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A readable introduction to some of the most extraordinary, but mysterious, writings in the Hebrew Scriptures.

A devastating depiction of obsessive love and a haunting portrait of a captivating but dangerous woman

When the young Chevalier des Grieux first sets eyes on the exquisitely beautiful and charming Manon Lescaut they fall passionately in love. But his happiness turns to bitter despair when he discovers that Manon is mercenary and immoral, and has taken a rich lover to pay for their life of pleasure. A broken man, he swears to stay away from her, but cannot. Just as the Chevalier is helpless to end their relationship, so Manon is incapable of giving up the source of her income,...

Can the psalm found in the Sunday liturgy truly nourish our prayer? "A Short Dictionary of the Psalms" helps Christians who pray the psalms to return to the sources of these ancient inspired texts and understand them better and thus to participate more fully in this great school of prayer and the interior life that the Church has received from Israel.

The psalms have deeply influenced, and continue to influence, Jewish and Christian prayer. "A Short Dictionary of the Psalms" helps all those who are exposed to the psalms to enter more readily into their theological and spiritual world. In...

With The Greek Girl's Story, Alan Singerman presents the first reliable, stand-alone translation and critical edition of Abbe Prevost's 1740 literary masterpiece Histoire d'une Grecque moderne. The text of this new English translation is based on Singerman's 1990 French edition, which Jonathan Walsh called "arguably the most valuable critical edition" of Prevost's novel to date. This new edition also includes a complete critical apparatus comprising a substantial introduction, notes, appendixes, and bibliography, all significantly updated from the 1990 French edition,...