Lesley Adkins

Roy Adkins

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

North Carolina

How Our Ancestors Lived Two Centuries Ago

Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England explores the real England of Jane Austen's lifetime. It was a troubled period, with disturbing changes in industry and agriculture and a constant dread of invasion and revolution. The comfortable, tranquil country of her fiction is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. From forced marriages and the sale of wives in marketplaces to boys and girls working down mines or as chimney sweeps, this enthralling social history reveals how our ancestors worked, played and struggled to survive. Taking in the horror of ghosts and witches, bull baiting, highwaymen and the stench of corpses swinging on roadside gibbets, this book is a must-read for anyone wanting to discover the genuine story of Jane Austen's England and the background to her novels.

Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England

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Emily Brontë

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him.

Penguin English Library Wuthering Heights

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William Shakespeare

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Sonnets and Narrative Poems

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Sigrid Undset

Kristin Lavransdatter, Vol. 2

The acknowledged masterpiece of the Nobel Prize-winning Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter has never been out of print in this country since its first publication in 1927. Its story of a woman's life in fourteenth-century Norway has kept its hold on generations of readers, and the heroine, Kristin—beautiful, strong-willed, and passionate—stands with the world's great literary figures. Volume 11, The Mistress of Husaby, tells of Kristin's troubled and eventful married life on the great estate of Husaby, to which her husband has taken her.

The Mistress of Husaby

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Alexis de Tocqueville

Gerald Bevan

Isaac Kramnick

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was Democracy in America, a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing deomcratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His study of the strengths and weaknesses of an evolving democratic society has been quoted by every American president since Eisenhower, and remains a key point of reference for any discussion of the American nation or the democratic system. This new edition is the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, including the rarely-translated Two Weeks in the Wilderness, an account of Tocqueville's travels in Michigan among the Iroquois, and Excursion to Lake Oneida. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Democracy in America and Two Essays on America

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W. Wilkie Collins

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"BASIL was the second work of fiction which I produced. On its appearance, it was condemned off-hand by a certain class of readers, as an outrage on their sense of propriety. . . ." -- Wilkie Collins

Basil

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Armadale

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Wilkie Collins

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Wilkie Collins's intriguing story about a blind girl, Lucilla Finch, and the identical twins who both fall in love with her, has the exciting complications of his better-known novels, but it also overturns conventional expectations. Using a background of myth and fairy-tale to expand the boundaries of nineteenth-century realist fiction, Collins not only takes a blind person as his central character but also explores the idea of blindness and its implications. His sensitive presentation of the difficulties, disappointments, and occasional delights which follow the recovery of sight by someone blind since infancy is still one of the best accounts in fiction of a problem which continues to intrigue philosophers, psychologists, and the general public, as it has done since it was first discussed by Locke and Berkeley in the eighteenth century.

Poor Miss Finch

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Mary W. Shelley

The Penguin English Library Edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 'Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness' A twisted, upside-down creation myth, Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale lays bare the dark side of science, and the horror within us all. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, who plunders graveyards to create a new being from the bodies of the dead - but whose botched creature causes nothing but murder and destruction. Written after a nightmare when its author was only eighteen, Frankenstein gave birth to the modern science fiction novel. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Penguin English Library Frankenstein

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Andrew Wilson

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West

In this skillfully researched book, Andrew Wilson explains how 7 historic events in 1776 shaped today's post-Christian West and equips believers to share God's truth in the current social landscape.

Remaking the World

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John Piper

The Purifying Power of the Promises of God

Explore this stunning quality of God's grace:  It never ends!

In this revision of a foundational work, John Piper reveals how grace is not only God's undeserved gift to us in the past, but also God's power to make good happen for us today, tomorrow, and forever. 

True life for the follower of Jesus really is a moment-by-moment trust that God is dependable and fulfills his promises.  This is living by faith in future grace, which provides God's mercy, provision, and wisdom--everything we need--to accomplish his good plans for us.  

In Future Grace, chapter by chapter--one for each day of the month--Piper reveals how cherishing the promises of God helps break the power of persistent sin issues like anxiety, despondency, greed, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, misplaced shame, and more.

Ultimate joy, peace, and hope in life and death are found in a confident, continual awareness of the reality of future grace.

Future Grace, Revised Edition

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Melissa Michaels

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Simple Ideas to Love the Home You Have

Take a full-color tour of Michaels's home and favorite family spaces alongside room-by-room ideas. She shares lessons learned when turning her house into a home, plenty of inspiring photos, and encouraging insights to help you embrace your authentic style through doable improvements for every room, and attainable decorating, organizational, and DIY solutions. You'll discover transforming tips for lighting, color, and style, and ways to reclaim small or unique areas.

The Inspired Room

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Pen Vogler

Recipes Inspired by the Life and Work of Charles Dickens

Recipes and menus from the novels and the household of Charles Dickens, one of the world's favorite authors. Recipes and menus from the novels and the household of Charles Dickens, one of the world's favorite authors. Dinner with Dickens celebrates the food of Victorian England by recreating dishes the author wrote about with such gusto, and enjoyed in real life. Food in the novels not only creates character and comedy, but is also a means of highlighting social issues. A grand wedding breakfast skewers ostentation in a wealthy household. A bread-and-butter tea conjures honesty and companionship. The gruel given to hungry children exposes a cruel and unjust regime. The characters who throng Dickens novels are forever offering one another punch or seed biscuits; arranging a nice little supper of pickled salmon, salad and tea; showing concern with a roast fowl; or sisterly love with a painstakingly made beefsteak pudding. And, of course, there is the great feast of Christmas, celebrated in glorious style even by the impoverished Cratchits. At home, Dickens’ wife Catherine helped him entertain, and published (under a pseudonym) her own book, What Shall We Have for Dinner?, with pages of menus or “bills of fare” for different sizes of party and the changing seasons. In Dinner with Dickens, Pen Vogler has fully updated recipes from contemporary Victorian cookbooks, including Catherine’s own book. Clear instructions enable you to recreate mutton stuffed with oysters, Betsey Prig’s Twopenny Salad, Dickens’ own recipe for punch, and the Dickens family’s Twelfth Cake. In addition there are features on topics such as Dickens Abroad, Shopping for Food, and Eating Out, with fascinating insights into housekeeping, entertaining, and social history.

Dinner with Dickens

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Pippa Middleton

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

A Year of Festivities for Families and Friends

Presents menu, activity, and craft ideas for throwing memorable parties at any time of the year while offering advice on stocking party supplies, arranging flowers, and preserving foods at home.

Celebrate

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Herman. Melville

Nathaniel Philbrick

Or, the Whale (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound enquiry into character, faith and the nature of perception.

Moby-Dick

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Agatha Christie

Filmed As a Haunting in Venice

The inspiration for A Haunting in Venice - now a major motion picture. When a Hallowe'en party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirot to unmask a murderer... During a night of party games, Joyce Reynolds boasts that she once witnessed a murder. No one believes her, but then she is found drowned, face down in an apple-bobbing tub. Set against a night of trickery and the occult, Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver must race to uncover the real evil responsible for this ghastly murder. Hallowe'en Party is the sensational Agatha Christie novel that inspired the brand new feature film directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh. This special edition is introduced by its screenwriter, Michael Green.

Hallowe'en Party

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Stephen J. Nichols

Keith A. Mathison

Gerald Bray

Michael Reeves

Carl Beckwith

Michael A. G. Haykin

Gregory A. Wills

Herman Selderhuis

Lee Gatiss

Jonathan Gibson

Carl R. Trueman

Joel Beeke

Peter J. Williams

Sean Michael Lucas

John D. Woodbridge

John R. Muether

Chad Van Dixhoorn

David Woodbridge

Greg Salazar

J. V. Fesko

Douglas A. Sweeney

Julius J. Kim

Conrad Mbewe

Andrew M. Bain

Ryan Hoselton

John W. Tweeddale

Gavin Ortlund

Daniel J. Brendsel

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Voices from the Past, Wisdom for the Present (Hardcover)

The ESV Church History Study Bible is designed to help believers in all seasons of life understand the Bible--featuring 20,000 study notes from church history's most prominent figures.

ESV Church History Study Bible

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Theresa Carle-Sanders

Diana Gabaldon

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The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook

From professional chef, food writer, and die-hard Outlander fan Theresa Carle-Sanders comes the official cookbook inspired by Diana Gabaldon's bestselling series

Outlander Kitchen

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Signe Johahsen

We've long looked south for our food inspiration - but what about our neighbours to the north? We share a climate, a history (those Vikings got everywhere) and a love of cool, from sleek Nordic design to clear frosty November mornings. We also share our love of the outdoors - bracing autumn days, bright spring mornings, lazy summers by the water and long winter walks - and the pleasure of sharing good food with friends around the kitchen table. Discover the secrets of Scandinavian cooking - from delicious healthy breakfasts and leisurely brunches to tasty suppers and plenty of stress-free crowd-pleaser puddings. Learn the knack of putting together the perfect smorrebrod for a speedy Scandi lunch, and discover some very more-ish cakes and biscuits to accompany your afternoon cuppa. From cinnamon chestnut bread, cardamom cream buns and home-made gravadlax to soups, salads, smoothies and much more, Signe Johansen, a young cook steeped in the traditions of Scandinavia and trained by the best British chefs, shows us that it's not all herrings and meatballs... although you will find them in here too. Fresh, light, surprisingly indulgent, this is food to lift your spirits - it's quite simply Scandilicious!

Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking

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Diana Kuan

Quick and Easy Dishes to Prepare at Home

Provides popular Chinese takeout recipes for appetizers, soups, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and desserts.

The Chinese Takeout Cookbook

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Julie Tremaine

Being bad has never tasted so good with this delightfully evil cookbook featuring over 50 tasty, easy-to-follow recipes inspired by the dastardly Disney Villains. From bewitching appetizers to delectable entrees and delightful desserts, this official cookbook includes all manners of fun Disney Villain-themed treats. Witches, sorcerers, and potion brewers of all skill levels will enjoy recipes such as Spinning Wheel Potatoes, Dalmatian Pancakes, Horrible Wholesome Sunshine Salad, and more. Dishes inspired by iconic villains like Maleficent, Captain Hook, and Jafar are perfect for your next Halloween party or Disney watch party. Featuring full-color photography, healthy tips, and helpful cooking advice, this all-ages cookbook is the perfect way to bring friends and family together for a little Disney trickery. Book jacket.

Disney Villains: Devilishly Delicious Cookbook

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Lucinda Hawksley

Literary Travellers from Austria to Uzbekistan

From the grand tour to the global village, novelists and poets have made particularly observant travellers. Many writers have been prone to wanderlust, eager to explore the world and draw inspiration from their travels. They recorded their notes in letters, journals, essays and books. In some cases, these became celebrated examples of travel writing, but there are many more accounts which remain overlooked. In The Writer Abroad, Lucinda Hawksley takes us on a literary journey around the world, through extracts from Arthur Conan Doyle in Australia, Joseph Conrad in the Congo, Charles Dickens in Italy, Henry James in France, Mary Wollstonecraft in Sweden, and many more.

The Writer Abroad

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Alexander Hamilton

John Jay

James Madison

The Federalist Papers comprise eighty-five essays written to persuade New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution of the United States in 1787-8. Written by key players in the American Revolution, they made a case for a new, united nation. They are the most important work of political thought to have come out of America. -;'A nation without a national government is an awful spectacle.'. In the winter of 1787-8 a series of eighty-five essays appeared in the New York press; the purpose of the essays was to persuade the citizens of New York State to ratify the Constitution of the United States. The three authors - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay - were respectively the first Secretary of the Treasury, the fourth President, and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in American history. Each had played a crucial role in the events of the American Revolution;. together they were convinced of the need to weld thirteen disparate and newly-independent states into a union. Their essays make the case for a new and united nation, governed under a written Constitution that endures to this day. The Federalist Papers are an indispensable guide to the intentions of the founding fathers who created the United States, and a canonical text in the development of western political thought. This new edition pays full attention to the classical learning of their authors and the historical examples they deploy. -

The Federalist Papers

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Saint Augustine

Albert C. Outler

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Sexual deviant. Renowned convert. Philosophical heavyweight. Few figures in Christian history have been as influential-and intriguing-as Augustine of Hippo. The fourth-century North African bishop famously converted to the priesthood from a self-proclaimed life of decadence. From that point onward, grace permeated the life of this theological giant, and his passion for God bleeds into every page of his Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love. Book jacket.

Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love (Set of 3)

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Lesley Adkins; Roy Adkins

Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England

Emily Brontë

Penguin English Library Wuthering Heights

William Shakespeare

Sonnets and Narrative Poems

Sigrid Undset

The Mistress of Husaby

Alexis de Tocqueville; Gerald Bevan; Isaac Kramnick

Democracy in America and Two Essays on America

W. Wilkie Collins

Basil

W. Wilkie Collins

Armadale

Wilkie Collins

Poor Miss Finch

Mary W. Shelley

Penguin English Library Frankenstein

Andrew Wilson

Remaking the World

John Piper

Future Grace, Revised Edition

Melissa Michaels

The Inspired Room

Pen Vogler

Dinner with Dickens

Pippa Middleton

Celebrate

Herman. Melville; Nathaniel Philbrick

Moby-Dick

Agatha Christie

Hallowe'en Party

ESV Church History Study Bible

Theresa Carle-Sanders; Diana Gabaldon

Outlander Kitchen

Signe Johahsen

Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking

Diana Kuan

The Chinese Takeout Cookbook

Julie Tremaine

Disney Villains: Devilishly Delicious Cookbook

Lucinda Hawksley

The Writer Abroad

Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James Madison

The Federalist Papers

Saint Augustine; Charles Spurgeon, Blaise Pascal

Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love (Set of 3)

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