In this, the sequel to "The Vision of Second Samuel," the plans to do away with the inner city and its inhabitants actually start getting carried out. When Sam Rhee is caught in an explosion while Miss El and Miss Lucy are being intimidated by a group of questionable cops, it takes the help of Miss El's friends, both old and new, to straighten things out. In the process, Miss El learns the truth behind Sam's second sight and steps into the destiny for which she was born. Nia Maya and Mr. Hillman, as well, enter into the careers they were meant to have. Such is the paradise that can be found in the urban jungle when one looks through the glasses of fantasy. This shows what can happen when one has an open mind concerning what goes on in a contemporary city.

"A masterpiece of contemporary Bible translation and commentary."—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of 1999 Acclaimed for its masterful new translation and insightful commentary, The David Story is a fresh, vivid rendition of one of the great works in Western literature. Robert Alter's brilliant translation gives us David, the beautiful, musical hero who slays Goliath and, through his struggles with Saul, advances to the kingship of Israel. But this David is also fully human: an ambitious, calculating man who navigates his life's course with a flawed moral vision. The consequences for him, his family, and his nation are tragic and bloody. Historical personage and full-blooded imagining, David is the creation of a literary artist comparable to the Shakespeare of the history plays.

This extract from the Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible provides Auld’s introduction to and concise commentary on First and Second Samuel. The Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible presents, in nontechnical language, the best of modern scholarship on each book of the Bible, including the Apocrypha. Reader-friendly commentary complements succinct summaries of each section of the text and will be valuable to scholars, students, and general readers. Rather than attempt a verse-by-verse analysis, these volumes work from larger sense units, highlighting the place of each passage within the overarching biblical story. Commentators focus on the genre of each text—parable, prophetic oracle, legal code, and so on—interpreting within the historical and literary context. The volumes also address major issues within each biblical book—including the range of possible interpretations—and refer readers to the best resources for further discussions.

A story of a man and a woman who find they are in the same dream, and fall in love. They then go on to Paradise as their earthly bodies pass on.

As a result of a fire, a college instructor is left with a unique computer with strange capabilities. It enables him, or whoever has the computer, to do seemingly impossible things like moving an item from point A to point B without a trace. So when the Hope Diamond disappears, how does that instructor keep from going to prison?

Some days in the life of an uncalled witness who is not out to defend religion, but merely to share what he has seen, heard, read, and knows to be true in hopes that others will put their trust in the Master as he has.

A collection of Sonnets in the Dorn, Petrarchan, Shakespearian, Spenserian, and Stefanile forms. They include a variety of topics and themes including Love.