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Based around a series of sermons by Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender extols the need for 'absolute surrender' to God. Murray provides concrete steps for bringing about such surrender in one's life.

The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie in 1922. Tommy and Tuppence, a bantering pair of 1920s bright young things who solve a mystery together. Short on money, opportunities and adventure; both embark on a daring get quick rich scheme. They advertised boldly proclaims that they are ';willing to do anything, go anywhere'. By the time the dust settles, all the puzzle pieces have been fitted together and the young couple have realized their feelings for each other and have become engaged. They are hired for a job that leads them both to many dangerous situations, meeting allies as well, including an American millionaire in search of his cousin.About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

Hercule Poirot rushes to France in response to an urgent and cryptic plea from a client, but the Belgian detective arrives just too late. He had been stabbed multiple times with a letter opener and left in a freshly dug grave. The victim lay face down in a grave located within a golf course. He was wearing his son's overcoat and a love letter within. His wife had reported that masked men had abducted him from their home in the dead of the night. The mystery thickens when another corpse is found, stabbed with the same weapon, in the same way. While the local authorities pursue the false leads suggested by the evidence, Poirot fights to unravel the mystery behind ';The Murder on the Links'. He relies instead upon his famous little grey cells to cut through the confusion and untangle a story of blackmail, forbidden love and a long-buried secret.About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

The Man in the Brown Suit is Agatha Christie at her best, a young woman investigates an accidental death at a London tube station, and finds herself of a ship bound for South Africa. Anne Beddingfeld is always ready for an adventure. So when she witnesses a man die at a tube station, she searches for clues and finds a mysterious piece of paper nearby. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But she is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: 17-122 Kilmorden Castle?About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

Poirot Investigates is a collection of eleven short stories involving the famed eccentric detective; first there was the mystery of the film star and the diamond... then came the ';suicide' that was murder... the mystery of the absurdly chaep flat... a suspicious death in a locked gun-room... a million dollar bond robbery... the curse of a pharoah's tomb... a jewel robbery by the sea... the abduction of a Prime Minister... the disappearance of a banker... a phone call from a dying man... and finally, the mystery of the missing will.Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christies most famous and long-running characters. Relying on his little grey cells to solve crimes, he is notably meticulous in his personal habits and his professional methodology. He appears in Christies first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and in dozens of subsequent books, including some of Christies best-loved works, such as Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. Poirot is most things that the conventional sleuth is not. He is witty, gallant, transparently vain, and the adroitness with which he solves a mystery has more of the manner of the prestidigitator than of the cold-blooded, relentless tracker-down of crime of most detective stories.About the Author:Agatha Christie, in full Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, ne Miller, (born 15th September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England died 12th January 1976, Wallingford, Oxfordshire), English detective novelist and playwright whose books have sold more than 100 million copies and have been translated into some 100 languages.Educated at home by her mother, Christie began writing detective fiction while working as a nurse during World War I. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), introduced Hercule Poirot, her eccentric and egotistic Belgian detective; Poirot reappeared in about 25 novels and many short stories before returning to Styles, where, in Curtain (1975), he died. The elderly spinster Miss Jane Marple, her other principal detective figure, first appeared in Murder at the Vicarage (1930). Christie's first major recognition came with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), which was followed by some 75 novels that usually made best-seller lists and were serialized in popular magazines in England and the United States.Christie's plays include The Mousetrap (1952), which set a world record for the longest continuous run at one theatre (8,862 performances more than 21 years at the Ambassadors Theatre, London) and then moved to another theatre, and Witness for the Prosecution, which, like many of her works, was adapted into a successful film. Other notable film adaptations include Murder on the Orient Express (1933; film 1974 and 2017) and Death on the Nile (1937; film 1978). Her works were also adapted for television.In 1926 Christie's mother died, and her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, requested a divorce. In a move she never fully explained, Christie disappeared and, after several highly publicized days, was discovered registered in a hotel under the name of the woman her husband wished to marry. In 1930 Christie married the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan; thereafter she spent several months each year on expeditions in Iraq and Syria with him. She also wrote romantic nondetective novels, such as Absent in the Spring (1944), under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

Considered one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama, As I Lay Dying is a true 20th-century classic. The story revolves around a grim yet darkly humorous pilgrimage, as Addie Bundren's family sets out to fulfill her last wishto be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. Narrated in turn by each of the family membersincluding Addie herselfas well as others the novel ranges in mood, from dark comedy to the deepest pathos.

First published in 1923, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is the most widely read, highly recommended investment book ever. Generations of readers have found that it has more to teach them about markets and people than years of experience. Among the most compelling and enduring pieces ever written on trading, the new Illustrated Edition brings this story to life like never before."e;Although Reminiscences...was first published some seventy years ago, its take on crowd psychology and market timing is as timely as last summer's frenzy on the foreign exchange markets."e;Worth magazine"e;The most entertaining book written on investing is Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefevre, first published in 1923."e;The Seattle Times"e;After twenty years and many re-reads, Reminiscences is still one of my all-time favourites."e;Kenneth L. Fisher, Forbes"e;A must-read classic for all investors, whether brand-new or experienced."e;William O'Neil, founder and Chairman, Investor's Business Daily"e;Whilst stock market tomes have come and gone, this remains popular and in print eighty years on."e;GQ magazineABOUT THE AUTHOR:Edwin Lefevre was trained as a mining engineer, but became a journalist at age nineteen. He produced eight books, including The Making of a Stockbroker, during his fifty-three-year writing career. He was a celebrated finance author made most famous by his publication of the fictionalized story of Jesse Livermore, which first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1922. He worked for the New York Sun, served as financial editor of Harper's Weekly, and wrote for the Saturday Evening Post.

Many people believe in God and believe that God is everywhere, but they have yet to experience his presence. Delighting in God is the message Tozer intended to be the follow-up to ';The Knowledge of the Holy'. He demonstrates how the attributes of Godthose things God has revealed about himselfare a way to understand the Christian life of worship and service. We are here to serve and adore him, but we can only fulfill that role by acknowledging who he is, which is the essence of the Christian life and the source of all our fulfillment, joy, and comfort. To understand who we are, we need to understand who God is. His very character and nature are reflected through us. Unless we fully grasp who we are, well never become all God wants us to be.