A Year with C. S. Lewis: 365 Daily Readings from his Classic Works

This is the true story of C.S. Lewis – one of the greatest writers of the 20th-century – whose books for children and adults have become much loved classics.Part of the story of C.S. Lewis has been made famous through the film ‘Shadowlands’. Here this fascinating man’s entire life story is told by those who knew him personally.C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast in 1898 and was sent to England for a public school education with his elder brother, Warren. Lewis exhibited a genius for imagination and perception from his earliest years. Brought up in a Christian household, Lewis lost his faith in his teenage years but was to regain it, with reluctance, as a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. His faith subsequently influenced his writings. He became a vigorous champion of the Christian faith through classics such as ‘Mere Christianity’ and through his BBC broadcasts.His ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ became children’s classics and he was deluged with correspondence from his young readers.In his latter years he unexpectedly fell deeply in love with a divorced American, Joy Greshem, and married her, only to suffer the devastation of her death a few years later. C.S. Lewis died in 1963 at his home in Oxford.During his lifetime C.S. Lewis suggested to his friend, Roger Lancelyn Green, who was a fellow English scholar, that he would undertake his biography one day. After Lewis’s death in 1963 Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper were approached by several of Lewis’s friends to write the biography. Warren Lewis, brother to Jack, contributed a great deal to the writing. The authors had at their disposal a vast collection of letters and diaries, as well as the recollections of many surviving family members and friends.Walter Hooper has enhanced the original text with additional material to provide a new, expanded edition which all C.S. Lewis fans will be keen to own.

This long-awaited daily reader brings 365 selections from The Chronicles of Narnia to provide daily inspiration, solace and guidance, as well as a memorable reminder of the power of C. S. Lewis’s enchanting stories and insightful themes. The Chronicles of Narnia have long been mainstays of children’s literature, but when re-read as an adult can deliver an entirely new experience. In the midst of these stories about adventures in a magical land are profound spiritual and ethical messages. A Year with Aslan selects the most thought-provoking and poignant passages from all seven books in the series, and provides reflective questions that get the heart of what matters most. There are many great moments found within the pages of The Chronicles of Narnia when C. S. Lewis is providing profound insights about what it means to be a better person and how to think the right way about things. This powerful but subtle ability to express human nature has helped make these books some of the most memorable and treasured stories ever written. This book of 365 passages allows the reader to reflect on these poignant lessons and see how they might apply to their own lives. The perennial appeal of Lewis as an inspirational writer and thinker is encapsulated more than anywhere else in this attractive and timely book.

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland • Through the Looking-Glass • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland • Symbolic Logic • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. • The Game of Logic • The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits • Phantasmagoria and Other Poems • Songs From Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass • A Tangled Tale • Sylvie and Bruno • Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing • Three Sunsets and Other Poems • Rhyme? And Reason? • The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony, in Eight Fits

Widow Triss Allardyce's fragile world nearly shattered the day she learned her new business partner was none other than her late husband's protege, handsome entrepreneur Steve Stevens. He had always aroused complicated feelings in her–passionate desires she'd never before experienced. How would she face the intimidating man on a daily basis?Steve had thought he'd overcome his attraction for Triss. But being with her again made him realize he still couldn't resist her angelic face and sensuous body. Yet was it better to leave her unawakened and alone? It was a test of will between his mind and body–and his heart was the prize!

Widow Triss Allardyce's fragile world nearly shattered the day she learned her new business partner was none other than her late husband's protege, handsome entrepreneur Steve Stevens. He had always aroused complicated feelings in her–passionate desires she'd never before experienced. How would she face the intimidating man on a daily basis?Steve had thought he'd overcome his attraction for Triss. But being with her again made him realize he still couldn't resist her angelic face and sensuous body. Yet was it better to leave her unawakened and alone? It was a test of will between his mind and body–and his heart was the prize!

A captivating memoir of one woman’s relationship with a man and his mansion.When Belinda Rathbone, a New York art historian, met eccentric Anglo-Scots bachelor John Ouchterlony it was the start of a story of clashing cultures and crumbling houses. After a whirlwind romance she married the man – and his 400 acre estate and decrepit mansion in Scotland. In her charming and moving account of their time together she reveals her many discoveries about this strange world – not just the persistence of lino, and family history ancient and recent, but the value of dead elms, the art of the Aga, yoga with the aristocracy, and the vitally important business of producing an heir…

Here for the first time is the full horror and madness of sharing a house, told by someone who’s been there. Birmingham pulls no punches: from dead rats in the kitchen to tent-dwelling lodgers in the living room, you’ll run for the safety of living alone.‘A rat died in the living room at King Street and we didn’t know. There was at least six inches of compacted rubbish between our feet and the floor. Old Ratty must have crawled in there and died of pleasure. A visitor uncovered him while groping around for a beer.’Tales of debauchery, drugs, flatmates from hell and nasty things lurking in the kitchen sink abound in Rolling Stone journalist John Birmingham’s hilarious account of sharing houses in Melbourne and Brisbane. He Died with a Felafel in His Hand makes Withnail & I look like a lesson in clean living.

His Heir, Her Honour Royal and a doctor, Carlos Medina knew he couldn’t have children.But Lilah Anderson insisted their night together had resulted in her pregnancy. The mum-to-be had never cheated on her lover; she had given him her heart, asking nothing in return. Now he wanted to marry her – for the sake of the child. Was she asking too much by insisting he give her his love with his ring?MEDDLING WITH A MILLIONAIREEmma Montgomery wouldn’t be manipulated into marriage as part of a business deal – not even if Daddy cut off access to her trust fund. The talented jewellery designer would just make her own way. Too bad her intended groom – maverick businessman and former crush Nathan Case – made her stubborn stance so difficult. The heat of his touch had her nearly betraying herself at every turn!

Equine therapist Trisha Bolton has a secret. One she’s not allowed to tell anyone. Finally given the chance to start over, she just needs the backing of local ultra-gorgeous neurosurgeon Mike Dunning! No stranger to betrayal, Mike has every reason to be wary of Trisha. Yet each touch sparks long-extinguished flames in Mike, and soon their sessions in the barn become more steamy than either of them bargained for! Mike’s had enough of secrets in his life. But can he convince Trisha that she can trust him with hers?

Published in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis's seven Chronicles of Narnia were proclaimed instant children's classics and have been hailed in The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature as «the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author.» But how could Lewis (a formidable critic, scholar, and Christian apologist)conjure up the kind of adventures in which generations of children (and adults) take such delight? In this engaging and insightful book, C. S. Lewis expert David C. Downing invites readers to join his vivid exploration of the Chronicles of Narnia, offering a detailed look at the enchanting stories themselves and also focusing on the extraordinary intellect and imagination of the man behind the Wardrobe. Downing presents each Narnia book as its own little wardrobe – each tale an opportunity to discover a visionary world of bustling vitality, sparkling beauty, and spiritual clarity. And Downing's examination of C. S. Lewis's personal life shows how the content of these classic children's books reflects Lewis's love of wonder and story, his affection for animals and homespun things, his shrewd observations about human nature, along with his vast reading, robust humor, theological speculations, medieval scholarship, and arcane linguistic jokes. A fun glossary of odd and invented words will allow readers to speak with Narnian flair, regaling friends and family with unusual words like cantrips, poltoonery, hastilude, and skirling. A masterful work that will appeal to both new and seasoned fans of Narnia, Into the Wardrobe offers a journey beyond Narnia's deceptively simple surface and into its richly textured and unexpected depths.