House Drawings

It's 1921and the Honorable Percy Chadwick, fleeing London in his jaunty yellow roadster to avoid creditors, specifically his bookmaker, wine merchant, and the Ritz's dining room, seeks sanctuary at his mother's ancestral home, Gothic Abbey, presided over by his benign and overly generous uncle, the Earl of Eventide. But the serenity he seeks is marred by "murder most foul," and it falls to Percy, whose own life is threatened, to aid the detective inspector in solving the case. Percy tackles the challenges with his accustomed sangfroid and light-hearted humor, buoyed by an inordinate pride ...

There are nine rooms in the House of Islam and the Wind of God's Spirit is blowing through every one of them. David Garrison spent three years travelling a quarter of a million miles through every corner of the Muslim world to investigate reports far and wide of Muslims turning to faith in Jesus Christ. In this amazing odyssey, Garrison gathered the stories of more than a thousand Muslim-background believers, asking them the question: What did God use to bring you to faith in Jesus Christ? Tell me your story.

Después de enfrentarse con el hombre de negro al final de El pistolero, Roland se despierta febril y debilitado en una playa. Al caer la noche le atacan unos seres monstruosos que salen del mar. Para eludirlos, Roland puede huir de la playa por tres salidas, tres puertas. Todas le llevarán a Nueva York, pero en tres momentos distintos; además, al otro lado de cada una de ellas Roland tendrá que atraer a una persona.

Augusta Edelman—Gus to her friends—is a painter, a wife, and not always the best judge of her own choices—one of them bad enough that she and her husband, Owen, have fled their longtime city home and its reminders of troubling events. Now, three years into their secluded country life, Gus works daily on the marriage she nearly lost, discovers new inspiration for her art, and contemplates the mysteries of a childhood tragedy.

The everyday moments of creative work can be rife with fear and fraught with risk. Bringing ideas into reality takes courage! In Drawing on Courage, designer, entrepreneur, and d.school teaching fellow Ashish Goel examines what it takes to be courageous. Speaking on real-world situations with humor and insight, Goel explains the four stages of every courage journey: fear, values, action, and change. And he helps you develop the skills you need to master each stage (even if it scares you).

Lucky couldn’t get Eddie to love him if he paid the Aussie. So why does he keep showing up at all the shifter parties as his plus one when Lucky only invited him to that first one back in September? The man is an Aussie god, but he’s probably straight. Eddie’s careful. He doesn’t get involved with people, and yet things are different when it comes to Lucky. If only he could keep the man separate from his new shifter family, even if Lucky’s the one who introduced him to them. He was there first, even if the man isn’t even a shifter. He is the best friend of the writer. Ever since...

Amanda Vaill, Jerome Robbins biographer and authority, drawing on the vast and closely held Robbins archives, has put together a selection of his writings, giving us a sense of his extraordinary range as a thinker and artist, as well as a surprising and revealing glimpse into the mind and heart of this towering cultural giant.

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