For more than a half century Little Christian and Christiana have captivated children in their quest to reach the Celestial City. A journey fraught with danger, pitfalls and temptation, this retelling of John Bunyan's classic allegory, "Pilgrim's Progress", celebrates more than 60 years. This profound allegory will delight children ages 8 to 12, providing spiritually rich reading they will ador…
In this classic story Dr. R.C. Sproul continues his project of illustrating theological concepts for children. The Priest with Dirty Clothes teaches the concept of imputation, which lies at the heart of the important biblical doctrine of justification. Using the story of Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1–5) as his jumping–off point, Dr. Sproul weaves a classic tale about a young prie…
Anthony Trollope, author of more than fifty books, including Barchester Towers, The Warden, and The Last Chronicle of Barset, was one of the most prolific and brilliant novelists of the Victorian Era. James Pope-Hennessy, biographer of Queen Mary - and the grandson of an Irish member of Parliament widely believed to have been the prototype fot he hero of Trollope's novel Phineas Finn - has writ…
J. R. R. Tolkien is one of the most beloved and enigmatic writers of the twentieth century, yet surprisingly little is known about the personal life of the author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. After a traumatic childhood, Tolkien experienced the bloody trenches of World War I, then lived most of his life as an Oxford scholar in a cloistered academic community. In this fascinating illustr…
Priest, poet, and prophet, Father Daniel Berrigan has written over a score of book-narratives of his struggle against the war in Vietnam, verse adaptations of the Psalms and of Dante's Purgatorio, plays, and fables for children. Portraits is his first completely biographical work, and it is perhaps his most intimate book, one in which he speaks candidly of some of the people he has known and ad…
Jules Verne’s classic science fiction fantasy carries its hero—Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris—on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the ocean’s depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine.
Despite the passage of time, these works remain fresh and relevant today. The immortal lines from Li Bai's Reflections on a Quiet Night', " Raising my head. I look at the bright moon; Hanging my head, I think of home, " continue to strike a chord in the heart of many a traveller far from home, while the tragedy in The Dream of the Red Chamber is still able to move us deeply.