Recensori in anteprimaLeo Tolstoy

Fifty-two readings to spark weekly group discussion on putting Jesus’ most central teachings into practice. Jesus’ most famous teaching, the Sermon on the Mount possesses an irresistible quality. Who hasn’t felt stirred and unsettled after reading these words, which get to the root of the human condition? This follow-up to the acclaimed collection Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People taps an even broader array of sources, bringing together teachers and prophetic voices from every era and a range of traditions to unlock the repercussions of these essential words. More than a commentary or devotional, however, this book is designed to be read together with others, to engage and inspire communities of faith to discuss what it might look like to put these radical teachings into practice today. For, as intriguing as Jesus’ words are, they are also inflammatory, a challenge to the world as it is. Yet as these readings make clear, the Sermon on the Mount is neither an impossible ideal nor or a new ideology, ethical framework, or set of rules. Rather, when Jesus calls people to himself, a new social order is born, which he calls the kingdom of God. Jesus not only casts a vision of what this new way of righteousness, peace, and love looks like, but invites us to respond, and empowers us make it a reality.

A treasury of read-aloud tales takes readers to the heart of Easter. Everyone who believes Easter is about more than Easter egg hunts will be grateful for this new anthology of short stories that illumine the true meaning of the season. Selected for their spiritual value and literary quality, these tales capture the spirit of the season in a way that will captivate readers of varying ages. Children will ask to hear Oscar Wilde’s “The Selfish Giant” every year. Adults who treasure classic literature will appreciate stories by Anton Chekhov and C.S. Lewis. From the editor of Plough’s acclaimed anthology "Home for Christmas", this new collection is a worthy holiday companion for the family bookshelf. Illustrated with original woodcuts by Lisa Toth.

Murat is a Caucasian separatist guerrilla who falls out with his own commander and eventually sides with the Russians in hope of saving his family.

Tolstoy’s autobiographical ‘A Confession’ is a dissection of his soul, a study of his life’s movement away from the religious certainties of youth, and a vital piece of reading which contextualises the great works for which he is best known. Marking the point at which his life moved from the worldly to the spiritual, Tolstoy’s philosophical reassessment of the Orthodox faith is a work which holds vital spiritual and intellectual importance to this very day. This volume also presents Tolstoy’s little-known 1902 essay ‘What is religion?’ in which the author deplores modern secularism and examines the essential truths behind organised religions.

Ben H. Winters, co-author of the New York Times best seller Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, returns with an all-new collaborator, legendary Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. The result is Android Karenina (Quirk Books, $12.95, June 8, 2010)—an enhanced edition of the classic love story, now set in a strange new world of robots, cyborgs, and interstellar space travel. “Everyone remembers Anna Karenina for the romance and adultery, but Tolstoy’s novel also explored how new technology was changing the landscape of 19th century Russia,” explains Quirk Classics series editor Jason Rekulak. “We asked Ben to push that new technology even further, to introduce robots and rocket ships, to retell the love story within the context of a larger-than-life science fiction novel.” As in the original novel, our story follows two relationships: the tragic adulterous romance of Anna Karenina and Count Alexei Vronsky, and the stormy but hopeful marriage of Nikolai Levin and Kitty Shcherbatskaya. These four, yearning for true love, live in a steampunk-inspired 19th century of mechanical butlers, extraterrestrial-worshiping cults, and airborne debutante balls. Their passions alone would be enough to consume them—but when a secret sect of radical scientific revolutionaries launches an attack on Russian high society’s high-tech lifestyle, our heroes must fight back with all their courage, all their gadgets, and all the cunning their robot companions can muster. Featuring fifteen black-and-white illustrations and reader’s discussion questions, Android Karenina is filled with the same blend of romance, drama, and fantasy that has made all of the Quirk Classics best sellers. Android Karenina brings this celebrated series into the exciting world of science fiction! LEO TOLSTOY wrote two of the greatest novels in world literature: War and Peace and Anna Karenina. BEN H. WINTERS is co-author of the New York Times best seller Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. Praise for Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters’ Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters “The effect is strangely entertaining, like a Weird Al version of an opera aria, and Eugene Smith’s amusing illustrations add an extra touch of bizarre hilarity.”—Library Journal “Quirk commissioned Ben H. Winters to punch up Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility with man-eating beasts from the briny deep. And once again, to the consternation of purists everywhere, the result is sheer delight.”—The A.V. Club “While preserving the clever dialogue and nuanced love story that drive Sense and Sensibility, Winters skillfully overlays the horror elements, producing another bizarre hybrid that will appeal to the same cult Austen audience as Zombies.”—Booklist “It’s a monsterpiece.”—Real Simple

Leo Nikolaivich Tolstoy was born on September 9th, 1828, at his father's estate, Yasnaya Polyana. After publication of "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina," Tolstoy became known as the greatest Russian author of the nineteenth century. For the first time in one collection are the 20 greatest short stories of Leo Tolstoy. Annotations are included of difficult Russian terms and 35 illustrations are provided that give a snapshot of Russia and its people in the late nineteenth century. Here are the stories included: A Candle, After the Dance, Albert, Alyosha the Pot, An Old Acquaintance, Does a Man Need Much Land?, If You Neglect the Fire You Don't Put It Out, Khodinka: An Incident of the Coronation of Nicholas II, Lucerne, Memoirs of a Lunatic, My Dream, Recollections of a Scorer, The Empty Drum, The Long Exile, The Posthumous Papers of the Hermit Fedor Kusmich, The Young Tsar, There Are No Guilty People, Three Deaths, Two Old Men, and What Men Live By. Tolstoy's short stories are filled with tales of love, war, royalty and poverty. They are as relevant today as they were 150 years ago. Leo Tolstoy is a fantastic writer and the stories in this book reflect this fact twenty times over. Read the 20 greatest stories of Leo Tolstoy Today!