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For over six decades, James Bond has been a fixture of global culture, universally recognizable by the films' combination of action set pieces, sex, political intrigue, and outrageous gadgetry. But as the British Empire entered the final stages of collapse, as the Cold War wound down and the "War on Terror" began, and as the visions of masculinity and femininity the series presented began to strike many viewers as outdated, the Bond formula has adapted...
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The King James Version Bible Commentary is a complete verse-by-verse commentary. It is comprehensive in scope, reliable in scholarship, and easy to use. Its authors are leading evangelical theologians who provide practical truths and biblical principles. Any Bible student will gain new insights through this one-volume commentary based on the timeless King James Version of the Bible.
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The Bible that allows you to study Scripture in the order of events as they happened The Chronological Study Bible presents the text of the New King James Version in chronological order - the order in which the events actually happened - with notes, articles, and full-color graphics that connect the reader to the history and culture of Bible times. It is the only NKJV study Bible arranged in chronological order. Features include:
*The entire NKJV...
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The KJV Everyday Bible guides you to read the entire Bible in 365 sections with a blend of the Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, and the New Testament, providing a simple yet effective way to engage the Bible every day of the year.
The Everyday Bible guides you to listen to the entire Bible in 365 sections designed for short, daily segments. Each day is a blend of Scripture from the Old Testament, Psalms, Proverbs, and the New Testament. With no...
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"Thurber is. . . a landmark in American humor. . . he is the funniest artist who ever lived." - New Republic
James Thurber spent most of his career at the New Yorker magazine, drawing cartoons and writing essays and stories. Collecting Himself is a one-of-a-kind compilation of James Thurber's vintage writings, featuring previously unanthologized articles, essays, interviews, reviews, cartoons, parodies, as well as Thurber's reflections on his...
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This one-of-a-kind, lavishly illustrated anthology celebrates Audubon's connection to the sea through both his words and art.
The American naturalist John James Audubon (1785–1851) is widely remembered for his iconic paintings of American birdlife. But as this anthology makes clear, Audubon was also a brilliant writer-and his keen gaze took in far more than creatures of the sky. Culled from his published and unpublished writings, Audubon...
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These diaries and family letters reveals the experiences of Senator Benjamin Tillman's brother as a Confederate captain during and after the Civil War.
Though the Tillman family of Edgefield, South Carolina, is important to Palmetto State history, James Adams Tillman never became a politician like his famous brothers Ben and George. Instead, at the age of twenty-four, James died from injuries sustained during the Civil War. Now, in this collection...
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The Bible for Hope is a resource created to help Christian counselors lead others to healing and hope in the midst of the challenges and difficulties of life. Tim Clinton pulled together an unparalleled team of biblical counselors to present key passages and concepts to lead the hurting to the feet of Jesus. There they will find strength, courage, and emotional health.Features include:Book introductions from the perspective of inner healingTheme articles...
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One of the most popular versions of the Bible, the NKJV, is now available in a one-year format with the release of The NKJV Daily Bible. With each day's reading broken into passages from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs, it's easy to divide your daily reading up in a way that best suits your schedule. Its combination of accuracy and poetic language also makes the New King James Version® perfect for daily Bible reading.
10) NKJV, The MacArthur Daily Bible: Read Through The Bible In One Year, With Notes From John Macarthur
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Take a tour through the Bible with pastor-teacher John MacArthur - unleashing God's truth, one verse at a time.TMThe MacArthur Daily Bible takes a portion of the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs for each day of the year, with daily comments that guide and inform you as you read through the Bible in a year. John MacArthur's insight maximizes the benefit of each day's reading. If a commitment to daily Bible reading never worked for...
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The Leadership expert, John Maxwell, brings an in-depth look at God's laws for leaders and leadership. The content of the current Maxwell Leadership Bible is revised and updated to incorporate Maxwell's works since the first release of the Maxwell Leadership Bible. Features include: 2 New Laws - Law of Addition and the Law of Picture New major articles and new notes throughout the Bible that connect with the new Laws New notes that reflect Maxwell's...
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The bestselling “KJV Teen Study Bible” helps teens apply God's Word to the issues they face every day!
Full of study features to help today's teen learn more about God, the Bible, and how God's Word relates to their lives, the “KJV Teen Study Bible” will help them keep in step with all God has done, is doing, and will do in the world. Teens will discover the eternal truths of God's Word and how to apply them to the issues they face every day...
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Even when you can't find the words, “The Prayer Bible” guides you in praying the life-giving Word of God, offering prayer prompts for each of the Bible's 1,189 chapters.
“The Prayer Bible” guides you in praying the life-giving Word of God. This long-standing practice teaches you to engage the Scriptures in prayer, giving you the words to pray even when you don't know what to pray. Each of the Bible's 1,189 chapters offer a prayer prompt, so...
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From the moment Daniel Boone first "gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and... beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below," generations of Kentuckians have developed rich and enduring relationships with the land that surrounds them. Of Woods & Waters: A Kentucky Outdoors Reader is filled with loving tributes offered in celebration of Kentucky's widely varied environmental wonders that nurture both life and art.
Ron Ellis, an outdoors...
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A collection of short fiction portraying all phases of the war from Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Henry James, and others.
Civil War Memories is a compilation of nineteen stories of the Civil War written in the late 1800s, giving them a ring of authenticity. The voices are both Northern and Southern, male and female, angry and melancholy, serious and comic; but they all treat the Civil War as a watershed in American...
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Some religious traditions -- such as Lutheran, Wesleyan, and Eastern Orthodox -- have aesthetically rich resources on which to draw for the renewal of arts in everyday life. In contrast, Calvinism has generally been suspicious of the arts.
The essays in this volume attempt to explore new avenues of thought about Calvinism's relation to the arts. Part historical, part theological, and part practical, they offer a wide-ranging exploration of neo-Calvinism's...
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Cutting-edge reflections on a variety of biblical and theological subjects
Over the course of his distinguished career Richard Bauckham has made pioneering contributions to diverse areas of scholarship ranging from ethics and contemporary issues to hermeneutical problems and theology, often drawing together disciplines and fields of research all too commonly kept separate from one another.
In this volume some of the most eminent figures in modern...
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This compilation collects the top twenty stories from the first decade (1997—2006) of The Best American Mystery Stories, selected and introduced by Otto Penzler. Contributors include Russell Banks, James Lee Burke, Brendan DuBois, Lou Manfredo, Ed McBain, Joyce Carol Oates, and many others.
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The Maine Woods, vast and largely unsettled, are often described as unchanged since Henry David Thoreau's journeys across the backcountry, in spite of the realities of Indian dispossession and the visible signs of logging, settlement, tourism, and real estate development. In the summer of 2014 scholars, activists, members of the Penobscot Nation, and other individuals retraced Thoreau's route.
Inspired partly by this expedition, the accessible and...
20) The Federalist
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The definitive edition of the historic essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, fully annotated and reproduced from the original text. Also included are a new introduction by historian Jacob C. Cooke, along with notes, a glossary, as well as the complete Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence, and U.S. constitution.
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