Porter: 1504 books

She was forced into exile. He chose his. A Lonely Exile Acadian exile Elizabeth Marie Johns refuses to return to Baltimore Town. Not only are the Acadians not wanted, but her own people have turned against her. All alone, she sets out to find her father on the northern border....

Most, if not all, people question what the afterlife is all about. That includes religious people who believe in Heaven. This book consists of eighteen short stories, all with the theme of what an individual or family’s afterlife might be like. Each instance is dependent on how and where they spent...

This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.Roy Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy...

"Homing with the Birds" is a book in which one comes into intimate contact with one's feathered friends, to the extent of feeling that they actually have personalities! This is doubtless because Mrs. Porter is a true and devoted friend to them herself, and has been so since her childhood....

In the years leading up to the Common Era, the Jewish people drew faith from hundreds of sacred writings, many of which claimed to contain the words of prophets, kings and patriarchs—even Adam. Similarly, the early Christians produced a wealth of texts that the established Church dismissed or branded...

This carefully edited collection of the greatest tales of Thanksgiving is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: An English Dinner of Thanksgiving (George Eliot) An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner (Lucy Maud Montgomery)...

History in Verse is a collection of four epic poems that look, in detail, at four periods of United States history. The Experiment is a complete history of the nation from 1775 to 2012. It begins with the preparation for a revolution, bringing forth the Declaration of Independence. When the Constitution...

Schizoaffective disorder is nothing but a very angry condition. The person living with this disease can live a long and horrible life of rage! Also the person lives with being a hurtful and hated and hurt person that puts out love he or she never seems to understand or, in their eyes, never gets back. My name is Martin Porter. This is my story or, like I like to say, my testimony!

Animal Miracles of the God Kind proposes to reveal a spiritual dimension of Heaven and Earth mankind has not understood spiritually or biblically for many hundreds of years. God, through His word however, does reveal the eternal spirit and soul of man and animals. He also allows us though the Holy...

God knows! He leads. He directs. I just follow. I show up. I’m present. But this kind of active, fully engaged presence keeps me on my toes and on my knees. So often it’s too easy to just relax—enjoy life—and sadly the opportunities will walk by, drive by, or go fishing. That’s not what...

A corrupt prime minister uses current anti-terror laws to Orwellian extremes in this “sophisticated, engrossing, and important political thriller” (The Washington Post). In a near-future England, there are still concerns about terrorism, the press is still feisty, and the prime minister...

A Christian meditational guide containing true stories of encounters with everyday angels, thoughts on the nature of God, and a description of a vision of Christ. Humorous in places, and useful for new Christians, seekers, small home church groups and bible study.

Anger, judgment, forgiveness, wisdom. All of these and more are biblical words we've used so often that they have very little meaning for us anymore. For others--seekers and those who are coming to church for the first time--these words sound like jargon. They are words that divide new church members...

The war between the fertile Stewarts and the barren Tudors was crucial to the history of the British Isles in the sixteenth century. The legendary struggle, most famously embodied by the relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, was fuelled by three generations of powerful...