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Spiritual Reformers in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Jones, Rufus M.

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Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

Russell, Bertrand

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Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis. Prudentius was a lawyer and twice was provincial governor. Late in life he became an ascetic fasting and collecting Christian poems of the period. His hymns "Of the Father's Love Begottenö and "Earth Has Many a Noble City" are still in use today. Prudentius also wrote Book in Accordance with the Hours, Crowns of Martyrdom, Deification, The Orig...

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The Heavenly Footman

Bunyan, John

John Bunyon was an English 17th Christian writer and preacher. He is best known for his allegory The Pilgrims Progress. In his autobiographical book, Grace Abounding, Bunyan describes himself as having led an abandoned life in his youth, and as having been morally reprehensible as a result. After contemplating his acts as a youth he became a Baptist. In 1655 he became a church deacon and began preaching. In The Heavenly Footman Bunyan discusse...

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The Golf Course Mystery

Steele, Chester K.

From the book, "There was nothing in that clear, calm day, with its blue sky and its flooding sunshine, to suggest in the slightest degree the awful tragedy so close at hand--that tragedy which so puzzled the authorities and which came so close to wrecking the happiness of several innocent people." Harry and Gerry are friends and also rivals. The object of their affection is one Viola Carwell. ViolaZs father is cool towards Harry, since his fa...

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The Garden of the Plynck

Baker, Karle Wilson

Karle Wilson Baker (1878-1960) was an American poet and author from Little Rock, Arkansas. Her works include, Blue Smoke, poems (1919), The Garden of the Plynck (1920), and The Burning Bush (1920). The Garden of the Plynck is a fantasy childrenZs tale. Sara has a series of adventures when she has learned to "go inside her head and shut the doors". She visits the Garden where she finds all its wonders. Sara meets a fairy named Avrillia. who wri...

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The Fun of Getting Thin

Blythe, Samuel G.

Samuel Blythe looks at fat with a sense of humor. He says that before the age of forty wanting to be thin is pure vanity. After 40 it becomes medical. Blythe says loosing weight is hard and there are no guarantees. His light-hearted approach covers up a serious topic that he has struggled with. His opening paragraph reads, ôA fat man is a joke, and a fat woman is two jokes--one on herself and the other on her husband. Half the comedy in the wo...

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The Eyes of Asia

Kipling, Rudyard

Rudyard Kipling (1865ù1936) was an English author and poet. In 1917 he was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Kipling was born in Bombay, British India. Many of his works have an Indian flavor and setting. His best known for his works are The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902). The Eyes of Asia contains, A Retired Gentleman, The Fumes of the Heart, The Private Account, and A T...

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The Centaur

Blackwood, Algernon

Algernon Henry Blackwood, (1869 ù1951) was an English writer of supernatural fiction. Blackwood was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, a newspaper reporter in New York, and essayist for various periodicals. His works included ten collections of short stories, fourteen novels, childrenZs stories, and several plays. Many of his stories reflect his love of nature and...