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  • Ravana, The Great King of Lanka
    M S PURNALINGAM PILLAI
    RAVANA The Great King of Lanka BY M S PURNALINGAM PILLAI first published in 1923.If the hasty Reader, who has professed himself to be a highly discerning critic and to be endowed with the indispensable technique of the proverbial Indian ’annam’ or swan, should chance to come across this little book, he would certainly play to the gallery with the blazing head-line Rakshas ! Exc...
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    26,36 €

  • Horror legends in Panama
    Ubaldo Sánchez Gutiérrez
    Panamanian legends and terrifying stories in Panama that will give you chillsPanamanian legends and stories or even beyond, there are scary Panamanian stories to throw into the air, but there are always some that stand out more than others since they become popular urban legends that mix with the culture and idiosyncrasy of our countries, generating a true interest in many peop...
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    13,01 €

  • The Bhagavad-Gita Interpreted in the Light of Christian Tradition
    Holden Edward Sampson
    The Bhagavad-Gita Interpreted in the Light of Christian Tradition by Holden Edward Sampson first published in 1918.THE following Notes on the Bhagavad-Gita are not intended to supplant the Bhagavad-Gita, but mainly to present to students of this great Epic a Spiritual review of its extremely profound Teaching. Like all Profound Truth, it is eminently simple and plain to those o...
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    37,24 €

  • Indian Constitutional Reform
    Vincent Arthur Smith
    Indian Constitutional Reform, Viewed in the Light of History by Vincent Arthur SmithTHE authors of the Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms (1918) insist that ’full and public discussion is necessary’, and ask that their proposals may be allowed to ’benefit by reasoned criticism both in England and India, official and non-official alike’. That comprehensive invitation dispen...
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    35,90 €

  • Enygma Chronicles Trilogy
    Omar Flemeth
    Bundle that includes the volumes 'GHOSTS AND SPIRITS,' 'MYSTERIOUS CIVILIZATIONS,' and 'THE MONSTERS OF FOLK TRADITION'.Immerse yourself in a deep journey to the knowledge of the most disturbing mysteries surrounding the history of our world, still unsolved. ...
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    59,88 €

  • Enygma Chronicles Trilogy
    Omar Flemeth
    Bundle that includes the volumes 'GHOSTS AND SPIRITS,' 'MYSTERIOUS CIVILIZATIONS,' and 'THE MONSTERS OF FOLK TRADITION'.Immerse yourself in a deep journey to the knowledge of the most disturbing mysteries surrounding the history of our world, still unsolved. ...
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    71,44 €

  • Beyond Good and Evil
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    Beyond Good and Evil: Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft) is a book by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche that covers ideas in his previous work Thus Spoke Zarathustra but with a more polemical approach. It was first published in 1886 under the publishing house C. G. Naumann of Leip...
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    16,70 €

  • Rough Riders
    Theodore Roosevelt
    Rough Riders is a classic biography of Theodore Roosevelt and his early days as a member of that historical unit. This book includes this snippet:DURING the year preceding the outbreak of the Spanish War I was Assistant Secretary of the Navy. While my party was in opposition, I had preached, with all the fervor and zeal I possessed, our duty to intervene in Cuba, and to take th...
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    15,61 €

  • Representative Men
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Representative Men is a classic biography collection and a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published as a book of essays in 1850. The first essay discusses the role played by 'great men' in society, and the remaining six each extol the virtues of one of six men deemed by Emerson to be great:Plato ('the Philosopher')Emanuel Swedenborg ('the Mystic')Michel de...
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    16,78 €

  • Convergence Christianity
    Rick Gariepy Dominick Hankle
    A reflection/devotional book on the origins of the recent Christian Convergence Movement and individuals who have embodied ’unity in diversity’ as the origin of the mainline Church spiritual traditions in three ’streams’ that were essential to the early Church and to a renewal growth for today’s Church: namely, Sacrament, Word. and Spirit together. ...
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    52,89 €

  • Book of the Dead
    Order of Rameses
    The Book of the Dead is an ancient Egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the New Kingdom (around 1550 BCE) to around 50 BCE. The original Egyptian name for the text is translated as Book of Coming Forth by Day or Book of Emerging Forth into the Light. 'Book' is the closest term to describe the loose collection of texts consisting of ...
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    11,25 €

  • The Great German Composers
    George T. Ferris
    The Great German Composers is a classic music book and a great collection of biographies of great German composers that contains this snippet:The sketches of composers contained in this volume may seem arbitrary in the space allotted to them. The special attention given to certain names has been prompted as much by their association with great art-epochs as by the consideration...
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    22,46 €

  • The Psychology of Revolution
    Gustave Le Bon
    The Psychology of Revolution is a social psychology classic text by Gustave Le Bon that deals with the The Psychology of Revolution and contains the following excerpt:The present age is not merely an epoch of discovery; it is also a period of revision of the various elements of knowledge. Having recognised that there are no phenomena of which the first cause is still accessible...
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    21,67 €

  • Memories of the Past in a Coastal Town
    Mary Taylor
    This book is full of the history of a Coastal town. Memories of places growing up in a small town. Beautiful photos If you enjoy history this book is for you. ...
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    51,11 €

  • Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy
    George Santayana
    Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy is a classic philosophy book by George Santayana that deals with modern philosophy and John Locke that contains this snippet:A good portrait of Locke would require an elaborate background. His is not a figure to stand statuesquely in a void: the pose might not seem grand enough for bronze or marble. Rather he should be painted in the m...
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    13,70 €

  • The Conquest of Bread
    Peter Kropotkin
    The Conquest of Bread also known colloquially as The Bread Book, is an 1892 book by the Russian anarcho-communist Peter Kropotkin. Originally written in French, it first appeared as a series of articles in the anarchist journal Le Révolté. It was first published in Paris with a preface by Élisée Reclus, who also suggested the title. Between 1892 and 1894, it was serialized in p...
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    18,81 €

  • From Ancestors to Descendants
    Ilaria De Blay
    Discover the story of your family’s history with this comprehensive genealogy organizer book!Keeping track of your family’s lineage can be a daunting task, but with this genealogy organizer, you can easily record and organize all of your family’s important information in one place. From tracing your family’s origins to documenting important life events, this book will help you ...
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    46,47 €

  • The Book of Tea
    Okakuro Kakuzo
    The Book of Tea （A Japanese Harmony of Art, Culture, and the Simple Life (1906) by Okakura Kakuzō (1906) is a long essay linking the role of chadō (teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life and protesting Western caricatures of 'the East'.Addressed to a Western audience, it was originally written in English and is one of the great English tea classics. Okak...
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    10,15 €

  • The Loss of the SS Titanic
    Lwarence Beesley
    The Loss of the SS Titanic is a first-hand account of the famous sinking of the Titanic by one of the survivors of this marine tragedy, Lawrence Beesley.The Titanic sank in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The largest ocean liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estima...
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    15,61 €

  • A Book of Operas
    Henry Edward Krehbiel
    A Book of Operas is a classic music history text that contains these units and introduction: Il barbiere de Siviglia -- Le nozze di Figaro -- Die Zauberflöte -- Don Giovanni -- Fidelio -- Faust -- Mefistofele -- La damnation de Faust -- La traviata -- Aïda -- Der Freischütz -- Tannhäuser -- Tristan und Isolde -- Parsifal -- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg -- Lohengrin -- Hänsel ...
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    17,65 €

  • Charles the First
    Jacob Abbott
    Charles I (19 November 1600 - 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life. He became heir apparent to the k...
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    16,64 €

  • Old Cape Cod
    Mary Rogers Bangs
    Old Cape Cod is a classic American history/New England history text by Mary Rogers Bangs that deals with the history of Cape Cod.This fascinating US history books contains this snippet: Cape Cod had its Age of Romance in a half-century best placed, perhaps, in the years between 1790 and 1840. Then certainly the picture of it was charming: a picture unblemished by the paper-box...
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    17,69 €

  • Furlough Diaries
    Tom Rickhuss
    March 2020. COVID-19 is causing carnage - medically and economically. The UK’s just gone into lockdown. And learnt of the word ’furlough’... Furlough Diaries is an unexotic and totally unrepresentative account of one person’s life in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. A revealing series of daily entries documenting the hilarious, honest, hopeful and hopeless moments experienc...
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    5,75 €

  • History of Modern Islamic Civilization
    Fulki Ainur Rafi
    Western Imperialism, The Struggle for Independence and The Problems of Muslim Countries ...
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    17,58 €

  • The Great Commentary Of Cornelius a Lapide
    Cornelius a Lapide
    This commentary was composed by Cornelius a Lapide (1567 - 1637) in 17th-century during the counter-reformation period. It is considered one of the most important commentaries ever produced by a Belgium, Catholic theologian. The commentary draws heavily from the early church fathers, including the Venerable Bede, Cyril of Alexandria, St. John Chrysostom, St. Augustine, Tertulli...
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    13,41 €

  • The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite
    Dionysius the Areopagite
    Dionysius the Areopagite was a well-known first-century judge from the Areopagus Court in Athens, Greece. He famously converted to Christianity when he heard the preaching of St. Paul, the story of which is related in the Acts of the Apostles (17:34). He is credited as being the author of numerous mystical writings, which explore various theological concepts in Christianity. Ev...
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    12,89 €

  • A Nation of Immigrants
    John F. Kennedy / John FKennedy
    Throughout his presidency, John F. Kennedy was passionate about the issue of immigration reform. He believed that America is a nation of people who value both tradition and the exploration of new frontiers, deserving the freedom to build better lives for themselves in their adopted homeland. This 60th anniversary edition of his posthumously published, timeless work-with a forew...
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    16,23 €

  • Life of Saint Monica
    Frances Alice Forbes
    This biography relates the story of St. Monica (332 - 387) , the mother of St. Augustine. A native of Northern Africa, she would become famous for her devotion to her son and her pious life of prayer. Forbes masterfully weaves the story of St. Monica’s life with the background details of ancient Roman as it became a Christian state, while also including details of St. Augustine...
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    9,24 €

  • Understanding the function and responsibilities of ICE
    Dennis AuBuchon
    The approach of this book is to bring about information to the general public about this organization. There is much talk and information about what it does and does not do. The information presented brings some much needed facts to the general public. ...
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    10,45 €

  • Understanding the Function of the U.S Customs and Border Protection Organization
    Dennis AuBuchon
    Border protection is something that must exist for without border protection we no longer are a country or at least one we would recognize. The information about this organization presented in this book is needed today to rid the general public of false facts and provide the truth as to what this organization really does to protect our way of life. ...
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    9,52 €


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