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The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650by John MorrisISBN 1842124773 (1-84212-477-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650'Book summary:A lifetime's scholarship enabled John Morris to recreate a past hitherto hidden in myth and mystery. He describes the Arthurian Age as 'the starting point of future British history', for it saw the transition from Roman Britain to Great Britain, the establishment of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from the collapse of the Pax Romana. In exploring political, social, economic, religious and cultural history from the fourth to the seventh century, his theme is one of continuity. That continuity is embodied in Arthur himself: 'in name he was the last Roman Emperor, but he ruled as the first medieval king.' [via]
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The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization-Christian, Islamic, and Judaic-From Constantine to Dante A.D. 325-1300by Will DurantISBN 156731015X (1-56731-015-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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The Analectsby ConfuciusISBN 1853264628 (1-85326-462-8)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Analects'Book summary:The Master said, 'Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application? 'Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? 'Is he not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may take no note of him?" The philosopher Yu said, 'They are few who, being filial and fraternal, are fond of offending against their superiors. There have been none, who, not liking to offend against their superiors, have been fond of stirring up confusion. [via]
The Analects: Confuciusby David HintonISBN 1582430381 (1-58243-038-1)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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The Analects of Confuciusby ConfuciusISBN 1420926373 (1-4209-2637-3)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Analects of Confucius'Book summary:The Analects of Confucius is one of the most influential books ever written, not only shaping Chinese thought and culture, but providing a template for the western world on how to blend the practical and the spiritual with a sense of social form and propriety. The translation by Arthur Waley is widely regarded as the best. [via]
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The Augustine Catechism: The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, and Loveby of Hippo Augustine, John E. Rotelle, Boniface Ramsey, Bruce HarbertISBN 1565481240 (1-56548-124-0)
Softcover, Stl Distribution North Amer
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Boethius Consolatio Philosophiaeby James J. O'DonnellISBN 0929524373 (0-929524-37-3)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Celtic Myth and Legend: From Arthur and the Round Table to the Gaelic Gods and the Giants They Battled-- The Celebrated Comprehensive Treasury of Celtic Mythology, Legendby Charles Squire, Sirona KnightISBN 1564145344 (1-56414-534-4)
Softcover, Career Pr Inc
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City of Godby Augustine of Hippo, Henry Bettenson, G. R. EvansISBN 0140448942 (0-14-044894-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of God'Book summary:Augustine's City of God, a monumental work of religious lore, philosophy, and history, was written as a kind of literary tombstone for Roman culture. After the sack of Rome, Augustine wrote this book to anatomize the corruption of Romans' pursuit of earthly pleasures: "grasping for praise, open-handed with their money; honest in the pursuit of wealth, they wanted to hoard glory." Augustine contrasts his condemnation of Rome with an exaltation of Christian culture. The glory that Rome failed to attain will only be realized by citizens of the City of God, the Heavenly Jerusalem foreseen in Revelation. Because City of God was written for men of classical learning--custodians of the culture Augustine sought to condemn--it is thick with Ciceronian circumlocutions, and makes many stark contrasts between "Your Virgil" and "Our Scriptures." Even if Augustine's prose strikes modern ears as a bit bombastic, and if his polarized Christian/pagan world is more binary than the one we live in today, his arguments against utopianism and his defense of the richness of Christian culture remain useful and strong. City of God is, as its final words proclaim itself to be, "a giant of a book." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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- City of God: ISBN 0385029101 (0-385-02910-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - City of God: ISBN 0679783199 (0-679-78319-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc - City of God: ISBN 0679600876 (0-679-60087-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - City of God: ISBN 0140400222 (0-14-040022-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - City of God: ISBN 0140444262 (0-14-044426-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA - City of God: ISBN 0606310711 (0-606-31071-1)
Hardcover, Demco Media - City of God: ISBN 0140448942 (0-14-044894-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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City of Godby Marcus Dods, AugustineISBN 0394603974 (0-394-60397-4)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of God'Book summary:Augustine's City of God, a monumental work of religious lore, philosophy, and history, was written as a kind of literary tombstone for Roman culture. After the sack of Rome, Augustine wrote this book to anatomize the corruption of Romans' pursuit of earthly pleasures: "grasping for praise, open-handed with their money; honest in the pursuit of wealth, they wanted to hoard glory." Augustine contrasts his condemnation of Rome with an exaltation of Christian culture. The glory that Rome failed to attain will only be realized by citizens of the City of God, the Heavenly Jerusalem foreseen in Revelation. Because City of God was written for men of classical learning--custodians of the culture Augustine sought to condemn--it is thick with Ciceronian circumlocutions, and makes many stark contrasts between "Your Virgil" and "Our Scriptures." Even if Augustine's prose strikes modern ears as a bit bombastic, and if his polarized Christian/pagan world is more binary than the one we live in today, his arguments against utopianism and his defense of the richness of Christian culture remain useful and strong. City of God is, as its final words proclaim itself to be, "a giant of a book." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The City of God Against the Pagansby R.W. Dyson, AugustineISBN 0521468434 (0-521-46843-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The City of God Against the Pagans'Book summary:This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilization. Robert Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of De Civitate Dei, edited together with full biographical notes, a concise introduction, bibliography and chronology of Augustine's life. The result is an important contribution of interest to students of theology, philosophy, ecclesiastical history, the history of political thought and late antiquity. [via]
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The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reasonby Charles FreemanISBN 1400033802 (1-4000-3380-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason'Book summary:A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantines adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization.
When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course of European history in ways that continue to have repercussions to the present day. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, he turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority, whether that of the Bible, or the writings of Ptolemy in astronomy and of Galen and Hippocrates in medicine. Only a thousand years later, with the advent of the Renaissance and the emergence of modern science, did Europe begin to free itself from the effects of Constantine's decision, yet the effects of his establishment of Christianity as a state religion remain with us, in many respects, today. Brilliantly wide-ranging and ambitious, this is a major work of history. [via]More editions of The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason:
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The Confessionsby Augustine, John E. Rotelle, Maria BouldingISBN 1565481542 (1-56548-154-2)
Softcover, New City
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions'Book summary:Maria Bouldings version is of a different level of excellence from practically anything else on the market. She has perfected an elegant and flowing style.
Rowan Williams
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered the all time number one Christian classic. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer. Augustine was probably forty-three when he began this endeavor. He had been a baptized Catholic for ten years, a priest for six, and a bishop for only two. His pre-baptismal life raised questions in the community. Was his conversion genuine? The first hearers were captivated, as many millions have been over the following sixteen centuries. His experience of God speaks to us across time with little need of transpositions. This new translation masterfully captures his experience.
So old and yet so new! This contemporary translation of Augustine's Confessions was like meeting an old friend and touching perennial truth, despite the passing years. Augustine was surely larger than life--and this translation matches it.
Richard Rohr, o.f.m. [via]
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- The Confessions: ISBN 156548083X (1-56548-083-X)
Hardcover, New City Pr - Confessions: ISBN 1565634519 (1-56563-451-9)
Hardcover, Hendrickson Pub - Confessions: ISBN 014044114X (0-14-044114-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Confessions: ISBN 0192833723 (0-19-283372-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Confessions: ISBN 0375700218 (0-375-70021-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Confessions: ISBN 0872208168 (0-87220-816-8)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc - The Confessions: ISBN 0375411739 (0-375-41173-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Confessions: ISBN 0916441075 (0-916441-07-5)
Hardcover, Barbour Publishing, Incorporated - The Confessions: ISBN 0192817744 (0-19-281774-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Confessions: ISBN 0872201864 (0-87220-186-4)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc - The Confessions: ISBN 0882709488 (0-88270-948-8)
Softcover, Bridge-Logos - The Confessions: ISBN 0198140754 (0-19-814075-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Confessions: ISBN 0785242252 (0-7852-4225-2)
Hardcover, STL - The Confessions: ISBN 0872201872 (0-87220-187-2)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc - Confessions: ISBN 0880291036 (0-88029-103-6)
Hardcover, Hippocrene Books - The Confessions: ISBN 2070114120 (2-07-011412-0)
Hardcover, Gallimard - Confessions: ISBN 1565481542 (1-56548-154-2)
Softcover, New City
- The Confessions: ISBN 156548083X (1-56548-083-X)
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The Confessionsby Garry Wills, St AugustineISBN 0143039512 (0-14-303951-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:[via]Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustines Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Willss translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustines Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.
- A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and luxurious packaging
- Features a new introduction by the author
- Only four of the thirteen chapters of Garry Wills's translation of Confessions have appeared previously
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The Confessionsby Henry Chadwick, St AugustineISBN 0192817795 (0-19-281779-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood.
Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context.
The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this classic. [via]More editions of The Confessions:
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Confessionsby Not AvailableISBN 0785242481 (0-7852-4248-1)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions'Book summary:The premier line of Classic literature from the greatest Christian authors. The finest in quality and value.
Never underestimate the power of prayer. As Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, watched as her son and grandson were being baptized on that bright easter morning in A.D.387, she knew her lifelong prayers had been answered. Even though in his Confessions, Augustine wrote about his early life as an example of how sin grows and works within a person, he was looking back over those early years with the vision of a bishop of the church. Monica could not have known that those prayers would have presented to the church a man who would impact Christianity with the strength that Augustine did. [via]More editions of Confessions:
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Confessions of a Sinnerby St AugustineISBN 0146002032 (0-14-600203-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of a Sinner'Book summary:Book 1.His infancy and boyhood up to age 14. He speaks of his inability to remember the sins he almost certainly committed during this time. Children serve as insight into what man would be if it weren't for being socialized into waiting one's turn. Book 2.Augustine finds himself amongst bad companions, which leads him to commit theft and succumb to lust. Augustine comes from a good family and has never wanted for food. In this chapter, he explores the question of why he and his friends stole pears when he had many better pears of his own. He explains the feelings he experienced as he ate the pears and threw the rest away to the pigs. Augustine argues that he most likely would not have stolen anything had he not been in the company of others who could share in his sin. Some insight into group mentality is given. Book 3.His studies at Carthage, his conversion to Manichaeism and continued indulgences in lust between 16 and 19. The work outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1000 years of the Middle Ages. It is not a complete autobiography, nonetheless, provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the most complete record of any single person from the 4th and 5th centuries. In the work St. Augustine writes about how much he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following the Manichaean religion and believing in astrology. He writes about Nebridius's role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and St. Ambrose's role in his conversion to Christianity. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins, and writes on the importance of sexual morality. The books were written as prayers to God, thus the title, based on the Psalms of David. [via]
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The Confessions of Augustine in Modern Englishby Sherwood Eliot Wirt, AugustineISBN 031034641X (0-310-34641-X)
Hardcover, Zondervan Pub. House
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The Confessions of Saint Augustineby AugustineISBN 1421824515 (1-4218-2451-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man raise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest [via]
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Softcover, Touchstone Books - The Confessions of Saint Augustine: ISBN 0883683822 (0-88368-382-2)
Softcover, Whitaker House - Confessions of Saint Augustine: ISBN 002064230X (0-02-064230-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Confessions of Saint Augustine: ISBN 0804901902 (0-8049-0190-2)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - The Confessions of Saint Augustine: ISBN 0679603263 (0-679-60326-3)
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The Confessions of Saint Augustineby E. M. BlaiklockISBN 034032466X (0-340-32466-X)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his first years as a bishop, they reflect on his life and on the activity of remembering and interpreting a life. Books I-IV are concerned with infancy and learning to talk, schooldays, sexual desire and adolescent rebellion, intense friendships and intellectual exploration. Augustine evolves and analyses his past with all the resources of the reading which shaped his mind: Virgil and Cicero, Neoplatonism and the Bible. This volume, which aims to be usable by students who are new to Augustine, alerts readers to the verbal echoes and allusions of Augustine's brilliant and varied Latin, and explains his theological and philosophical questioning of what God is and what it is to be human. The edition is intended for use by students and scholars of Latin literature, theology and Church history. [via]
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The Confessions Of Saint Augustineby E. B. Pusey, AugustineISBN 140680603X (1-4068-0603-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:But woe is thee, thou torrent of human custom! Who shall stand against thee? how long shalt thou not be dried up? how long roll the sons of Eve into that huge and hideous ocean, which even they scarcely overpass who climb the cross? Did not I read in thee of Jove the thunderer and the adulterer? both, doubtless, he could not be; but so the feigned thunder might countenance and pander to real adultery. [via]
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The Confessions of Saint Augustineby J. M. Lelen, Augustine, J. M. LeleuISBN 0899421695 (0-89942-169-5)
Softcover, Catholic Book Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:When saint augustine wrote his confessions he was facing, and responding to, a growing spread of asceticism in the roman world.about the authorst augustine of hippo, the great doctor of the latin church, was born at thagaste in north africa, in a.d. 354. He was brought up as a christian but he was soon converted to the manichean religion. He also came under the influence of neoplatonism. However, in 387 he renounced all his unorthodox beliefs and was baptised. His surviving works had a great influence on christian theology and the psychology and political theology of the west. R.s. Pine-coffin is a roman catholic and was born in 1917 [via]
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The Confessions of Saint Augustineby Martin E. Marty, Rex Warner, AugustineISBN 0451527801 (0-451-52780-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:Harvard Classics, Vol. 7, Part 1
The origin of the autobiographical tradition, the Confessions of one of the great Fathers of the Church traces a dialogue with his God and a journey toward rising above one's self.
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The Confessions of St. Augustineby Carolinne WhiteISBN 0802839282 (0-8028-3928-2)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of St. Augustine'Book summary:Augustine was one of the most remarkable figures of the early Christian church. Born in North Africa in A.D. 354, the son of a pagan farmer, he rose to become Bishop of Hippo and a hugely influential Christian writer, whose Confessions are still loved today for their humanity and spiritual depth.
In this gorgeously illustrated volume Oxford scholar Carolinne White presents fresh translations of choice passages from the Confessions. These extracts have been chosen to express Augustine's wisdom and his mystical yearning for God. Lively narrative and colorful anecdotes are interspersed with passages of great poetry in praise of God. In the process of describing his own failings, Augustine also gives relevant advice on how to live a Christian life.
In this first modern illustrated edition of the Confessions, Augustine's words are accompanied by beautiful medieval and Renaissance illuminations from manuscripts in the collection at the British Librarymaking this a volume to treasure for a lifetime. [via]
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Confessions of St. Augustineby Rex WarnerISBN 0451624742 (0-451-62474-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of St. Augustine'Book summary:Acknowledged in every age and every nation of the Western World for nearly 1,500 years as one of mankind's great literary treasures, this is the classic autobiography of a man who journeyed from sin to sainthood, from heresy to the heights of theological insight, and from the darkness of worldly ambition to the changeless light of grace. (Literature/Classics) [via]
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The Confessions of St. Augustine: A Modern English Versionby Hal McElwaine Helms, AugustineISBN 0941478556 (0-941478-55-6)
Softcover, Paraclete Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of St. Augustine: A Modern English Version'Book summary:The Confessions of St. Augustine, a passionate, deeply honest autobiographical account of Augustine's journey toward faith, has been a source of spiritual guidance and intellectual nourishment for millions of people throught the centuries. While Augustine is regarded as one of Christianity's greatest theologians, the enduring and universal appeal of the Confessions is undoubtedly in Augustine's humanity--in his fervent examinations of his own struggles, conflicts, and temptations, and in his intensely personal quest for God. This modern edition of the Confessions will offer a profound source of spiritual enlightenment to today's reader.[via]More editions of The Confessions of St. Augustine: A Modern English Version:
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The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Versionby Augustine, E. B. PuseyISBN 160206010X (1-60206-010-X)
Hardcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Version'Book summary:One of the most influential religious books in the Christian tradition recalls crucial events in the author's life: his mid-4th-century origins in rural Algeria; the rise to a lavish lifestyle at the imperial court in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage; and recovery of his Catholic faith.[via]More editions of The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Version:
- The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Version: ISBN 0486424669 (0-486-42466-9)
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Softcover, Fleming H Revell Co - The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Version: ISBN 0801001188 (0-8010-0118-8)
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The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Versionby John K. Ryan, AugustineISBN 0385029551 (0-385-02955-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Version'Book summary:Heartfelt, incisive, and timeless, The Confessions of Saint Augustine has captivated readers for more than fifteen hundred years. Retelling the story of his long struggle with faith and ultimate conversion -- the first such spiritual memoir ever recorded -- Saint Augustine traces a story of sin, regret, and redemption that is both deeply personal and, at the same time, universal.
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Starting with his early life, education, and youthful indiscretions, and following his ascent to influence as a teacher of rhetoric in Hippo, Rome, and Milan, Augustine is brutally honest about his proud and amibitious youth. In time, his early loves grow cold and the luster of wordly success fades, leaving him filled with a sense of inner absence, until a movement toward Christian faith takes hold, eventually leading to conversion and the flourishing of a new life. Philosophically and theologically brilliant, sincere in its feeling, and both grounded in history and strikingly contemporary in its resonance, The Confessions of Saint Augustine is a timeless class that will persist as long as humanity continues to long for meaning in life and peace of soul.More editions of The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Version:
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The Confessions: Saint Augustineby Maria Boulding, Augustine, Saint, of HippoISBN 1565480848 (1-56548-084-8)
Softcover, New City Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions: Saint Augustine'Book summary:'Maria Boulding's version is of a different level of excellence from practically anything else on the market. She has perfected an elegant and flowing style.'
Rowan Williams
Archbishop of CanterburyThe Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered the all time number one Christian classic. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer. Augustine was probably forty-three when he began this endeavor. He had been a baptized Catholic for ten years, a priest for six, and a bishop for only two. His pre-baptismal life raised questions in the community. Was his conversion genuine? The first hearers were captivated, as many millions have been over the following sixteen centuries. His experience of God speaks to us across time with little need of transpositions. This new translation masterfully captures his experience.
'So old and yet so new! This contemporary translation of Augustine's Confessions was like meeting an old friend and touching perennial truth, despite the passing years. Augustine was surely larger than life--and this translation matches it.'
Richard Rohr, o.f.m. [via]
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Confucius: The Analectsby D. C. LauISBN 9622015271 (962-201-527-1)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark TwainISBN 1416534733 (1-4165-3473-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'Book summary:[via]A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twains A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthurs Camelot.
What follows is a culture clash of the first magnitude, as practical-minded Hank, disgusted with the ignorance and superstition of the people, decides to enlighten them with education and technology. Through a series of wonderfully imaginative adventures, Twain celebrates American homespun ingenuity and democracy as compared to the backward ineptitude of a chivalric monarchy. At the same time, however, Twain raises the question of whether material progress necessarily creates a better society. As Hank becomes more powerful and self-righteous, he also becomes more ruthless, more autocratic, and less able to control events, until the only way out is a massively destructive war.
While the dark pessimism that would fully blossom in Twains later works can be discerned in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court, the novel will nevertheless be remembered primarily for its wild leaps of imagination, brilliant wit, and entertaining storytelling.
With over 200 of the original illustrations by Dan Beard.Stephen Railton teaches American literature at the University of Virginia. His most recent book is Mark Twain: A Short Introduction.More editions of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court:
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Conscience of the Kingby Alfred DugganISBN 0304366463 (0-304-36646-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Dream of Scipioby Iain PearsISBN 1573229865 (1-57322-986-5)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dream of Scipio'Book summary:"May well be the best historical mystery ever written," proclaimed The Sunday Boston Globe about Iain Pears's An Instance of the Fingerpost, while Booklist called its publication "a major literary event." Iain Pears's international bestseller was greeted with front-page reviews ("A crafty, utterly mesmerizing intellectual thriller"-The Washington Post Book World), named a New York Times Notable Book, and hailed as a Book to Remember by the New York Public Library. Now he returns with a greatly anticipated novel that is so brilliantly constructed, the author himself describes it as "a complexity."
The centuries are the fifth (the final days of the Roman Empire); the fourteenth (the years of the Black Death); and the twentieth (World War II). The setting for each is the same-Provence-and each has at its heart a love story. The narratives intertwine seamlessly, but what joins them thematically is an ancient text-"The Dream of Scipio"-a work of neo-Platonism that poses timeless philosophical questions. What is the obligation of the individual in a society under siege? What is the role of learning when civilization itself is threatened, whether by acts of man or nature? Does virtue lie more in engagement or in neutrality? "Power without wisdom is tyranny; wisdom without power is pointless," warns one of Pears's characters. [via]More editions of The Dream of Scipio:
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Eagle in the Snowby Wallace BreemISBN 1590710207 (1-59071-020-7)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eagle in the Snow'Book summary:The year is 406, and the hero of this remarkable historical novel (soon to become a film) is the commander Maximus. Only a single Roman legion stands guard on the Rhine, and these few men, led by the determined general, must somehow hold off the barbarian hordes. A taut and gripping story of the fall of the Roman empire, as seen through Maximus's eyes.[via]More editions of Eagle in the Snow:
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El Sueno De Escipion / Escipion's Dreamby Iain PearsISBN 8432296562 (84-322-9656-2)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Fathers of the Church: Saint Augustine Confessionsby St. AugustineISBN 0813200210 (0-8132-0021-0)
Hardcover, Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
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Fathers of the Church: Saint Augustine Letters Volume 5by Wilfrid ParsonsISBN 0813200326 (0-8132-0032-6)
Hardcover, Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 1404306986 (1-4043-0698-6)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Le Morte D'Arthurby Thomas MaloryISBN 1404317775 (1-4043-1777-5)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Morte D'Arthur'Book summary:The legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table is one of the most enduring and influential stories in world literature. Its themes - love, war, religion, treachery and family loyalty - are timeless, as are the reputations of its major characters, Arthur, Merlin, Guenever and Launcelot. Malory's Le Morte Darthur is a story of noble knights, colourful tournaments and fateful love, set in a courtly society which is outwardly secure and successful, but in reality torn by dissent and, ultimately, treachery. Originally published in 1485, Malory's Le Morte Darthur is here presented in modern spelling and is accompanied by an Introduction and helpful Glossary [via]
The Life of Saint Benedict: Gregory the Greatby Adalbert De Vogue, Hilary CostelloISBN 0932506771 (0-932506-77-1)
Softcover, Fordham Univ Pr
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Oedipus Rexby SophoclesISBN 1570021112 (1-57002-111-2)
Softcover, Univ Pub House
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ORTHODOXYby Not Available, Albert Cook OutlerISBN 0977616703 (0-9776167-0-3)
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Raptorby Gary JenningsISBN 0553562827 (0-553-56282-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Raptor'Book summary:In the great cities of a dying empire and on the battlefields of Roman legions, Thorn, an abandoned waif, witnesses human beings at their most brutal and their most noble. Reprint. NYT. [via]
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Sword at Sunsetby Rosemary SutcliffISBN 0812588525 (0-8125-8852-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The man whom legend calls Arthur of Britain combined the best of Roman civilization with the fierce dedication of his Celtic ancestors.
Down through the generations his passionate determination to preserve the values of decency and freedom against the darkness of barbarism has been a clarion call that speaks to the best in humankind. [via]
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Un Yanqui En La Corte Del Rey Arturo / a Connnecticut Yankee in King Arthur Courtby Mark Twain, Carme Manuel, Elizabeth PowerISBN 8437617421 (84-376-1742-1)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones
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The Winter Kingby Bernard CornwellISBN 0312156960 (0-312-15696-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Winter King'Book summary:In Dark Ages Britain, Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared; a child-king sits unprotected on the throne and magic vies with religion for the souls of the people. Going far beyond the usual tales of romance and chivalry, The Winter King introduces us to an Arthur who is both utterly convincing and a true hero: a man of honor, loyalty, and amazing valor; a man who loves Guinevere more passionately than he should; a man whose life is at once tragic and triumphant. This magnificent novel will forever change the way the story of Arthur is told. [via]
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