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Into the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles

By: David C. Downing

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Into the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles

By: David C. Downing

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.

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258

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John Wiley & Sons

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0787997900

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9780787997908

The Most Reluctant Convert

C. S. Lewis's Journey to Faith

By: David C. Downing

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The Most Reluctant Convert

C. S. Lewis's Journey to Faith

By: David C. Downing

In his teens, a young man wrote, “I believe in no religion. There is absolutely no proof for any of them.” After serving in the trenches of WW1, the same young man said, “I never sank so low as to pray.” To a religious friend, he wrote impatiently, “You can’t start with God. I don’t accept God!” This young man was C. S. Lewis, the “foul-mouthed atheist” who would become one of the most eloquent Christian writers of the twentieth century. David C. Downing offers a unique look at Lewis’s personal journey to faith and the profound influence it had on his life as a writer and eventual follower of Christ. This is the first book to focus on the period from Lewis’s childhood to his early thirties, a tumultuous journey of spiritual and intellectual exploration. It was not despite this journey but precisely because of it that Lewis understood the search for life’s meaning so well.

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192

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1666718939

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9781666718935

Looking for the King

An Inklings Novel

By: David C. Downing

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Looking for the King

An Inklings Novel

By: David C. Downing

It is 1940, and American Tom McCord, a 23-year-old graduate student, is in England researching the historical evidence for the legendary King Arthur. There he meets perky and intuitive Laura Hartman, a fellow American staying with her aunt in Oxford, and the two of them team up for an even more ambitious and dangerous quest. Aided by the Inklings — that illustrious circle of scholars and writers made famous by its two most prolific members, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien — Tom and Laura begin to suspect that the fabled Spear of Destiny, the lance that pierced the side of Christ on the Cross, is hidden somewhere in England.

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141

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Paraclete Press

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1640603514

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9781640603516

A South Divided

Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy

By: David C. Downing

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A South Divided

Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy

By: David C. Downing

A South Divided' is an account of Southern dissidents in the Civil War, at times labelled as traitors, Tories, deserters, or mossbacks. Downing presents a panoramic overview of Southern dissent and what emerges is a complex pattern of dissent involving every state in the Confederacy and every year of the war.

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252

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Cumberland House Publishing

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1581825870

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9781581825879

Writing Performances

The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers

By: C. Downing

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Writing Performances

The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers

By: C. Downing

After Dorothy L. Sayers became famous for her fictional sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, she began investigating the mysteries of Anglo-Catholic Christianity, writing plays for both stage and radio. However, because her modernist contemporaries disdained both best-sellers and religious fiction, Sayers has been largely overlooked by the academy. Writing Performances is the first work to position Sayers' diverse writings within the critical climate of high modernism. Employing exuberant illustrations from Sayers' detective fiction to make theoretical issues accessible, the book employs insights from performance theory to argue that Sayers, though a popularizer, presciently anticipated the postmodern ironizing of Enlightenment rationality and scientific objectivity.

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209

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Springer

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1137122617

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9781137122612

Energy Consumption in China

Outlook and Demand Scenarios

By: Brian A. Childers,Margret C. Downing

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Energy Consumption in China

Outlook and Demand Scenarios

By: Brian A. Childers,Margret C. Downing

Urbanization has re-shaped China's economy, society, and energy system. Between 1990 and 2007 China added 290 million new urban residents, bringing the total urbanization rate to 45%. This population adjustment spurred energy demand for construction of new buildings and infrastructure, as well as additional residential use as rural biomass was replaced with urban commercial energy services. This book studies energy consumption in China with a focus on urbanization, industrialization, and energy demand scenarios.

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136

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1619425807

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9781619425804

The Complete Spellers' Dictionary

By: David C. Downing

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The Complete Spellers' Dictionary

By: David C. Downing

Over 7,000 commonly misspelled words plus a bonus section of the 303 dumbest spelling mistakes make this two great reference guides in one. Information is given on words that sound alike but are spelled differently, and there's an appendix of rules for American English spelling which can be so confusing. Black and white line art help illustrate and visualize the correct definition and spelling for easier retention. An invaluable tool for any kind of written communication.

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456

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Gramercy

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0517163810

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9780517163818

Book's by C. Downing

Into the Wardrobe

Into the Wardrobe

The Most Reluctant Convert

The Most Reluctant Convert

Looking for the King

Looking for the King

A South Divided

A South Divided

Writing Performances

Writing Performances

Energy Consumption in China

Energy Consumption in China

The Complete Spellers' Dictionary

The Complete Spellers' Dictionary

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