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In this rich book Matthew Levering explores nine key virtues that we need to die (and live) well: love, hope, faith, penitence, gratitude, solidarity, humility, surrender, and courage. Retrieving and engaging a variety of biblical, theological, historical, and medical resources, Levering journeys...

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD A REALLY MEMORABLE LENT? People of every age yearn for God. This desire for God is written deep within the human heart. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we all have a longing to draw near to God and be in communion with him. We might not recognize this yearning for...

Matthew George Easton (1823-1894) was a Scottish Presbyterian preacher and writer. His book Easton’s Bible Dictionary is an excellent source for Bible scholars. It was published, three years after his death, in 1897 by Thomas Nelson. It was originally published as Illustrated Bible Dictionary, but...

Easton's Bible Dictionary was authored by Matthew George Easton (1823-1894).   It is a reference work on topics related to the Christian Bible. Many of the entries in Easton's are encyclopedic in nature, although there are also short dictionary-type entries. The compilation contains...

In July 2011 the Republic of South Sudan achieved independence, concluding what had been Africa's longest running civil war. The process leading to independence was driven by the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement, a primarily Southern rebel force and political movement intent on bringing about the...

Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888) , was a British poet, and critic of American culture. Civilization in the United States: First and Last Impressions of America includes 4 of Arnolds essays: General Grant, A Word About America, A Word More About America, and Civilization in the United States. A table of contents is included for easier navigation.

Assembled in the wake of the death of “Arminius von Thunder-ten-Tronckh”—struck by a stray bullet during the Franco-Prussian War—here is a collection of the fictional Prussian’s letters, conversations, and opinions. A descendant of the von Thunder-ten-Tronckh family of Voltaire’s Candide,...

Victorian poet and critic Matthew Arnold wrote the essays that constitute Culture and Anarchy between 1867 and 1869, a time of rapid social change and uncertainty. Defining culture as "the best that has been thought and said," Arnold offers concrete suggestions for its role as a corrective to the chaos...

Matthew Arnold was a British school inspector for over three decades, giving him the opportunity to travel around England and the Continent surveying schools. A French Eton is a study of the French educational system, including its highly democratic nature, and an argument that the English system needed to be reformed.

"Just be yourself!” People say it all the time, but how do we actually live it? For more than a decade Matthew Kelly has been helping people discover the best-version-of-themselves. Now, in Perfectly Yourself, he addresses the opportunities and obstacles that we encounter once we decide to...

The latest and greatest how-to guide to deer hunting. Lethal Deer Hunting takes you from beginner to pro in one season. This guide covers every aspect of deer hunting including animal behavior, weapon selection, hunting styles, recipes, and everything in between. This guide is a perfect instruction...

Proceeding from the bold and provocative claim that there never has been a comprehensive and systematic theory of race, Mustafa Emirbayer and Matthew Desmond set out to reformulate how we think about this most difficult of topics in American life. In The Racial Order, they draw on Bourdieu, Durkheim,...

Zoographies challenges the anthropocentrism of the Continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, while some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole. Matthew Calarco draws on ethological and evolutionary evidence and the work...

As its interests have become deeply tied to the Middle East, the United States has long sought to develop a usable understanding of the people, politics, and cultures of the region. In Imagining the Middle East, Matthew Jacobs illuminates how Americans' ideas and perspectives about the region have...