The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil — all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Over the past half century, children everywhere have escaped into this world and delighted in its wonders and enchantments. Yet what we do know of the man who created Narnia? This biography sheds new light on the making of

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"[A]n engaging and lucid work by a sophisticated Evangelical from the American South. . . . For all its American bias, Alan Jacobs's highly readably ORIGINAL SIN might fill one of the gaps in the post-Christian memory banks." - Times Literary Supplement (London) "One wouldn't expect a book about original sin to be entertaining, but Jacobs makes it so with deft prose and a touch of humor." - Christian Century "Jacobs is a superb writer whose work...

"By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for their success. A war won by technological superiority merely laid the groundwork for a post-war society governed by technocrats. These Christian intellectuals--Jacques...

"W.H. Auden once wrote that "art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead." In his brilliant and compulsively readable new treatise BREAKING BREAD WITH THE DEAD, distinguished professor and author Alan Jacobs shows us that engaging with the great writings of the past might help us live less anxiously in the present. Today we are battling too much information, a society changing at lightning speed, algorithms aimed at shaping our every move,...

Based on a New York Times account of actual events, this film depicts a single, fateful day in the life of a fifteen-year-old Latina gang leader. Leaving the gang, she discovers, is more difficult than joining. Raw and authentic, the film was shot on location in South-Central Los Angeles and stars local youths who deliver powerful performances for their first time in front of the camera.

Call of the wild: John leaves his comfortable life to venture into the snow-covered wild where he makes friends with a wise Native American and a loyal dog. The yearling: Twelve-year-old Jody's life changed when an orphaned fawn finds its way into his family's life.