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  • Dice, Brassknuckles and Guitar
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    'Some girls with metal knuckles were furiously insulting two punching bags on each of which was painted the leering, winking face of a ’masher.’' -F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar (1923)Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar (1923) is a short story that was originally published in Hearst’s International and resonates with some of the same themes as The Great Gatsby (1925...
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    7,59 €

  • The Book of the Lover and the Beloved
    Ramón Llull / E. Allison Peers
    This superb translation replicates one of Ramon Llull’s finest works, prefaced by a biography of the great Christian mystic by the translator Edgar Allison Peers.Llull was born in Majorca in 1232, the son of a wealthy Catalan family. When Ramon was in his early thirties, he experienced a series of visions whilst working as an official for the King of Majorca; most notably that ...
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    9,63 €

  • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (widely abbreviated and cited as TLP) (Latin for Logical Philosophical Treatise or Treatise on Logic and Philosophy) is the only book-length philosophical work by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein that was published during his lifetime. The project had a broad goal: to identify the relationship between language and reality and to de...
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    12,79 €

  • My Struggle
    Adolf Hitler / James Murphy / Kamphf English Kampt Mein Kampf
    Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”) is a political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler. It was his only complete book and became the bible of National Socialism in the German Third Reich. It was published in two volumes, which dated 1925 and 1927. By 1939 it had sold 5,200,000 copies and had been translated into 11 different languages. The first volume, entitled Die Abrechnung (“The Settl...
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    23,67 €

  • Mein Kampf
    Adolf Hitler / James Vincent Murphy
    Complete reprint of the unexpurgated edition of “Mein Kampf” (“My Struggle”) written by Adolf Hitler (1925 and 1927). Volume I: A Reckoning and Volume II: The National Socialist Movement (Two Volumes in One). Translated by James Vincent Murphy (1880–1946).  ...
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    20,68 €

  • My Struggle
    Adolf Hitler
    Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”) is a political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler. It was his only complete book and became the bible of National Socialism in the German Third Reich. It was published in two volumes, which dated 1925 and 1927. By 1939 it had sold 5,200,000 copies and had been translated into 11 different languages. The first volume, entitled Die Abrechnung (“The Settl...
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    32,07 €

  • Story of a Soul
    St. Therese of Lisieux / StTherese of Lisieux / Thomas Taylor
    Complete edition of the Story of a Soul by Saint Therese of Lisieux, translated by Thomas Taylor. This edition includes over 288 footnotes, and many additional letters, counsels, and prayers, creating a study edition for readers to better understand St. Therese’s ‘little way’ to deepening a relationship with God. Read with an open heart, this book is helpful to read again and a...
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    18,76 €

  • Story of a Soul
    St. Therese of Lisieux / StTherese of Lisieux / Thomas Taylor
    Complete edition of the Story of a Soul by Saint Therese of Lisieux, translated by Thomas Taylor. This edition includes over 288 footnotes, and many additional letters, counsels, and prayers, creating a study edition for readers to better understand St. Therese’s ‘little way’ to deepening a relationship with God. Read with an open heart, this book is helpful to read again and a...
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    9,66 €

  • Triumphant Plutocracy
    Richard Franklin Pettigrew
    Richard Pettigrew was a United States Senator during the Gilded Age; a time when the captains of industry gained unprecedented power. His recollections of public service span decades.Running on an anti-corruption platform and representing South Dakota, Pettigrew was appalled as the wealthy owners of the trusts exerted unhealthy influence on the burgeoning economy of the USA. Wi...
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    14,65 €

  • The Jews
    Hilaire Belloc
    Hilaire Belloc describes the European Jewish diaspora, its contributions to the life and intellectual culture of the continent, and the undercurrents of hostility towards Jews in early 20th century Europe.The author discusses the culture of the Jews, their worship and religious ideas as one of the earliest monotheistic faiths. He offers praise and admiration for the Jewish cont...
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    10,66 €

  • A Year’s Thoughts
    William Joseph Gabriel Doyle
    Celebrated priest Father William Doyle was famous for the depth of his spiritual insight, and his ability to confer good advice – this book contains 365 extracts, one for every day of the year.The many and varied topics within this collection range from short, poignant and proverbial sayings – “a sharp tongue is the only tool that grows sharper with use” – to all manner of soun...
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    12,58 €

  • Hymn to Kali
    Arthur Avalon / Sir John Tyler Woodruffe
    The Hymn to Kali is a famous Hindu verse wherein the religious monarch Daksha initiates a prayer to the Goddess Kali, shortly after he experiences a vision of her as an all-encompassing deity – The One.This edition of the hymn is accompanied by scholarly commentary, wherein the spiritual and cultural significance of each verse is explained with several paragraphs of informative...
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    10,81 €

  • The Spirit of the Chinese People
    Ku Hung-Ming
    Author and traditionalist Ku Hung-Ming discusses the history, morals, values and personal traits of the Chinese people.As a young man Ku Hung-Ming discovered he had a gift with languages; he went on to attain an excellent command of English, French, German and other European tongues. He used this ability to promote understanding between Western cultures and his native land of C...
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    14,42 €

  • Peace and Bread in Time of War
    Jane Addams
    Jane Addams was deeply opposed to World War One and its immense costs - social, moral, and financial. In this book she discusses her philosophy of pacifism, and her ideas for reform in the United States.Published in 1922, this book describes the author’s feelings about the outbreak of war in Europe, and observing how the situation deteriorated as the terrible conflict wore on. ...
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    12,63 €

  • Africa and the Discovery of America
    Leo Wiener
    Leo Wiener’s fascinating study connects Central American linguistics and words with those of African tribes, and the Europeans who first explored the New World.Wiener seeks to demonstrate many apparent cultural connections between various tribes in Africa, and those of Central and North America. It was the author’s view that the Americas were visited and colonized by African pe...
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    16,19 €

  • The Jews
    Hilaire Belloc
    Hilaire Belloc describes the European Jewish diaspora, its contributions to the life and intellectual culture of the continent, and the undercurrents of hostility towards Jews in early 20th century Europe.The author discusses the culture of the Jews, their worship and religious ideas as one of the earliest monotheistic faiths. He offers praise and admiration for the Jewish cont...
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    21,54 €

  • The Story of Inyo
    Willie Arthur Chalfant
    Inyo County was at the forefront of the Western expansion of the 19th century, a place of rugged natural beauty that served as a gateway to the prospering state of California.Published in 1922, this history begins with an examination of the geological facts of the area; located between Nevada and the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the Inyo County contains abundant clues of the l...
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    16,29 €

  • The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
    Dame Shirley
    Dame Shirley’s insightful narrative of life in new mining communities at the height of the California Gold Rush are lively and poignant, shedding light on the social life that accompanied this famous chapter in history.Collected and republished, these letters are mainly taken from a publication named The Pioneer, where many of Dame Shirley’s humorous and interesting corresponde...
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    11,18 €

  • The Cloud of Unknowing
    Anonymous / Evelyn Underhill
    Written anonymously, The Cloud of Unknowing is a treatise which discusses the human soul, and how God interacts with it to form each person’s spiritual journey.A manual of prayer and God split into seventy-five short chapters, this book is intended to be read slowly, so that the author’s comprehension is maximized. First written in Middle English during the 15th century, the wo...
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    8,70 €

  • The Analysis of Mind
    Bertrand Russell
    This book has grown out of an attempt to harmonize two different tendencies, one in psychology, the other in physics, with both of which I find myself in sympathy, although at first sight they might seem inconsistent. On the one hand, many psychologists, especially those of the behaviourist school, tend to adopt what is essentially a materialistic position, as a matter of metho...
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    18,54 €

  • Interior Castle
    St. Teresa of Avila / StTeresa of Avila / Benedictines of Stanbrook
    Complete edition of the Interior Castle by Saint Teresa of Avila, translated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook. This edition includes over 400 footnotes, creating a study edition for readers to better understand Avila’s spiritual path to deepening a relationship with God and His glorious peace. For many, it is a soul piercing and inspiring  book.Originally written as El Castillo...
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    18,87 €

  • Interior Castle
    St. Teresa of Avila / StTeresa of Avila / Benedictines of Stanbrook
    Complete edition of the Interior Castle by Saint Teresa of Avila, translated by the Benedictines of Stanbrook. This edition includes over 400 footnotes, creating a study edition for readers to better understand Avila’s spiritual path to deepening a relationship with God and His glorious peace. For many, it is a soul piercing and inspiring  book.Originally written as El Castillo...
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    8,47 €

  • St. Teresa of Avila Two Book Set - Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection
    St. Teresa of Avila / StTeresa of Avila / Benedictines of Stanbrook / E. Allison Peers / EAllison Peers
    Complete unabridged edition of The Way of Perfection and Interior Castle by Saint Teresa of Avila. Written to be read together, with footnotes cross referencing both, this unified study helps readers better understand Avila’s spiritual path to deepening a relationship with God and His glorious peace. It is beautiful advice, written to friends, about practicing a spiritual life....
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    21,07 €

  • St. Teresa of Avila Two Book Set - Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection
    St. Teresa of Avila / StTeresa of Avila / Benedictines of Stanbrook / E. Allison Peers / EAllison Peers
    Complete unabridged edition of The Way of Perfection and Interior Castle by Saint Teresa of Avila. Written to be read together, with footnotes cross referencing both, this unified study helps readers better understand Avila’s spiritual path to deepening a relationship with God and His glorious peace. It is beautiful advice, written to friends, about practicing a spiritual life....
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    15,86 €

  • St. Teresa of Avila Three Book Treasury - Interior Castle, The Way of Perfection, and The Book of Her Life (Autobiography)
    St. Teresa of Avila / StTeresa of Avila / Benedictines of Stanbrook / E. Allison Peers / EAllison Peers
    Complete unabridged edition of The Way of Perfection, Interior Castle, and The Book of Her Life (her Autobiography) by Saint Teresa of Avila. This treasury, with over 1,000 footnotes cross referencing all three, will give the reader a unified study of Avila’s spiritual path to God’s glorious peace. It is accessible advice, written to friends, about practicing a spiritual life. ...
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    26,93 €

  • St. Teresa of Avila Three Book Treasury - Interior Castle, The Way of Perfection, and The Book of Her Life (Autobiography)
    St. Teresa of Avila / StTeresa of Avila / Benedictines of Stanbrook / E. Allison Peers / EAllison Peers
    Complete unabridged edition of The Way of Perfection, Interior Castle, and The Book of Her Life (her Autobiography) by Saint Teresa of Avila. This treasury, with over 1,000 footnotes cross referencing all three, will give the reader a unified study of Avila’s spiritual path to God’s glorious peace. It is accessible advice, written to friends, about practicing a spiritual life. ...
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    19,36 €

  • Safed and Keturah
    William Eleazar Barton
    The eloquent short stories and parables of Safed the sage – a character created by author William Barton – offer moral teachings and thought-provoking vignettes of humanity.Dozens of short yet memorable stories comprise this volume, which seeks to promote the virtues and good deeds that make a life worth living. Sometimes the tales are simple observations of life, of chance enc...
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    12,25 €

  • A History of the Transport Service
    Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves
    Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves offers his first-hand account of naval troop transports during World War One, showing how crucial these were to America’s war effort.Once war was declared against Germany and her allies in 1917, vast amounts of manpower and war materiel had to be shipped from the United States to Europe. The enormous logistical challenge was hindered by the efforts o...
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    14,82 €

  • This Side of Paradise
    F. Scott Fitzgerald / FScott Fitzgerald
    'I don’t want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.' -F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise (1920)This Side of Paradise (1920) is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel, written at the tender age of twenty-three and mirroring some of Fitzgerald’s own experiences at Princeton University. This romance of the early Jazz Age is a commentary on how love can...
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    18,34 €

  • The History of the Negro Church
    Carter Godwin Woodson
    This is the illustrated version, which includes images of some of the people mentioned in the book. A non-illustrated paperback version is available via ISBN 9781680921922.The importance of the church in the life of the Negro justifies the publication of this brief account of the development of the institution. For many years the various denominations have been writing treatise...
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    19,41 €


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