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  • A Bunch of Everlastings
    Frank W. Boreham / Frank WBoreham
    These superb short biographies of great Christian preachers, educators and leaders describe the challenges they overcame to contribute to the faith, their communities, and their countries.The biographer repeatedly recalls defining themes of each person’s work; by repeating short quotations, we see how events in each person’s life influenced their deeds and principles. In the ca...
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    12,59 €

  • The Elements of Style
    William Strunk Jr.
    The Elements of Style is the definitive text and classic manual on the principles of English language read by millions of readers. The 18 main topics are organized under the headings, “Elementary Rules of Usage,” “Elementary Principles of Composition,” “A Few Matters of Form,” “Words and Expressions Commonly Misused,” and “Words Often Misspelled.”Quotes on usage and composition...
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    6,42 €

  • Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume II (In Two Volumes)
    Mark Twain
    'Nowhere is the human being more truly revealed than in his letters. Not in literary letters-prepared with care, and the thought of possible publication-but in those letters wrought out of the press of circumstances, and with no idea of print in mind.'-Albert Bigelow Paine, Foreword, Mark Twain’s Letters (1917) Mark Twain’s Letters (in two volumes) is a collection of letters ...
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    32,18 €

  • Mark Twain’s Letters, Volume I (in Two Volumes)
    Mark Twain
    'Nowhere is the human being more truly revealed than in his letters. Not in literary letters-prepared with care, and the thought of possible publication-but in those letters wrought out of the press of circumstances, and with no idea of print in mind.'-Albert Bigelow Paine, Foreword, Mark Twain’s Letters (1917) Mark Twain’s Letters (in two volumes) is a collection of letters ...
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    32,10 €

  • Canoeing in the Wilderness
    Henry David Thoreau
     The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make this canoe trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. No one could have been better fitted than Thoreau to enjoy such a region and to transmit his enjoyment of it to others. For though he was a person...
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    13,72 €

  • Nichiren
    Masaharu Anesaki
    The Japanese Buddhist priest and author Nichiren is one of the most significant spiritual figures of his time, elevating the status and sophistication of Buddhism in Japan.Through his writings and records of the era, we learn of Nichiren’s deeply-held conviction that he was a reincarnated Bodhisattva sent by Buddha to further establish the religion in Japan. Nishiren’s efforts ...
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    11,32 €

  • The Female Review
    Herman Mann
    Deborah Sampson was a young woman who enlisted and served in the Continental Army during the American War of Independence; this biography tells her remarkable story.Born in 1760 in the town of Plympton, Massachusetts, Sampson and her family strived through hardship, their poverty worsening after Deborah’s father abandoned them. In her formative years, Deborah helped maintain th...
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    11,02 €

  • The Metamorphosis
    Franz Kafka
    The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915.One day, Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman, wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant insect (the most common translation of the German description ungeheuer Ungeziefer, literally "monstrous vermin"). He reflects on how dreary life as a traveling salesman i...
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    15,00 €

  • John Huss
    David S. Schaff
    David S. Schaff’s biography of the Czech priest Jan Hus - whose name is commonly anglicized as John Huss - is eye-opening and detailed, shedding light upon the philosophy and conflicts which led to Huss’s execution.Born into an era of immense religious fervor, Huss quickly distinguished himself with a commitment to Christian studies. His youth was spent singing in churches, whe...
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    14,79 €

  • Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message
    William T. Ellis / William TEllis
    Billy Sunday entered the public eye as an outfielder in Chicago baseball before turning to preaching - a gifted and charismatic speaker, he entertained enormous crowds for decades.Published when Billy Sunday was at the height of his fame in 1914, this biography takes us from the man’s humble beginnings through to his success as a baseball player and nationally renowned preacher...
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    14,54 €

  • Dubliners
    James Joyce
    Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, ...
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    16,36 €

  • Dubliners
    James Joyce
    Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, ...
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    5,80 €

  • The Praise of Glory
    Elizabeth of the Trinity
    This autobiographical collection of letters and diary entries by Elizabeth of the Trinity relates the life of the young nun whose intense spiritualism inspired many.Elizabeth tells of her formative years as an ill-tempered youth, and of determining from a young age that she should be a nun. She would see God in all things, and was an enthusiastic teacher and reader of various h...
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    18,24 €

  • Through the Brazilian Wilderness
    Theodore Roosevelt
     This is an account of a zoo-geographic reconnaissance through the Brazilian hinterland.The official and proper title of the expedition is that given it by the Brazilian Government: Expedicao Scientifica Roosevelt- Rondon. When I started from the United States, it was to make an expedition, primarily concerned with mammalogy and ornithology, for the American Museum of Natural H...
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    24,92 €

  • Louis Pasteur
    Albert Keim / Louis Lumet / Frederic Taber Cooper
    The celebrated French biologist Louis Pasteur was a scientific pioneer; his discoveries and advances led to treatments which saved countless lives.This biography takes us from Pasteur’s formative years as a curious and bright child, to the first glimmers of promise he showed through school. His keen understanding of scientific principles, and a drive to enquire, experiment and ...
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    7,21 €

  • The Golden Legend
    Jacobus de Voragine / William Caxton
    The famous saint biographies by 13th century chronicler Jacobus de Voragine are a classic of Christian literature; this edition contains the scholarly translations to English by William Caxton.Living at a time when biography mainly concerned religious figures and their significance to the church, de Voragine held a privileged position as a researcher of old texts. The Golden Le...
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    15,06 €

  • Path Breaking
    Abigail Scott Duniway
    Tenacious advocate for women’s rights Abigail Scott Duniway offers her life story, describing the intense, decades-long struggle to attain voting rights for American women.Although the author recalls her own upbringing and ascendance to a position of leadership in the Women’s Suffrage movement of the late 19th century, she is emphatically clear almost from the start that this n...
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    14,93 €

  • Billy Sunday, the Man and His Message
    William T. Ellis
    Billy Sunday entered the public eye as an outfielder in Chicago baseball before turning to preaching - a gifted and charismatic speaker, he entertained enormous crowds for decades.Published when Billy Sunday was at the height of his fame in 1914, this biography takes us from the man’s humble beginnings through to his success as a baseball player and nationally renowned preacher...
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    30,17 €

  • The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
    John Muir
    The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir.'When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I’ve been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Fortunately around my native town of Dunbar, by the stormy North Sea, there was no lack of wildness, though most of t...
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    24,53 €

  • The Yosemite
    John Muir
    In the classic nature work, The Yosemite, the great American naturalist, John Muir, describes the Yosemite valley's geography and the myriad types of trees, flowers, birds, and other animals that can be found there. The Yosemite is among the finest examples of John Muir nature writings.The Yosemite is a classic nature/outdoor adventure text and a fine example of John Muir n...
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    11,49 €

  • Heroes of the Middle Ages
    Eva March Tappan
    This superb, illustrated series of biographic narratives concerns the various heroic figures who lived during the Middle Ages, be they great commanders, rulers of nations, inventors or artists.In this inspiring chronicle of human endeavor, we hear of how Europe developed through the foresight and ability of a series of rare and able persons. Eva March Tappan is keen to include ...
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    12,64 €

  • Florence Nightingale
    Laura E. Richards / Laura ERichards
    This biography of Florence Nightingale is intended for younger readers eager to understand her immense contributions to the nursing profession.Published in 1911, the year following the death of the celebrated nurse – whom this book calls ‘The Angel of the Crimea’ – we discover much about Florence’s life, motivations and accomplishments. This book focuses on the practices she pu...
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    9,85 €

  • Cardiphonia
    John Newton
    The complete letters of John Newton are presented in Cardiphonia: together, they constitute compelling treatises of faith and spiritual wisdom.Newton was born in the early 18th century: a time when slavery was legal and actively practiced in the West. His initial chosen career of sailing led him to enlist with the British Royal Navy, where he was put to work on vessels carrying...
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    15,79 €

  • Cardiphonia
    John Newton
    The complete letters of John Newton are presented in Cardiphonia: together, they constitute compelling treatises of faith and spiritual wisdom.Newton was born in the early 18th century: a time when slavery was legal and actively practiced in the West. His initial chosen career of sailing led him to enlist with the British Royal Navy, where he was put to work on vessels carrying...
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    30,11 €

  • The Confessions of St. Augustine
    Saint Augustine / E. B. Pusey / EBPusey
    Complete 13 chapter edition of The Confessions of St. Augustine translated by E. B. Pusey. Written around the year 400, it follows the conversion of Augustine to Christianity.  Biographical, historical, impactful, it is a book everyone should have on their shelf.“For Thou Thyself art supremely Essence and Life. For Thou art most high, and art not changed, neither in Thee doth t...
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    18,80 €

  • The Confessions of St. Augustine
    Saint Augustine / E. B. Pusey / EBPusey
    Complete 13 chapter edition of The Confessions of St. Augustine translated by E. B. Pusey. Written around the year 400, it follows the conversion of Augustine to Christianity.  Biographical, historical, impactful, it is a book everyone should have on their shelf.“For Thou Thyself art supremely Essence and Life. For Thou art most high, and art not changed, neither in Thee doth t...
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    9,70 €

  • The Men Who Found America
    Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson
    This collection of biographies focuses on the discoverers and explorers of the New World – written for young readers, this is a superb introduction to the Age of Discovery.Beginning with Christopher Columbus, the man who found the Americas, we proceed to a variety of the world’s finest explorers. These bold navigators braved lengthy sea voyages, as well as dangers upon the sea ...
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    12,24 €

  • Twenty-Eight Years a Slave
    Thomas L. Johnson / Thomas LJohnson
    Thomas L. Johnson’s remarkable life, wherein he was born into slavery before going on to a successful career as a minister and missionary, is told here in his own words.Until the age of twenty-eight, Johnson lived under the yolk of his slave masters. As a servant he was subject to abuse for trivial matters, such as not knowing the difference between right and left. Sold on by h...
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    14,91 €

  • Is Shakespeare Dead?
    Mark Twain
    'From away back toward the very beginning of the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy I have been on the Bacon side, and have wanted to see our majestic Shakespeare unhorsed. My reasons for this attitude may have been good, they may have been bad, but such as they were, they strongly influenced me.'-Mark Twain  (1909)Is Shakespeare Dead?-From My Autobiography (1909), by Mark Twain, is...
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    18,35 €

  • The Early Journal of Charles Wesley
    Charles Wesley
    English Methodist leader Charles Wesley is renowned for his prolific hymn writing and prominence in the church; his journal sheds ample light into his life as a young student and believer.This volume takes us to when Wesley was thirty-one years old in 1739. It offers profound insight into the attitude and daily life of the young Christian, at a time prior to his gaining great r...
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    13,34 €


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