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"The Great Divorce" by C. S. Lewis is a thought-provoking and imaginative exploration of the afterlife. The novel follows a group of souls who are given the opportunity to leave their miserable existence in Hell and travel to Heaven. Along the way, they encounter a variety of characters and obstacles that test their understanding of morality, redemption, and the nature of God.

A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below". At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old Devil to his nephew, Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man.

The first book written by C.S. Lewis after his conversion, The Pilgrim's Regress is, in a sense, a record of Lewis's own search for meaning and spiritual satisfaction that eventually led him to Christianity.

The Cross Intents trilogy is an action-packed view of spiritual warfare and the interaction of the natural with the supernatural, centered around the time of Christ. In The Baptism, book 2 of the trilogy: now all the spiritual forces know the King has taken on flesh. Mortal flesh. The angelic team must protect the King from the wave of destruction unleashed by a relentless enemy until He is old enough to begin His campaign. The mission in the Middle Realm remains a mystery, but the dangers in the Physical Realm are very real.

The Cross Intents trilogy is an action-packed view of spiritual warfare and the interaction of the natural with the supernatural, centered around the time of Christ. In The Birth, book 1 of the trilogy: it is up to a small team of angels to prepare for the coming of the King. They must keep the location of His birth hidden from the enemy while preparing all the human players who will have a crucial role. The mystery of the ages is about to unfold.

Sophie Pope is devastated when she hears the news: her former boyfriend, college football star Anthony “Rocket” Rogers, is engaged to be married. Determined to win him back before he says “I do,” Sophie hatches a foolproof plan to stop the wedding. But when Rocket’s best man, aspiring baseball player David Savage, thwarts her plot, she realizes the game is up. For David, though, it’s just beginning....

Logan Bennett makes me want to have a future not tainted by the constant hunger for revenge. Doesn't mean I can stop. Doesn't mean I want to stop. It just means I want more . . . one day. But how do you make a good man love the monster inside you without stripping his soul away as well? He is all the best parts of me right now, resurrecting bits of my heart I forgot could even exist. He makes me feel something other than cold.

The revered author’s definitive collection of short fiction, which explores enduring spiritual and science fiction themes such as space, time, reality, fantasy, God, and the fate of humankind. As powerful, inventive, and profound as his theological and philosophical works, The Dark Tower reveals another side of Lewis’s creative mind and his longtime fascination with reality and spirituality. It is ideal listening for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis’s longtime friend and colleague.

Fourteen-year-old Sam Snyder thinks he is going on a short vacation to visit his godfather. Instead, his adoptive mother drops him off at a Baptist reform school in the backwoods of Missouri. Surrounded by razor-wire fences, violent at-risk youth, and oppressive staff, he quickly realizes that he's not in California anymore. Between fistfights, fire-and-brimstone sermons, and falling in love with a girl who he's never even spoken to, Sam struggles to keep his unbridled tongue and teenage lust in check in hopes of an early release.

From the moment Annona was given a Marking, her life's calling engraved across her chest, a sense of identity becomes imprinted deep within her heart. Her Marking grounds her with a powerful sense of purpose and confidence. Leaving all she knows behind, she takes to a foreign land in pursuit of fulfilling her life's calling. However, by pursuing her Marking she suffers at the hand of betrayal and the powers of darkness. Overwhelming grief opens the chasm of destruction within her as her life crumbles apart.

What do you remember, what is important, what do you simply let go, sand piling on sand, until only the important events and memories are left? Much to the delight and good fortune of Arthur and Mary Bell, they were the proud parents of four strapping sons. Such a stroke of luck was vital to their survival on the Idaho plain, where every able-bodied young man was desperately needed to work the land. So when Mary gave birth to a baby girl, the family was befuddled. But they suffered no distress at the loss of another boy to help around the farm - they felt only absolute delight.

The Pilgrim's Regress is a book of allegorical fiction by C. S. Lewis. This 1933 novel was Lewis's first published work of prose fiction, and his third piece of work to be published and first after he converted to Christianity. It charts the progress of a fictional character named John through a philosophical landscape in search of the Island of his desire.

After her mother dies from a heart attack, Sloane Templeton goes from Cyber Crimes Unit to bookstore owner before she can blink. She also "inherits" a half-batty store manager; a strange bunch of little old people from the neighborhood who meet at the store once a week but never read books, called the Granny Oakleys Book Club; and Aunt Verline, who fancies herself an Iron Chef when in reality you need a cast-iron stomach to partake of her culinary disasters.

In The Fence My Father Built, when legally separated Muri Pond, a librarian, hauls her kids, teenage Nova and 11-year-old Truman, out to the tiny town of Murkee, Oregon, where her father, Joe Pond, lived and died, she’s confronted by a neighbor’s harassment over water rights and Joe’s legacy: a fence made from old oven doors.The fence and accompanying house trailer horrify rebellious Nova, who runs away to the drug-infested streets of Seattle.

Cordelia Grace watched Bernard Howard, the love of her young life, go off to fight for our country in WWII. And she has spent the last three years creating the Pine Cone quilt that will grace their marriage bed when he comes home. Each row of triangles signifies a layer in her life, sets of memories, hopes, dreams, and prayers for her future, enough spoken words to cover them forever.

The relics of Christendom have been plundered during the long Moorish conquest of the Iberian peninsula. Newly minted Templar Sergeant Arnau de Vallbona must recover one of the most elusive to save his priory at Rourell in Spain. Travelling to Majorca on a stealth mission to retrieve the bones of St Stephen, Arnau soon discovers the raid is more complex than it first appears: the mighty Almohad dynasty has laid claim to the island, and will fight them every step of the way.

Rabbit Room Press is proud to present these historical documents to the world for the first time. With contributions from visiting scholars such as Jonathan Rogers, Malcolm Guite, Junius Johnson, A. S. Peterson, and many more, these tales have been scrupulously compiled and annotated by leading experts of dubious renown.

Lizzy and Jane couldn’t be further from Jane Austen’s famous sisters for whom they are named. Elizabeth left her family’s home in Seattle fifteen years ago to pursue her lifelong dream—chefing her own restaurant in New York City. Jane stayed behind to raise a family. Estranged since...

Nach einem Schicksalsschlag wagt die Journalistin Ruby Nevins einen Neuanfang. Bei ihrer Recherche über Cécile, den gefeierten Star des französischen Kinos der Vierzigerjahre, stößt sie auf ein mysteriöses Tagebuch. Je tiefer Ruby in die Vergangenheit der beiden Frauen eintaucht, desto mehr erkennt sie Parallelen zu ihrem eigenen Leben.

Frans og Clara var helt almindelige unge mennesker, som blev ramt af en stærk religiøs længsel og en efterfølgende kaldelse. Som en konsekvens af deres inderlige lytten ind i Guds vilje og deres radikale efterfølgelse i handling blev de igangsættere af et religiøst opgør med alle tidens normer og sociale skel. De havde begge stor hengivenhed til Guds skaberværk, og fordi de søgte enhed og forståelse mellem alle skabninger, åbnede de for et venskab mellem natur og mennesker, som aldrig før var set i kristendommens historie.