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  • Christian Omnibus Vol. 3 - Five Books on Reliance
    A. W. Tozer / Andrew Murray / AWTozer / St Francis de Sales
    Complete five books about Reliance on God, in one Christian Omnibus volume. These specific books on Christian living resonate with readers though the ages. Now collected in one volume, they can be read again and again to help the reader’s walk with God in reliance.'Where God is all, self is nothing.'Includes:Introduction to the Devout Life by St Francis De SalesThe Pursuit of G...
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    26,75 €

  • Christian Omnibus Vol. 3 - Five Books on Reliance
    A. W. Tozer / Andrew Murray / AWTozer / St Francis de Sales
    Complete five books about Reliance on God, in one Christian Omnibus volume. These specific books on Christian living resonate with readers though the ages. Now collected in one volume, they can be read again and again to help the reader’s walk with God in reliance.'Where God is all, self is nothing.'Includes:Introduction to the Devout Life by St Francis De SalesThe Pursuit of G...
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    16,34 €

  • Introduction to the Devout Life
    St Francis de Sales
    Complete edition of Introduction to the Devout Life by St Francis de Sales. In these very accessible contemplations, de Sales addresses all of us, in all walks of life, as if he was sitting with the reader at his table. This is a must read to think about our relationship with God, and something to own and contemplate over many years. To assist with understanding the middle Eng...
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    9,63 €

  • Introduction to the Devout Life
    St Francis de Sales
    Complete edition of Introduction to the Devout Life by St Francis de Sales. In these very accessible contemplations, de Sales addresses all of us, in all walks of life, as if he was sitting with the reader at his table. This is a must read to think about our relationship with God, and something to own and contemplate over many years. To assist with understanding the middle Engl...
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    20,04 €

  • The Martyrs of the Coliseum
    A. J. O’Reilly / AJO’Reilly
    Over centuries, the Christian martyrs of Ancient Rome were put to death in the coliseum, their horrific demise serving as bloodthirsty entertainment for the Roman population.The persecutions of early Christians took place over centuries, as the pagan Roman Empire sought to suppress and extinguish belief in God and Christ. While many Christians were simply executed and their hom...
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    16,00 €

  • Life of Rev. A. Crooks
    E. W. Crooks / EWCrooks
    Reverend Adam Crooks was an activist and minister whose tireless campaigns against slavery in the 19th century led to his being one of Methodist church’s most famous abolitionists.Born at a time when slavery in America was scarcely questioned by the religious establishment, Reverend Crooks’ felt a personal revulsion toward enslavement, and especially its continuation by individ...
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    12,46 €

  • Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism
    Thomas Inman
    The relationship between Christian symbols and those of ancient religions is storied and complex; in this illustrated work, surgeon and mythologist Thomas Inman discusses many examples.This competent and extensively illustrated analysis was born of the authors’ interest in archaeology and advancements in the understanding of ancient cultures. Though a hobbyist antiquarian, Inma...
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    9,94 €

  • Sketches New and Old
    Mark Twain
    'I have scattered through this volume a mass of matter which has never been in print before (...) not doing this in order to make an advertisement of it, but because these things seemedinstructive.-Mark Twain, Preface Sketches New and Old (1875) Sketches New and Old (1875) by Mark Twain is a collection of short stories published first as newspaper articles all with Twain’s hu...
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    12,57 €

  • The Exodus
    Alfred Edersheim
    Alfred Edersheim’s classic commentary on the Biblical Book of Exodus is admired for its fluency of explanation, and for the author’s immense knowledge of Old Testament lore.Exodus, the second book of the Old Testament, is renowned for its telling of how the ancient Hebrews departed from the Kingdom of the Egyptians. Egypt at the time was ruled by the Pharaoh, a proud and domine...
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    13,32 €

  • The Atonement
    R. W. Dale
    The Atonement is R. W. Dale’s exceptional commentary upon the pillar belief of Christianity: that Jesus died for the sins of humanity and was reconciled with His father, the Lord God.Originally, this Biblical study was delivered as a series of lectures to students and believers present at the Congregational Union Memorial Hall in England. R. W. Dale sought to share decades of a...
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    16,28 €

  • Far from the Madding Crowd
    Thomas Hardy
    Complete and unabridged, tragedy and true love in the Wessex countryside makes this Thomas Hardy romantic classic a great English novel.Bathsheba Everdene is pursued by Farmer Boldwood, Soldier Troy, and Shepherd Oak.  Who will win her heart, if any? Find out in this worthwhile investment of page turning romance. ...
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    21,07 €

  • John of Gaunt
    C. W. Empson / CWEmpson
    John of Gaunt was an English prince in the 14th century whose political skills and astute negotiating strengthened the monarchy of his nephew, King Richard II.A talented and able negotiator and statesman, John of Gaunt’s actions were pivotal amid the politically fractious climate of the 14th century. The rivalling nobilities, each with many lords under their vassalage, threaten...
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    8,07 €

  • The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa
    St Catherine of Genoa
    The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa consists of three separate works: The Life and Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa (which includes her sayings) as compiled by her confessor, Don Cattaneo Marabotto, and two works by St. Catherine herself The Spiritual Dialogue (between the Soul and the Body), and the famous Treatise on Purgatory. Treatise on Purgatory sets th...
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    13,53 €

  • The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume II
    John Forster
    'This cheap edition of my books is dedicated to the English people, in whose approval, if the books be true in spirit, they will live, and out of whose memory, if they be false, they will very soon die.' -Charles Dickens, The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume II (1874)The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume II (1874) focuses on the English author’s life from 1842-1851 and documents h...
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    29,01 €

  • The Life of Charles Dickens, Two Volumes in One
    John Forster
    '...Dickens was moved or inspired by the rough lessons of his boyhood, and the groundwork of the character was undoubtedly laid; but the rhetorical exuberance impressed itself upon him later, and from this as it expanded and developed in a thousand amusing ways, the full-length figure took its great charm.' -John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume I (1872)The Life of ...
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    58,69 €

  • Twelve Mormon Homes
    Elizabeth Wood Kane
    Published in the 1870s, this account of Mormon families and their homes offers historical insight into Mormonism and life in the fledgling communities of the era.Presented as a kind of travelogue through the states of Arizona and Utah, this book recounts the appearance and status of various settlements founded or occupied by adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement known as M...
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    12,33 €

  • Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family
    Lewis H Morgan
    'Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity remains a towering monument... Morgan can never be ignored by the student of kinship.'-Robert Lowie, early 20th century American anthropologistIn Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family (1871), Lewis Morgan described his fieldwork among Native American and the kinship systems of over 100 cultures that he studied. Its key ...
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    30,11 €

  • The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume I
    John Forster
    '...Dickens was moved or inspired by the rough lessons of his boyhood, and the groundwork of the character was undoubtedly laid; but the rhetorical exuberance impressed itself upon him later, and from this as it expanded and developed in a thousand amusing ways, the full-length figure took its great charm.' -John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume I (1872)The Life of ...
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    29,11 €

  • The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
    Charles Darwin
    'He who admits that the structure and habits of all animals have been gradually evolved, will look at the whole subject of Expression in a new and interesting light.' - Charles Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) includes original photographic as well as other illustrations by noted scientists...
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    27,14 €

  • Roughing It
    Mark Twain
    'This book is merely a personal narrative and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation...Yes, take it all around, there is quite a good deal of information in the book. I regret this very much; but really it could not be helped: information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter.'-Mark Twain (1872) Roughing It (...
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    21,06 €

  • The Table Talk of Doctor Martin Luther
    Martin Luther / William Hazlitt
    Martin Luther’s explanations of various aspects of religious belief, including the more difficult to understand elements of Biblical lore, remain an excellent point of reference for scholars and believers alike.Writing in the early 16th century, Luther was all too mindful of the fact that the Bible had only recently begun to be printed and distributed among the Christian laity....
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    12,70 €

  • The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
    Charles Darwin
    'He who admits that the structure and habits of all animals have been gradually evolved, will look at the whole subject of Expression in a new and interesting light.' - Charles Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) includes original photographic as well as other illustrations by noted scientists...
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    38,54 €

  • Symposium
    Plato / Benjamin Jowett
    The Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385–370 BC. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet. The men include the philosopher Socrates, the general and political figure Alcibiades, and the comic playwright Aristophanes. The speeches are to be given in praise of Eros, who is the god of love and d...
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    18,76 €

  • Sermons to the Natural Man
    William G. T. Shedd / William GTShedd
    In twenty sermons, William G. T. Shedd discusses topics of spiritual life and Christian theology; God and His infinite knowledge of the world and of mankind, and the role of sin.A great compendium of Shedd's finest preaching, this book was published in an attempt to express the divine truth of God. Unabashed about the lecture's focus on sin and the almighty power of the...
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    12,36 €

  • Symposium
    Plato / Benjamin Jowett
    The Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385–370 BC. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet. The men include the philosopher Socrates, the general and political figure Alcibiades, and the comic playwright Aristophanes. The speeches are to be given in praise of Eros, who is the god of love and d...
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    10,34 €

  • Nonsense Songs
    Edward Lear
    'The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea  In a beautiful pea-green boat,  They took some honey, and plenty of money,  Wrapped up in a five-pound note.'-Edward LearNonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets (1871), like much of Edward Lear’s writing, is characterized by a joy of living. In this charming collection of nonsense verse children of all ages can delight in some of L...
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    25,55 €

  • Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance
    Mark Twain
    'Arthur Twain was a man of considerable note-a solicitor on the highway in William Rufus’ time. At about the age of thirty he went to one of those fine old English places ofresort called Newgate, to see about something, and never returned again. While there he diedsuddenly.'-Mark Twain, Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography (1871)Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and Fi...
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    13,05 €

  • The Descent of Man
    Charles Darwin
    'It has often and confidently been asserted, that man’s origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.' -Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, (1871)The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relat...
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    27,16 €

  • The Descent of Man
    Charles Darwin
    'It has often and confidently been asserted, that man’s origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.' -Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, (1871)The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relat...
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    45,41 €

  • The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms
    Charles Darwin
    '...I was led to keep in my study during many months worms in pots filled with earth, I became interested in them, and wished to learn how far they acted consciously...' - Charles Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms (1881)The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits (1881) includes original illu...
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    22,16 €