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Loyola Press
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English
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"The intention is to produce a clear, idiomatic, and readable translation." --LOUIS J. PUHL, SJ Louis J. Puhl's translation of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola has been a standard in the Jesuit community and the world of Ignatian spirituality since its initial publication in 1951. The Exercises contain instructions for spiritual directors, prayer practices and meditations, principles for spiritual progress, and the timeless Rules for...
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The story of the Native American from his immigration from the Asian mainland to life on government-authorized reservations. A well-woven narrative follows the nomad, hunter, and farmer throughout the New World, and presents detailed views of daily life and culture. Index. Bibliography. 6 maps and figures. 107 black-and-white illustrations.
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The winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award, The Long White is predominantly set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a place where the land and weather frequently dictate one's life. In Dilworth's hands, place and character merge to create wonderfully interesting worlds and scenarios often finding individuals forced to cope with a situation they'd tried avoiding just as long as possible.
7) Snap
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English
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Frucht's first novel, a look at six people, many of them strangers to each other, whose paths cross during the separation and rejuvenation of a marriage. The world of SNAP is skewed, oddball, surreal, feeling as if the characters have entered an intricate hall of mirrors.
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Even though Christians in the restoration movement came to America aboard the Mayflower in the early 1600s, this is an excellent primary source to understanding and tracing that portion of the restoration movement that writer Alexander Campbell, influenced.
Articles appeal to the dissolving of denominations and coming together in Christian unity. Some articles quote founders of various denominations on baptism, instruments of music in worship, Bible...
10) The Poisoned Pen
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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A dozen astonishing mysteries from the case files of scientific detective Craig Kennedy Whenever the New York City police department encounters a mystery so strange it seems impossible to solve, they head to Columbia University in search of Professor Craig Kennedy. When he's not lecturing students on the science of chemistry, Kennedy uses his superlative intellect and his facility with the latest technological advancements to capture the city's most...
11) Sissie: A Novel
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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The powerful story of a vibrant African American family torn apart by inner turmoil and the injustices perpetrated by a racist society Sissie Joplin is dying, and her surviving children have come to say good-bye. Estranged from their mother for years, Iris and Ralph have both achieved success-Iris as a jazz singer in Europe and Ralph as a playwright-but the pain of their youth remains forever alive in their memories. Sissie, too, remembers: the bitter...
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Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Caesar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century is a novel by Ignatius Donnelly, famous as the author of Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. Caesar's Column was published pseudonymously in 1890. The book has been variously categorised as science fiction, speculative fiction, dystopian fiction, and/or apocalyptic fiction; one critic has termed it an \"Apocalyptic Utopia. (Wikipedia).
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Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Not only does any tale which crosshatches between this world and Faerie owe a Founder's Debt to Lord Dunsany, but the secondary world created by J.R.R. Tolkien -- from which almost all fantasylands have devolved -- also took shape and flower from Dunsany's example. -- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. Most fantasy enthusiasts consider Lord Dunsany one of the most significant forces in modern fantasy; his influences have been observed in the works of H.P....
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Barakaldo Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"For four decades the friendship of Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette spanned some of the most tumultuous upheavals in Western History, the revolutions in American and France and the birth of two great republics. It was 1781 that Jefferson met, the wealthy, aristocratic and idealistic French general who had volunteered to assist the nascent American revolution. When Jefferson was appointed to the court of France (1792) his acquaintance with the Marquis...
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