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For years universities have been restive sounding boards for those who talk of revolution, of a new system, of freedom for every man. This chilling tale begins with a university, and a student riot-only this time the riot becomes a revolution and produces a new epoch in the American way of life. Robert Kiley, a member of the faculty, seems to endorse the change as a giant step forward in the educational process. After all, his name appears on ...

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Full of magic and appealing characters, this classic novel takes readers on a remarkable adventure.It's Omri's birthday, but all he gets from his best friend, Patrick, is a little plastic Indian toy. Trying to hide his disappointment, Omri puts the Indian in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a mysterious skeleton key that once belonged to his great-grandmother. Little does Omri know that by turning the key, he will transform his ordinar...

The oldest monastic Rule in the WestA giant of the faith, St. Augustine is well known as "the restless searcher for truth." His life and the Rule he formulated have had enduring influence on the Christian ideal of the religious life. This is a new, modern English translation of the Rule from the original critical Latin text. An extensive Commentary elucidates its meaning and its relevance to those who follow or study it today.Augustine's conci...

For fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins comes Theodore Taylor's classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, The Cay. Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he's eager to glimpse it firsthand-until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed. When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea...

Private Parts is an informative, credible, anecdotal, and completely accesible book that covers a wide range of concerns, both physiological and psychological, about male private parts and sexuality.

Spend a year meditating on the gospel call, as lived out in Mother Teresa of Calcutta. This devotional guide is arranged under fifty-two themes of love and charity, incorporating relevant scriptural passages, the inspiring words of Mother Teresa, and anecdotes from her life's ministry of tireless service to the world's forsaken destitute and dying.The reader's own reflections can be recorded in the generous space provided at the end of each we...

Odysseus, the 13th of his group of companions, is the only one to have escaped the devouring appetite of the Cyclops Polyphemus. The ill-fated Apollo 13 mission was launched on April 11, 1970, at 1313 hours Central Time from Pad 39 (13 x 3), and had to be aborted on April 13 after the explosion of an oxygen tank serving the commanding ship. Three of the sleeping periods scheduled for the astronauts were supposed to start 13 minutes past the ho...

In our fast-paced secular world, God and theology are second-class citizens. Money, politics, sports, and science seem better suited to the hard realities of our world. As the church steeple has been eclipsed by the skyscraper as the centerpiece of the urban landscape, so has the divine realm been set aside in favor of more immediate human experience. One sad consequence of this shift is the loss of spiritual and theological bearings, most cle...

In this first book to thoroughly explore parenthood as a significant force in adult development, Schoen uses fascinating literary references and interviews with dozens of mothers and fathers (biological and adoptive, single and married) to confirm and expand on little-known theories of parent development set forth by Erik H. Erikson, Therese Benedek, Selma Fraiberg, and others.

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Elizabeth Ann Scarborough--winner of a Nebula Award for her novel The Healer's War, which was based on her experiences as a nurse in Vietnam--returns with a stunning tale about a prisoner-of-war camp set in the next century.

Beloved by critics and readers alike for nearly 60 years, Mary O'Neill's timeless children's book of poetry is a tribute to the many beautiful colors we see around us, and is considered a modern children's classic. Featuring twelve beautiful poems, and deeply luminous illustrations, Hailstones and Halibut Bones is a perfect poetry addition to any home or classroom library. "An exploration in imaginative, evocative verses of the world of color ...

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From Michael Jackson's love children to men named Brad, Lose Weight Through Great Sex with Celebrities is Hartford Courant columnist Colin McEnroe's latest testimony to the fact that life is more than ham and pineapple pizza, it is and can be funny.

Adolf Holl's divine biography examines the life of the Holy Spirit in the context of the history of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Interweaving scholarship with religion, myth, and culture, Holl expertly traces the influence of the Holy Spirit on men and women from all walks of life, down the centuries. The result is quite unlike anything written before.The Jews recognized the Holy Spirit as the breath of God. He motivated a few Galilean fi...