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  • The Nigerian 419 Scams, a Disgrace to Western Civilization
    Abraham Mpaka
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    24,63 €

  • The Nigerian 419 Scams, a Disgrace to Western Civilization
    Abraham Mpaka
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    17,76 €

  • Back-N-Forth
    Leonard Belisle
    In a classic, personal story of faith and fortitude, find out what it was like to get up at 3:00 o’clock in the morning after three hours of sleep and then go out to fly an open cockpit biplane just inches off the ground at 100 MPH! From the view through a bug-splattered windshield (and over 200 B&W photos) go BACK in time to see how seemingly unconnected events prepared a boy,...
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    19,41 €

  • George Müller of Bristol
    A. T. Pierson
    The classic biography of George Müller tells the story of one of England’s greatest evangelists, famed and admired for his establishment of orphanages in his hometown of Bristol.George Müller was successful in caring for well over 10,000 orphans, yet it was only after long and difficult campaigns and effort that such hard-won victories against social and economic injustice were...
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    14,39 €

  • Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
    Frank Richard Stockton
    Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts, by Frank Richard Stockton, is a fascinating pirate history volume which provides a historical account of piracy in the Americas and the exploits of the pirate rogues found there. When I was a boy I strongly desired to be a pirate, and the reason for this was the absolute independence of that sort of life. Restrictions of all sorts had becom...
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    23,05 €

  • Elizabeth And Her German Garden
    Elizabeth von Arnim
    Elizabeth von Arnim, born Mary Annette Beauchamp, married a Prussian aristocrat to become Countess von Arnim. Elizabeth and her German Garden, a semi-autobiographical novel based on her life in her beloved German country garden, was published anonymously under the name "Elizabeth". It was so popular that she was soon known, not as "Mary", but as "Elizabeth", even to her family....
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    15,98 €

  • The Grand Canyon of the Colorado/Stickeen
    John Muir
    The Grand Canyon of the Colorado/Stickeen is a classic John Muir nature story collection that contains the following John Muir titles: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado and Stickeen, the story of a dog. Both texts are fine examples of John Muir nature writings.John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks",...
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    19,12 €

  • How Christ Came to Church
    A. J. Gordon / AJGordon
    How Christ Came to Church is an autobiography by preacher, author and educator Adoniram Judson Gordon.The author seeks to frame his life in his very identity as a man of God, with decades of experience establishing and working for the Christian church. We receive a superb discussion on both the events that defined Gordon's career; the attitude to the church as an institutio...
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    9,31 €

  • Maria Mitchell
    Maria Mitchell
    Maria Mitchell was among the first female astronomers. This is her story in her own words, compiled from letters and diary entries as she toured academies to deliver her scientific lectures.Born in Massachusetts in 1818, Maria demonstrated an affinity for astronomy and science from a young age. At the time it was almost impossible for a woman to gain a formal education in scien...
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    12,20 €

  • Bible Characters
    Alexander Whyte
    Alexander Whyte’s classic biographies of Biblical characters are accurate and spiritually respectful - this volume begins with Adam and concludes with Achan.The author uses depictions and quotations from classical literature together with the Old Testament to describe each character of the Bible. His own professional experience as a minister working in Free Church of Scotland, ...
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    12,53 €

  • Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865
    TBD / Ward Hill Lamon
    This classic political biography is among the most thorough and fascinating biographies of the great American president Abraham Lincoln. In addition to the expected biographical content, this book is comprised of letters from Lincoln and his associates that provide intimate insights to the final two decades of the great man’s life.Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, ...
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    26,30 €

  • The Amateur Emigrant
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    'For in emigration the young men enter direct by the shipload on their heritage of work; empty continents swarm, as at the bosun’s whistle, with industrious hands, and whole hew empires are domesticated to the service of man.' -Robert Louis Stevenson, The Amateur Emigrant The Amateur Emigrant from the Clyde to Sandy Hook (1895), by Robert Louis Stevenson is the first book (fol...
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    18,88 €

  • David
    F. B. Meyer
    Meyer’s spirited and moving account of the life of King David follows the progress of David from humble shepherd to glorious king of Israel and Judah.The story of David’s life and rise from modest beginnings is one of the most celebrated in the Old Testament tradition. This book is an attempt by F. B. Meyer to tell the story of David with a sequential and lively narrative, with...
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    12,38 €

  • Adamnani Vita S. Columbae
    Saint Adamnan / Henry Frowde
    This biography of Saint Columba, the man responsible for bringing Christianity to Scotland in the 6th century AD, is filled with detail and insight.Columba was considered a man of great spiritual strength who braved the wild, untrammeled lands of rural Scotland at a time when it was ruled by tribes. Many legends are told of his miraculous abilities in fending off wild beasts, a...
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    12,52 €

  • The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci
    Amerigo Vespucci / Clements R. Markham / Clements RMarkham
    Adventurer, merchant and mapper of the New World, Amerigo Vespucci’s life is fascinating and vivid – his letters, published here in full, reveal his discoveries.Born in Florence in the mid-15th century, Vespucci expressed an interest in the newly-discovered lands across the Atlantic Ocean from an early age. Educated by his uncle, a learned Dominican friar, it was in youth that ...
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    9,82 €

  • Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila - The Book of Her Life
    St. Teresa of Avila / StTeresa of Avila / David Lewis
    Complete edition of the Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila, translated by David Lewis. This edition includes over 500 footnotes, creating a study edition for readers to better understand Avila’s path to Jesus though prayer. The story of her life, interspersed with lessons on prayer. Though slow starting, one may finish with tears of joy.The book defies description.“We have, t...
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    10,83 €

  • Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila - The Book of Her Life
    St. Teresa of Avila / StTeresa of Avila / David Lewis
    Complete edition of the Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila, translated by David Lewis. This edition includes over 500 footnotes, creating a study edition for readers to better understand Avila’s path to Jesus though prayer. The story of her life, interspersed with lessons on prayer. Though slow starting, one may finish with tears of joy.The book defies description.“We have, t...
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    19,93 €

  • Charles Simeon
    Handley Carr Glyn Moule
    This biography of the pioneering English evangelical Charles Simeon takes us through his greatest adventures and accomplishments in the name of the Lord.Converting to Christianity when taking communion at the age of twenty, Charles Simeon went on to become a clergyman notable for his evocative speech and understanding of the word of God. He was among the first Christian mission...
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    15,09 €

  • Across the Plains
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    'America was to me a sort of promised land; ’westward the march of empire holds its way’; the race is for the moment to the young; what has been and what is we imperfectly and obscurely know; what is to be yet lies beyond the flight of our imaginations. . . 'Robert Louis Stevenson, The Amateur Emigrant Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays (1892) by Robert Louis Ste...
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    18,72 €

  • Enchiridion
    Epictetus / George Long
    Unabridged version of Enchiridion, by Epictetus, and translated by George Long, with footnotes.  In this classic Epictetus teaches that philosophy is not just thought, but life in practice. Born into slavery, and later freed, he tells what he learned across his varied life both in paragraph and parable form. Included here are just the Encheiridion and Fragments portions from Th...
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    6,26 €

  • John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides
    John G. Paton / John GPaton
    John G. Paton narrates his eventful life as a missionary to the New Hebrides - modern-day Vanuatu - in a frank and vivid manner. Beginning with his upbringing and education in Scotland, we realize early on that Paton carried unusual dedication and energy in his studies. Determining that he would become a man of God, spreading the word of the Christian gospel as a missionary, it...
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    12,46 €

  • The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778, Volume II
    Francis Burney
    'Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.'-Frances Burney, The Early Diary of Frances Burney (1769)The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778, Volume II (1889) began in Burney’s teen years as her personal account of life in Georgian England but was later published posthumously. Scholars regard her diary as culturally important bec...
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    27,16 €

  • The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778, Volume I
    Francis Burney
    'Misery is a guest that we are glad to part with, however certain of her speedy return.' -Frances Burney, The Early Diary of Frances Burney (1769)The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778, Volume I (1889) began in Burney’s teen years as her personal account of life in Georgian England but was later published posthumously. Scholars regard her diary as culturally important bec...
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    27,05 €

  • Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka
    Wyndham Robertson
    This detailed biography concerns Pocahontas, daughter of a Powhatan Native American chieftain, who became famous upon marrying the colonist John Rolfe at Jamestown, Virginia in the early 1600s.Drawing on source texts dating to the period, together with later accounts of the descendants of Pocahontas and her husband, the author compiles a compelling genealogical record. First pu...
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    10,96 €

  • The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I
    Charles Darwin
    'In the selection and arrangement of the material he [Francis Darwin] was chiefly guided by a wish to portray his father’s personal character, and he succeeded...in giving a true picture of the man and the student, the methods of Darwin’s work and the gradual development of his opinions.' -The Times (1925)The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (1896) is a compilation...
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    29,04 €

  • The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II
    Charles Darwin
    'If we choose to let conjecture run wild, then animals, our fellow brethren in pain, disease, death, suffering and famine-our slaves in the most laborious works, our companions in our amusements-they may partake from our origin in one common ancestor-we may be all melted together.' -Charles Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (1896)The Life and Letters of ...
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    29,03 €

  • The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Two Volumes in One
    Charles Darwin
    'If we choose to let conjecture run wild, then animals, our fellow brethren in pain, disease, death, suffering and famine-our slaves in the most laborious works, our companions in our amusements-they may partake from our origin in one common ancestor-we may be all melted together.' -Charles Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (1896)The Life and Letters of ...
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    57,31 €

  • Reminiscences of an Old Timer
    Colonel George Hunter
    Colonel Hunter’s account of Old West life takes us through the California Gold Rush and a variety of rip-roaring incidents across the United States’ western frontier.Full of beans and bristling with wit, Hunter introduces himself as an eager young apprentice. He accompanied his father, who aspired to strike it rich in the Gold Rush. Although riches eluded the pair, adventure di...
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    14,85 €

  • The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Two Volumes in One
    Charles Darwin
    'If we choose to let conjecture run wild, then animals, our fellow brethren in pain, disease, death, suffering and famine-our slaves in the most laborious works, our companions in our amusements-they may partake from our origin in one common ancestor-we may be all melted together.' -Charles Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (1896)The Life and Letters of ...
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    72,10 €

  • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Chump Change Edition)
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Unabridged version of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, offered here for chump change, from the Master Storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. His first draft was burned to ash, the final published version created at the request of his wife.  The result is a complex, tingling tale that drives the reader to the last page.THERE IS ONLYONE WAYTO STOP HYDE…CONTENTSStory of t...
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    6,23 €


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