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  • A Grandfather's Gift

    by Jean Porter ...
    If you love historical homes, powerful political figures, steamships, trains, brilliant business people, renovations, interior design, gardens in pink and secrets, then welcome to Glencairn Hall. Built in 1832, perched on the edge of the Niagara River. The road this mansion is situated on, according to Winston Churchill, "is the prettiest drive in the world." ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Bad Miss Bennet

    A Pride and Prejudice Novel

    by Jean Burnett ...
    Narrated by Davina Porter ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 59 min

    Picking up where Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice left off, The Bad Miss Bennet takes readers on a wild Regency romp with Lydia Wickham, n├®e Bennet, who finds herself in dire need of a new husband.Lydia was never the most upstanding of the Bennet sisters, but who ever said that moral rectitude was fun? At least she bested her elder sisters and was the first to get married. She never could ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Love and Christian Ethics

    Tradition, Theory, and Society

    by Frederick V. Simmons, Thomas W. Ogletree, Terence Irwin, Oliver O'Donovan, Jean Porter, John Hare, Michael J. Ferreira, Edward Collins Vacek, John P. Reeder Jr.0, Margaret A. Farley1, Edmund N. Santurri2, Stephen J. Pope3, Timothy P. Jackson4, Lisa Sowle Cahill5, Cathleen Kaveny6, Mark D. Jordan7, Emilie M. Townes8, Holmes Rolston III9, Eric Gregory0, Ronald M. Green1, John Kelsay2, William Werpehowski3 ...
    Series series Moral Traditions series
    At the heart of Christian ethics is the biblical commandment to love God and to love one's neighbor as oneself. But what is the meaning of love? Scholars have wrestled with this question since the recording of the Christian gospels, and in recent decades teachers and students of Christian ethics have engaged in vigorous debates about appropriate interpretations and implications of this critical ... Read more

    $38.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fungipedia

    A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore

    by Lawrence Millman ...
    Series series Pedia Books
    **"This little book is big fun."—Michael PollanAn illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy rings**Fungipedia presents a delightful A–Z treasury of mushroom lore. With more than 180 entries—on topics as varied as Alice in Wonderland, chestnut blight, medicinal mushrooms, poisonings, Santa Claus, and waxy caps—this collection will ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Theology and Public Philosophy

    Four Conversations

    by Jeanne Heffernan Schindler, Joshua Mitchell, Robin Lovin, Michael L. Budde, Jean Porter, Eloise A. Buker, Christopher Beem, Peter Berkowitz, Fred Dallmayr, J. Budziszewski, Charles Taylor, William Schweiker, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Charles Mathewes, Jonathan Chaplin, Jean Bethke Elshtain ...
    This volume brings together eminent theologians, philosophers and political theorists to discuss the relevance of theology and theologically grounded moral reflection to contemporary America’s public life and argument. Avoiding the focus on hot-button issues, shrill polemics, and sloganeering that so often dominate discussions of religion and public life, the contributors address such subjects as ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • A Grandfather's Gift

    by Jean Porter ...
    If you love historical homes, powerful political figures, steamships, trains, brilliant business people, renovations, interior design, gardens in pink and secrets, then welcome to Glencairn Hall. Built in 1832, perched on the edge of the Niagara River. The road this mansion is situated on, according to Winston Churchill, “is the prettiest drive in the world.”   ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Justice as a Virtue

    A Thomistic Perspective

    by Jean Porter ...
    "Aquinas," says Jean Porter, "gets justice right." In this book she shows that Aquinas offers us a cogent and illuminating account of justice as a personal virtue rather than a virtue of social institutions, as John Rawls and his interlocutors have described it — and as most people think of it today.Porter presents a thoughtful interpretation of Aquinas's account of the complex virtue of justice ... Read more

    $43.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ministers of the Law

    A Natural Law Theory of Legal Authority

    by Jean Porter ...
    Series series Emory University Studies in Law and Religion (EUSLR)
    In Ministers of the Law Jean Porter articulates a theory of legal authority derived from the natural law tradition. As she points out, the legal authority of most traditions rests on their own internal structures, independent of extralegal considerations -- legal houses built on sand, as it were. Natural law tradition, on the other hand, offers a basis for legal authority that goes beyond mere ... Read more

    $34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Insectpedia

    A Brief Compendium of Insect Lore

    by Eric R. Eaton ...
    Series series Pedia Books
    A fun and fact-filled A–Z treasury for the insect lover in all of usInsectpedia introduces you to the wonders of the insect world while inviting you to make discoveries of your own. Featuring dozens of entries on topics ranging from murder hornets and the “insect apocalypse” to pioneering entomologists such as Margaret James Strickland Collins and Douglas Tallamy, this beautifully illustrated, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought

    by Daniel K. Finn, Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, George Kodithottam, Maria Ines De Castro Millen, Anathea Portier-Young, Jean Porter, Francis Schussler Fiorenza, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Agnes M. Brazal, David Cloutier0 ...
    Series series Moral Traditions series
    A reinterpretation of justice in Catholic social thought as a lived experience of communal lifeCatholic social thought is a living tradition. Insights into justice that are centuries old still apply, but they need to be reexamined in light of historical developments such as democracy, global markets, feminism, the preferential option for the poor, environmental challenges, and the shift of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Experimental Acoustic Inversion Methods for Exploration of the Shallow Water Environment

    Edited by Andrea Caiti, Jean-Pierre Hermand, Sérgio Jesus, Michael Porter ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    In recent years, research on acoustic remote sensing of the ocean has evolved considerably, especially in studying complex physical and biological processes in shallow water environments. To review the state of the art, an international workshop was held at Carvoeiro, Portugal, in March 1999, bringing together leading international researchers in the field. In contrast to much of the recent ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Florapedia

    A Brief Compendium of Floral Lore

    by Carol Gracie ...
    Series series Pedia Books
    A delightful illustrated treasury of botanical facts and fancyFlorapedia is an eclectic A–Z compendium of botanical lore. With more than 100 enticing entries—on topics ranging from achlorophyllous plants that use a fungus as an intermediary to obtain nutrients from other plants to zygomorphic flowers that admit only the most select pollinators—this collection is a captivating journey into the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook