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A biography of the distinguished novelist, poet, preacher and social reformer, who typifies the Victorian man as closely as the Good Queen herself typifies the Victorian woman. Originally published in 1937. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest...

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David Shulman and Velcheru Narayana Rao offer a groundbreaking cultural biography of Srinatha, arguably the most creative figure in the thousand-year history of Telugu literature. This fourteenth- and fifteenth-century poet revolutionized the classical...

A 16th century Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci was the founder of the Catholic Mission in China and one of the most famous missionaries of all time. A pioneer in bringing Christianity to China, Ricci spent twenty eight years in the country, in which time he...

A scholarly edition of the letters and diaries of John Henry Newman. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.Book InformationISBN 9780198754725Author John Henry NewmanFormat...

English-born Francis Asbury was one of the most important religious leaders in American history. Asbury single-handedly guided the creation of the American Methodist church, which became the largest Protestant denomination in nineteenth-century America,...

After Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, Parley P. Pratt was the most influential figure in early Mormon history and culture. Missionary, pamphleteer, theologian, historian, and martyr, Pratt was perennially stalked by controversy-regarded, he said,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888139668Author Luxian JinFormat HardbackPage Count 324Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

An engaging and rich exploration of Saint Patrick and his extraordinary influence on the world. Forced into slavery at the age of fifteen, Patrick overcame all hardship to fulfil his calling: to bring the people of Ireland into the light of God's word...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608876440Author Joshua M GreeneFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight EditionsWeight(grams) 1052gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780828024983Author Hilda MorneauFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Review & Herald PublishingPublisher Review & Herald PublishingWeight(grams)...

The book provides an account of many Jesuits, from the time of St. Ignatius to the 1990's, who have been incarcerated around the world for their faith. It is divided into chapters that deal with specific themes related to their imprisonment. The...

Rabbi Jacob Agus' (1911-1986) intellectual production spanned nearly a half century and covered an enormous historical and conceptual range, from the biblical to the modern era. Best known as an important Jewish scholar, he also held important rabbinic,...

Confessions of a Chinese Heroine presents the candid autobiography of Ying Mulan (born 1933), member of a famous Catholic family in Beijing, and uniquely mirrors the turbulent changes of Chinese society in the second half of the 20th century. At the age...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589973787Author Robert T. RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers

This book is the first biography in 42 years of the priest and educator whom historians have called “the most important anticommunist in the country.” Edmund A. Walsh, as dean of Georgetown College and founder in 1919 of its School of Foreign Service, is...

In the pages of MUHAMMAD, young readers will encounter a man very different from the figure often presented in Western popular culture. Drawing from biographies, the Quran and hadith, Sarah Conover, co-author of Ayat Jamilah, Beautiful Signs, relates the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888139675Author Luxian JinFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

"Deeply involving, instructive, and capable of touching any reader who cares about the search for meaning."--Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America "In being so frank about his own struggles and fantasies, Greg's personal tale becomes something more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861715367Author Kamala TiyavanichFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476789057Author David WilleyFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Gallery BooksPublisher Gallery BooksWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 160mm * 28mm

Historians of the Christian Social movement in the Church of England during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries have paid little attention to its relation to the Liberal Party. But from about 1886 to 1918 there were some socially concerned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780880823913Author Bill GriffethFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint New England Historic Genealogical Society(NEHGS)Publisher New England Historic...

The Catholic Church has been undoubtedly going through a period of profound crisis. Endless scandals and conspiracies have plagued the Church in recent years, and with resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in February 2013, the Catholic community was left in...

A scholarly edition of the letters and diaries of John Henry Newman. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.Book InformationISBN 9780199200436Author J. H. NewmanFormat...

For as long as she can remember, Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross's life has been measured in seconds. The fewer, the better. But when the race is over, how do you know what to run towards next? In Chasing Grace, join Sanya as she helps you see...

In 1946 Edward Rohs was left by his unwed parents at the Angel Guardian Home to be raised by the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters hoped that his parents would one day return for him. In time they married and had other children, but Ed's parents never came...

This volume comprises papers presented at a conference marking the 50th anniversary of Joachim Wach's death, and the centennial of Mircea Eliade's birth. Its purpose is to reconsider both the problematic, separate legacies of these two major...

Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was one of nineteenth-century America's leading theologians, owing in part to a lengthy teaching career, voluminous writings, and a faculty post at one of the nation's most influential schools, Princeton Theological Seminary...

This second supplement of the Heraldica Colegii Cardinalium continues the planned publication of that roll of arms as Cardinals are created by the Sovereign Pontiff, this time giving the arms of all but one of the Cardinals created on 21st October 2003...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800723958Author Tamika CatchingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Fleming H. Revell CompanyPublisher Fleming H. Revell CompanyWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802883094Author Mikeal C ParsonsFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyPublisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830829217Author Herman J. SelderhuisFormat PaperbackPage Count 287Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

Rabi R. Maharaj came from a long line of Brahmin priests and gurus and trained as a yogi. He meditated for many hours each day, but gradually disillusionment set in. He describes Hindu life and custom, vividly and honestly tracing his difficult search...

Sri Ramakrishna, one of the greatest spiritual personalities of our time, is widely recognised as the prophet of the harmony of religions. After perfecting the practice of several religions - including Christianity, Islam and various traditions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594632303Author Lesley HazletonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm)...

Joachim Prinz (1902-1988) was one of the most extraordinary and innovative figures in modern Jewish history. Never one for conformity, Prinz developed and modeled a new rabbinical role that set him apart from his colleagues in Weimar Germany...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899421100Author Cassian A MilesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Catholic Book PublishingPublisher Catholic Book PublishingWeight(grams)...

Written for a younger audience, this intriguing story of Swami Muktananda's search for God details how he created a meditation revolution that continues to transform countless lives around the world.About the AuthorMargaret Simpson is the author of...

Life is full of unexpected obstacles, but there's no challenge too big for God to handle. Washington D.C. is crammed with people eager to bend your ear about statistics, polls, and policies. Karen Pence is more likely to talk about beekeeping-if she's...