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  The Acts of Paul and Thecla - A...

  2nd Century CE) Anonymous ...

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  What does it mean to live a life of faith and courage in the face of adversity? How can devotion to God inspire extraordinary acts of resilience and transformation? 
  The Acts of Paul and Thecla is one of the most inspiring stories from early Christian literature. Written in the 2nd century CE, this powerful text tells the story of Thecla—a noblewoman who abandons her privileged life to follow the teachings of Paul.  
  Facing persecution, defying expectations, and surviving miraculous trials, Thecla becomes a symbol of unwavering faith and spiritual courage. 
  Now presented in a clear, modern translation, this edition brings her remarkable journey to life for today’s listener. 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  •	A Story of Unwavering Faith – Thecla’s devotion leads her through trials, transformation, and triumph 
  •	Lessons on Courage and Resilience – Overcoming fear, social norms, and adversity through inner strength and belief 
  •	Divine Intervention and Miracles – Miraculous events that reflect God’s grace and protection 
  •	A Glimpse into Early Christianity – Insights into the values, struggles, and hope of the early Church 
  Whether you’re seeking spiritual inspiration or a powerful narrative of transformation, The Acts of Paul and Thecla offers a timeless tale of faith, courage, and divine grace. 
  Begin your journey today—and be inspired by a story that continues to resonate across the centuries.

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  Ghosts from the Library: Lost...

  Tony Medawar

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  A brand new anthology of previously unpublished and uncollected supernatural mysteries by some of the masters of the Golden Age – thrills, spills and chills perfect for Halloween. 
  It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives – to show us places we want to escape to, lives we want to live, people we want to love. But there are also stories that can only be found in the deepest, darkest corners of the library. Stories about the unexplained, of lost souls, of things that go bump before the silence. Before the screaming. 
  And some stories just disappear. Stories printed in old newspapers, broadcast live on the wireless, sometimes not even published at all – these are the stories you cannot find on even the dustiest of library shelves. 
  Ghosts from the Library resurrects forgotten tales of the supernatural by some of the most acclaimed mystery authors of all time. From Arthur Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr to Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier, this spine-chilling anthology brings together thirteen uncollected tales of terror, plus some additional surprises. 
  Close the windows. Draw the curtains. Just don’t let the lights go out… 
  In Ghosts from the Library, Tony Medawar brings together the best of the supernatural mysteries from the Golden Age. These traditional thrillers, filled with horror and detective elements, are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat, making it a top choice for any crime fiction enthusiast. 
  For fans of E.C.R. Lorac (Death of an Author), Carter Dickson (The White Priory Murders), E. C. R. Lorac (Post After Post-Mortem), John Dickson Carr (The Black Spectacles), and British Library (Sunless Solstice). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Irvin D Yalom: On Psychotherapy...

  Ruthellen Josselson Ph.D.

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  Irvin Yalom is one of the best known, most widely read and Through his many books, which are accessible to ordinary readers as well as illuminating for psychotherapists, he has provided a guide for living in a perplexing world. A recent poll of American psychotherapists voted him to be one of the three most important living therapists, but the worldwide success of his books suggests that his prominence is international.
  
  Rather than positioning himself as a representative of one of the hundreds of "schools" or approaches to psychotherapy. Yalom offers a message that goes to the heart of psychotherapy. Taking up the central existential concerns of human life, Yalom's work engages the problems of finding meaning in life and confronting death, concerns that had lain beyond the scope of psychiatry.
  
  Writing in a literary style that reviewers have compared to Freud, Yalom details what actually happens in the intimate human encounter that is psychotherapy. Yalom does not shrink from exposing his own thoughts and feelings about what occurs; he, too is a vulnerable and searching human being. He makes his thinking about his patients, and his efforts to treat them, transparent, exposing his doubts, reservations and struggles as well as his insights.
  He has written two textbook, two volumes of case history stories, three novels about therapy, a guide for therapists and one book of counsel for the masses confronting death. Across all of this work, he explores the limitless and complex possibilities of the healing inherent in genuine human connection and authentic awareness of the dilemmas of human existence.
  
  Irvin D. Yalom: On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition traces the genesis and evolution of his thinking and presents some of the seminal ideas of his writings.

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  And Goliath - The Littlest Navy...

  David Brown, Robert Gettlin

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  Former US Navy SEAL David Brown was the unlikeliest of candidates for the world's most grueling military selection process. Standing just 5' 3" and weighing 110 pounds, he was unlike any of the others around him who aspired to be SEALs. But through dogged determination and an iron will, he overcame every obstacle that life put in front of him to achieve his dream of becoming a SEAL. 
   
   
   
  David Brown's life has been one of perseverance, tenacity, and achievement—from childhood adventures, to love lost and found, to BUD/S, the Teams, an exciting career at NCIS, and then a steady climb to the top echelons of federal law enforcement. And Goliath is his story through military life and what comes after—the good and the bad. 
   
   
   
  Told with raw honesty and unwavering courage, And Goliath is more than just a memoir—it's a testament to the power of perseverance. David's inspirational tale reveals how facing your own Goliaths can lead you to live your biggest life possible.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Nikolai Gogol

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  Between the Russian Empire and Europe warily sits Ukraine.  Her own history has been brush stroked either by periods of independence or under the oppressive yoke of other more powerful and belligerent neighbours. 
   
  It’s authors, almost always cited as ‘Russian’, or from ‘Little Russia’ are diverse and brilliant.  Some of them stayed, some moved to other lands but always their works harbour part of their Ukrainian souls despite the ever-changing territorial borders. 
   
  01 - The Top 10 - The Ukrainians - An Introduction 
  2 - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol 
  3 - The Shades, A Phantasy by Vladimir Korolenko 
  4 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov 
  5 - A Witches Den by Helena Blavatsky 
  6 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad 
  7 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin 
  8 - The General's Will by Vera Jelihovsky 
  9 - The Blind Ones by Isaac Babel 
  10 - The Revolutionist by Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev 
  11 - Dethroned by Ignaty Potapenko

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  Now Beacon Now Sea - A Son's Memoir

  Christopher Sorrentino

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  When Christopher Sorrentino's mother died in 2017, it marked the end of a journey that had begun eighty years earlier in the South Bronx. Victoria's life took her to the heart of New York's vibrant mid-century downtown artistic scene to the sedate campus of Stanford and finally back to Brooklyn—a journey witnessed by a son who watched, helpless, as she grew more and more isolated, distancing herself from everyone and everything she'd ever loved. In examining the mystery of his mother's life, from her dysfunctional marriage to his heedless father, the writer Gilbert Sorrentino, to her ultimate withdrawal from the world, Christopher excavates his own memories and family folklore in an effort to discover her dreams, understand her disappointments, and peel back the ways in which she seemed forever trapped between two identities: the Puerto Rican girl identified on her birth certificate as Black and the white woman she had seemingly decided to become. Meanwhile Christopher experiences his own transformation, emerging from under his father's shadow and his mother's thumb to establish his identity as a writer and individual—one who would soon make his own missteps and mistakes. Unfolding against the captivating backdrop of a vanished New York—a dangerous, decaying, but liberated and potentially liberating place—Now Beacon, Now Sea is a matchless portrait of the beautiful, painful messiness of life and the transformative power of even conflicted grief.

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