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"1984", de George Orwell, é uma obra clássica da literatura distópica, referência inequívoca quando o assunto é a imaginação de um futuro sombrio e dominado por poderes tiranos e de repressão total. Por meio desta obra, Orwell nos alerta sobre os perigos do controle governamental absoluto e evoca a importância da liberdade e da resistência. Com sua primeira edição publicada em 1949, o romance conta a história de Winston Smith, membro do Ministério da Verdade e parte de um governo global absoluto, em um mundo dominado pela guerra total.

In Twice upon a Time, the third volume in The L.M. Montgomery Library, Benjamin Lefebvre collects and discusses over two dozen stories from across Montgomery’s career as a short fiction writer, many of them available in book form for the first time.

When a rich theological perspective is lost, so is the larger story for pastoral ministry. When pastors see how God's whole counsel shapes and impacts their entire ministry, both pastors and churches will thrive. Deeply connecting theology with practice, this volume seeks to recover the rich scriptural framework for ministry that is grounded in key Christian doctrines such as the Triune God and his decrees, the person and work of Christ, and the application of all the benefits and blessings that come to us through the Spirit in our union with Christ.

He had likewise, by another wife, a young daughter, but of unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper, which she took from her mother, who was the best creature in the world. No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over than the mother-in-law began to show herself in her true colors. She could not bear the good qualities of this pretty girl, and the less because they made her own daughters appear the more odious. She employed her in the meanest work of the house.

The best way for today's sailors to learn about a battle is from those who fought it. The Battle of Midway, commemorated annually in the US Navy, warrants close attention. This Naval Institute guide includes some of the most vibrant and informed accounts by individuals who fought on both sides of the June 1942 battle. The anthology pulls together memoirs, articles, excerpts from other Naval Institute books, and relevant government documents to help listeners understand what happened and explain why the battle was so significant to the naval service.

The Second World War had been under way for a year when Marie and John Williamson welcomed two English brothers to join them and their two children in their small house in north Toronto for the duration of the conflict. Marie wrote over 150 letters to the boys’ mother, Margaret Sharp, imagining that she could make Margaret feel she was still with her children. She shepherded the boys through education decisions and illnesses, eased them into a strange new life, and rejoiced when they embraced unfamiliar winter sports.

From the organization We Need Diverse Books and Dhonielle Clayton, the co-author of Blackout, comes a fantasy collection of short stories from a list of diverse, award-winning, and bestselling authors. This critically acclaimed young adult anthology welcomes every voice to lead, empower, and...

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire: Behind the Scenes is a special recording that features new commentary by author Timothy Zahn and editor Betsy Mitchell, written for the 20th anniversary edition of Heir to the Empire, read by Zahn and Mitchell. Included here is audio from that new unabridged recording to enhance their comments.

Everybody loves scary stories, and nobody loves them more than children. Storytellers Richard and Judy Dockery Young gathered these stories from the most discerning of critics: the children themselves. These are the tales kids tell most often and most often ask to be told.

Death is a subject obscured by fear and denial. When we do think of dying, we are more often concerned with how to avoid the pain and suffering that may accompany our death than we are with really confronting the meaning of death and how to approach it. Sushila Blackman places death - and life - in a truer perspective, by telling us of others who have left this world with dignity.

In 1957, at the age of eighty-one, C. G. Jung began a collaboration with his student and secretary Aniela Jaffé and the legendary publisher Kurt Wolff on a book about his life. Memories, Dreams, Reflections would become a bestseller, yet it draws from less than half of Jaffé's original interviews with Jung. Much of the material from these candid, wide-ranging conversations was left on the cutting-room floor. Jung's Life and Work presents these interviews in their entirety for the first time.

Mark Twain for Dog Lovers combines one of America's most beloved authors and dogs. Twain specialist R. Kent Rasmussen traces the history of dogs in Twain's life—from the ones he knew personally, like his daughter's dog which he took in after she died, to the foreign dogs he saw on his travels...

Veteran editor Lamar Underwood invites you to join him in a hunting camp destined to give you hours of pleasure. Many of your favorite authors are here, trusted companions like Archibald Rutledge, Corey Ford, Theodore Roosevelt, Nash Buckingham, Tom Hennessey and many others. Their stories...

America is cat crazy, and Mark Twain may have been the American writer most crazy about cats. From his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to his last years in Connecticut, Mark Twain spent much of his life surrounded by cats, and they stalk through many of his best-known books, including The...

Fifteen suspenseful tales from the Golden Age of the mystery genre. The art of the suspense story is incredibly varied. Rarely classified as whodunits, these narratives can be more accurately described as "when-will-it-be-dones." From hungry tigers stalking their prey to jealous lovers plotting...

Askanius, junger Student für Archäologie, zieht durch Europa und Nordafrika, während er von Visionen geplagt wird, in denen ein Satyr versucht mit ihm Kontakt aufzunehmen. Vielleicht hat Askanius ihn aber auch mit seiner ersten Vision erweckt? Während Askanius versucht, dem Mysterium auf den...

Colorful stories about and profound teachings of Patrul Rinpoche, one of the most impactful teachers and thinkers in the Tibetan tradition from the 19th century.

Are you over-extended, over-distracted, and overwhelmed? Do you work at a breakneck pace all day, only to find that you haven’t accomplished the most important things on your agenda when you leave the office? The world has changed, and the way we work has to change, too. With wisdom from 20 leading creative minds, Manage Your Day-to-Day will give you a toolkit for tackling the new challenges of a 24/7, always-on workplace.

Mudrost' legendarnogo biznesmena, stoyavshego u istokov avtopromyshlennosti! Sozdanie udobnogo i dostupnogo avtomobilya - vot, pozhaluj, odno iz glavnykh dostizhenij Genri Forda. Vnedrenie konvejernoj sborki v proizvodstvo pozvolilo naladit' massovyj vypusk mashin, tem samym uluchshiv zhizn' mnozhestva lyudej vo vsem mire. Blagodarya innovatsionnym dlya svoego vremeni ideyam Genri Ford navsegda voshyol v istoriyu mirovogo predprinimatel'stva.

Samye izvestnye tsitaty odnogo iz znamenitejshikh politikov v mirovoj istorii! ZHizn' Uinstona CHerchillya interesnee lyubykh knig i fil'mov. Voennyj, zhurnalist, laureat Nobelevskoj premii po literature, stavshij prem'er-ministrom Velikobritanii v odin iz samykh slozhnykh periodov v eyo istorii. Politika Uinstona CHerchillya chasto podvergaetsya kritike. No bol'shinstvu on zapomnilsya kak yarkij kharizmatichnyj lider, chelovek s otlichnym chuvstvom yumora.