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John Wycliffe and Jan Hus: The Lives of the Influential Church Reformers Who Preceded Luther and the Protestant Reformation

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Report copyright infringementby Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingIn the mid-14th century, the Vatican called upon England and sought financial aid in the hopes of boosting papal defenses against French forces. It was then that a man named John Wycliffe boldly stepped forth and appealed to the John of Gaunt, urging the Duke of Lancaster and Parliament to repudiate Rome's demands and citing what he believed to be the Church's abundance in wealt...

From Moravia to Texas: A Czech Immigrant Family's Pioneering Journey' (Vol 1)

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Report copyright infringementby Sam Kopecky (Author)As the early 20th century steadily recedes into the distant past, many details of daily life during that American pre-depression period fade to an increasingly abstract perspective, void of the feeling brought to life in this loving couple's extensive and valuable correspondence. This is a rare first-hand account of the stress and hardships of a country nurse, and country doctor and WWI veteran, from humble origins. There is also a vivid por...

The Great Diamond Hoax; And Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending

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Report copyright infringementby Asbury Harpending (Author), James H. Wilkins (Editor)This book "" The Great Diamond Hoax; And Other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending "" has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and desi...

The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance - Paperback

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by Ross King (Author)The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings--the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened world.At the heart of ...

History in 30: The Life of St. Anthony of Padua

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Report copyright infringementby Percy Bennington (Author)Many Catholic Churches have statues of great saints, holy people who have left their mark on the Church by the way they have lived lives of heroic faith and sanctity, and thus have inspired others to do the same. One of these great saints is St. Anthony of Padua. He is often depicted holding the child Jesus in his arms, or with Jesus at his side, due to the fact that Jesus often appeared as a child to St. Anthony. He was not born "Anth...

Double Blessing: My Journey from Laos to Fishhook

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Report copyright infringementby Kham Kurfman (Author), Linda Pearson (Author)Double Blessing is Kham's story of her family's life in Laos-the extreme measures she and her family took to survive the growing threats of war in their homeland, the risky decision to flee to a Thailand refugee camp, and finally her journey to her new home in America and the new life she found there.Author BiographyKham Sonethongkham Kurfman was born in Laos and immigrated to the United States in 1979. Kham lives wi...

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Report copyright infringementby Wm M. Taylor (Author)The sources from which the following narrative has been derived are the splendidly edited and complete edition of Knox's Works in six volumes, by Dr. David Laing; the Memoir of the Reformer, by Dr. Thomas McCrie, forming the first volume of the collected works of that eminent theologian; the monograph by the late Professor Lorimer, D.D., entitled "John Knox and the Church of England"; and the Histories of the Period, more especially that of...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles H. Spurgeon (Author)Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) was an English Baptist preacher and author. Among his many publications are The Heart of the Gospel, Immeasurable Love, and The Saint and His Saviour.Author BiographyCharles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) was an English Baptist preacher and author. Among his many publications are The Heart of the Gospel, Immeasurable Love, and The Saint and His Saviour. Number of Pages: 72 Dimens...

The Voyage of Saint Brendan: Modern Spelling Version

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Report copyright infringementby Simon Webb (Author), William Caxton (Author)'And soon after came to them an horrible fish, which followed the ship long time, casting so much water out of his mouth into the ship, that they supposed to have been drowned...' Saint Brendan sets off from Ireland with fourteen companions, and sees many strange sights in 'the great sea ocean, that compasseth all the world about'. The Langley Press edition is a modern-spelling version of William Caxton's translation ...

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Report copyright infringementby Saint Augustine (Author)Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man praise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest the proud: yet would man praise Thee; he, but a particle of Thy creation. Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it ...

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Report copyright infringementby John Bunyan (Author)John Bunyan (28 November 1628 - 31 August 1688) was an English Christian writer and preacher, famous for writing The Pilgrim's Progress. Though he was a Reformed Baptist, in the Church of England he is remembered with a Lesser Festival on 30 August, and on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on August 29. As his popularity and notoriety grew, Bunyan increasingly became a target for slander and libel; he was described as "a ...

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Report copyright infringementby Anton Schindler (Author)Life of Beethoven, by Anton Schindler, is a classic Beethoven biography that is among the most definitive biographies of the great German composer. Beethoven's life story is told here in three parts that describe his youth, early career and later career. Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 - 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Classica...

An Unusual Journey Through Royal History: Volumes I & II

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Martinez (Author)This is not your typical royal history book. The table of contents reads more like a menu at a good restaurant, where thereAuthor BiographyVictoria (Tori) V. Martínez researches and writes about history while living and traveling around the world with her husband David and two children. Tori, an American, likes to joke that she only married David, a Spaniard she met in England, because his knowledge of seven languages helps her immense...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael R. Caldwell (Author)Who were the Johnsons, anyway? If asked, most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are not familiar with the John Johnson family. However, two of his sons, a son-in-law and a nephew were all members of the first Council of Twelve Apostles organized by Joseph Smith, the Church's founder. John served in some of the governing councils of the Church as well and contributed significantly to the building of the Church...

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Report copyright infringementby Theodore Roosevelt (Author)¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬Theodore Roosevelt's account of his expedition to explore the Amazon River (known as the River of Doubt) shows a lot of the reasons we still admire him. First, he was a serious scientist. He was dedicated to discovering new species of wildlife (and could rattle off their Latin names with the best of them), mapping unknown stretches of river, and observing the ways of foreign lands. We know Teddy Roosevelt as a physical chara...

Lou Vairo: The Godfather of US Hockey - Hardcover

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by Lou Vairo (Author), Michael McKinley (With)The remarkable autobiography of Lou Vairo, the "Godfather of Hockey," who helped to propel the game to unprecedented heights in the United States.Lou Vairo's impact on hockey in the US is unparalleled. He's been involved in the sport for over six decades, instilling an innovative style and mindset at all levels of the game. His life is an epic insider's hockey story, one that travels around the world from the US to Germany, Russia, the Netherlands...

Herding Immunity: The Startling History of Life Before and After Vaccines - Hardcover

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by Stacy Mintzer Herlihy (Author)A look at the long history of vaccines, yesterday, today and still to come.In Herding Immunity, Stacy Mintzer Herlihy explores the compelling history of vaccines and the equally long history of vaccination opposition. By connecting the contemporary anti-vax movement with its historical roots, Herlihy integrates modern conversations and reveals the profound impact vaccines have had on our society, highlighting the urgent need for societal change to ensure equit...

A Time for Reflection: The Parallel Legacies of Baseball Icons Willie McCovey and Billy Williams - Hardcover

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by Jason Cannon (Author)A fascinating look back at the incredible lives and careers of baseball Hall of Famers Willie McCovey and Billy Williams. Professional baseball has featured a bevy of superstars over the past century and a half, but only a few of them have impacted their sport and cities as deeply as Willie McCovey and Billy Williams. Born just a handful of miles apart in 1938, they grew up in and around one of the sport's true cradles, Mobile, Alabama, on their way to producing two ic...

Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence - Hardcover

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by Kim Liao (Author)In 2010, Kim Liao traveled to Taiwan to learn the truth about her family. After WWII, her grandfather Thomas Liao became the leader of the Taiwanese independence movement, his land was seized, his relatives were arrested, and his nephew was sentenced to death. With their lives at stake, Thomas's wife Anna brought their four children to America to start a new life--never speaking a word about Thomas again. When Kim arrived in Taiwan six decades later, she was shocked to lea...

The Food and Feasts of the Apostle Paul: Inside the Early Church-with Menus and Recipes - Hardcover

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by Douglas E. Neel (Author)"With a vibrant narrative, recipes, and menus, this absorbing volume will be of interest to readers of Christian history and those interested in cookery and Mediterranean diets." -Booklist The Food and Feasts of the Apostle Paul takes readers inside the world of the early Christian church through a new lens--what people ate (and didn't eat). The early church encompassed diverse communities and people, and understanding its food helps us understand both the worship a...

A Spy's Diary of World War II: Inside the OSS with an American Agent in Europe

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Report copyright infringementby Wayne Nelson (Author) Here is the wartime diary of Wayne Nelson, an OSS officer who served in North Africa and Europe during World War II. A prewar colleague of Allen Dulles, Nelson joined an infant OSS after failing to join the Navy because of a vision disability, and he went on to serve in North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia, Italy, Corsica, and mainland France. Erudite and a skilled writer, Nelson captured intriguing observations about some of the most important ...

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Report copyright infringementby John Christian Keener (Author)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 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 this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is im...

John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography (History of Vanuatu) (Hardcover)

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Report copyright infringementby John G. Paton (Author)John G. Paton narrates his eventful life as a missionary to the New Hebrides - modern-day Vanuatu - in a frank and vivid manner. Beginning with his upbringing and education in Scotland, we realize early on that Paton carried unusual dedication and energy in his studies. Determining that he would become a man of God, spreading the word of the Christian gospel as a missionary, it was as a young and newly-married man that the author departed ...

Autobiography of Peter Cartwright: The Backwoods Preacher, An American Methodist and Christian Revivalist of the Midwest

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Cartwright (Author)Peter Cartwright, affectionately termed the 'backwoods preacher', tells his life story; a tale of adventure, hardship and inspiration for all who follow God's path. Born at a time when the USA was a newborn nation, Peter Cartwright experienced a formal conversion to the Christian creed at the age of fifteen while attending camp. Witnessing the power the Christian ministry in his fledgling country had to commit good, Cartwright became a ...

C. H. Spurgeon's Autobiography: The Early Years, 1834-1859, The Life of the Great Baptist Preacher Compiled from his diary, letters, records and sermo

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Author)As one of the most revered Baptist preachers of his time, Charles Haddon Spurgeon's eventful and prolific life and career offer outstanding inspiration for all Christians to this day. In the first volume of Spurgeon's autobiography, we witness his rise from modest obscurity, embarking on a long road toward fame and admiration as a representative of God on Earth. A lengthy, lively and detailed biography is helped by the fact that ...

Jan Hus and Ulrich Zwingli: The Lives and Deaths of the Reformation's Most Famous Martyrs

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Report copyright infringementby Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading "Therefore, faithful Christian, seek the truth, listen to the truth, learn the truth, love the truth, tell the truth, learn the truth, defend the truth even to death." - Jan Hus"The Christian life, then, is a battle, so sharp and full of danger that effort can nowhere be relaxed without loss. I beseech Christ for this one thing only, that He will enable me to endure all things ...

Live to Tell: A True Story of Religious Persecution in Communist Albania

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Report copyright infringementby Zef Pllumi (Author)In 1944, Albania erupted in civil war. The communist party prevailed and acted quickly and brutally. By 1946, through executions, imprisonments, and mass banishments, the communists broke the back of Albania's freedom. A young Franciscan Catholic and man of heroic character in this time of inhumanity, Friar Zef Pllumi was arrested, brutally tortured, imprisoned, and sent to labor camps. Through deeply personal descriptions of shocking atroci...

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by Amanda Jackson Green (Author)Dive into the history and significance of Juneteenth! This national holiday marks an important day in United States history. With this nonfiction book, students will learn how enslaved people fought for freedom and what Juneteenth represents in an easy-to-follow way. The book also includes a short fiction piece related to the topic, a glossary, an index, and other useful features. Teach hard history and show students why celebrating Juneteenth is meaningful wit...

The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910 - Hardcover

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by Esther Crain (Author)The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustrated hardcover. In forty short years, New York City suddenly became a city of skyscrapers, subways, streetlights, and Central Park, as well as sprawling bridges that connected the once-distant boroughs. In Manhattan, more than a million poor immigrants crammed into tenements, while the half of the millionaires in the entire ...

The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament; Volume 2

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Report copyright infringementby Eberhard Schrader (Author), Owen Charles Whitehouse (Author)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 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 this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and w...

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Report copyright infringementby Cassidy Hughes (Author)EROTIC ART IN THE 18TH CENTURYby Cassidy HughesThe history of erotic art in the 18th century is explored in this detailed and fully illustrated survey. The major erotic artists of the eighteen century are featured: Thomas Rowlandson, Johan Tobias Segel, Jean Baptiste Dominique Ingres, Antoine Borel, and artists such as Antonio Canova, Gianbattista Tiepolo, Henry Fuseli, Francois Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Jean-Antoine Watteau, and Jea...

Wilde V. Whistler: Being an Acrimonious Correspondence on Art Between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler

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Report copyright infringementby James McNeill 1834-1903 G. Whistler (Created by)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 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 this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that...