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Narnia, Heimat der sprechenden Tiere, wo Wunder geschehen und eine neue Welt geboren wird. Mit Das Wunder von Narnia erzählt C. S. Lewis, wie das weltberühmte Abenteuer Narnia seinen Anfang nimmt. Durch die Experimente eines bösen Magiers geraten Polly und Digory nach Narnia, wo der mächtige Löwe Aslan mit seinem Gesang eine neue Welt zum Leben erweckt und den ewigen Kampf gegen die Weiße Hexe Jadis aufnimmt. Lewis' zeitlose Erzählung hat weltweit Millionen von Menschen verzaubert.

Inspector Fenella Sallow is haunted by her past and obsessive about the truth…no matter how painful. When a body is found on an isolated footbridge in the scenic village of St. Bees, Fenella must piece together the events that lead to the grizzly death. All evidence points to a murder by the escaped serial killer dubbed "Mr. Shred". As the investigation heats up, Fenella and her team discover a world darker than most can imagine. And it soon becomes clear the killer is determined to teach the police a lesson.

Der Löwe Aslan -- Herrscher von Narnia -- hat einen besonderen Auftrag für Eustachius und Jill. Die beiden sollen den verschollenen Thronfolger Prinz Rilian suchen. Geschöpfe, von deren Existenz sie bisher nicht einmal etwas ahnten, helfen ihnen dabei -- oder bringen sie in größte Gefahr. Mit einem tapferen Moorwackler gelangen sie in die Unterwelt Narnias, wo ihnen ein Kampf auf Leben und Tod bevorsteht...

Viele Wege führen nach Narnia: Edmund, Lucy und ihr "eigenwilliger" Cousin Eustachius Knilch geraten auf eine ziemlich nasse Art und Weise in Aslans Land. An Bord der "Morgenröte" begeben sie sich mit König Kaspian auf die abenteuerliche Suche nach den verschwundenen sieben Lords. Während dieser Reise geschehen Dinge, von denen keiner zu träumen gewagt hätte...

Smart-mouthed Nicole Fontane has a way of getting herself into trouble. She’s been fired from every job she’s had but still refuses to work in her father’s apothecary shop because of his practice of Earth Magick. On Tulare Island where Nicole grew up, Magick has always been a way of life - one she’s determined to avoid at all costs. With less than 200 dollars in the bank and rent due, Nicole is forced to take a job at Tribec Insurance as a last resort. Little does she realize, the moment she sets foot inside the building, she becomes a pawn.

In Kilimanjaro Snow, Finn Pilar, the ne'er-do-well former Navy EOD specialist and disgraced Key West cop, faces his most complex case. A sailboat adrift off Wisteria Island near Key West crashes into the stern of his business partner's live-aboard boat. A deceased girl is found on board wearing nothing but a strange tattoo on her chest. Alarm bells go off for Finn, who has seen this tattoo before in Cuba. Thus begins a tale of deceit, murder, and intrigue stretching across the Florida Strait.

C. S. Lewis' first published work. Printed by William Heinemann in 1919, it is the first of Lewis' corpus to enter the pubic domain. This edition features an original preface by Lewis scholar Gordon Greenhill, who also administers the world's most complete image collection of Lewis' English editions at www.cslewiseditions.com.

While cannons roar and rockets ignite American skies, disease ravages the upper Connecticut Valley. Few notice the sufferings of the families...of a single child...a remarkable lad named Joseph. Attentions are forced elsewhere on the Chesapeake, which guards the entrance to the infant nation's threatened capital. In this second volume of the epic historical series Free Men and Dreamers, witness the saga of five families caught in the tumult of the oft-forgotten war that cemented American liberty and set the stage for the great work of the Restoration.

The revered author’s definitive collection of short fiction, which explores enduring spiritual and science fiction themes such as space, time, reality, fantasy, God, and the fate of humankind. As powerful, inventive, and profound as his theological and philosophical works, The Dark Tower reveals another side of Lewis’s creative mind and his longtime fascination with reality and spirituality. It is ideal listening for fans of J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis’s longtime friend and colleague.

Dark Sky At Dawn, the stirring first volume in the epic Free Men and Dreamers series, tells of the fascinating people, events, history, and spiritual reawakening that precede the compelling moment in time before the guns blazed and the light of the Restoration dawned on a new day.

Private investigator Jack Fox will sweet-talk the Devil on a Sunday and kiss the Pope on a Monday - whatever it takes to get to the truth. Between his newest case involving the brutal murder of a Russian mail order bride, his 17-year-old daughter who is the poster child for anger non-management issues, and his ex-girlfriend-from-hell who is giving him an ultimatum that threatens to end in murder, Jack is pushed past his limits as he tries to keep his sanity - and catch a killer!

Black Eden chronicles the history of Idlewild, a Michigan black community founded during the aftermath of the Civil War. As one of the nation’s most popular black resorts, Idlewild functioned as a gathering place for African Americans, and more importantly, as a touchstone of black identity and culture. Benjamin C. Wilson and Lewis Walker examine Idlewild’s significance within a historical context, as well as the town’s revitalization efforts and the need for comprehensive planning in future development.

Hochverrat! Der Thronfolger soll beseitigt werden! Miraz, der diktatorisch über Narnia herrscht und das Land allein den Menschen unterordnen will, beansprucht die Krone für sich. Sein Neffe Kaspian, der wahre Erbe, befürchtet den Untergang Narnias. Er ahnt, dass er ohne Hilfe die entscheidende Schlacht nicht gewinnen kann... Doch statt der erhofften Verstärkung durch die legendären Königinnen und Könige von Narnia tauchen vier Kinder auf, die gerade auf dem Weg zur Schule waren...

Alles bricht auseinander: Was gut und schön war in Narnia, scheint wertlos. Auf nichts ist mehr Verlass, die Bewohner des Landes werden versklavt und nach Kalormen verkauft. Es heißt, Aslan sei aufgetaucht und habe alles gutgeheißen. Doch wie kann das sein? Die Freunde Narnias kommen von jenseits des Wandschranks, um zu helfen. Der letzte Kampf umd das Schicksal Narnias beginnt.

Daily readings drawn from every century and every tradition of the Christian faith. Christianity through the ages... Ignatius, C.S. Lewis, John Calvin, Augustine, Catherine of Siena, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Polycarp, John Wesley, Karl Barth, and Billy Sunday. These names, and so many others, fill the pages of church history. Yet they remain strangers to most of us. How Great Is Our God will introduce you to Christianity’s most influential thinkers from every century and every tradition—modernized for today’s reader.

Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses show the beloved author and theologian bringing hope and courage in a time of great doubt. "The Weight of Glory", considered by many to be Lewis’s finest sermon of all, is an incomparable explication of virtue, goodness, desire, and glory.

In the form of warm, relaxed letters to a close friend, C. S. Lewis meditates on many puzzling questions concerning the intimate dialogue between man and God. He considers practical and metaphysical aspects of prayer, such as when we pray and where. He questions why we seek to inform God in our prayers if he is omniscient, whether there is an ideal form of prayer, and which of our many selves we show to God while praying.

In one of his most enlightening works, C. S. Lewis shares his ruminations on both the form and the meaning of selected psalms. In the introduction he explains, "I write for the unlearned about things in which I am unlearned myself." Consequently, he takes on a tone of thoughtful collegiality as he writes on one of the Bible's most elusive books.

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S.Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collectionand Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems,C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but also on ethical issues and the nature of literature and storytelling. Within these pages is a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics.

A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below". At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C.S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old Devil to his nephew, Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man.