Summer vacation is here and Tammy Pierce is back with more sometimes ordinary, often humiliating, occasionally poignant, and usually hilarious exploits! Her hopes, dreams, agonies, and defeats are brought to vivid, comedic life by Watson's lovingly grotesque drawings, filled with all the eighties essentials — too much mascara, leg warmers with heels, and huge hair, etc. — as well as timeless teen concerns like acne, dandruff, and the opposite sex (or same sex, in some cases). Unlovable addresses the mysteries of high school through Tammy's naivete; girls and women in particular will find much that resonates, but men will also relate to Unlovable's universal humor and loser cast of characters. Tammy's life isn't pretty, but it is endlessly endearing and hilarious.

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1977, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from September 15 through December 21. Brother Lee remained in Anaheim from early September through mid-October, after which he traveled to the Far East and ministered there until mid-November. During his time in the Far East, Brother Lee visited Taipei, Hualien, Taichung, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan. From mid-November through the end of the year Brother Lee remained in Anaheim. The contents of this volume are divided into fifteen sections, as follows: 1. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on September 15 through October 10. The contents of these messages were taken from personal notes taken by attendees in the meetings. These notes were edited and combined into one chapter. They are included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the Present Need and Direction in the Lord's Recovery. 2. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on September 24 and 25. They were previously published in a book entitled Preaching the Gospel on the College Campuses. 3. One message given in Anaheim, California, on September 25. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship regarding the Spread of the Churches. 4. One message given in Anaheim, California, on October 7. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship concerning the Opposition against the Lord's Recovery. 5. Three messages given in Anaheim, California, on October 8 and 9. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Subjective Aspect of the Truths in the Bible. 6. Eight messages given in Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 15 through 19. These messages were previously published in a book entitled The Subjective Truths in the Holy Scriptures. 7. Six messages given in Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 19 through 22. They were previously published in a book entitled The Ultimate Significance of the Golden Lampstand. 8. Ten messages given in Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 25 through 29. These messages were previously published in a book entitled One Body, One Spirit, and One New Man. 9. Two messages given in Chinese in Hualien and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on October 31 and November 2. They are included in this volume under the title Fellowship in Taiwan. 10. Seven messages given in Chinese in Hualien, Taichung, Kaohsiung, and Taipei, Taiwan, from October 31 through November 12. These messages are included in this volume under the title The Age of the One New Man. 11. One message given in Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, on November 9. This message is included in this volume under the title Fellowship to Young Working Saints in Taiwan. 12. Two messages given in Tokyo, Japan, on November 15 and 16. They are included in this volume under the title God Becoming One with Man, and Man Becoming God's Expression. The contents of this section were derived from personal notes taken by an attendee in the meetings. 13. Seven messages given in Anaheim, California, on November 24 through December 18. They were previously published in a book entitled The One New Man. 14. One message given in Anaheim, California, on December 11. This message is included in this volume under the title Drinking the Spirit to Be Filled with Him in Our Spirit. 15. Four messages given in Anaheim, California, on December 20 and 21. These messages are included in this volume under the title Fellowship with the Elders in Anaheim.

Gathers a collection of creative nonfiction writings that range from immersion journalism to personal essays to explore the genre's potential and influence.

"Here is catechesis at its best, instructing the student of theology, providing pastors with a sermon-enriching manual, and giving growing Christians a resource book that will both inform and nourish them, as well as provide endless theological enjoyment!" — Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; Teaching Fellow, Ligonier Ministries The aim of systematic theology is to engage not only the head but also the heart and hands. Only recently has the church compartmentalized these aspects of life—separating the academic discipline of theology from the spiritual disciplines of faith and obedience. This multivolume work brings together rigorous historical and theological scholarship with spiritual disciplines and practical insights—characterized by a simple, accessible, comprehensive, Reformed, and experiential approach. In this volume, Joel R. Beeke and Paul M. Smalley unpack the work and role of the Holy Spirit (Pneumatology) and salvation (soteriology). The authors examine the Holy Spirit's role in the history of salvation, the order of salvation, and the believers' experience of salvation. As readers consider the interrelationship between the Spirit and salvation, they are invited to explore the direct activity of the Lord in their lives for their salvation.

Collects original comic strips from American authors and illustrators published in comic and graphic novel format

The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1970, volume 3, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from October 18 through December 1970. From the middle of October until the end of the year, Brother Lee was in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The contents of this volume are divided into eight sections, as follows: 1. Twenty-four messages given in Hong Kong in October and November. These messages were edited from audio recordings together with the notes taken by Brother K. H. Weigh and were previously published in Chinese as a book entitled The Church Life in Spirit and Truthfulness. They are included in this volume under the same title. 2. Eight messages given in Hong Kong on October 18 through November 14. They were compiled and edited from audio recordings together with the notes of Brother K. H. Weigh and are included in this volume under the title The Proper Attitude When Facing Turmoils. 3. A message given in Hong Kong on an unknown date in 1970. In 1971 this message was published in Chinese with some added material by the Taiwan Gospel Book Room under the title Concerning the Person of Christ. Later, a booklet by the same title was published in English. The English edition is included in this volume. 4. A message given in Hong Kong on an unknown date in 1970. It was previously published in Chinese under the title Concerning the Triune God--the Father, the Son, and the Spirit and was later published in English under the same title. The English edition of the booklet is included in this section. 5. Seventeen messages given in Taipei and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in November and December. The first fourteen messages were originally published in Chinese in The Ministry of the Word magazine in January through August 1971. The entire series of seventeen messages was published in Chinese and English as a book entitled Being Delivered from Religious Rituals and Walking according to the Spirit and is included in this volume under the same title. 6. Four messages given in Taichung, Taiwan, on December 9 through 11. These messages were previously published in Chinese and English under the title The Ministry of the New Covenant and the Spirit. The contents of the published book are included in this volume. 7. Fourteen messages given in Taipei and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in December. They were originally published in Chinese in The Ministry of the Word magazine in March through December 1971 and were also published as a book entitled Taking Christ as Our Person for the Church Life. They were subsequently published in English in a book under the same title and are included in this volume. 8. Three messages given in Taipei, Taiwan, from December 3 through 5. These messages are included in this volume under the title An Explanation of a Few Truths.

The final volume of the trilogy that began with The Smoking Diaries finds Simon Gray determined to give up smoking. Really. At last. Can he kick the habit of sixty years? Will he, sometime soon, be able to leave his house without nervously feeling for his two packets of twenty and his two lighters? As this wonderful, wayward record of Gray's life progresses, these questions are overtaken by much larger ones. What was sex like before 1963? Will his name be in lights on Broadway? Why leave the bedside of his dying mother? With their combination of comedy and serious reflection, of sharp observation and painful self-disclosure, Simon Gray's diaries reinvented the memoir form and are destined to become classics of autobiography.