened," "The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor," "The Enchanted Horse," and "Camaralzaman and Badoura."
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Eight charming tales full of the whimsy and wordplay of Irish folklore. Newly reset in large, easy-to-read type are: "Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary," "Conal and Donal and Taig," "The Old Hag's Long Leather Bag," "The Field of Boliauns," "The Sprightly Tailor," and more. 6 new illustrations enhance the text.
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Here are some of the most-loved poems in the English language, chosen not merely for their popularity, but for their literary quality as well. Dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, these splendid poems remain evergreen in their capacity to engage our minds and refresh our spirits. Among them are Marlowe: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"; Shakespeare: "Sonnet XVIII" ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"); Donne: "Holy Sonnet X"...
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Can we ever confidently know the purpose of human life? Absolutely; and with the same level of certainty that we recognize the purpose of a light bulb. This book thoroughly explores the challenging question of purpose, and while doing so, also examines why our purpose is what it is. This very powerfully reinforces what is an already satisfying and convincing conclusion. 'What is life about?', 'Why am I here?'. These examples show that the question...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Art Spiegelman and the Graphic Novel is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
2004
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English
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Rail transportation has been part of daily life in Reading since the 1830s. Reading Trains and Trolleys portrays the good old days of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway (reorganized as the Reading Company in 1923), the Schuykill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad, the Neversink Mountain Railroad, the Reading City Passenger Railway, and the Reading Traction Company. The Reading Railroad gained widespread
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What is faith? In what ways might faith be a virtue, a component of a life well lived? How might faith be corrupted and become a vice?
In Why Faith Is a Virtue, Philip D. Smith builds on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre and Robert Adams to argue that faith contributes to human excellence. To make the argument, Smith sorts through conflicting possible faiths and shows how some of them are not virtues at all. Nevertheless, he argues that faith, properly...
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Then Sings My Soul is a gritty, humorous, and ultimately loving story of a family shaken to the core by the death of their father. Cora and her children continue to struggle seven years after their father was killed during the D-Day invasion. Cora works two jobs in the oil town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Shes a waitress at the refinery diner and on her off days is employed as a domestic. Her eldest, Josh, works for the railroad by day and dreams of a baseball...
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PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, the intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time
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George Clarke's Old House New Home volume 3
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English
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George helps make a cool, elegant kitchen-diner in St Leonards-on-Sea. In Manchester, he tackles a 1930s semi-detached with compact dimensions and a tiny budget.