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  Thomas Hardy - Christmas Carollings

  Andrew Norman

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  A tradition at Christmas was for the choir of local musicians and singers to assemble at the Hardys’ cottage, prior to setting out into the snow to do the rounds of local farms, homesteads, and manor house, in order to entertain their occupants. Hardy recreated this magical scene in Under the Greenwood Tree, published in 1872. 
  In the days when labouring classes worked long hours, and for the majority, material comforts were small, Christmas was a time (aside from the formalities of necessary religious observance,) for the exchanging of news, folklore, legend and jokes. For those fortunate enough to be invited to the Hardys’ cottage on Christmas Eve, there was the added bonus of food and drink to feed the body, and music – home-made of course – to lift the spirits and nourish the soul.  
  Hardy’s descriptions of such Christmases, as were celebrated by himself and his family, together with his colourful portrayals of characters – in particular the members of the ‘Mellstock Quire’ (Choir,) whom he described as his favourites - have delighted generations of his readers, and continue to do so.  
  This then, is the story of Thomas Hardy and of Christmas; of what that greatest of all Christian festivals meant to him, and of how his beliefs changed as the years progressed.

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  UNTOLD STORY OF THE REMBRANDT...

  Julie A. Schwan

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  The $500 Million Mystery That Has Baffled the FBI for 35 Years 
  On March 18, 1990, two men dressed as police officers walked into Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and committed the greatest art heist in history. In 81 minutes, they stole 13 priceless masterpieces—including works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Manet—worth half a billion dollars. Then they vanished without a trace. 
  What Really Happened That Night? 
  Despite a $10 million reward, FBI task forces, international investigations, and countless theories, not a single painting has been recovered. The empty frames still hang on the museum walls, haunting reminders of an unsolved crime that has captivated the world. 
  Uncover the Truth Behind America's Most Notorious Unsolved Crime 
  The Rembrandt Heist takes you deep inside this legendary mystery. Explore the botched investigation, the suspicious deaths of key suspects, the Boston mob connections, and the international black market where priceless art disappears forever. Meet the eccentric cast of characters—from art thieves to FBI agents to museum guards—whose lives were forever changed by 81 minutes of audacious criminality. 
  Experience the Ultimate True Crime Page-Turner 
  This isn't just another true crime story—it's the definitive account of a crime that redefined art security worldwide and continues to baffle investigators today. With exclusive insights, never-before-revealed details, and expert analysis, discover why this case remains unsolved and whether the stolen masterpieces will ever come home. 
  The paintings are still out there. The mystery remains. The truth awaits. 
  Get your copy today (Over 10k Copies Sold This Month Alone ) and join the search for America's lost masterpieces.

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  Five Views on the New Testament...

  Benjamin P. Laird, Stanley Porter

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  What historical, political, and ecclesial realities drove the canonization of the New Testament? 
   
   
   
  How are the doctrines of Early Christianity related to the formation of the New Testament? 
   
   
   
  Should the New Testament differ in authority from other early Christian texts? 
   
   
   
  As these questions demonstrate, the enduring influence of the New Testament does not lessen the dispute over the events and factors leading to its adoption. Five Views on the New Testament Canon presents five distinct ways of understanding how the New Testament came to be. 
   
   
   
  Each contributor addresses historical, theological, and hermeneutical questions related to the New Testament canon, such as what factors precipitated the establishment and recognition of the New Testament canon; the basis of any authority the New Testament has; and what the canon means for reading and interpreting the New Testament. Contributors also include a chapter each responding to the other views presented in the volume. The result is a lively exchange suitable for both undergraduate and graduate students seeking to grasp the best canon scholarship in biblical studies.

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  Sovok - The Memoirs of a Liar?

  Kevin McKinney

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  Witness first-hand the transition from Soviet Union to liberated Russia and its return to a regime of tyranny and injustice from the perspective of a foreigner who lived through it. McKinney describes his interactions for over twenty years with dissidents, billionaires, artists, cosmonauts, mob bosses, presidents, prosecutors, and prime ministers, while constantly breaking laws and bending rules, as mostly every character in the book also does. He introduces some of the most dangerous, loyal, and hospitable people, and often they're one in the same person. 
  Described by one literary critic as "Jack Kerouac, narrating the adventures of Thomas Pynchon's character, Tyrone Slothrop, only in Russia," Sovok takes you on a front-row view of the transition from Soviet Union to liberated Russia and then how it went back to today's tyranny. 
  If a movie plot, it would be a blend of Grand Hotel Budapest, Wolf of Wall Street, Bonfire of the Vanities, Snatch, Eastern Promises, and Everything is Illuminated. By declaring himself a liar, the author prods the reader to question everyone and everything. Through personal stories, one of Sovok's central themes is that a network of loyal and moral friends can circumvent the strictest government regulations and defeat criminal syndicates. Sovok falls into one or a dozen categories of book. The one category it is not is ordinary. 
  "Everything is so realistic that is seems invented," - Italy 
  "The impression is incredible. I feel like I'm in reading science fiction, yet I am one of the characters. Events are described not as I knew them, but completely differently. It's as if the author saw them from a different angle, and that the author's angle is truer than the distorted view I saw them from. This is the best thing I've read in many years." - Ukraine 
  "I am totally, completely, absolutely and entirely fascinated. The things you write about are so well familiar to me. I love it." - Russia

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  The Messages - A Memoir

  Dan Kohler

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  A deeply intimate and inspiring self-portrayal of Dawn Kohler, a young mother, and successful entrepreneur in the tech industry who awakens one morning into a relentless pull towards an unknown calling.  What follows is a riveting odyssey as she resists the persistent force that is disrupting her life while the world around her begins to collapse. This heartfelt journey is fueled by the depths of an unconventional love, and the uncanny experiences that challenge Dawn to heal from a traumatic past and to release the shame that prevents her from knowing her truth.  
  Ultimately, this raw, emotional, and inspiring true story divulges one of the most relevant messages of our time, and a vision that is eerily close to what is unfolding today.

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  All the Ways Our Dead Still...

  Caleb Wilde

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  What if our dead remain with us? What if closure is not the goal? No matter what you believe about the afterlife, what if the hereafter intersects with the here and now? 
   
   
   
  Caleb Wilde, author of the acclaimed memoir Confessions of a Funeral Director, was a skeptic. The baffling stories people told him—deathbed visions of long-dead parents, visits from the other side—must be hallucinations or wishful thinking, he thought. But the more stories he heard, and the more he learned about non-Western understandings of body and spirit, the less sure he was. 
   
   
   
  All the Ways Our Dead Still Speak takes listeners on a lyrical and tender quest to encounter the hereafter. As Wilde picks up bodies, organizes funerals, and meets with grieving families in a small town in Pennsylvania, those who remain share with him—and us—what they experience in the thin places between life and death. Entwining these stories with his own as a sixth-generation funeral director, and with the findings of neuroscience and the solace of faith, Wilde creates a searching, reverent inquiry into all the ways our dead remain with us. In the process, he takes on prevailing dogmas about death: from a narrow Christian view of heaven and hell, to secular assumptions that death is the end, to pop-psychology maxims that say we all need "closure" after our loved ones die.

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