Helen Plum Library

Short, relevant and inspirational Bible studies for each chapter of the book of Joshua. Bite-sized and ideal for personal meditation, family Bible time, group Bible studies and in preparing Bible talks. Jesus based his teaching on the Old Testament scripture. Surprisingly, rather than suggest we study it, he told us to eat a portion of it daily! Taking a small portion of the Bible as our daily diet will help us transform day-by-day into a character...

Un thriller qui envisage une Histoire alternative... En septembre 1993, la Guerre Froide est loin d'être terminée. Le règne de Mikhaï Gorbatchev qui promettait une issue à la crise s'est brusquement achevé en 1989, avec la prise de pouvoir de Sergei Miroslav. Sitt ce dernier installé au Kremlin, le bloc Est se referme et le conflit menace de s'embraser à nouveau. Berlin est redevenu l'objet de toutes les convoitises ; dernier bastion en zone...

Comensad un viaje trás el tiempo y recordad todos los mayores eventos culturales, musicales y economicos de estos años, contados por Bruno Galindo. Escrito como un relato autobiográfico en tres tramos -periodístico, industrial, artístico- relaciona los grandes acontecimientos y procesos sociales de las últimas décadas (de la Transición a la Covid19, del optimismo económico de la segunda mitad de los noventa a al crack de Lehman Brothers,...

"A Superb New Biography . . . A Tragic Story, Brilliantly Told." -Andrew Roberts, Literary Review George Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched from the high noon of his country's empire to the traumatized years following World War I. As viceroy of India under Queen Victoria and foreign secretary under King George V, the obsessive Lord Curzon left his unmistakable mark on the era. David Gilmour's award-winning book-with...

Irish immigrants streamed into the mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, at the start of the Industrial Revolution, fleeing poverty and later the Great Hunger. Irish families established a neighborhood called the Acre, and some rose to roles as successful business owners who shaped the history of their new home. Hugh Cummiskey emigrated from Northern Ireland to become a powerful work gang leader and businessman who in turn hired newly arrived immigrants....

Prepare to be disturbed…A private investigator hunts for his client's missing stepdaughter in a dieselpunk Los Angeles while keeping secrets of his own…A middle-aged recluse has a phobia about teenage girls…In a medieval England, what do the women get up to when all men and boys fall asleep every full moon? A young boy and his alchemist master try to find out…Will Charlotte Bronte be tempted by the devil…?All this and more as dark, quirky...

The murder of Janette Roberson still haunts Reed City, a small community in Michigan. A young mother was murdered in a very mysterious way while working - in the middle of the day. And no one heard a single thing. The murder itself is a real challenge since the killer disappeared without being noticed by anyone. The store was open and serving customers which is another peculiar detail. Surely, it was a busy day, but someone must have seen something...

Shadow Squadron hits the ground running in their first mission, operation SEA DEMON. When well-organized Somali pirates kidnap several V.I.Ps at sea, Lt. Commander Ryan Cross and his men are called upon to put these pirates down before innocent blood is shed. Fully translated Spanish text. El Escuadrón de la Muerte va a llevar a cabo su primera misión: la OPERACIÓN DEMONIO. Un contingente de piratas somalíes bien organizados ha secuestrado a varios...

Meet twelve activists whose faith transformed twentieth-century America. In a political climate where Christianity is increasingly seen as reactionary, People Get Ready offers a revolutionary alternative. Narrated by some of the most galvanizing voices of the current moment, this collection of succinct and evocative biographies tells the stories of twelve modern apostles who lived the gospel mission and unsettles what we think we know about Christianity's...

First published in 1916, this vintage book contains both volumes of Frank Harris's biography "Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions". An acquaintance of Wilde's, Harris attempts in this biography to do justice to his old friend whom he had helped throughout the controversy and his trial, twenty years previous. Contents include: "Oscar's Father And Mother On Trial", "Oscar Wilde As A Schoolboy", "Trinity, Dublin: Magdalen, Oxford", "Formative Influences:...