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"What I''m about to tell took place near the little town of Alpine, Texas, when I was fresh out of the service and had some money in my pockets. . . . The thing that happened shouldn''t have happened and I wish it never did. But there''s no denying it and in a way I''ve been on the lam because of it ever since." So begins the title story of In an Arid Land, a collection that depicts episodes in the lives of ordinary people facing real problems. Testament to the challenges of everyday life, the stories often revolve around tragic turning points--the loss of a loved one, divorce, retirement, or the pains of growing up and old. Malone''s characters are, indeed, often on the lam.

Play bicycle polo, build a tepee, shoot a video, invent a code - all this and more.

Photographs from a Chester County mill town.

Part text-book, part refresher for seasoned homileticians seeking to hone their speaking edge, The Practice of Preaching delivers! In straightforward, accessible language, this work contains dozens of written and oral exercises, definitions, sidebars and boxed text for easy recollection, and sermon examples. A self contained homiletics course, The Practice of Preaching includes generous index entries, a lengthy table of contents, and footnotes to ensure this is one volume to which preachers can refer again and again.

Set in India during the World War, the story is an inquiry into the killer instinct which marks the warrior.