Henry Carter Hull

One of the greatest epic novels in history, Les Misérables is the moving story of Jean Valjean's struggle for redemption and his lifelong pursuit by Javert, a police detective determined to return Valjean to chains. Always one step ahead of Javert, Valjean encounters the tragic Fantine, and ultimately rescues Fantine's daughter, Cosette, from her wretched life with the Thénadiers, treating the child as his own as she comes of age in pre-revolutionary...

Mankind falls under a sentence of death in this fable of a world without faith from a #1 New York Times --bestselling author. First there were the changes in weather. Lack of rain was turning the plains of Iowa, Kansas, and Idaho into arid blocks of parched earth. In the North, it was already January, and no sign of snow. All over the world, the seas were shrinking, and creeks and rivers looked like dried scars. But for Pete, the terrified son of...

The last great literary work of the Middle Ages and the first important book of the Renaissance, Dante's Divine Comedy culminates in this third and final section, Paradiso. The 14th-century allegory portrays a medieval perspective on the afterlife, tracing the poet's voyage across three realms -- Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise -- to investigate the concepts of sin, guilt, and redemption. Expressed in sublime verse, the trilogy concludes with this challenging...

Little Johnny Goes to the Fair, the first episode of the Adventures of Little Johnny Series. We find little Johnny and his family preparing to visit the Maricopa County Fair. While at the fair, the family meets Mr. Farnsworth, the owner of the fair, and he notices something special about this group. Later, they come across Mr. Ybanez, the fair's director, who walks them thru all the different attractions. While waiting to board the coaster, Mr. Ybanez...

First published in 1896, Charles Monroe Sheldon's "In His Steps" is a classic of Christian literature whose premise centers on the idea of emulating Christ in one's everyday life. The story concerns the lives of the residents of the fictional railroad town of Raymond, located somewhere in the Northeastern United States. When an out of work man, Jack Manning, appeals for help from Reverend Henry Maxwell, pastor of the first church of Raymond, and later...

This convenient single-volume edition contains all three parts of Dante's 14th-century poem ; Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso ; in an acclaimed translation by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Combining classical and Christian history as well as medieval politics and religion, this trilogy of sublime verse is among Western civilization's most important artistic works and essential reading for students of literature and history. Dante's allegory...

The Looking Glass Water is an allegorical novel about a lake that contains the water that speaks, the water that woos, the water that isn't water for it sees all and knows all. Go on a journey with Gigot Bengal as he searches for that one elusive treasure that all people seek. It is that one thing that has eluded him all of his life and it is the one treasure that once you dive into it, it will never let you go.

The Prince of Owr is an allegory of the love of Christ for every individual. The crown prince of the Kingdom of Owr (Hebrew for "light") falls in love with a lowly and abused woman. He realizes that in order to court her, he must for a time conceal his true identity, laying aside his glory and wooing her in her own world.The second half of the book is an in-depth look at the symbolism of the story and the inspiration behind its creation."What a beautiful...

The secret to a worry free life, how the life lived by faith is the best there is! If you are looking for scholarly work you have the wrong book, but if you are looking for life changing power from the word then this is the book for you. Written by a man of weakness man strong by the Shepherd himself.

Three members of one family have finally discovered a habitable planet after another of many voyages checking out identified possible worlds. The process requires numerous criteria to be met. The three were contemplating the necessary process of environmental transformation into a biosphere when evacuated by the intrusion of an unknown craft.Marlo, the eldest and leader of the expedition, is conflicted by the imposition of a Galactic Union officer...