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The brilliant English author G. K. Chesterton, widely known for his style of blending philosophy and theology into his writing, has taken the classic whodunnit genre and turned it upside down with his collection of mysteries, The Club of Queer Trades.Filled with Chesterton's masterful storytelling and his strong held belief of questioning the truth, The Club of Queer Trades is more than just a mystery novel. Instead, Chesterton takes his reade...

Manalive details the story of Mr. Innocent Smith, a new tenant at a London boarding house, who uses a great wind that follows him to breathe life into the residents at Beacon House. Mr. Innocent Smith uses his comedic nature and eccentric antics to charm the other tenants easily, transforming the bleak atmosphere of the boarding house into one full of childlike joy. However, despite the happiness that Smith brings, when he is accused of a whol...

Witty and honest about belief in the Christian Faith, Heretics is a collection of essays from the 20th century by the "prince of paradox, " G.K. Chesterton. While recognized as a philosopher as well as a social critic, Chesterton is also considered a lay theologian due to the nature of his content. Along with Heretics, Chesterton has also written apologetics, poetry, and even fantasy novels with faith interwoven into the themes.His essays in H...

After losing the family's money, Mr. Nickelby dies and leaves Nicholas, his mother, and younger sister Kate with no choice but to give up their comfortable lifestyle. They move to London, hoping that Mr. Nickelby's brother, Ralph, will help them in their trying times. A stony, hardened businessman, Ralph begrudgingly offers to house Mrs. Nickelby and Kate, while using his connections to get Nicholas a job at a boys' boarding school. Ralph warn...

Known as one of Charles Dickens' most sophisticated works, "Our Mutual Friend" is a satirical, yet complex novel about the desires and failings that revolve around money. Though praised by literary critics in the 1860s as Dickens' best novel, it was not until the early 21st century that it was recognized as a true, albeit contemporary, look at the Victorian class society. Dickens is celebrated for his social criticisms, credited as a literary ...

Agatha Christie, one of the most well-known English authors of the 20th century, strikes again with her classic crime novel, The Murder on the Links. Featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his companion Captain Hastings, The Murder on the Links takes place in Northern France after a man named Paul Renauld requests help in solving a mystery. Once Poirot and Hastings arrive, however, they find Renauld dead on the golf course, having ...

G.K. Chesterton was one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, writing across numerous genres. His many newspaper columns, his detective stories, his philosophical analysis, and his theological exposition once made him a household name. Though not as well known today, each generation discovers Chesterton anew, and in doing so, finds that Chesterton's writings, even if it is his fiction, apply in their time as well as in Chesterton's...

About a hundred years ago, it was generally agreed that evolution and Darwinism logically entailed eliminating weak humans from the gene pool, either outright by killing them, or by sterilization or segregation. This view was so common, it was in the actual science text books which were placed in high schools. George Hunter's "A Civic Biology" was one such textbook.Published in 1914, he describes large numbers of Americans as 'parasites' who a...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...

After World War II, investigations were made and trials were held. Today, the most well known of these were the Nuremberg "Doctor's Trial", which probed the various euthanasia programs carried out by the defeated Germans. However, there were other trials, no less important and of continued historic interest, which explored and documented how and why the Nazi's acquired and applied their power. In these trials, "The Nuremberg Trials" men like W...