Birmingham, England, c. 1973: industrial strikes, bad pop music, corrosive class warfare, adolescent angst, IRA bombings. Four friends: a class clown who stoops very low for a laugh; a confused artist enthralled by guitar rock; an earnest radical with socialist leanings; and a quiet dreamer obsessed with poetry, God, and the prettiest girl in school. As the world appears to self-destruct around…
Banyak orang mengatakan bahwa sejarah ditulis oleh para pemenang. Hal ini sama sekali tak mengejutkan alias wajar belaka. Tetapi, bagaimana jika sejarah—atau apa yang kita ketahui sebagai sejarah—ditulis oleh orang yang salah? Bagaimana jika semua yang telah kita ketahui hanyalah bagian dari cerita yang salah tersebut? Dalam buku kontroversial yang sangat tersohor ini, Jonathan Black mengu…
Emmy was a good girl.At least she tried very hard to be good. She did her homework without being told. She ate all her vegetables, even the slimy ones. And she never talked back to her nanny, Miss Barmy, although it was almost impossible to keep quiet, some days. She really was a little too good. Which is why she liked to sit by the Rat. The Rat was not good at all . . . Hilarious, invent…
Impressed into service aboard the seal-hunting "Ghost," Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. With a wary eye, he watches the vessel's abusive captain, Wolf Larsen, an enigma who can abandon two sailors on the open water, then return to reading the moral philosophers. One of the best sea novels ever written, "The Sea-Wolf" tells of mutiny, shipwreck, a…
The Fox News regular, leading voice of The Catholic Channel on Sirius XM radio, and author of The Promise and God Wants You Happy reveals how the Serenity Prayer offers the secret to peace and fulfillment for everyone, not just those in recovery programs. Through his books and media appearances, Father Jonathan Morris has inspired countless souls across the United States and the world to ach…