En sterk og fascinerende roman, som med sin varme humor og frodige fantasi står som et høydepunkt i John Irvings forfatterskap.Sommeren 1953 spiller to 11-årige bestevenner baseball i en Little League-kamp i Gravesend, New Hampshire. Den ene av guttene slår en «vill» ball som treffer bestevenn[...]

"I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany."In the summer of 1953, [...]

In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrum[...]

John Cassian is a study of the fifth-century monk who was one of the founders of western monasticism. Christian monasticism flowered in Egypt during the fourth century. Cassias spent several years in Egypt and his writings are important evidence of the earliest period of monastic life. Later in life[...]

After the tsunami disaster in 2004, a baby hippo orphan was sent to a Kenyan nature reserve in the hopes of bonding with a new hippo mother, yet when the baby hippo found comfort by the side of a 130-year-old male tortoise, a most unlikely friendship was quickly formed to the surprise of all its car[...]

A collection of essays by top international correspondants in print, broadcasting, and photojournalism, International News Reporting offers an introduction to journalism written by the people who have made the profession what it is today. * Contributors identify the major areas of professional pract[...]

John Owen's writings, though challenging, are full of rich spiritual insights. In this unabridged volume, editors Justin Taylor and Kelly Kapic have made updates to the author's language, translated the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, and footnoted difficult or unknown phrases, all without sacrificing any[...]

Profound, complex, and intricate, this brilliant volume, collecting three classic works on sin and temptation by John Owen, simplifies these writings so that readers can better understand his helpful advice for becoming more like Jesus Christ. Original.[...]