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A hardback edition of “The Hobbit” is back on the shelves at the Ithaca, New York library after traveling around the world with a Marine. Bob James checked the book out from the library before he went into the Marines in 1979. He took it with him and shared it with others. James believes it was passed…

An author claims that if famous author Jane Austen were alive today, she would more than a best-selling author. She would be an avid blogger, active on Facebook, and possibility even tweeting every day. Laurel Ann Nattress, editor of a collection of Austen-type novels says she has studied the famous…

I found a very interesting book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down! www.48days.com, 8-26-2008

A Catechism for the use of the people called Methodists (a) WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? | 1 | What is a Christian? Christians are those who believe that God has revealed himself in Jesus Christ accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, live in communion with God and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and…

Sermon by Jonathan Edwards -Their foot shall slide in due time- Deut. 32:35 In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God's visible people, and who lived under the means of grace; but who, notwithstanding all God's wonderful works towards them, remained…

Two trucks loaded with a thousand copies of Roget's Thesaurus collided as they left a New York publishing house last Thursday, according to the Associated Press. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied.... www.48days.com, 8-26-2008

The Preciousness of the Bible There is a story that when Dr. Livingstone began his great missionary work in Africa he was passionate about reading and his studies. Even though he knew the road would be rough and long he still committed to carrying his most prized books with him on his long journey. When…

Harry Potter fans have the perfect illustration of hospitality. It is between two families: the Dursleys and the Weasleys. The Dursleys are Harry’s awful uncle, aunt and cousin. They become Harry’s close family only because they are forced to. Though there is no room in the Dursley family for anyone…

C.S. Lewis, author of the Chronicles of Narnia, also wrote a science fiction trilogy, where the main character travels to another world. At one point he has to describe Sin to a group that has never heard the term. He finally describes Sin as being “bent.” Perhaps Lewis meant this in the same sense as…