A companion to John Cassian's well-received Conferences in the Ancient Christian Writers series, the Institutes, known also as The Institutes of the Cenobia and the Remedies for the Eight Principle Vices, is the first written work of John Cassian, who had an immense influence on Western monasticism, and, by extension, on Western civilization.

The Institutes is made up of two sections. In the first, Cassian deals with the institutes and rules of Egyptian monasteries, including monastic garb and prayer. The second part, in eight books, treats the eight principle vices and describes how to...

John Cassian (c. 365-c. 435) journeyed to the West to found monasteries in Marseilles and the region of Provence. Conferences is his masterpiece, a study of the Egyptian ideal of the monk.

An important historic work by Saint John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic, or John Cassian the Roman, a Christian theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern Churches for his mystical writings.
The Conferences summarize important conversations that Cassian had with elders from Scetis about principles of the spiritual and ascetic life. This book addresses specific problems of spiritual theology and the ascetic life.

This compilation edition contains the critically acclaimed serial killer thriller "Killing Matt Cooper" as well as its sequel "Killing Sam Knight." "Killing Matt Cooper" A FEMA crisis manager by day and serial killer by night becomes romantically involved with the FBI unit chief hunting him down. "Killing Sam Knight" What happens when a serial killer falls in love...and finds a partner in crime? So caught up in his lovedrunk daze, killer Samuel H. Knight winds up in the crosshairs of another dangerous murderer -- one seeking revenge, closure, and love. "Killing Miss Underwood" Find an...

This compilation edition of the startling serial killer diary series presents three short books, complete and unabridged: Book #1, Killing Matt Cooper, Book #2, Killing Sam Knight, and Book #3, Killing Miss Underwood. Book #1 finds FEMA crisis manager by day and serial killer by night Samuel H. Knight falling in love with the FBI agent hunting him. Book #2 puts Knight in an unusual situation: for once, he's happy. This clouds his judgment and brings him into the crosshairs of another vicious killer. Book #3 takes up one year after Book #2, as Knight is now on the run with a newborn son and an...

On the run with a newborn son, serial killer Samuel H. Knight - now using the name Matt Cooper - has mellowed out. He just doesn't have time for murder when he's busy changing diapers and filling bottles. All that changes, though, when a bounty hunter named Allison Underwood knocks on his door. Not only is she F.B.I. Agent Kathleen Underwood's little sister, but she wants Knight's help in murdering a dangerous cult leader named Aaron Castor. The catch? Castor is claiming to be the serial killer Samuel H. Knight, and his cult is filled with hundreds of women who call themselves Jessie Coopers...