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In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these unexplored countries collecting specimens, Darwin began to formulate the theories of evolution and natural selection realized in his master work, The Origin of Species. Travel memoir and scientific primer alike, The Voyage of the Beagle is a lively and accessible introduction to the mind of one of history's most influential thinkers..
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"Extreme unction" and "last rites" are no longer a part of the Church's ministry to the sick and dying, according to Father Charles Gusmer. Today, communal celebration frames sacramental experience. In the rites for the sick and dying, this experience is the paschal mystery-working in the life of the seriously ill Christian in the community. Priests, deacons, and students of liturgy will find this work a sourcebook for understanding the development of the rites and a guide in the ritual praxis. Suggestions for ministerial implementation are made in the context of information now available from liturgical scholarship and modern scientific research on sickness and death..
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The many traditions and legends of Jesus' travels to Britain are deeply impressed into English culture, owing especially to famous allusion by William Blake. These tales tell that, while still a boy, Jesus accompanied his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea--an importer/exporter of metals--on expeditions to Cornwall to engage in the tin trade. Later, it is said that Jesus made additional trips to visit the location of the Druid school of learning, Glastonbury. Though charming and romantic, do such stories have any historical foundation?

Using the work of fellow researchers as his starting point, Lewis studies the locations that Jesus supposedly visited--from Cornwall to Somerset--producing striking evidence combined with his fine photography, along with useful maps. Lewis's combines original research with broad and insightful analysis of the existing material, making a convincing case for Jesus indeed having walked "upon England's mountains green.".
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In 1969, the author met a man at a movie theater in Caracas and began a friendship lasting four months. Three years later, this same "man" greeted the author as he was taken on board the Pleiadean ship for the first time. Castillo was later to board space ships four more times over two years. A highly respected engineer, known for his genuine credulity, he dramatically changed his life to research these amazing encounters. His true story of how events unfolded--from the ship rising out of a lake to the "people" who inhabit these vessels (and their control of natural forces)--all lead to a compelling conclusion: the universe is teeming with intelligent, conscious beings..
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A Sendak treasure long out of print available for the first time in decades .
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Lewis and Alison's vacation should be lots of fun. Driving to Yellowstone in a motor home, seeing all the fantastic sights, getting to know their new neighbors ..the trip should be a blast. It turns out to be anything but.

First they discover their hosts, the Rupes, have no interest in nutrition, manners, or their own children. Even worse, two strange men seem to be following them. Could they have something to do with the one-hundred-dollar bills little Billy Rupe keeps finding in the motor home? Lewis is afraid the answer is yes -- and he should be..
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