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Is your life out of control? Do people take advantage of you? Do you have trouble saying no? Christians often focus so much on being loving and unselfish that they forget their own limitations. Have you ever found yourself wondering: * Can I set limits and still be a loving person? * What are my...

Join the millions who have learned how to take control of their lives by setting healthy boundaries with their spouses, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even themselves—in order to live life to the fullest. Do you feel like your life has spiraled out of control? Have you focused so...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents whose time has now come again.

Them Days is a quarterly magazine dedicated to documenting and preserving the old ways and early days of Labrador. Many thanks to the people who shared their time and memories, their names appear with their stories...

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume Three is the third instalment of our wide-ranging classic collections. Volume Three features 10 essential works that reach further back into early Greek and Italian stories from Dante, Machiavelli, and Homer, as-well as comparatively modern works from Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, and others. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including David Rintoul; Daniel Weyman; Rachel Atkins; and more, this is a chance to expand your listening by going back to some of the earliest pieces of classic literature.

“Famous Men of the Middle Ages” features attractive biographical sketches of thirty-five of the most prominent characters in the history of the Middle Ages, from the barbarian invasions to the invention of the printing press. Each story in this book by John Haaren is told in a clear, simple manner, and is well calculated to awaken and stimulate the youthful imagination.

From old Easter traditions, to close calls in planes, caribou and moonshine: Enjoy seniors and storytellers share about life in Labrador back in 'Them Days...

An empty mansion sitting on a hundred acres of waterfront property. A long lost friend with the deal of a lifetime. A family lost at sea. And an old woman with a memory that may hold the key to it all. Richie and Lisa Craine thought they were going to a high school reunion to laugh together about the Homecoming King’s receding hairline and the Homecoming Queen’s aged skin. They felt good about where they’d ended up in life twenty years after graduation. And then along came Fredrick Patterson.

The question of Irish home rule was the pivotal political issue in British and Irish politics from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Published in 1887, this collection showcases compelling articles advocating for the measure. Although Irish home rule was officially sanctioned in 1914, its implementation was postponed until after World War I. The authors aim to address the complex issues surrounding the governance of Ireland with a balanced perspective, offering this volume to the public in hopes of steering thoughtful discussion back to the foundational principles that underpin these matters,...

Behind every battle fought during the American Civil War stood ordinary men and women whose lives were forever changed by extraordinary circumstances. In these seventeen classic stories and historical sketches, young soldiers confront the harsh realities of war, families are divided by loyalty...

Embark on a captivating journey to the Scilly Islands, where the air is thick with enchanting legends and rich folklore, as suggested by the show title. This podcast delves into the historical tapestry of these islands, blending travel narratives with tales that have been passed down through generations. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, presenting a rotating collection that captures the essence of Scillonian culture and its mystical stories. Listeners are invited to explore the unique intersections of history and myth, revealing the lesser-known aspects of life in the Nineteenth...

Britain, AD366. The island is at peace, enjoying an unprecedented age of prosperity. But from beyond the northern frontier come unsettling rumours: the barbarians are rising, eager to prey on the riches of the south. As the shadow of war looms, Cironius Agnus Paulus, a young soldier with a...

Dive into the heartfelt and often poignant world of canine companionship with "Good Dog Book," a rotating collection that celebrates the deep bond between humans and their furry friends. This podcast features a variety of adult stories and poems that capture the joy, humor, and sometimes the heartache that comes with loving a dog. Each episode presents a new complete audiobook, offering unique explorations of loyalty, adventure, and the bittersweet moments that define our relationships with these beloved pets. While some selections may include themes of violence that could be distressing to ...

The Big Game Hunting Collection contains three classic accounts of dangerous animals, wilderness travel, and hunting in Africa and India. These works belong to the older tradition of exploration and hunting memoir, combining adventure, natural observation, colonial-era travel, and the constant tension between human beings and the wild.

The Nature Writing Essentials Collection gathers fourteen works of wilderness reflection, natural history, travel, memoir, and literary observation.

The Conservation Essentials Collection brings together six classics of American nature writing, wilderness reflection, and early conservation thought. Together these works trace a line from personal communion with nature to the broader conservation ethic that helped shape modern environmental thought.

John Henry Newman (1801-90) was an Anglican clergyman and Oxford academic whose study of early Christianity led him to convert to the Catholic Church in 1845. At that time Catholics were banned from attending the ancient British universities. The issue was particularly acute in Ireland with its majority Catholic population, so the British government decided to found some non-denominational colleges there which would admit all but which also were not allowed to have Catholic theology faculties in them. The pope of that time, Pius IX, urged the Irish bishops instead to found a Catholic ...

The issue of Irish home rule was the dominant political question of British and Irish politics in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Published in 1887, this work contains articles in favour of the measure. (Irish home rule was finally approved in 1914 but implementation was suspended until after WWI.) "The object of the writers has been to treat the difficult questions connected with the Government of Ireland in a dispassionate spirit; and the volume is offered to the public in the hope that it may, at a time of warm controversy over passing events, help to lead thoughtful men back to the ...

John Henry Newman was an English theologian, academic, writer and poet. Initially a Fellow of Oxford University, where he helped to found the Evangelical Oxford Movement, he later converted to Roman Catholicism and became a Cardinal. The Dream of Gerontius follows the journey of a man through death and purgatory to the sight of God. It has been described as a metrical meditation on death. It is more than that; it is the realization by means of a loving heart and a poetic imagination of the state of a just soul after death,—Gerontius typifying not the soul of a particular person imagined by ...

Published between 1833 and 1841, the 90 Tracts were written by various members of "The Oxford Movement". They cover various aspects of Anglo-Catholic doctrine and other theological matters. The lead was taken by John Henry Newman (who made the largest contribution), but several other churchmen associated with Oxford University were also involved, among them John Keble, Hurrell Froude, and Edward Pusey. Among the newly written tracts were also re-prints of works from previous generations. The Tracts are of various lengths, ranging from a few pages to book-length works. The format and cheap ...