The darkly passionate short stories of Thomas Hardy are compelling explorations of love, social class, superstition and legend. This collection contains many of his finest and most representative, and includes -The Withered Arm, - an eerie depiction of arcane witchcraft in nineteenth-century England; -Barbara of the House of Grebe, - in which a beautiful man's tragic disfigurement by fire is savagely exploited by his rival; -The Son's Veto, - showing the cruelty of an educated youth towards his ignorant but tender mother; and -The Distracted Preacher, - the story of one man's conflict between...
The darkly passionate short stories of Thomas Hardy are compelling explorations of love, social class, superstition and legend. This collection contai...
"If you crave the real experience of God s presence in your daily life If you sense there s more to Christianity than service, study, and superficial spirituality If you re ready to go beyond knowing "about" God to truly "knowing" Him " Here s where life with God begins. Is God really like a father who cares about the details of our everyday lives? Then why does He often seem so far away, distant in the moments when we could most use a personal touch from Him? So many of us have lived in that unspoken longing. In these incredible stories, you ll see how one person...
"If you crave the real experience of God s presence in your daily life If you sense there s more to Christianity than service, study, and superfic...
When Susan Hill first introduced us to the city of Lafferton, to its meticulously crafted cast of characters, and to its chief police inspector Simon Serrailler, readers went wild. When it was released in hardcover, The Various Haunts of Men was named a BookSense Pick and was immediately on the must-read list of every mystery fan. Now out in paperback, Hill's intricate and pulse-pounding novel will reach an even wider audience.
When Susan Hill first introduced us to the city of Lafferton, to its meticulously crafted cast of characters, and to its chief police inspector Simon ...
A little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school. A severely handicapped young woman hovers between life and death. And an ex-con finds it impossible to go straight. The Pure in Heart is a crime novel arising from character and circumstances, about the psychology of crime, something more enthralling than plain thrillers or whodunits. In Lafferton, Serrailler's town, Susan Hill has brilliantly created a community with detail so sharp and true to life that readers feel that these people are their own neighbors and friends. But there...
A little boy is snatched as he stands with his satchel at the gate of his home, waiting for his lift to school. A severely handicapped young woman hov...
At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. It is a painting which leads Flora on, beckoning her away from her childhood, her complaining mother, pert younger sister, and the confines of a small community.
At the far end of the long white gallery is a painting of a woman, in pale flowing clothes and lying on a sofa beside an open window. It is a painting...
