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  • A Focus on Easter
    Jim Johnson
    Everything known from the Scriptures about the season Christians celebrate as Easter occurred within or near a single square mile in Israel. That square mile contains the city of Jerusalem. The book begins by pointing out the link between the first Passover, before the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt, and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for the redemption of sin. Ch...
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    30,75 €

  • Confronting Homophobia in the Black Church
    Jr. Bill Burwell
    The age-old assertion that “A person cannot be born gay,” true or not, has served as a burdensome shackle around the neck of the black church, producing a phobia that impedes its ability to focus on the task of making disciples as commanded by the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a belief more rooted in tradition than Scripture, as I have argued in this book. Moreover, it has added fue...
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    12,55 €

  • The Elements of Active Prose
    Tahlia Newland
    You’ve written a book of fiction. You want to make it the best it can be. ’The Elements of Active Prose’ gives you pithy tips for improving your writing scene by scene, sentence by sentence. If you’ve ever wondered what is meant by the advice to ’show, don’t tell’ you’ll find the answer here, along with reassurance that such advice is not something that must be slavishly adhere...
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    14,83 €

  • Let the Spirit Move You
    Lynn Noble
    Let the Spirit Move You, is a beautiful blending of Poetry that is inspirational,uplifting and insightful along with Photography that is rare, sacred and unprecedented.Lynn Noble communicates from a universal perspective with an undeniable honesty and truth.Her message is simplistic, profound and eloquent.She takes you on a journey, inspired by Spirit, to help you navigate life...
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    36,20 €

  • Her Chronicles
    Jai Stone
    Emotional Nudity is a way of living that starts with one simple act, telling the truth! This book is an anthology of 11 different women who were courageous enough to openly and honestly share their stories of faith, fear and fortitude. This riveting collection of tales chronicles some of the most pivotal situations and decisions that women face in modern times. These stories of...
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    26,17 €

  • Operation Nimrod
    Russell Phillips
    The truth behind the SAS' most famous mission.Drawing on extensive research, Operation Nimrod dispels the myths and reveals the truth of those six long days, and the dramatic rescue that thrust the SAS into the public eye.On 29th April 1980, British police assured Iran that their embassy was secure. The very next day, terrorists stormed the embassy and took twenty-six hosta...
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    14,32 €

  • Stocking Stuffers Large Print Christmas Word Search Puzzle Book
    Puzzle Masters
    A special Large Print Christmas edition that fits perfectly into your standard stocking! The book features 20 full-page puzzles and solutions in extra large print to reduce eye strain. There are 15 words to find in each puzzle, which feature a 12x16 puzzle grid. Get in the Christmas Spirit with this great gift idea for people of all ages! ...
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    8,08 €

  • Even the Smallest Bird Casts a Shadow
    Valerie Marie Leslie
    Valerie Marie Leslie has unlocked the vault to her scantly illuminated adolescent mind, self-sabotaging attitude, and surrendered adulthood through her coherently random own words; poems that could be construed as diary entries, lyrics to songs, and unfinished business. Though this collection of vulnerable yet guarded poetry enters a cave of frustration, self-pity, confusion, a...
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    10,42 €

  • Leading Imperfectly
    James T Robilotta
    There is a problem in today's developing leaders-they think they need to be someone they are not to get what they want. In short, none of us is perfect, and when we pretend to be, people quit listening to us. Instead, we need to focus on trying to connect with others. Leading Imperfectly is full of examples for how to make those connections. The book is divided into a series of...
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    22,01 €

  • Through the Eyes of God
    APPIAH O BERNARD
    This is a book intended to provide alternative principles to the 'success motivation' principles that deal with the material aspect of man's existence without approaching the concept of success from a holistic perspective to include the spirit and the soul of the human, which in addition to the body (material aspect) form its constituents. Life is a system that has constituent...
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    15,86 €

  • Venerating the Root
    Sabine Wilms
    This book is a literal translation of the second half of Volume 5 from the Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang 備急千金要方 on pediatrics, composed by Sun Simiao 孫思邈 in the seventh century. It includes the following features: 26 pages of introductory matter and 544 pages of main text. A critical edition of the Chinese text with the literal English translation on opposing pages. Five main s...
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    87,41 €

  • Clouds
    Gary W. Burns / Gary WBurns / Gary William Burns
    Explore within and garner self awareness; slow down a busy day and look inward.  This volume of inspirational poetry was written for those seeking personal growth through the mindfulness of reflective moments. These calming, inspiring and meditative poems provide a sense of repose and reflective serenity.The short one page poems in this book of poetry celebrate the themes of wh...
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    16,41 €

  • A Fantastic Holiday Season
    Kevin J. Anderson / Kevin JAnderson
    Grandma gives a sweater she knitted, Dad receives a necktie he doesn’t really like, the kids get toys that make a variety of noises, most of them loud, all of them annoying.What do writers give for the holiday season? They give the gift of stories that take the reader away to fantastical times or places, tales that can be blood-curdling or heart-warming, adventures that capture...
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    12,57 €

  • How To Survive A Marriage with a Non-Christian Spouse
    Sharon L. Graham / Sharon LGraham
    This book is written for the benefit of both male and female Christians who are married to non-Christian spouses, and for the benefit of the non-Christian spouse so that they can find answers to the questions that linger in their mind. When God created Adam and Eve, he united them as husband and wife, he blessed them and put his approval upon them, he told them to be fruitful, ...
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    16,39 €

  • The Yellow Wallpaper
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    The Yellow Wallpaper (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's health, both physical and mental....
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    13,81 €

  • On War
    Carl Von Clausewitz
    Unabridged value reproduction of the most critical and thought provoking first four books of “On War” by Carl von Clausewitz, translated by J.J. Graham, and including footnotes. These books give the theory and goals of war that can be applied to conquering meeting rooms and empires. This volume of On War includes topics of the Nature, Theory, and Strategy of War and Combat.Thes...
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    18,77 €

  • The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate
    Rachel McCrum
    The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate by the inaugural BBC Scotland Poet-In-Residence Rachel McCrum is both lyrical and gentle, demanding and fierce as it carves its own path through themes of family, place, environment, and repression. The poems in the collection are fragments of McCrum’s sea-bourne journey from Northern Island, across Scotland, and alighting in Canada. I...
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    13,88 €

  • Bees of California
    Bees provide food through the simple but essential act of pollination. There are thousands of bee species in North America, but bees are dying. This book is a collaboration between student artists, scientists and writers at the University of California concerned with bee decline. This book is intended for readers with an interest in contemporary poetry, art, nature, and gardeni...
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    15,54 €

  • Through Innocent Eyes
    Cynthia A. Sandor
    The National Socialistic upbringing in the League of German Girls uses paramilitary-like disciplinary measures to build their loyalty and moral character. Coupled with pagan rituals, songs, and folklore, 'Through Innocent Eyes' captures the self-actualiation of ten-year-old Gertrude as she progresses from childhood and living in poverty to adolescence and becoming 'one' with he...
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    28,65 €

  • The Impersonal Life
    Joseph Benner
    Originally published anonymously in 1914, “The Impersonal Life” is Joseph Benner’s classic work of Christian spiritualism which was influenced by the New Thought movement, a religious movement of the later part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century. Central to the New Thought movement is the idea that God resides in all things and that through the power of posi...
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    8,14 €

  • The Oresteia
    Aeschylus Aeschylus
    Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. Only seven of his estimated seventy ...
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    20,33 €

  • The Century of Colombus
    James J. Walsh / James JWalsh
    James Joseph Walsh, M.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Sc.D. (1865-1942) was an American physician and author, born in New York City. He graduated from Fordham College in 1884 and from the University of Pennsylvania (M.D.) in 1895. After postgraduate work in Paris, Vienna and Berlin he settled in New York. ...
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    35,96 €

  • The Awakening of Europe
    M. B. Synge / MBSynge
    The Awakening of Europe covers the reformation in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and England, as well as the settlement of colonies in America. The rise of England and the Netherlands as sea powers, and the corresponding fall of Spain, as well as the rise of Russia, Austria, and the German states are also presented. ...
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    20,29 €

  • Mahomet
    Voltaire
    This powerful work was read by Voltaire to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, to the king’s great delight. The play was withdrawn after the fourth representation, under pressure of Church authorities who professed to see in it a bloody satire against the Christian religion. Almost three hundred years later critics are still unclear if this play is a rebuke of Islam or of Christianit...
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    18,06 €

  • My Inventions
    Nikola Tesla
    Nikola Tesla has been called the most important man of the twentieth century. Certainly he contributed more to the field of electricity, radio, and television than any other person living or dead. Ultimately he died alone and impoverished having driven all of his friends away through his neurotic and eccentric behavior. Tesla was never able to fit into the world that he found h...
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    20,52 €

  • Manifesto of the Communist Party
    Karl Marx
    The Communist Manifesto was first published on February 21, and it is one of the world’s most influential political tracts. Commissioned by the Communist League and written by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it laid out the League’s purposes and program. The Manifesto suggested a course of action for a proletarian (working class) revolution to overthrow the ...
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    18,06 €

  • Jefferson Bible & The Complete Sayings of Jesus Christ
    Thomas Jefferson
    In 1804 Thomas Jefferson decided to study the gospels to see if he could distill the essence of Jesus’ teachings into a concise book that could be quickly read and easily understood. The Jefferson Bible is the result, offering valuable insights into the teachings of Jesus Christ and into the mind and beliefs of Thomas Jefferson.Like the Jefferson Bible, The Complete Sayings of ...
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    36,57 €

  • Oedipus Trilogy
    Sophocles
    Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Before he was born, his parents consulted the Oracle at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy’s fulfillment, Laius ordered Oedipus’s feet to be bound together, and pierced with a stake. Afterwards, the baby was given to a herdsman who wa...
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    27,92 €

  • Redemption’s Secret
    Sharon Aubrey
    Redemption’s Secret is a nonfiction, Christian book exploring historical events in the bible on one specific date.  Seemingly unrelated events occur repeatedly on Nisan 17 resulting in humanity’s redemption beginning with postdiluvian survivors.  Later, the deliverance of the nation of Israel from Egypt and in the Persian Empire and several other major events occur on this date...
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    7,75 €

  • Aileron
    Geraldine Connolly
    Open this book at random and find a trove of thrilling images and unexpected metaphors: tiny bells jingling like sins, “a cool lake of indifference,” “an impossible wheel of hunger.” Read this book beginning to end and discover a dark trajectory, the work required to integrate one’s family of origin with a wider consciousness and responsibility. As have those in Geraldine Conno...
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    13,05 €