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This book examines the meaning of some of the most basic terms we use in both confessional and secular discussion about morality and religion. Is there any credible and distinctive meaning in what we refer to as "right and wrong" and "God"? What do we even mean by meaning itself? Outside specialist academic discourse these terms are rarely examined in depth. Here they are probed with as much rigor as possible, but also accessibly. Literary, ph...

This book examines the meaning of some of the most basic terms we use in both confessional and secular discussion about morality and religion. Is there any credible and distinctive meaning in what we refer to as "right and wrong" and "God"? What do we even mean by meaning itself? Outside specialist academic discourse these terms are rarely examined in depth. Here they are probed with as much rigor as possible, but also accessibly. Literary, ph...

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Integrity in Public Life provides a critique of and an essential guide to integrity, leaving the reader with some hope for its continued place in public life.

Excerpt from First and Last, Vol. 1 of 2: A NovelHe felt now that with economy he could enter Parliament. There was no difficulty in getting returned, his immense popularity secured an easy defeat of his opponent, but his political enemies and the neutrals who discussed him in an abstract kind of way were very curious as to the result, well knowing that the House of Commons was a very diffe rent gathering from a popular assemblage, and augurin...

Excerpt from First and Last, Vol. 2 of 2: A NovelHe had heard, therefore, so much vice hinted at in others that he had almost grown to disbelieve in its existence, for it seemed to him that if all the men and women were one half as bad as their acquaintances painted them, it would be impossible that the world could contain such iniquity a moment longer. I do not say that, in a worldly sense, he might not have erred as much on the side of lenie...

The King has grown old and lonely and is ferociously hated in his Kingdom. When a servant attempts to poison him, an all-out search begins for those who resist his rule. Meanwhile, the King's daughter despises her life in the castle. She dreams of returning to a town she once visited, but is forbidden to take one step outside of the castle walls.

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First and Last - A novel is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes...

First and Last - A Novel: Vol. I. is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly ...

Excerpt from First and Last, Vol. 1 of 2: A Novel 'Comparatively young in years, but a veteran in political warfare.' Such was the description of the Right Honourable Hugh Childerton Hammersley, Baron Carnmore, as given by those who had wathced his brilliant and somewhat romantic career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduc...

Excerpt from First and Last, Vol. 2 of 2: A NovelHe had heard, therefore, so much vice hinted at in others that he had almost grown to disbelieve in its existence, for it seemed to him that if all the men and women were one half as bad as their acquaintances painted them, it would be impossible that the world could contain such iniquity a moment longer. I do not say that, in a worldly sense, he might not have erred as much on the side of lenie...

In this book Vernon White sets out to address the crisis of credibility that increasingly has affected traditional claims made for the Atonement.

Vernon White's refreshing and philosophically nuanced treatment of identity focuses on the notion of change as being fundamental to human life.