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Chris Rice

    January 1, 1952

    Chris Rice's work delves into the intertwined realms of peace, justice, and Christian life and mission. His acclaimed writings explore profound themes of reconciliation, racial healing, and the practical application of faith in a divided world. With extensive experience leading reconciliation initiatives and working within urban communities, Rice brings a unique perspective to understanding and addressing social divisions. His ongoing engagement with global issues underscores his commitment to fostering wholeness and understanding across diverse contexts.

    Les Miserables
    Classic stories, love
    The Remains of the day
    Les Misérables. Volume One
    The Mayor of Casterbridge
    The Godfather
    • Jean Valjean is free at last after nineteen years in prison. Cold and hungry, he is rejected by everyone he meets. But Jean's life is changed forever when he discovers love. He spends the rest of his life helping people, like himself, who have been victims of poverty and social injustice - 'les misérables'. // Attention: If no attachments (CDs, booklets etc.) are shown in the photo, they are not included.

      Les Miserables2012
      3.0
    • The author presents his latest novel of courtroom and legal suspense.

      The King of Torts2011
      3.7
    • A midsummer night's dream

      • 275 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside Athens, and from there the enchantment begins. In the introduction to this edition, Peter Holland pays particular attention to dreams and dreamers, and to Shakespeare's construction of a world of night and shadows. Both here and in his commentary he explores the play's extensive performance history to illustrate the wide range of interpretations of which it is capable.

      A midsummer night's dream2008
      4.0
    • Reconciling All Things

      • 165 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Christianity Today Book Award winner Our world is broken and cries out for reconciliation. But mere conflict resolution and peacemaking are not enough. What makes real reconciliation possible? How is it that some people are able to forgive the most horrendous of evils? And what role does God play in these stories? Does reconciliation make any sense apart from the biblical story of redemption? Secular models of peacemaking are insufficient. And the church has not always fulfilled its call to be agents of reconciliation in the world. In Reconciling All Things Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice, codirectors of the Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School, cast a comprehensive vision for reconciliation that is biblical, transformative, holistic and global. They draw on the resources of the Christian story, including their own individual experiences in Uganda and Mississippi, to bring solid, theological reflection to bear on the work of reconciling individuals, groups and societies. They recover distinctively Christian practices that will help the church be both a sign and an agent of God's reconciling love in the fragmented world of the twenty-first century. This powerful, concise book lays the philosophical foundations for reconciliation and explores what it means to pursue hope in areas of brokenness in theory and practice.

      Reconciling All Things2008
      4.0
    • The Merchant of Venice

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      The Arden Shakespeare has long been acclaimed as the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. Now being totally reedited for the third time, Arden editions offer the very best in contemporary scholarship. Each volume provides a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards; detailed textual notes and commentary on the same page of the text; full contextual, illustrated introduction, including an in-depth survey of critical and performance approaches to the play; and selected bibliography.

      The Merchant of Venice2008
      3.8
    • Hamlet

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.' Considered one of Shakespeare's most rich and enduring plays, the depiction of its hero Hamlet as he vows to avenge the murder of his father by his brother Claudius is both powerful and complex. As Hamlet tries to find out the truth of the situation, his troubled relationship with his mother comes to the fore, as do the paradoxes in his personality. A play of carefully crafted conflict and tragedy, Shakespeare's intricate dialogue continues to fascinate audiences to this day.

      Hamlet2008
      4.0
    • A modern masterpiece,The Godfather is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia.

      The Godfather2008
      4.7
    • Teacher Man

      • 258 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Available at last in paperback is Frank McCourt's critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller about how his 30-year teaching career in the public schools of New York City shaped his second act as a writer.

      Teacher Man2007
      3.8
    • Under the influence of rum, Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a sailor. Years later, the widowed wife returns to find her husband the Mayor of Casterbridge.

      The Mayor of Casterbridge2003
      4.4
    • Les Misérables. Volume One

      • 528 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      "Les Miserables" is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. site accessed 03/06/2013 http://www.booktopia.com.au/les-miserables-victor-hugo/prod9781853260858.html.

      Les Misérables. Volume One2002
      4.3
    • Level 2: Audrey Hepburn

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Original / American English Audrey Hepburn was a beautiful and great actress. When there were unhappy times for her, Audrey always showed a warm, friendly face to the world. The world loved her, and people love her now

      Level 2: Audrey Hepburn2000
      3.6
    • Hester Prynne must wear the letter A to mark her adulterous behaviour, but she lives her life her own way.

      The Scarlet Letter2000
      3.5
    • The Remains of the day

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      "It is the summer of 1956, and the ageing butler of Darlington Hall takes a rare holiday. But it is a journey that will also take him deep into his past. The Remains of the Day is a remarkable story: a man's exploration of his own life, and his heart-breaking attempt to make sense of it."--Cover.

      The Remains of the day2000
      4.2
    • Psycho : level 3

      • 48 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Marion is lost on a dark and lonely road and thinks she is dreaming when she sees a motel sign shining in the darkness for Bates Motel. However, for Marion, the nightmare is only just beginning.

      Psycho : level 31998
      4.1
    • Told in journal fragments that cannot provide any reliable perspective, Dracula is at the same time Romantic and modern. It unfolds the story of a Transylvanian Don Juan, the aristocratic vampire Count Dracula, who preys on damsels, and of the mission launched from a lunatic asylum to destroy him.

      Dracula1983
      4.1