While the term acedia may be unfamiliar, the vice, usually translated as sloth, is all too common. Sloth is not mere laziness, however, but a disgust with reality, a loathing of our call to be friends with God, and a spiteful hatred of place and life itself. As described by Josef Pieper, the slothful person does not "want to be as God wants him to be, and that ultimately means he does not wish to be what he really, fundamentally is." Sloth is a hellish...

"The ten inter-related stories in [this collection] are held together by a surreally intricate web of cause and effect--one that slowly ensnares both fictional bystanders and ... readers"--Dust jacket flap.

Let's celebrate what's great about animals that live in the jungle! From the champion of the big bite, the jaguar, to the champion of the longest nap, the sloth, the animals featured in this book have some pretty amazing adaptations! Readers meet many jungle animals, including the green anaconda and orangutan, and find out what makes them special: how the eat, how they hunt, how they hide, or simply what their body is like. At-level language and content...