"The secret of [Harold Bell Wright's] power is the same God-given secret that inspired Shakespeare and upheld Dickens."
--Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch
"It is this almost clairvoyant power of reading the human soul that has made Mr. Wright's books among the most remarkable works of the present age."
--Oregon Journal
The eastern plains of Colorado hold many secrets, including the origin of an orphaned four-year-old girl found near her dead mother by five weary travelers. One of the five, financier Jefferson Worth, decides to adopt the girl, who calls herself "Barba," and his life will never be the same.
The fates of Barbara and the plains are inextricably linked, and in turn, they profoundly alter the destinies of all the men, especially that of Jefferson Worth. The once cold and calculating businessman sees himself through the eyes of his adopted daughter--and has an epiphany in which he realizes his position and obligations in life.
Originally published in 1911, with a first printing of 175,000 copies, this moral fable of the ministry of capital remains extremely relevant. Views: 218
On
one hand, this ‘book of logic ‘n reasoning’ appraises the Islamic faith shaped
by the sublimity of Muhammad's preaching in Mecca and the severity of his
sermons in Medina, which together make it Janus-faced to bedevil the minds of
the Musalmans. That apart, aided by “I’m Ok – You’re Ok”, the
path-breaking work of Thomas A. Harris and Roland E Miller’s “Muslim
Friends–Their Faith and Feeling”, this work for the first time ever,
psycho-analyses the imperatives of the Muslim upbringing that has the potential
to turn a faithful and a renegade alike into a fidayēn.
On the other hand, this work,
besides appraising the monumental rise and the decadent fall of Hindu intellectualism,
analyses how the sanātana dharma came to survive in India, in
spite of the combined onslaught of Islam and the Christianity on Hinduism for
over a millennium.
Also, besides providing a panoramic view of the Indian
history, this thought-provoking book appraises the way Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Azad,
Ambedkar, Indira Gandhi, Narasimha Rao, Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi,
Narendra Modi et al made or unmade the post-colonial India.Possibly in a new genre this free eBook is a book
for our times.Contents
Preface of Strife Chapters1. Advent of Dharma2. God’s quid pro Quo3. Pyramids of Wisdom4. Ascent to Descent5. The Zero People6. Coming of the Christ7. Legacy of Prophecy8. War of Words9. Czar of Medina10. Angels of War11. Privates of ‘the God’12. Playing to the Gallery13. Perils of History14. Pitfalls of Faith15. Blinkers of Belief16. Shackles of Sharia17. Anatomy of Islam18. Fight for the Souls19. India in Coma20. Double Jeopardy21. Paradise of Parasites22. The Number Game23. Winds of Change24. Ant Grows Wings25. Constitutional Amnesia26. The Stymied State27. The Wages of God28. Delusions of Grandeur29. Ways of the Bigots30. The Rift Within31. The Way Around32. The Hindu Rebound33. Italian Interregnum34. Rama Rajya
35. Wait for the Savant
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Vin MacKintosh was alive.The news dealt Moira MacKenzie the greatest shock of her life. There should have been joy. Rejoicing. Moira should have been thrilled to have the man she’d loved her entire life back, but after five years of mourning, Moira had forgotten one important detail.She might have loved Vin, but Vin had never loved her back.Moira had finally chosen to move on with her life and seek a husband and a life of her own when Vin reappeared. Though nothing but a one-sided love in the past, Moira’s friends convince her to give the love of a lifetime one last chance. To give Vin the opportunity to see her as a woman he could love.Vin is a man tormented by the past and, with little hope that her dreams of true love will be fulfilled, Moira instead offers Vin the friendship he so desperately needs as he integrates himself back into a normal life. After years as a prisoner of war, Vin MacKintosh returns with a scarred and battered soul. Plagued by guilt and nightmares from his years of torture and torment as a prisoner of war, he must readapt to a world where everyone he knew is a different person and the world a vastly different place.With everyone he knows pointing out how much he has changed, Vin cannot help but turn to the one person who gives him encouragement and motivation to move on, Moira MacKenzie. As his best friend, Jason MacKenzie’s, younger sister. Vin has known Moira her entire life, her letters during the war provided him comfort and understanding. True friendship. Now that he is back, he needs those things more than ever.However, Vin finds he cannot continue to look at Moira merely as a friend and little sister any longer. He cannot help but see her as a woman–and one too desirable to resist. Torn between this new attraction and the guilt he’s been carrying with him for years, Vin fights his attraction to Moira thinking that lust could do nothing but ruin the friendship he needs even more than the truth of her brother’s death might.What will Vin do when he realizes that what he feels for Moira is more than merely a question of lust? Views: 217
In the the third book in the Curiosity House series, you will find:
- A nefarious spy within Dumfrey’s Dime Museum
- A very unfortunate flea circus
- An evil plot to destroy New York
- A beautiful and mysterious tattooed lady
The extraordinary orphans Sam, Pippa, Thomas, and Max have just started to recover from their capture and subsequent escape from the evil Nicholas Rattigan. But the children’s lives don’t stay quiet for long. A slew of bank robberies is terrorizing the city. And when General Farnum, the ringmaster of the museum’s immensely popular flea circus, is charged with murder, the search for the real killer uncovers a plot much bigger than any individual crime—a plot that can only be the work of Nicholas Rattigan. Views: 217
Zola loves living on Boomerang Street with her mum and her nonna. Every day of the week is an adventure. But Zola has a problem. No matter how much she tries, she can't keep out of trouble!Collect all seven stories in the series – one for every day of the week. Views: 217
They're finally together. But the Universe seems intent on tearing them apart…
Rory Clarke might not be Lucah Blythe's boss anymore, but that doesn't mean they can sneak off to the boardroom for hot sex whenever they want. Keeping their hands off each other in the workplace is harder than they could have imagined, and that's not the only obstacle they have to deal with. Between Lucah's troublesome brother Ryder, and Rory's bff Sloane's inability to understand locked doors, they're drowning in drama.
But it's only about to get a lot worse when a blast from Lucah's past surfaces, and chaos at Clarke Enterprises threatens to take away everything Rory has worked so hard for. Can the couple weather the storm and surrender to each other, or will the challenges of staying together destroy their relationship for good? Views: 217
Love under Fire is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Randall Parrish is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Randall Parrish then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 217
From the author of Restart, the story of two boys who are losing their memories... to each other.Reef and Theo don't know what's happening to them. They'll be going about their days and then suddenly they'll have these strange flashes of memory — but the memories don't belong to them. And at the same time, their own memories are starting to... vanish.For Reef, this is a big problem, because memories are all he has left of his mom.For Theo, it's strange because the new memories give him a freedom he doesn't have with his domineering dad. Views: 217
The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer's skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favored him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over. Views: 217
In the near future, world wars have transformed the earth into a battleground. Fleeing the unending violence and the planet’s now-radioactive surface, humans have regrouped to a mysterious platform known as CIEL, hovering over their erstwhile home. The changed world has turned evolution on its head: the surviving humans have become sexless, hairless pale-white creatures floating in isolation, inscribing stories upon their skin.
Out of the ranks of the endless wars rises Jean de Men, a charismatic and bloodthirsty cult leader who turns CIEL into a quasi-corporate police state. A group of rebels unite to dismantle his iron rule—galvanized by the heroic song of Joan, a child-warrior who possesses a mysterious force that lives within her and communes with the earth. When de Men and his armies turn Joan into a martyr, the consequences are astonishing. And no one—not the rebels, Jean de Men, or even Joan herself—can foresee the way her story and unique gift will forge the destiny of an entire world for generations.
A riveting tale of destruction and love found in direst of places—even at the extreme end of post-human experience—Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Book of Joan raises questions about what it means to be human, the fluidity of sex and gender, and the role of art as means for survival. Views: 217
Unfortunately, Roy’s first acquaintance in Florida is Dana Matherson, a well-known bully. Then again, if Dana hadn’t been sinking his thumbs into Roy’s temples and mashing his face against the school-bus window, Roy might never have spotted the running boy. And the running boy is intriguing: he was running away from the school bus, carried no books, and–here’s the odd part–wore no shoes. Sensing a mystery, Roy sets himself on the boy’s trail. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails.
Roy has most definitely arrived in Carl Hiaasen’s Florida. Views: 217
Larry Weller, born in 1950, is an ordinary guy made extraordinary by his creator's perception, irony and tenderness. Carol Shields gives us, as it were, a CAT scan of his life, in episodes between 1977 and 1997 that flash back and forward seamlessly. As Larry journeys toward the millennium, adapting to society's changing expectations of men, Shields' elegant prose makes the trivial into the momentous. Among all the paradoxes and accidents of his existence, Larry moves through the spontaneity of the seventies, the blind enchantment of the eighties and the lean, mean nineties, completing at last his quiet, stubborn search of self. Larry's odyssey mirrors the male condition at the end of our century with targeted wit, unerring poignancy and faultless wisdom. Views: 217
