The best-selling author of Snobbery: The American Verson offers a lively, philosophical treatise on the deadly sin of envy, examining the diverse faces and manifestations of envy, the thoughts of the great philosophers, and discussing the ...
A NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS ORIGINAL One of the delights of Russian literature, a tour de force that has been compared to the best of Nabokov and Bulgakov, Yuri Olesha's novella Envy brings together cutting social satire, slapstick humor, and a ...
Homicide detective Thomas "Veck" DelVecchio, Jr., who struggles with personal problems, is drawn into the ultimate battle between good and evil along with his new partner, Internal Affairs officer Sophia Reilly.
The key to overcoming covetousness and discontentment is to get to the root of our problem: mistrust of God's sovereignty and goodness. An ideal resource for deeper study and discussion.
The personal stories are related with novelistic detail.”—The Wall Street Journal “A tour de force of meticulous reporting.”—The New York Review of Books “Excellent . . . humanizes a downtrodden, long-suffering people whose ...
Seven years after the death of his father, a covert agent who supposedly committed suicide to avoid prosecution, Frank Temple is confronted by the past in the person of Devin Matteson, the old friend and associate who had betrayed his ...
It's rare for an unsolicited manuscript to pique her interest, but a new submission with blockbuster potential inspires her to search for the book's elusive author.
In this groundbreaking work a foremost literary and cultural critic turns to the major figure in English literature William Shakespeare and proposes a dramatic new way of reading and performing his works.
What if your first response was joy? Join Tilly Dillehay as she uncovers seven common sources of envy and challenges you to change the way you think about God's glory.
"The Envy of Angels will be of interest to students and scholars of medieval history, religion, literature, and art."--Jacket.