Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Fiction literature | 17 February 2010
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Christian Names in Local and Family History
Surnames have always provided key links in historical research. This groundbreaking new work shows that first names can also be highly significant for those tracing genealogies or studying communities. Standard works on first names have always concentrated on etymology. George Redmonds goes much further: he believes that every name has a precise origin and history of expansion, which can be regional or even local; up to c. 1700 it may even have centred on one family.
Sundays in America: A Yearlong Road Trip in Search of Christian Faith
It's a fascinating project: attend 52 different churches in one year and report your first impressions. Shea, a New England novelist and former Catholic, engagingly writes of her initial visits to all kinds of churches: Shaker and Baptist, evangelical and mainline, African-American and Caucasian. Sometimes, these well-written first impressions yield intriguing analysis, as when she notes the total absence of children at the Mother Church of Christ, Scientist.
Enter the magical world of Hans Christian Andersen, where toys and trees come to life, and animals and birds can talk. The Animated Tales of Hans Christian Andersen will take children to places they will never forget, with stories that have enchanted both young and old for more than a hundred years.
Let young imaginations soar with this dazzling new collection of tales from the legendary Hans Christian Andersen.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox. " He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of the few Christian thinkers who are equally admired and quoted by both liberal and conservative Christians, and indeed by many non-Christians.
The Animated Tales of Hans Christian Andersen DVD2 The Wild Swans and The Flying Trunk
Added by: Eliza_P | Karma: 370.60 | Black Hole | 7 October 2009
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Enter the magical world of Hans Christian Andersen, where toys and trees come to life, and animals and birds can talk. The Animated Tales of Hans Christian Andersen will take children to places they will never forget, with stories that have enchanted both young and old for more than a hundred years.
Let young imaginations soar with this dazzling new collection of tales from the legendary Hans Christian Andersen.
