Religious genre books (119)
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The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene EN
EnglandDescription:
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
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The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Revised edition. The book's conclusions, and the new material are persuasive, shocking and even dangerous.
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The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria by Alia Malek EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
At the Arab Spring's hopeful start, Alia Malek returned to Damascus to reclaim her grandmother's apartment, which had been lost to her family since Hafez al-Assad came to power in 1970. Its loss was central to her parent's decision to make their lives in America. In chronicling the people who lived in the Tahaan building, past and present, Alia portrays the Syrians-the Muslims, Christians, Jews, Armenians, and Kurds-who worked, loved, and suffered in close quarters, mirroring the political shifts in their country. Restoring her family's home as the country comes apart, she learns how to speak ... continue
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The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. Matthew; by George Prevost, Saint John Chrysostom EN
TurkeyDescription:
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute th... continue
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The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis EN
GermanyDescription:
Thought by many to be the most influential of all texts in the Christian tradition, this 15th century meditation on the spiritual life offers a clear and universally accessible expression of Western religious ideals.
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The Inferno by Dante Alighieri EN
ItalyDescription:
Writing his Comedy (the epithet Divine was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, Dante aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. It tells the story of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman.
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The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus by Saint Athanasius EN
EgyptDescription:
Athanasius (c. 295-373) Bishop of Alexandria, spiritual master and theologian, was a major figure of 4th-century Christendom. The Life of Antony is one of the foremost classics of asceticism. The Letter to Marcellinus is an introduction to the spiritual sense of the Psalms.
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The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis EN
IrelandDescription:
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic becomes mixed up and they all land in Narnia, where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech. Illustrations.
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The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton EN
Description:
G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of their disguised identities in what is a fascinating mystery and, ultimately, a spellbinding allegory. As Jonathan Lethem remarks in his Introduction, The real characters are the ideas. Chesterton's nutty agenda is really quite simple: to expose moral relativism and parlor nihilism for the devils he believes them to be. This wouldn't be interesting at all, though, if he didn... continue
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The Passion Hymns of Iceland, Being Translations from the Passion-Hymns of Hallgrim Petursson by Hallgrim Peturssonm translated by Charles Pilcher EN
IcelandDescription:
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute th... continue