Princess Irene’s discovery of a secret stair to the top turret of the castle leads to a wonderful revelation. At the same time, the miner’s son Curdle overhears a fiendish plot by the goblins who live below the mountain. It will take all of their wit and courage, plus the…

Reuven Malter lives in Brooklyn, he’s in love, and he’s studying to be a rabbi. He also keeps challenging the strict interpretations of his teachers, and if he keeps it up, his dream of becoming a rabbi may die. One day, worried about a disturbed, unhappy boy named Michael, Reuven…

Do you know the history of the pushcart war? The REAL history? It’s a story of how regular people banded together and, armed with little more than their brains and good aim defeated a mighty foe.Not long ago the streets of New York City were smelly, smoggy, sooty, and loud…

Throughout the ages, many of the world’s greatest thinkers have wrestled with the concept of — and belief in — God. It may seem unlikely that any new arguments or insights could be raised, but the twentieth century managed to produce two brilliant men with two diametrically opposed views about…

In one sumptuous, inviting volume, The Random House Book of Poetry for Children offers both funny and illuminating poems – a wealth of past riches and modern glittering gems. All children who open it will find a world of surprises and delights, and a message that will shine on through their…

In the New York Times bestselling The Reason for God, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, Timothy Keller, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God…

This translation of one of the great works of Western political thought is based on the assumption that when Plato chose the dialogue form for his writing, he intended these dialogues to sound like conversations – although conversations of a philosophical sort. In addition to a vivid, dignified and accurate…

Throughout Scripture, priests and kings – including Adam, Mechizedek, and David – reflect the supreme glory of Jesus, the great high priest. By studying the biblical pattern of their roles in redemptive history, believers can understand their own identity as the royal priesthood of God.

Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away…. But how can you run away from a mother’s love so great that- “If you become a rock on the mountain high above me, I will be a mountain climber and I will climb to where you are”?This delightfully…

From childhood on, something or Someone has called us on a journey of the heart. It is a journey full of intimacy, adventure, and beauty? But like any fairy tale it is also fraught with more than a little danger. To ignore this whispered call is to become one of…

“Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.” With these chilling words a husband claims his wife after a two-year absence. But the child she clutches is not his, and Hester must wear a scarlet “A” upon her breast, the sin of adultery visible to all. Under an assumed name…

One of C.S. Lewis’s most imaginative creations, this world-famous book is a humorous correspondence between the devil Screwtape and his apprentice Wormwood, whose job is to produce a human’s soul for eternity in hell. Filled with astute insights into temptation, repentance, and grace, this wonderful tale intelligently explores what it…

Lucy has lived with her grandparents at Pheasant Cottage since she was a little girl, but she has dim memories of someone else. Who was it’ What are her grandparents hiding from her’ Lucy is determined to find the answers, but it turns out to be harder than she expected.

After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle’s gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is…

Milek and his brother Munio live in a sleepy village in Poland, where nothing exciting seems to happen. They reluctantly do as their mother asks when she asks them to visit their neighbor Anton, knowing that the rest of the village laughs at him because of his strange habits of…

This second book in the acclaimed Ken Blanchard series is both a practical guide for effective leadership and an examination of five powerful actions that can transform a team, a business, and a community.

“What a blessing to have this unabridged edition of The Seven Laws of Teaching available! In a day when so many educators (and sadly, even some education reformers) live and die by their methods, it is wonderful to have this wisdom from the nineteenth century, a wisdom that reminds us…

Nicholas Carr’s bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? This tenth-anniversary edition includes a new afterword that brings the story up to date, with…

Once their cabin is finished Matt’s father leaves to bring the rest of the family and Matt is left to survive on his own. During an attack by swarming bees, Matt is astonished when he’s rescued by an Indian chief and his grandson, Attean. As the boys come to know…

The story of Eustace and Jill and the search for Prince Rilian.

No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child’s wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder…

The dramatic story of the genesis of the Anabaptist movement, told directly through the letters of its leaders and other primary documents.This is volume 4 in the Classics of the Radical Reformation, a series of Anabaptist and Free Church documents translated and annotated under the direction of the Institute of…

This is a clear, vivid text with charts and maps showing the positions of the constellations the year round. The Stars is the best book available for its purpose. It is also a brilliant example of the combined use of art and writing in bringing science to the layman.

A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master’s houseboat one evening.