This reference book is a compact commentary on the entire Bible that readers can use to familiarize themselves with the methods and paths followed by biblical scholars. It features current theories on dating, historical reconstruction, and archaeological information. Contemporary perspectives and topical articles of an introductory nature include Hermeneutics, Canonicity, Old Testament themes, and coverage of biblical theology. Additional commentary includes articles on Jesus, the early Church, Gnosticism, and the subapostolic church. Especially for seminarians and clergy who require a commentary on the Scriptures both during their formal study of theology and for preaching in their ministry. Also, for those interested in religion and theology on all levels and feel the need for an adequate background in the Bible.

"Driver" is an ex-con trying to make his life right but who shares an expensive secret and a past affair with his boss's wife - a woman who is nothing but trouble. Dickey's rich characters make listeners feel as if they are present in the hustle-filled pool hall, the bedroom, and the Lincoln Town Car that "Driver" chauffeurs his wealthy and notorious clients around in. Dickey's millions of fans will be happy to see the reappearance of a femme fatale from Thieves' Paradise, who adds spice and surprises every time she turns up.

(6 Audio Cassettes/10 Hours) New York City is not only The New Yorker magazine's place of origin and its sensibility's lifeblood, it is the heart of American literary culture. Wonderful Town, an anthology of superb short fiction by many of the magazine's most accomplished contributors, celebrates the seventy-five-year marriage between a preeminent publication and its preeminent context with this collection of forty-four of its best stories from (so to speak) home. Wonderful Town touches on some of the city's famous places and stops at some of its more obscure corners, but the real guidebook in and between its lines is to the hearts and the minds of those who populate the metropolis built by its pages. Like all good fiction, these stories take particular people and particular events and turn them into drama of universal enlightenment and emotional impact. The five boroughs are the five continents. New York is every great and ordinary place. Each life in it, and each life in Wonderful Town, is the life of us all.

Brother Jerome's death came as a surprise to him. So did the afterworld. There were no cherubs, no harps, no fluffy white clouds. Jerome had pictured the afterworld as a traditional sort of place. Leo, Jerome's pet cat from the friary, turns up to say hello -- literally. Jerome is shocked, for he hadn't known that the cat could talk. Nor had he known the cat's real name was Quantuum -- "You can call me Quant," the cat says to Jerome. Is Quant dead or alive? Jerome doesn't know, for Quant still lives in the friary, yet he pops along, as if through an interdimensional catflap, to see his friend in the afterworld. What is Quant? Jerome hasn't a clue. And what is this strange world he's now in? Is it a new world or an old world? The Hound of Heaven is here, the Christian friars are here, but so are the centaurs and the Greek gods. And everyone seems to get along together just fine.

In his first collection of stories since Fabulous Small Jews, Joseph Epstein delivers all the pleasures his readers have come to expect: stories of ordinary men confronting the moments that define a life, told with the bittersweet humor and loving irony encompassed in the title of the book. These fourteen tales map a very particular world—Jews whose lives are anchored in Chicago—in rich, revealing detail even as they brim with universal longings: complex love affairs and unspoken rivalries, family triumphs and private disappointments. Epstein, who “happens to possess a standup comic’s gift for punch lines” (New York Times Book Review), brings his emphatically grown-up characters to witty, rueful, and charming life. The Love Song of A. Jerome Minkoff is a marvelous collection from a master of the short form and one of the most distinctive writers working in America today.

The Works of Jerome K. Jerome in one large collection with an active table of contents.

All Roads Lead to Calvary
The Angel and the Author
Clocks
The Cost of Kindness
Diary of a Pilgrimage
Dreams
Evergreens
Fanny and the Servant Problem
Idle Ideas in 1905
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow?
John Ingerfield and Other Stories
The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl
Malvina of Brittany
The Man of Science
The Master of Mrs. Chilvers
Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies
The New Utopia
Novel Notes
The Observations of Henry
Passing of the Third Floor Back
Paul Kelver
The Philosopher's Joke
The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow?
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green
The Soul of Nicholas Snyders
STAGE-LAND
Tea-Table Talk
They and I
Three Men in a Boat
Three Men on the Bummel
Told After Supper
Tommy and Co.

The Works of Jerome K. Jerome in one large collection with an active table of contents.

All Roads Lead to Calvary
The Angel and the Author
Clocks
The Cost of Kindness
Diary of a Pilgrimage
Dreams
Evergreens
Fanny and the Servant Problem
Idle Ideas in 1905
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow?
John Ingerfield and Other Stories
The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl
Malvina of Brittany
The Man of Science
The Master of Mrs. Chilvers
Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies
The New Utopia
Novel Notes
The Observations of Henry
Passing of the Third Floor Back
Paul Kelver
The Philosopher's Joke
The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow?
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green
The Soul of Nicholas Snyders
STAGE-LAND
Tea-Table Talk
They and I
Three Men in a Boat
Three Men on the Bummel
Told After Supper
Tommy and Co.

About the Drive

Highway 89A drops from the spectacular red sandstone edge of the Mogollon Rim at Sedona, through baked scrublands into the lush Verde Valley, up and over one of the world’s most mineral-rich mountain ranges, and finally, down into a vast grassland where you can see North America’s fastest land animal. The wild topography—steep mountains, broad valleys, wetlands and streams—creates ecologically diverse habitats and great wildlife watching. Sedona, Old Town Cottonwood, and the "living" ghost town of Jerome have the cultural attractions and accommodations to complement your nature explorations.

About the Author

JJ Smith, M.S., holds degrees in Physical Geography and Forestry and has over 20 years of experience as a field naturalist, park ranger, biological technician, forester, research station manager, and university instructor. He has lived in and explored Arizona for the past decade.

About Roadside Nature Travel Guides

Roadside Nature is a new, different style of natural history travel guide that aims to cover the most spectacular scenic drives on the planet as well as some less popular routes that offer wilder, more intimate outdoor experiences for independent-minded travelers. Most nature guides cover identification of birds, reptiles, plants, rocks, and so on, or they focus on a particular environment, like the Sonoran Desert or the Everglades.

Travel guides tend to concentrate on eating, sleeping, shopping, and city-based cultural and natural attractions. Roadside Nature approaches nature-based travel a little differently; they describe the most prominent and fascinating natural features (whether they are geologic, avian, meteorological, or furry) along a specific travel path. Like other travel guides, Roadside Nature Travel Guides also cover the topics of eating and sleeping, but with the independent, outdoor-oriented traveler in mind, focusing mostly on quiet picnic spots and out of the way places to camp on public lands.

The biggest difference between a Roadside Nature Travel Guide and other guides is that they are written by local naturalists who are intimately familiar with their environments and passionate about sharing their knowledge with others. This hand-crafted approach lets you bring along the experience and knowledge of a local guide without cramping the independence or discovery that should be a part of every good trip.

About the Drive

Highway 89A drops from the spectacular red sandstone edge of the Mogollon Rim at Sedona, through baked scrublands into the lush Verde Valley, up and over one of the world’s most mineral-rich mountain ranges, and finally, down into a vast grassland where you can see North America’s fastest land animal. The wild topography—steep mountains, broad valleys, wetlands and streams—creates ecologically diverse habitats and great wildlife watching. Sedona, Old Town Cottonwood, and the "living" ghost town of Jerome have the cultural attractions and accommodations to complement your nature explorations.

About the Author

JJ Smith, M.S., holds degrees in Physical Geography and Forestry and has over 20 years of experience as a field naturalist, park ranger, biological technician, forester, research station manager, and university instructor. He has lived in and explored Arizona for the past decade.

About Roadside Nature Travel Guides

Roadside Nature is a new, different style of natural history travel guide that aims to cover the most spectacular scenic drives on the planet as well as some less popular routes that offer wilder, more intimate outdoor experiences for independent-minded travelers. Most nature guides cover identification of birds, reptiles, plants, rocks, and so on, or they focus on a particular environment, like the Sonoran Desert or the Everglades.

Travel guides tend to concentrate on eating, sleeping, shopping, and city-based cultural and natural attractions. Roadside Nature approaches nature-based travel a little differently; they describe the most prominent and fascinating natural features (whether they are geologic, avian, meteorological, or furry) along a specific travel path. Like other travel guides, Roadside Nature Travel Guides also cover the topics of eating and sleeping, but with the independent, outdoor-oriented traveler in mind, focusing mostly on quiet picnic spots and out of the way places to camp on public lands.

The biggest difference between a Roadside Nature Travel Guide and other guides is that they are written by local naturalists who are intimately familiar with their environments and passionate about sharing their knowledge with others. This hand-crafted approach lets you bring along the experience and knowledge of a local guide without cramping the independence or discovery that should be a part of every good trip.

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