• Rok vydání 1994

In the Bible, according to author: In the beginning God created the Heaven and Earth and darkness was upon the face of the…

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• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2019

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A highly readable, fascinating book that jerks the debate on religion versus atheism right out of…

• Počet stran 192
• Rok vydání 2024

Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world.…

• Rok vydání 2009

Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel…

• Počet stran 416
• Rok vydání 2024

The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world. For…

Free when packaged with any Damrosch World Literature title.…

• Rok vydání 2013

Both Flesh and Not combines David Foster Wallace's best-loved essays with work never before published in the UK. Beloved for…

• Počet stran 400
• Rok vydání 2024

The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Beauvoir…

• Počet stran 432
• Rok vydání 2023

What would it take for your body to be good enough? The pressure to change our bodies is overwhelming. We strive to defy…

• Rok vydání 1983

After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the…

Tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines…

The Ramayana is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the…

Although the exact identity of this text's author remains obscure, he was probably an English country parson of the late…

'The Upanisads' is the Hindu equivalent of the Christian New Testament. It is a collection of spiritual treatises written in…

Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell…

All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. In this book, a non-believer both rejects the…

This translation first published 1959--T.p. verso.…

• Rok vydání 2013

Demonstrates the individual's reliance on God and on the words of Christ, and the futility of a life without faith, as well…

• Počet stran 320
• Rok vydání 2001

Hildegard, the "Sybil of the Rhine," was a Benedictine nun and one of the most prolific and original women writers of the…

Presents an introduction to the mythology of the peoples, who inhabited the northwestern fringes of Europe from Britain and…

The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in…

Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic people. This title provides an introduction to this…

What is Buddhism? Drawing on down-to-earth examples from everyday life, this book penetrates the most essential and enduring…

Tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht,…

• Rok vydání 1998

Contains both the short text, which is mainly an account of the 'showings' themselves and Julian's initial interpretation of…

Standing at the crossroads of psychology and religion, this work applies the scientific method to a field abounding in…

Set at the end of the tenth century, this title is about the time Scandinavia was converting from worship of Norse gods to…

Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest…

• Počet stran 272
• Rok vydání 2018

In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an…

Presents reflections on Christianity that forges a synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. This title…

This selection of early saints' lives, full of vivid incidents and astonishing miracles, consists of classics of hagiography…

Li Po and Tu Fu were devoted friends who are considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, was an itinerant poet.…

A king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a…

• Rok vydání 2007

A tenth anniversary edition of the classic text, revised and featuring a Mindful Living Journal. Thich Nhat Hanh explores…

A wonderfully enjoyable storehouse of ancient Chinese history and legends, which also has an important role in understanding…

Zen Buddhism conveys its profound truths through epigrams, parable and brief enigmatic and often amusing stories of the…

The Bible is held to be both universal and specific, the source of fundamental truths inscribed in words that are exact and…

Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this book offers a blend of poetry and…

The accounts given by Bede and Eddius give the reader an idea of 6th and 7th century life in Britain as Roman Episcopal…

When Cabrillo and his ship are hired by the US government to find an ancient statue known as the Golden Buddha, stolen from…

Includes poems that represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing and are imbued with the symbols and metaphors that…

• Počet stran 240
• Rok vydání 2002

Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today s leading sources of wisdom,…

The Analects express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which the author, one of the most humane thinkers, believed everyone…