Benson: 1173 books

Benson's second collection of ghost stories contains three powerful tales featuring the type of "spectres" that Benson seems to have been most haunted by: large ("Junonian," as he might say), attractive, cheerful, outgoing, middle-aged women. In "The Outcast" she is a...

On 5 April 1986, President Ezra Taft Benson addressed the young men of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That was the beginning of a series of eight talks delivered to those in the Church of various ages and interests, the last being given on 30 September 1989 to the elderly. Few talks...

Constructing International Security helps policy makers and students recognize effective third-party strategies for balancing deterrence and restraint in security relationships. Brett V. Benson shows that there are systematic differences among types of security commitments. Understanding these commitments...

Hugh H. Benson explores Plato's answer to Clitophon's challenge, the question of how one can acquire the knowledge Socrates argues is essential to human flourishing-knowledge we all seem to lack. Plato suggests two methods by which this knowledge may be gained: the first is learning from those who...

Anna è una giovane ragazza da sempre attratta dal suo amico Mike. Una notte, durante una vacanza al mare insieme ad altri amici, Anna si sveglia per andare in bagno e vede Mike dormire nudo sul divano. Il ragazzo si sveglia e, invece di coprirsi, prende Anna per mano e la porta in camera sua. Ciò...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, best known now for the Mapp and Lucia series, written relatively late in his career. Benson's first novel was Dodo (1893),...

It was one of the biggest crime stories of the decade—two deadly killers, desperate and on the run. After months of planning, Ricky Matt and David Sweat cut, chopped, coerced, and connived their way out of a maximum-security prison in the wilderness of upstate New York and managed to elude police...

A mysterious priest who cannot remember his own name, nor even anything of the past, must make his way as a Monsignor in a world undergoing a dramatic transformation in preparation for the return of Christ. The world itself becomes an image of the priest's soul. “THE DAWN OF ALL”, the second of...

British writer A. C. Benson is best remembered as a contributor to the genre of horror, having produced a series of groundbreaking ghost stories. But hailing from an exceptionally intellectual and well-read family, Benson's knowledge and insight far exceeded the realm of supernatural fiction. The Silent...

Throughout his life, poet and essayist Arthur Christopher Benson also worked as an educator and school administrator. This collection of essays presents Benson's views on topics ranging from art to the aging process, filtered through the lens of someone who is actively engaged in the difficult but rewarding work of educating a nation's youth.

Edward Frederic Benson was an English archaeologist and writer. Benson’s most famous works are the Mapp and Lucia series about Emmeline “Lucia” Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp.

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Rubicon. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by E. F. (Edward Frederic)...

E' il compleanno di Matteo e la sua ragazza Rebecca vuole fargli un regalo speciale, così va a casa sua insieme alla sua amica Marta. In quel caldo pomeriggio di giugno, Matteo riceverà dalle due ragazze il regalo più eccitante che abbia mai avuto. Questo libro contiene materiale riservato...

The Galactic Alliance has brought advanced technology and trade to Earth. The governments of Earth see them as a friend – why invest in global defences when we have the Galactic Alliance as an ally? Daniel thinks they're wrong. Nobody, not even Ruth, believes him when he stumbles upon a Galactic...