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" Attentive prayer can be compared to the beneficial rain that irrigates a sown field, gives nourishment to the plants and ensures a rich harvest." God' s rich blessings on...

" Attentive prayer can be compared to the beneficial rain that irrigates a sown field, gives nourishment to the plants and ensures a rich harvest." God' s rich blessings on...

'Tension, suspense, betrayal ... Ignatius is the best in the world at this' Lee ChildThey took everything from him... Now he wants revenge. CIA operations officer Michael Dunne is tasked...

St Ignatius' thoughts and work on Christian spirituality One of the key figures in Christian history, St. Ignatius of Loyola (c. 1491-1556) was a passionate and unique spiritual thinker and...

"Prayer is a refuge of God's great mercy to the human race." The refuge is a place of inner stillness and peace where the heart is fully opened to the...

This revised edition has been completely re-set with an updated index and a new preface Isaiah Berlin witnessed the excesses of the Russian Revolution as a child, and in becoming...

One of the most important and accessible texts of Eastern Orthodox Christian teaching on the spiritual life, this book draws upon the ascetic and mystical doctrine of the Greek Fathers...

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Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Award In The Russian Album , Michael Ignatieff chronicles five generations of his Russian family, beginning in 1815. Drawing on family diaries, on...

These three great plays by one of the founding fathers of the theatre of the absurd, are alive and kicking with tragedy and humour, bleakness and farce. In Rhinoceros we...

The Advance Variation is the most ambitious way to meet the solid French Defence. Its popularity among club players is not difficult to understand: by advancing the e-pawn to e5...

Originally published in 1983, this book tells the story of the two Moscow merchants, Sergey Shchukin and Ivan Morozov, who between them amassed the greatest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few national literatures are as haunted by the weight of their own...

Body of Lies is the perfect modern spy thriller: ferociously paced, sharply plotted and morally complex. Roger Ferris is one of the CIA's soldiers in the war on terrorism. Ferris...

In this second volume of his major work on Bunin, the neglected master of Russian letters, Thomas Marullo recreates his life in exile, chiefly in Paris, after escaping from his...

Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat,...

The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history 'A masterpiece - a classic...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A compelling work of Russian historical biography, Ivan III and the Unification...

With humor and insight, John Glassie returns Kircher to his rightful place as one of history's most unforgettable figures. The interests of Athanasius Kircher, the legendary seventeenth-century priest-scientist, knew no...

A gripping tale of adventure that has enthralled readers since it was first published, John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps is edited with an introduction and notes by Sir John Keegan...

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A thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky-composer of some of the world's most popular orchestral and theatrical music "A lively, argumentative and thoughtful reflection on one of the 19th...

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Regarded as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius quietly survives the intrigues, bloody purges and mounting cruelty of the imperial Roman dynasties. Regarded as little more than...

Author: Ian Buruma Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Rich and rewarding' - Wall Street Journal It is impossible to understand the last 75 years of British and American history...

Reminiscent of the novels of Milan Kundera and Nabokov this is the mesmerising, universal story of what happens to our dreams when we grow up. Stepping out into the dusk...

The first title in The Brinkmann Trilogy. /B> iving a quiet life in the sleepy suburbs, Sophie Brinkmann is captivated by the handsome and sophisticated Hector Guzman. She has no...

The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history Read this stunning new translation...

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Author: Douglas Century Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Bestselling author Douglas Century reveals the untold story of the epic rise and fall of Boris Nayfeld, also known as Biba,...

Author: V.S. PritchettBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto and Windus, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsV.S. Pritchett's The Gentle Barbarian: The Life And Work Of Turgenev presents a compelling...

The Vintage Classics Russians series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history 'The best translation of Crime...

A lucid guide through the labyrinth of Lacanian theory This book provides an illuminating account of the theory of subjectivity found in the work of Jacques Lacan. Guiding readers through...

An affecting book of essays from this Nobel Prize-winning author Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the most penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This prize-winning collection of...

It was one of the most significant developments of the post-war era: China finally abandoning its close relationship with the Soviet Union to begin detente with the USA. Astonishingly, the...

A landmark anthology of extraordinary Russian writers, revealing the full story of the emigre experience in their own words Fleeing Russia amid the chaos of the Russian Revolution and subsequent...

The book titled Tolstoy: The Making of a Novelist by the author Edward Crankshaw. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

On February 6, 1945, Robert Brasillach was executed for treason by a French firing squad. He was a writer of some distinction-a prolific novelist and a keen literary critic. He...