Books published by publisher Mercia Books

It is very difficult to classify The Man Who Was Thursday. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the Father Brown stories should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, therefore, The Man Who Was Thursday succeeds superbly; if nothing else, it is a magnificent tour-de-force of suspense-writing. However, the reader will soon discover that it is much more than that. Carried along on the boisterous rush of the narrative by Chesterton's wonderful high-spirited style, he will soon see that he is being carried into much deeper waters than he had planned on; and the totally unforeseeable denouement will prove for the modern reader, as it has for thousands of others since 1908 when the book was first published, an inevitable and moving experience, as the investigators finally discover who Sunday is.

An Unabridged, Digitally Enhanced Edition With Modernized Typeface And Layout. Chapters Include, But Are Not Limited To: Following Hard After God - The Blessedness Of Possessing Nothing - Removing The Veil - Apprehending God - The Universal Presence - The Speaking Voice - The Gaze Of The Soul - Restoring The Creator-Creature Relation - Meekness And Rest - The Sacrament Of Living - With Preface And Introduction By Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer

An Unabridged, Fully Illustrated Edition To Include, But Not Limited To: The Story of the Hero Makoma - The Magic Mirror - Story of the King Who Would See Paradise - How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu - Ian, the Soldier's Son - The Fox and the Wolf - How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon - The Ugly Duckling - The Two Caskets - The Goldsmith's Fortune - The Enchanted Wreath - The Foolish Weaver - The Clever Cat - The Story of Manus - Pinkel the Thief - The Adventures of a Jackal - The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son - The Adventures of the Younger Son of the Jackal - The Three Treasures of the Giants - The Rover of the Plain - The White Doe - The Girl-Fish - The Owl and the Eagle - The Frog and the Lion Fairy - The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired - The Princess Bella-Flor - The Bird of Truth - The Mink and the Wolf - Adventures of an Indian Brave - How the Stalos Were Tricked - Andras Baive - The White Slipper - The Magic Book

This magical series of fairy tales brings together 12 well-loved, traditional favorites in one beautiful collection. Fully illustrated throughout, these books are beautifully detailed interpretations of the familiar tales. The enchanting images bring the traditional stories to life in vibrant full color giving these children’s classics a fresh look that will last a lifetime.

Progress has led to more exciting inventions in this title of the Crafty Inventions series. Find out why astronomers developed the astrolabe, learn how military signals led to the invention of the kite and how the abacus made arithmetic easy. Then get your bearings with your own working compass, look through a pinhole camera, rig-up a model boat and cast a jelly hand.

The Wideawake Mice are toy mice in Mr. Wideawake’s toyshop. One evening, the Magician of Puddle Lane comes into the shop. He doesn’t see the Wideawake Mice, but he accidentally spills some magic dust on them. When the moon shines on them later that night, the Wideawake Mice come alive. They creep out of the shop into a world that is new and strange. This story tells what happens next...Stories in this volume:Wideawake MiceTom Cat and the Wideawake MiceJeremy Mouse and Mr. PuffleHow Miranda flew down Puddle LaneThe Wideawake Mice find a new home

This edition includes: Order of Visualization - How to Attract to Yourself the Things You Desire - Relation between Mental & Physical Form - Operation of Your Mental Picture - Expressions from Beginners - Suggestions for Making Your Mental Picture - Things to Remember - Why I Took Up the Study of Mental Science - How I Attracted To Myself Twenty Thousand Dollars - How I Became the Only Personal Pupil of the Greatest Mental Scientist of the Present Day - How to Bring the Power in Your Word into Action - How to Increase Your Faith - The Reward of Increased Faith - How to Make Nature Respond to You - Faith with Works - What It Has Accomplished - Suggestions as to How to Pray or Ask, Believing You Have Already Received - Things to Remember