Pages are yellowed with age; binding is ok."The first major and eminently readable book on gnosticism benefiting from the discovery in 1945 of a collection of Gnostic Christian texts at Nag Hammadi in Egypt." --The New York Times Book Review.[Pagels] writes with the instincts of a novelist, the skill of a scholar, and the ability to sort out significances that many writers lack." --Martin E. Marty. ... (more information)

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The Guide to sacred sites and pilgrim routes in Britain. This book includes tips for overnight lodging in abbeys, monasteries, and other spiritual centers. Maps, drawings, etc., too. "A truly wonderful and important book" --The Daily Mail.This unique guide takes us on a journey across the rural and urban landscapes of Britain. With this book, you will find your way to a multitude of sacred sites: ancient stone circles and tombs, Christian and pre-Christian shrines, medieval synagogues, small country chu... (more information)

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God's Library provides user-friendly, concrete exercises for assessing your knowledge of the Bible and for increasing your familiarity with it. The author compares Bible reading to entering a library filled with books various genre. This excellent resource also includes an outline for a workshop to be given to both children and adults.... (more information)

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A collector's edition, with a rigid, slipcase. ... (more information)

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Third revised edition. Massive, oversize, 310 page volume. Lavishly illustrated in full color.Never before has the history of the world been so vividly and arrestingly presented. From the origins of humanity two million years ago to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, The Times Illustrated History of the World charts the full sweep of the human story. Its 26 chapters use clear text, powerful illustrations, and dynamic maps to cover the world of the stone age hunters, the first farmers, the earlies... (more information)

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These reflections on the pro-life cause are distributed among several chapters: the activists, the arguments, the women, the babies, the celebrations, the abortionists, the Government, and the Church."It is my fervent prayer that these reflections will give readers the tools they need to reaffirm their own commitment to the pro-life cause, as the pivotal human rights cause of our day, to articulate pro-life arguments convincingly and compassionately, and to carry out their role in the pro-life movement wit... (more information)

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At the end of the thirteenth century, the author published this book under the title "A Description of the World." Indeed, it was. The author spoke of previous unknown regions and cultures, from the Polar Sea to Java, from China to India. In Western Europe, the book was a bombshell. As a result of this book, people became strongly interested in the Orient. There followed more and more travel and commerce. Moreover, Polo wrote well. Even in this English translation by Ronald Latham, the book is fascin... (more information)

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69 illustrations, 48 in color. Cover has a vertical crease at the left edge, near the binding; otherwise, the book is in very good condition. ... (more information)

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Edited by William deBuys, this is a collection of the writings of John Wesley Powell, noted explorer of the American West and Southwest."Powell remains the preeminent interpreter of the American West. Many of his most important writings are little known and, until now, have been largely unavailable. This compilation, with skillful editing and commentary by William deBuys, is an essential book for anyone who ventures west of the hundredth meridian." --Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, 1993-2001."We ... (more information)

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"In this sympathetic yet critical study of the teaching of the Council of Trent on the propitiary character of the Mass, David Power makes a significant contribution to the ecumenical process of which the Lima document and the bilateral reports on the Eucharist are prominent parts, as well as suggesting how a changed social and ecclesial context may allow the Roman Catholic Church itself to receive afresh the positive intent of Tridentine teaching in terms of alternative but perhaps not incompatible models ... (more information)

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In this book, ten heroes of the Middle Ages are portrayed, among them Marco Polo and the peasant Bodo. Most are not English but Latin. The book has 25 impressive illustrations, in full color, of medieval life.Medieval People is a collector's edition, finely printed and bound. The front cover has a really impressive set of six medieval engravings, each with a gold background and a single person portrayed; the back cover has another six engravings. These illuminations are taken from a thirteen century Fle... (more information)

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