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Prayers Before the EucharistWhen thinking of Saint John Henry Newman, many associations come to mind: scholar, writer, intellectual. But rarely do we associate "mystic" with this new saint. And yet, his faith was not merely an intellectual exercise. Newman held a deep and passionate devotion to Our...
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VilletteWith an Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue, Department of English, Canterbury Christ Church University College. Based on Charlotte Bront 's personal experience as a teacher in Brussels, Villette is a moving tale of repressed feelings and subjection to cruel circumstance and position,...
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Chromatography: Or a Treatise on Colors and Pigments, and of Their Powers for Painters and ArtistsChromatography is the study of colors and pigments; this book is designed to guide painters, artists and others to the classification and theory behind colors.Celebrated for years after its release, Field's Chromatography has been used by thousands of professional painters, artists and others for...
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Zastrozzi: A RomanceZastrozzi A Romance is a Gothic novel by Percy Bysshe Shelley first published in 1810 in London by George Wilkie and John Robinson anonymously, with only the initials of the author's name in initials. The first of Shelley's two early Gothic novellas, the other...
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Flappers and Philosophers'Lie to me by the moonlight. Do a fabulous story.' F. Scott Fitzgerald's first story collection, Flappers and Philosophers, appeared in 1920 on the heels of his debut novel, This Side of Paradise, and immediately established him a master of popular fiction. Love stories...
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Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov: "But how could you live and have no story to tell?"Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born on 11th November 1821.He was introduced to literature very early. At age three, it was heroic sagas, fairy tales and legends. At four his mother used the Bible to teach him to read and write. His immersion in literature was...
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At the End of the Santa Fe Trail2019 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Illustrated with photographs. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Here, in the tersely recorded journal of Sister Blandina, a Sister of Charity, is an valuable picture of the Southwest from 1872 to 1892;...
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Tender PointsTender Points is a narrative fractured by trauma. Named after the diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia, the book-length lyric essay explores sexual violence, chronic pain, and patriarchy through lived experience and pop culture. First published in 2015, this new edition includes an afterword by the...
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Caribbean Reasonings: After Man, Towards the Human"Sylvia Wynter's work is distinctively Caribbean. From her exciting and rigorous interventions on 'folk culture' and its profound meaning for the symbolic universe of Caribbean reality, creative writing and the nature of Caribbean culture, to her present genealogical critique of Western humanism, Wynter has...
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Motivos de SonAuthor: Nicolas GuillenPublisher: Grupo TomoPublished: 01/01/2008Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 7.20h x 4.70w x 0.40dISBN: 9789706666475Language: SpanishThis title is only available via back order
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Ophiolatreia: Rites and mysteries of serpent worshipSerpent worship and occult sexOphiolatreia - Rites and Mysteries of Serpent Worship is one of the most substantial and complete books written on this subject. It was published anonymously in London in 1889 by the Freemason and Rosicrucian Hargrave Jennings. In several voluminous works,...
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Beloved Delhi: A Mughal City and her Greatest Poets'A riveting resurrection of the city of poets, the city of history, Saif Mahmood's learned and evocative book takes us to the heart of Delhi's romance with Urdu verse and aesthetics.'--Namita GokhaleUrdu poetry rules the cultural and emotional landscape of India--especially northern India and...
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WalthariusThe Waltharius, a medieval Latin epic poem of over 1400 lines, richly retells the story of a vigorous Germanic saga in the language and style of classical and Christian Latin poetry. Walter, its hero, is a pagan warrior ready to mock his enemies and...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Abridged & IllustratedA sleepy little town is famous for its legend of the Headless Horseman and other specters. Ichabod Crane, the town's new school teacher, is fond of a good ghost story or two. He is in love with beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, but a handsome...
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Zwischen Didaktischem Auftrag Und Grenzuberschreitender Aufstorung?: Zu Aktuellen Entwicklungen in Der Deutschsprachigen Kinder- Und JugendliteraturDie Entwicklungen ab 2000 vertieften innerhalb der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur einen Prozess, der sich bereits seit den 1970er Jahren abzeichnete: Die Annaherung von Allgemeinliteratur auf der einen und Kinder- und Jugendliteratur auf der anderen Seite. Diese Annaherung, die auch eine Grenzuberschreitung bedeuten kann, war...
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L' Architecture Des Essais de Montaigne: Memoire Artificielle Et MythologieAuthor: Daniel MartinPublisher: KlincksieckPublished: 10/01/1992Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9782707811530Language: FrenchAbout the AuthorEnseignant au Departement d'italien et de francais de l'Universite du Massachussets a Amherst, professeur emerite de litterature francaise de la Renaissance. Specialiste du XVIe siecleThis title is not returnableThis title is only available...
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La Poetique de Du Bellay: Nouvelle Edition Avec Une Bibliographie ComplementaireAuthor: Floyd Francis GrayPublisher: KlincksieckPublished: 01/01/1978Pages: 176Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9782707812988Language: FrenchAbout the AuthorUniversity of Michigan. Auteur de plusieurs ouvrages, dont Le style de Montaigne (Nizet, 1958), Rabelais et l'ecriture (Nizet, 1974) ou La Bruyere, amateur de caracteres (Nizet, 1986)This title is not returnableThis title...
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Montaigne, Les Cannibales Et Les ConquistadoresAuthor: Philippe DesanPublisher: KlincksieckPublished: 10/01/1994Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9782707811844Language: FrenchAbout the AuthorContributor Biography - French Professeur de litterature francaise a l'Universite de Chicago et titulaire d'une chaire au Departement de litterature romane et au Comite d'Histoire de la Culture, redacteur en chef de la...
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La Passion Des Livres: Quand les ecrivains parlent de la litterature, de l'art d'ecrire et de la lectureAuthor: Jerome DuhamelPublisher: Albin MichelPublished: 10/01/2003Pages: 647Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.80dISBN: 9782226141989Language: FrenchThis title is only available via back order
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Defaite de La PenseeAuthor: Al FinkielkrautPublisher: Gallimard EducationPublished: 02/01/1989Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 6.90h x 4.20w x 0.50dISBN: 9782070325092Language: FrenchThis title is only available via back order
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