Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Essays addressing a range of Augustine's writings cover such themes as conversion, person, nature, will, faith, and sight, as well as summarize the historical and philosophical context in which Augustine wrote. Most sections include substantial translations from Augustine's writings. Originally published by New York University Press, 1978, as An In
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Publisher: Vintage
In his lifetime, Bram Stoker (1847-1912) lived in the shadow of the man he served, the Victorian actor, Sir Henry Irving. In death, he was overshadowed by his most famous creation, the undead Count who continues to permeate our consciousness.Yet Stoker was no mere Renfield to Irving's imperious Dracula. Rather, he was a larger-than-life […]
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Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
John Wesley led the second English Reformation. His Methodist Connexion was divided from the Church of England, not by dogma and doctrine but by the new relationship which it created between clergy and people. This biography explores his life, career and beliefs.
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
This collection brings together letters that Beatrix Potter wrote to children, including the letter sent to Noel Moore that started her career as an author. The collection offers an insight into the background to the stories, as well as the children to whom she wrote.
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Publisher: A-Jot
The Fleet Street Sewer Rat
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Publisher: NPI Media Group
Whiteleys was the Harrods of the 19th century. Its clients included English and overseas royalty and it offered - and delivered - Everything from a pin to an Elephant. Created by William Whiteley, a draper's assistant from Yorkshire, who come to London with just a few pounds in his pocket, it was […]
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Publisher: Vintage
Mihail Sebastian was a promising young Jewish writer in pre-war Bucharest who counted among his friends the leading intellectuals and social luminaries of a sophisticated Eastern European culture. He survived the war and the Holocaust, only to be killed in a road accident in 1945.
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Presents the history of power, love and greed in eleventh-century England. This work tells the remarkable story of Queen Emma and the Vikings.
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Publisher: Reardon Publishing
Edward Wilson is remembered as the artist of the British Antarctic Expedition. He died in the Antarctic in March 1912, leaving specimens, diaries and sketchbooks. But he drew all his life, collecting his work into indexed volumes. This collection contains the bulk of his non-Antarctic work in chronological order, showing his artistic […]
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
The author has taught herself Danish in order to research original sources for this English biography of Hans Christian Andersen. She creates a picture of him as a deeply troubled man, and demonstrates the unity of his troubled life with the soaring achievement of his work.
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