Bücher von George Putnam

""Sermons Preached In The Church Of The First Religious Society In Roxbury"" is a book written by George Putnam in 1878. The book contains a collection of sermons that were delivered by Putnam in the First Religious Society in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The sermons cover a wide range of topics, including faith, morality, and spirituality. The book is a reflection of the religious beliefs and practices of the time and provides an insight into the religious life of the community in Roxbury. It is a valuable resource for historians, scholars, and anyone interested in the history of religion in America. The book is written in English and is a testament to the enduring legacy of Putnam's sermons and teachings.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

In a community with four nightclubs, three owners plan the murder of the most successful. But when one of the three gets cold feet, the plan comes apart, and a psychotic interloper takes over. The interloper feels empowered by an imagined power generated from a celestial bolt of energy.

It is three o'clock in the morning when five pairs of abandoned shoes awaken inside Enzo's repair shop. Prima is an Italian-made pair of ice skates. Her pals are Di, distressed leather boots; Brody, high-top basketball sneakers; Dallas, a fifty-year-old pair of cowboy boots; and Looie, orange-suede walking shoes. Although all five pairs are different, they all have the same wish: to find their original owners. But in order to accomplish their mission, they need a miracle.While the determined group creates a song-and-dance routine they hope to perform on late-night television to attract the attention of their former owners, they have no idea that a seventy-year-old pair of shoes named Gum Shu is on a stakeout outside the shop. He is running down a rumor for his owner who wants to possess the talented shoes so he can become wealthy and famous. But when Prima decides it is her destiny to escape the shop, everything changes for the other pairs as well.In this entertaining tale, five pairs of shoes abandoned in a repair shop come up with a creative solution to their dilemma that leads them down an adventurous path to a new future.

At the center of an ambush by gang members, a child is born. When the shooting stops, he is an orphan, and a stray bullet has hideously disfigured him. Miraculously saved by ER doctors, the temperamental newborn is tossed from foster home to foster home until finally adopted by a loving and tolerant couple. Soon hes drawn to the piano. His adoptive parents learn that he is another Mozart, yet emotional damage from neglect in his early years leads him to serious street violence. At the same time, he feels the pull of the concert hall. The tormented youth becomes a loner.Years later, when seeing the girl of his dreams, a virtuoso voice student, he is afraid to show his face to her. This prompts him to compose hauntingly beautiful love songs that he sends to her anonymously, signed only Mafisto. Torn by his desire for the brilliant young singer, the smitten teen vows to change his appearance. But if he can do this, he still must hide his criminal past from her. All he knows is that without her, he will remain a loner, and the world will never experience his musical genius.