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In this short story from Nathan Englander's collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, a Protestant, after a religious awakening in the back of a New York taxi, realizes he has a Jewish soul.

In the last days of pre-World War II China and the rise of Communism, Jim Dahlgren, representative of the Amalgamated Aeronautical Company, has had enough of the fatalistic brand of diplomacy from other nations that claim to want a united China, one that can resist invasion from without and treason within - but which refuses to intervene and prevent it's demise. When Dahlgren disappears - purportedly to find a mysterious aviator, the man called "Wind-Gone-Mad" - he ignites a series of actions which just may spell disaster.

Alternating between nineteenth-century Europe and present-day New England, this tale follows the great British painter J. M. W. Turner - and his scene of artists, intellectuals, and lovers - and Henry, a middle-aged family man whose otherwise mundane existence is disrupted by the discovery of The Center of the World, Turner’s controversial painting of Helen of Troy that had been thought lost forever.

In a dusty, turn-of-the-century Catalan village, the bequest of a cello bow sets young Feliu Delargo on the unlikely path of becoming a musician. Anarchist Barcelona and the court of the embattled monarchy in Madrid teach him his first serious lessons in creativity, principle, and passion - and their consequences. When he meets up with the charming and eccentric piano prodigy Justo Al-Cerraz, their lifelong friendship and rivalry orchestrate a tumultuous course for them both.

Forced out of his high-powered Manhattan law firm and stuck in a dead-end solo practice, Michael Seeley cannot say no when his estranged brother flies in from California to beg him to take over his company's lawsuit for patent infringement of its AIDS vaccine after the apparent suicide death of the lead trial lawyer.

In 1920s Munich, the body of Anna Gross, a young society wife, has been found in the English Gardens, still clothed in finery. Soon a second body is discovered, also a woman of high society. When a third body is found, homicide detective Axel Berg realizes he's dealing with unprecedented evil. Is the murderer politically motivated? Is he a lone madman? Or worse, is the killer possessed by both political and personal demons?

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Twenty years ago, fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong witnessed her father shoot down the cultlike leader of a separatist church. Now, that man's son, Malcolm Arno, has become head of a militia movement bent on unleashing chaos and anarchy across the country. Nothing seems to be standing in Arno's way ― until his actions run him afoul of Caitlin Strong.

Reeling from the sudden death of his wife, Daniel Dixon returns to Wyoming’s Powder River country to start anew. It’s the end of the 19th century and the Indians are gone. The growing city of Buffalo, just a stone’s throw from the ruins of Fort Phil Kearny, seems a peaceful place to start a medical practice and raise his sons, Harry and Cal, and his willful daughter, Lorna. But the peace Dixon seeks eludes him. Johnson County is soon engulfed in a bloody range war that will draw in the Dixon family in ways he could never have imagined.

Texas Titans is a story of George Herbert Walker Bush and James Addison Baker, III, two of America's most consequential statesmen of the past 50 years. Two men from opposite areas of the country who found friendship on the tennis courts at the Houston Country Club. Two men who helped transform a world during an era of immense challenges and change. Two men who became - and still are - Texas titans.

A superb work of intellectual history, this slim volume by one of today's foremost theologians takes you through the mind and times of Europe's firebrand, Martin Luther. Deeply convinced that man and God could have a spiritual relationship unmediated by the pomp, offices, money, and power of the Catholic Church, he strove ceaselessly to gain an understanding of how to obtain God's love in a perilous, desperate, and rapidly changing world.

Simon was a loyal son, a selfless brother, a faithful husband, a loving father, a trustworthy friend, and a skillful fisherman, as well as a natural leader—long before he ever met Jesus of Nazareth. He put the needs of others before his own. He led with his heart; often before he engaged his head. Some might call him impetuous, but others would say impassioned. He was the only one willing to step out of the boat and walk on the water. He alone drew his sword to defend his Master. But this same man failed in a moment of fear and denied his Lord.

Der jährliche Schwimmwettkampf zwischen Maotou und den Nachbarinseln steht bevor. Die beiden Favoriten können aus verschiedenen Gründen nicht am Wettkampf teilnehmen. Nun richten sich alle Hoffnungen auf Papa Tuanaku. Aber damit droht das große Geheimnis von Papa Tuanaku aufzufliegen. Yann bietet seine Hilfe an und Zoom natürlich auch.

Papa Tuanaku will seinen Schiffsführerschein machen. Deshalb bricht Onkel Patrick mit ihm zu einer Übungsfahrt auf. Marina begleitet die beiden und gibt Papa Tuanaku viele gute Tipps. Derweil sind Yann, Timeti und Auru für Unterwasserfotos unterwegs. Hilferufe von der Jacht des Gauners Van Krook schrecken die drei auf und sie schleichen sich auf die Jacht.

Ein doppelter Regenbogen und dunkle Wolken ziehen über der Insel Maotou auf. Alle machen Ramana dafür verantwortlich, denn er hat versehentlich ein Tamburin zerstört. Yann, Zoom und Auru werden beauftragt, eine Opfergabe zum tiefsten Punkt des Ozeans vor der Insel zu bringen, um den Hai-Gott zu besänftigen.

Every day, for the last four years of Whitman’s life, Traubel visited his friend and mentor in his small home in Camden, New Jersey. There, in his seventies, the great poet sat in his rocking chair, partially paralyzed, surrounded by a sea of papers, looking back over his life and accepting his quickly approaching death.

Maeva ist mit Onkel Patrick zum Einkaufen gefahren, und Timeti ist für einen Tag verantwortlich für das Restaurant. Dank der Hilfe von Yann und Marina ...

Wayne McLair und sein Team sind nach einer turbulenten Flucht aus Smokestack in der irischen Hauptstadt Dublin angekommen. Der Meisterdieb zögert keine Sekunde und konzentriert sich umgehend auf sein nächstes Ziel: das Gold der Bank of Ireland! Natürlich mit Ankündigung. Dabei trifft das Team McLair auf Gestalten aus Waynes Vergangenheit und ein neuer Dieb macht unserem Helden Konkurrenz ...

Yann und seine Freunde treffen auf Aglagla, einen kleinen Pinguin. Er konnte seinen Entführern, den Gaunern Biff und Rico, entkommen. Aber deren Boss Van Krook will den Pinguin wiederhaben. Also schickt Van Krook seine beiden Handlanger los, um den Pinguin wieder einzufangen.

The Introduction to Christianity and Science: Audio Lectures offers a thorough introduction to the intersection between science and Christian belief. This lecture set synthesizes the insights of over 140 international contributors. Each lesson in the Introduction to Christianity and Science: Audio Lectures, presented by scholars Paul Copan, Tremper Longman III, Christopher L. Reese, and Michael G. Strauss, includes reliable summaries and critical analyses of relevant concepts, theories, terms, movements, individuals, and debates.