The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts

Arthur Miller

"The Crucible" is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists. M...

Courage and Confidence

Norman Vincent Peale

This inspirational reader, edited by the author of "The Power of Positive Thinking", contains a selection of the words of great thinkers and writers, and anecdotes about remarkable people, from da Vinci to Jung. The anthology aims to stimulate the mind and deepen the sp...

Three Cheers For The Paraclete

Tom Keneally

Winner of the 1968 Miles Franklin Award From the moment he allows his young cousin and bride to spend the night in his room, Father Maitland causes raised eyebrows and dark mutterings amongst the brothers at St Peter's. Time and again his efforts to do the right thing for his fellow men lead him into co...