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In this book G.K. Chesterton explains how religion-a blend of philosophy and mythology-satisfies both the human intellect and the spirit, and sets man starkly apart from any other living creature. Addressing evolution, feminism, and cultural relativism within the context of religion, the book also examines religious skepticism. According to Chesterton, the shape of the key is not important. What matters is that it fits the lock and opens the door....
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Belles volume 2
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English
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Camille, Edel, and Remy, aided by The Iron Ladies and backed by alternative newspaper The Spider's Web, race to outwit Sophia, find Princess Charlotte, and return her to Orléans.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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"Spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follows four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. Outsiders to a city layered and dense with history, this quartet separated by time grapple with the physicality of bodies, the necessity for sacrifice, and...
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Anne Gifford's dowry--or lack thereof--is of no concern to Sir Dylan DeFrayne. Wrapped in each other's arms, what more could they possibly need? Yet the young lovers' passion can never be sanctioned--the DeFraynes and Giffords have been sworn enemies for decades. Lest more blood be shed, the two must keep their affair a secret…and plot their elopement. Clad in threadbare hand-me-downs, Anne never expects the powerful and aged Brennan Forbes to remember...
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2024
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English
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"The Everlasting Friendship" is a captivating African fable that explores the deep and enduring bonds between stork birds and humans. Set in the picturesque village of Odi along the banks of River Nun, the story begins with the Kilolo family, who were the first in the village to have a stork's nest built on the roof of their home. The tale intricately weaves the lives of the Kilolo family and the stork birds, highlighting themes of trust, kindness,...
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Scribner
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©2023
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English
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"The award-winning, bestselling author of An Everlasting Meal serves up an inspiring, money-saving, environmentally responsible, A-to-Z collection of simple recipes that utilize all kinds of leftovers--perfect for solo meals or for feeding the whole family"--
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Tundra Books
Pub. Date:
©2023
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930L
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English
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"Devastated by the loss of her beloved older brother to cancer, Bugz returns to the place where she can always find solace and strength: the Floraverse. Over the past year, she has gained back all that she had lost in that virtual world, and while the remaining ClanLess members still plot against her, she is easily able to overcome their attacks. Even better, she's been secretly working on a bot that will be both an incredible weapon and a source...
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VALUE CHAIN BOOKS
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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Book Introduction Lucians Long and Challenging Journey in Search of the Everlasting Spring! The Everlasting Spring tells the story of Lucian, a blind man from a drought-stricken village, and his journey to find the legendary spring. Along the way, Lucian faces numerous trials, including losing his cane and his provisions, and enduring violence. Despite these hardships, he rediscovers hope and relies solely on his acute sense of hearing to guide him...
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Wilder Publications, Inc
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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Here is the book that converted C. S. Lewis from atheism to Christianity. This history of mankind, Christ, and Christianity is to some extent a conscious rebuttal of H. G. Wells' Outline of History, which embraced both the evolutionary origins of humanity and the mortal humanity of Jesus. Orthodoxy detailed Chesterton's own spiritual journey, and this book illustrates the spiritual journey of humanity, or at least of Western civilization. A book for...
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Page Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2021
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English
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The Everlasting Spring: Beyond Olympus is an epic trilogy of romance and heroic true love spanning two thousand years in the tumultuous advance of Western Civilization. The Storyteller is an old man who understands and appreciates the heroes and heroines, the saints and sinners, who made world changing history sharing transcendent love and self-sacrifice needed for Western Culture to survive, and create The United States of America. When he was young...
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Page Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2021
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English
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The Everlasting Spring: Beyond Olympus is a trilogy. A continuing story of romance and true love in three epic sagas spanning two-thousand years in the tumultuous rise of Western Civilization. The storyteller is an old man who understands and appreciates the heroes and heroines; the saints and sinners, who made epic history, by sharing the love and self-sacrifice that enabled Western Culture to survive. When he was young and foolish, naïve and swaggering...
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Page Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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The Everlasting Spring: Beyond Olympus is a trilogy. A story of romance and true love spanning two-thousand years in the tumultuous rise of Western Civilization. The storyteller is an old man who understands and appreciates the heroes and heroines; the saints and sinners, who made epic history, by sharing the love and self-sacrifice that enabled Western Culture to survive. When he was young and foolish; naïve and swaggering with false bravado, the...
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Vic's Lab, LLC
Pub. Date:
2017
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English
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The Everlasting-a title given to those, who've reached a state closest to godhood. This honor is a dream to all novice mages and warriors. After the Age of War ended, the majestic city of Alsa, was one of the few cities that remained. In that city lies the best school of magic, Albion, an academic school that has educated the strongest leaders of the current age. Our story begins with Asura Shirogami, an orphaned sixteen-year-old boy trained in warrior...
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date:
2012
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English
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012" Yuri Pines holds the Michael W. Lipson Chair in Chinese Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a visiting professor at Nankai University in Tianjin, China. He is the author of Foundations of Confucian Thought and Envisioning Eternal Empire. Established in 221 BCE, the Chinese empire lasted for 2,132 years before being replaced by the Republic of China in 1912. During its two millennia,...
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Red Door Consulting
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2015
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English
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Arthur Gray (1852-1940) wrote under the pseudonym Ingulphus for several years, and it was only in 1919 when his stories were collected as Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramarye under Gray's own name that the identity of the author was discovered. 'The Everlasting Club' is a peculiar ghost story set in Jesus College Cambridge. A student drinking society has a peculiar set of rules, including the permanence of membership, regardless of whether the...