![]() ![]() Books housed in a custom slipcase 8vo 8" - 9" tall Signed by Author.įirst US editions of Philip Pullman's beloved fantasy trilogy that has charmed readers, angered religious critics, and defied film adaptation. ![]() Books are all very fine - new in like dust jackets. The Catholic Herald called his books "the stuff of nightmares" and "worthy of the bonfire", when asked to respond he said "My response to that was to ask the publishers to print it in the next book, which they did! I think it's comical, it's just laughable". In particular due to the role the church plays in the oppression of people in the novels. The trilogy has on occasion invited controversy, in particular among some Christian groups. The trilogy has been adapted for radio, theatre, film and television. In the same year the book was voted in an online poll as the top Carnegie Medal winner in the award 70-year history. In 2007 the judges for CILIP Carnegie Medal selected the novel as one of the 10 most important children's novels in the last 70 years. ![]() Northern Lights won the Carnegie medal for children fiction in 1995. The first book published with the title 'The Golden Compass', in the UK it was published under the title 'Northern Lights'. A full set of the American first Editions. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() On his desperate search to find his mother, he encounters ecoterrorists wearing plush animal suits, an election that hangs in the balance as the City's all-powerful Mayor is infatuated with magic refrigerators and outlaw campaigns, and a wise-cracking, over-sexed priest who may or may not have ESP, but who is most certainly his deadbeat dad. ![]() When the narrator's single mother, whom he left behind in City, falls out of contact, he fears the worst: his mother is homeless and subsequently to be deported under City to the Pier. City is sprawling, technocratic, and rests hundreds of feet above the coastline on the creaking shoulders of a giant wooden pier. ![]() Join Farm today! It's only six years of your life! Farm is the mega-conglomerate food supplier for City, populated with rabidly bureaucratic superiors, antagonistic and sexually deviant tour guides dressed in chicken and duck suits, and farm animals illegally engineered for silence. ![]() ![]() ![]() In one of these efforts, her male competitors were permitted to swim in the nude. Kellerman also hoped to become the first woman to swim across the English Channel, attempting this feat three times during the summer of 1905. ![]() With the Daily Mirror publicizing her feats, she made an aquatic tour of several popular beach resorts along England's southeast coastline, finishing in Margate to enthusiastic crowds. Heralded by the London tabloids in the spring of 1905 as “the Australian Girl” swimming prodigy, she made an epic 26-mile solo swim in the winding, filthy Thames River from Putney to Blackwall, becoming the first woman to complete this particular endurance challenge. After finishing her education at the Mentone Girls' Grammar School, she sailed for England with her father as chaperone-manager. As a teen, Kellerman gained renown by diving from bridge heights at an event at the Melbourne Aquarium, she swam with fishes. Its pride was the Yarra River, in which Kellerman swam in annual race events, as well as a stately Royal Exhibition Building with a massive aquarium. ![]() Melbourne did not have the same landmark natural harbor that Sydney boasted, but it was home to numerous other attractions. ![]() ![]() In studying these heroes of the faith, we can find wisdom and warnings for how to better navigate our own faith journeys. In their lives we can see common struggles to resist bitterness, despair, and pride, and to instead find their true selves in faith, hope, and love. ![]() In pairing their stories, Shannon helps us reflect not only on the meaning of each individual’s life, but on how they relate to each other and to us.įrom the shepherdesses of ancient Israel who helped raise the future leaders of the people of God, to the courageous early Christians, the narrative of the Bible offers us many vivid and fascinating female characters. In The Women of the Bible Speak, Fox News Channel's Shannon Bream opens up the lives of sixteen of these Biblical women, arranging them into pairs and contrasting their journeys. The first person to witness Jesus’ resurrection was Mary Magdalene, who promptly became the first Christian evangelist, eager to share the news which would change the world forever. The Bible contains warriors like Jael, judges like Deborah, and prophets like Miriam. ![]() It was Queen Esther’s bravery at a vital point in history which saved her entire people. ![]() ![]() But in fact, they were central figures in numerous Biblical tales. People unfamiliar with Scripture often assume that women play a small, secondary role in the Bible. The women of the Bible lived timeless stories-by examining them, we can understand what it means to be a woman of faith. ![]() ![]() ![]() Piper's death, a third novel, "Fuzzies and Other People" was discovered and published. Now that Fuzzy Sapiens has been officially recognized as a sapient race, humans are obligated to protect their well-being on Zarathustra, with Jack Holloway being their official guardian, backed up by the Colonial Marines. They also find out that only about 1 in 10 pregnancies results in a viable Fuzzy child - a virtual death sentence for the race. Piper wrote "Fuzzy Sapiens" (which kinda spoils the mystery of the above paragraph), in which the humans try to organize the government (including a constitution and elected legislature) for a race of sapient creatures who are as trusting and mentally developed as the average human 12-year-old. Beam Piper's sequel to the science fiction classic Little Fuzzy. The small fuzzy species discovered on the planet Zarathustra has been declared. ![]() He seemed extremely intelligent, but could he actually be sapient? If so, that would cause extreme complications for the Company in charge of the planet. Beam Piper's sequel to the science fiction classic Little Fuzzy. Beam Piper wrote "Little Fuzzy", about an extraterrestrial critter about 2 feet tall and covered with hair. ![]() ![]() | Scripture quotations marked JB are taken from The Jerusalem Bible © 1966 by Darton Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday and Company Ltd. Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. ![]() ![]() No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other – except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Additionally a Foreword by David Henke has been added at the beginning of the book and The Copyright Owners Story at the very end of the book.Īll rights reserved worldwide. The ‘Table of Contents’, Index and the footnotes have been updated to reflect the added pages to the Appendix and current resources. ![]() The body of this work is based on the 2008 printing of the Fourth Edition of Crisis of Conscience, by Raymond Franz with additional pages added to the Appendix from In Search of Christian Freedom written by Raymond Franz and the entire booklet “Where is The “Great Crowd” Serving God?” by Jon A. ![]() ![]() Soldiers, kin, and innocent lives were lost on all sides, and the inevitable extinction of the mafioso way of life was fast approaching. ![]() From both sides of the globe, blood was spilled in the name of honor, while the brutal carnage each family bestowed upon the other was anything but noble. Throughout recent decades, in the midst of civil evolution, an ancient war was being fought. ![]() However, the same cannot be said when dealing with their enemies. These are the codes of conduct of every mafia family. None hold this way of life more sacred than made men. Creating chaos and bloodshed is preferable to being subjected to vapid dialogues of peaceful negotiation. ![]() The thirst for vengeance and retribution has always prevailed overturning the other cheek to one’s enemies. Since the dawn of time, waging war on those who have wronged us has been embedded in the very fiber of mankind’s true nature. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thrust onto the throne of Europe’s most treacherous imperial court, Sisi upsets political and familial loyalties in her quest to win, and keep, the love of her emperor, her people, and of the world. ![]() ![]() Franz Joseph reneges on his earlier proposal and declares his intention to marry Sisi instead. But shortly after her arrival at court, Sisi finds herself in an unexpected dilemma: she has inadvertently fallen for and won the heart of her sister’s groom. With his empire stretching from Austria to Russia, from Germany to Italy, Emperor Franz Joseph is young, rich, and ready to marry.įifteen-year-old Elisabeth, “Sisi,” Duchess of Bavaria, travels to the Habsburg Court with her older sister, who is betrothed to the young emperor. The year is 1853, and the Habsburgs are Europe’s most powerful ruling family. * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Discover the “captivating, absorbing, and beautifully told” (Kathleen Grissom) love story of Sisi, the Austro-Hungarian empress and wife of Emperor Franz Joseph-perfect for fans of the Netflix series The Empress! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The story of how the sixty-five-year-old navigator singlehandedly circumnavigated the globe, the whole way battling hostile seas as well as his boat's numerous design flaws, is a tale of superhuman tenacity and endurance to be read and reread by sailors and armchair adventurers alike.įirst published in 1967, just months after the completion of Chichester's historic journey, Gipsy Moth Circles the World was an instant international best-seller. Among the handful of such tales to emerge in the twentieth century, one of the most enduring surely must be Sir Francis Chichester's account of his solitary, nine-month journey around the world in his 53-foot ketch Gipsy Moth IV. From time immemorial, few narrative genres have had the power to so stir the emotions or captivate the imagination as the true account of a lone adventurer's triumph over the titanic forces of nature. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was awarded the 2020 Locus Award for Best First Novel and the 2020 Crawford Award, presented annually by the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. Gideon the Ninth, Muir's first novel and the first book of the Locked Tomb series, was published in 2019. Muir's short story "The Deepwater Bride", published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 2015, was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novelette, the World Fantasy Award-Short Fiction, the Eugie Award and the Shirley Jackson Award for best novelette. She currently lives and works in Oxford, United Kingdom. She is also a 2010 graduate of the Clarion Workshop. In 2010, she earned a degree in education. She moved to New Zealand when she was nine months old, and grew up in Howick, New Zealand. Muir was born March 14, 1985, in New South Wales, Australia. Muir won the 2020 Locus Award for her first novel, Gideon the Ninth, and has been nominated for several other awards as well. ![]() Tamsyn Muir (born 14 March 1985) is a New Zealand author of fantasy, science fiction and horror. ![]() |