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Since its discovery in the mid-1940s, the Gospel of Thomas has aroused the interest of scholars and general readers alike. Thomas, the Other Gospel provides a clear, comprehensive, nontechnical guide through the scholarly maze of issues surrounding the Coptic text. Nicholas Perrin argues that the Gospel derives not from the era of Jesus or even the apostles but from the late second century CE. Further, contrary to what many scholars believe, he maintains that the Gospel was originally written in Syriac rather than in Greek, and he concludes that the real value of the...

Stella Carrington, young and beautiful, feels that life is passing her by in the repressed Victorian household of her grandmother and spinster aunts. A casual flirtation shocks and horrifies the elderly ladies, and they summon Robert Crayfield, her godfather, who is an officer in the Indian Civil Service, to make suitable arrangements for her to be a missionary or governess. But, tantalized by her beauty and disregarding the difference in their ages, he offers to marry her instead, scandalizing the village. 

Stella, indifferent to romance, is most excited by the prospect of...

"I Wrote the Script, but I Want to Change the Ending" is her inspirational autobiography, telling the story of a woman determined never to let her past dictate her future. Using her unique voice, Perrin depicts her challenges as a single woman living and working in small Canadian cities from the 1940s to the late 1990s. She details her struggles with patriarchy, chauvinism, institutional systems, and living with multiple...

Das sensationelle Krimi-Ereignis des Jahres zum Wohlfühlen, Schmunzeln und Miträtseln: Wie findet man den eigenen Mörder?

Tante Frances dachte immer, dass sie eines Tages umgebracht wird. Sie hatte recht. Und sie hat vorgesorgt.

Frances Adams war siebzehn Jahre alt, als ihr eine Wahrsagerin auf dem Jahrmarkt prophezeite, dass man sie ermorden würde. Ihr Leben lang nahm niemand Frances ernst. Bis sie nun, sechzig Jahre später, ermordet wird! Tante Frances hatte also recht. Und sie hat vorgesorgt. Erstens hat sie auf ihrem herrschaftlichen Landgut...

Twelve-year-old Virgo Capella is angry. He dislikes his stepfather, who projects his own childhood dreams of space travel on an unwilling Virgo. And he's stuck babysitting his bright, precocious little sister, Lyra.

While searching the local park for his lost pet snake, Virgo and Lyra encounter two odd street kids. Scorpio, a tough, guarded kid who's estranged from his father, and Biham, who looks like he just stepped off a spaceship. Lyra feels drawn to the strange and malnourished boy and cajoles Virgo to take him home. Scorpio tags along.

When a threatening cadre of ET...