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Excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson: How to Know HimTevenson is one of the companionable eu thors. He has been able, in an unusual degree, to give himself out to his readers, to share with them his purposes, his tastes, his experience of life. For it is in the mutual appreciation of these things that congeniality between people usually begins, and it is in the stimulus, the suggestion, the criticism to be derived from them that companionship i...

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Excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson: How to Know Him To do this without egotism is impossible. It re quires the very essence and energy of an egotism that is ever fresh. But we do not misunderstand. Stevenson in his personal talk is not exploiting him Self after the fashion of those notorieties who now so often sell their lives very dearly to the maga zines. His constant gossip about himself, his ances tors, his plans, his morality, springs f...

About the Contributor(s): Richard Rice is Professor of Religion at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.

Suffering is a philosophical problem, but it is much more. It is deeply personal. Why is this happening to me? How can I respond to friends and family in pain and loss, and to people in my care? Richard Rice guides readers through the seven most significant theodicies-approaches that have been used to make sense of suffering in light of God's justice or control. He considers the strengths and weaknesses of each option, while always guiding us ...

In My Bookstore 89 of our favourite writers-from Elin Hilderbrand, to John Grisham, to Dave Eggers-express their adoration and admiration for their favourite bookstores and booksellers. The relationship between a writer and his or her local bookstore can last for years or even decades. Often it is the author's local store that supported him during the early days of his career and that works tirelessly to introduce his work to new readers. But ...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This book is a thought-provoking study of some issues concerning the historic Calvinist/Arminian debate. Does God know absolutely everything that's going to happen? Can He foresee future moral choices and actions which have not yet been made? If one's future responses and behavior are totally foreknowable, is she truly free?Dr. Richard Rice explores these and other fascinating questions which have sometimes divided Christians. The author gives...

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This book is a Solutions Manual to Accompany Applied Mathematics and Modeling for Chemical Engineers. There are many examples provided as homework in the original text and the solution manual provides detailed solutions of many of these problems that are in the parent book Applied Mathematics and Modeling for Chemical Engineers.

Excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson: How to Know Him To do this without egotism is impossible. It re quires the very essence and energy of an egotism that is ever fresh. But we do not misunderstand. Stevenson in his personal talk is not exploiting him Self after the fashion of those notorieties who now so often sell their lives very dearly to the maga zines. His constant gossip about himself, his ances tors, his plans, his morality, springs f...

Excerpt from College and the Future: Essays for the Undergraduate on Problems of Character and Intellect It is the unity of human nature that makes the train ing of an individual American college student such a vastly important thing, for only by extreme clearness of individ ual thought do we attain the requisite for the great citizen ship. What is the world for, with its vast and tantalizing problem? What is life for, with its seemingly insc...