Catálogo de libros: Humanidades

372274 Catálogo de libros: Humanidades

  • Naval Power in the Conquest of Mexico
    C. Harvey Gardiner / CHarvey Gardiner
    In this account of the naval aspect of Hernando Cortés’s invasion of the Aztec Empire, C. Harvey Gardiner has added another dimension to the drama of Spanish conquest of the New World and to Cortés himself as a military strategist. The use of ships, in the climactic moment of the Spanish-Aztec clash, which brought about the fall of Tenochtitlán and consequently of all of Mexico...
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    33,48 €

  • The First American Revolution
    Clinton Rossiter
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    20,20 €

  • Commentary on the Minor Prophets
    Theodore Laetsch
    This classic Lutheran commentary on the Old Testament, Minor Prophets, by Dr. Theodore Laetsch, opens the work of Jeremiah, with a focus on the fact that he wrote by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ testifying through him (1 Peter 1:11). ...
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    62,00 €

  • The Atlantic Battle Won
    Samuel Eliot Morison
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    41,10 €

  • Our Reasonable Faith
    Herman Bavinck
    'Our Reasonable Faith' is an accessible digest of the author’s famous four volume 'Reformed Dogmatics' and clearly presents the fundamental doctrines of Biblical theology. A practical handbook of theology, it is an outstanding and comprehensive statement of Christian faith and doctrine. Fully supported by Scriptural references, this book provides students, teachers, pastors, an...
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    53,81 €

  • The Talmud of Jerusalem
    Dagobert D Runes
    One of the world’s supreme works of religious literature, the Talmud has been unjustly neglected by a civilization that is rightly proud of its Judaeo-Christian heritage. This sacred book of Israel came to birth during the centuries following the fall of Jerusalem to the Roman Empire, when the people of Palestine were scattered to the four corners of the earth. To preserve thei...
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    21,50 €

  • How to Improve Your Mind
    Baruch Spinoza
    How to Improve Your Mind is an engaging philosophical text by master Enlightenment thinker Baruch Spinoza. This edition includes exclusive commentary and biographical notes written by Philosophical Library’s founding publisher, Dagobert D. Runes. Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677) is heralded as one of the most influential and radical philosophers of the Enlightenment. An expert on...
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    9,88 €

  • The Talmud of Jerusalem
    Dagobert D Runes
    One of the world’s supreme works of religious literature, the Talmud has been unjustly neglected by a civilization that is rightly proud of its Judaeo-Christian heritage. This sacred book of Israel came to birth during the centuries following the fall of Jerusalem to the Roman Empire, when the people of Palestine were scattered to the four corners of the earth. To preserve thei...
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    13,55 €

  • Religion for Mankind
    Horace Holley
    Essay and talks selected from the work, during half a century, of one of the most distinguished members of the the Baha’i Faith, the most recent of the world relgions. ...
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    27,76 €

  • The Early Cuadro de costumbres in Colombia
    Frank M. Duffey / Frank MDuffey
    This study traces the development of the sketch of manners (cuadro de costumbres), beginning in 1838 until the end of the century. Although the Colombian sketch is not in general distinguished artistically, its scope and variety of subject produce a richly detailed picture of the life, people, and institutions of mid-century Colombia. The author shows the influence of the Span...
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    38,71 €

  • A Political History of the Texas Republic, 1836-1845
    Stanley Siegel
    This book is unique among the histories of the Texas Republic: it is the first to examine the fledgling nation from the point of view of its dynamic political life. Policies with far-reaching results were formulated in the nine years of Texas’ independence, and the author clearly presents the many thorny issues that were to plague Texas for generations.The political history of ...
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    40,27 €

  • Why the Chisholm Trail Forks and Other Tales of the Cattle Country
    Andy Adams
    This sparkling collection of tales told around Western campfires, written by the master chronicler of the range, is a literary find of great interest and genuine importance.Andy Adams is remembered chiefly as the author of The Log of a Cowboy. Among the most charming features of the Log are the stories the cowhands told around the fires at night when the day’s work was done. Si...
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    44,29 €

  • A Scholastic Miscellany
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    50,75 €

  • Church Dogmatics
    Karl Barth
    Described by Pope Pius XII as the most important theologian since Thomas Aquinas, the Swiss pastor and theologian, Karl Barth, continues to be a major influence on students, scholars and preachers today. Barth’s theology found its expression mainly through his closely reasoned fourteen-part magnum opus, Die Kirchliche Dogmatik. Having taken over 30 years to write, the Church Do...
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    204,39 €

  • General Revelation
    G. C. Berkouwer
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    32,14 €

  • Concise Dictionary of Ancient History
    P.G. Woodcock
    The Concise Dictionary of Ancient History is packed with over four hundred pages of definitions that bring readers a rich portrait of life in ancient times. Curated by editor P. G. Woodcock, each entry provides details and discoveries about ancient history including the key figures, terms, and events. This reference source is the perfect addition to any history buff’s shelf. Wi...
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    19,13 €

  • Whoop-up Country
    Paul F. Sharp / Paul FSharp
    Whoop-up Country was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.In the frontier days before the railroads penetrated the western plains, the Whoop-Up Trail was a high road of adventure and commerce. It led In...
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    71,26 €

  • Custer’s Luck
    Edgar I. Stewart
    This is undoubtedly a remarkable book on a period of American history about which much has been written - the period of the Indian wars in the Northwest, from the close of the Civil War until the Custer disaster on the Little Big Horn. It presents in graphic detail and on a vast canvas the great events and the small which reached a decisive crescendo in Custer’s fate. Here is n...
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    28,81 €

  • Beyond the Cross Timbers
    W. Eugene Hollon
    Acclaimed in his own time, Captain Randolph B. Marcy-trailblazer, geographer, fighter in the Mexican War, American Indian authority, and author-traveled as extensively as any other nineteenth-century explorer. Yet, Marcy has not achieved the fame of Lewis and Clark, Pike, Long, and Fremont, although he was the first to trace the Red River, in 1852. Marcy conducted five major ex...
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    30,85 €

  • An Essay on Christian Philosophy
    Jacques Maritain
    This original translation, by Edward H. Flannery, brings you one of Maritain’s most eye-opening studies of Christianity. Although not his most famous work, Maritain’s An Essay on Christian Philosophy provides readers with an in-depth analysis and careful philosophical approach to the study of theology and, at the time of original publication, was considered to be the definitive...
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    21,81 €

  • Dictionary of Early English
    Joseph T Shipley
    Joseph T. Shipley’s tome Dictionary of Early English provides an indispensible and unparalleled reference tool on the study of early English. With a preface by Mark Van Doren and an extensive headword list, this dictionary brings to light the terms, concepts, and vocabulary of ancient English. Joseph T. Shipley has written and edited several books, dictionaries, and antholo...
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    22,70 €

  • Dictionary of Pastoral Psychology
    Vergilius Ferm
    This comprehensive and detailed dictionary draws from the expertise of several contributors as well Ferm’s own extensive knowledge of pastoral psychology to bring readers an excellent introduction to the field. Dictionary of Pastoral Psychology includes an extensive headword list and easy-to-use cross references of terms, and it will be an invaluable and lasting reference sourc...
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    16,13 €

  • An Essay on Christian Philosophy
    Jacques Maritain
    This original translation, by Edward H. Flannery, brings you one of Maritain’s most eye-opening studies of Christianity. Although not his most famous work, Maritain’s An Essay on Christian Philosophy provides readers with an in-depth analysis and careful philosophical approach to the study of theology and, at the time of original publication, was considered to be the definitive...
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    13,52 €

  • Political Prairie Fire
    Robert L. Morlan / Robert LMorlan
    Political Prairie Fire was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Political Prairie Fire was first published in 1955.The farmers of North Dakota were ripe for revolt when the magnetic figure of A. C. Town...
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    85,65 €

  • Red Scare
    Robert K. Murray / Robert KMurray
    Red Scare was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Few periods in American history have been so dramatic, so fraught with mystery, or so bristling with fear and hysteria as were the days of the great Re...
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    85,99 €

  • The Road to Spindletop
    John Stricklin Spratt
    This book is an economic history of Texas at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1875, Texas was an agrarian state with limited industry. A generation later, agriculture was heavily commercialized, thousands of miles of railroads carried people and goods around the state, and urban populations increased rapidly. Even before the Spindletop gusher that irrevocably changed the s...
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    46,90 €

  • A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
    William Law
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    24,80 €

  • Faith and Justification
    G. C. Berkouwer / Lewis B. Smedes
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    22,69 €

  • The Person of Christ
    G. C. Berkouwer / John Vriend
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    35,00 €

  • The Story of Methodism
    Halford E. Luccock / Halford ELuccock / Paul Hutchinson
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    32,98 €