Monatsarchive: Dezember 2017

Essays, First and Second Series

Publiziert am 19. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

Essays, First and Second Series – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most of Emerson’s essays emerged as lectures first and were later edited for printing. There are two main collections, Essays: First Series and Essays: Second Series, that include the quintessence of his work. Both series are included in this book.

Essays, First and Second Series

Essays, First and Second Series

Format: Paperback.

Essays, First and Second Series.

ISBN: 9783849674335.

Available at amazon.com and other venues.

 

Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson (from Wikipedia):

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Man: Whence, How and Whither

Publiziert am 18. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

Man: Whence, How and Whither – C. W. Leadbeater/Annie Besant

The problem of Man’ s origin, of his evolution, of his destiny, is one of inexhaustible interest. Whence came he, this glorious Intelligence, on this globe, at least, the crown of visible beings? How has he evolved to his present position? Has he suddenly descended from above, a radiant angel, to become the temporary tenant of a house of clay; or has he climbed upwards through long dim ages, tracing his humble ancestry from primeval slime, through fish, reptile, mammal, up to the human kingdom? And what is his future destiny? Is he evolving onwards, climbing higher and higher, only to descend the long slope of degeneration till he falls … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Writings Against The Manichaeans And The Donatists

Publiziert am 18. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

The Writings Against The Manichaeans And The Donatists – St. Augustine of Hippo

This volume gives a fair sample of Augustin’s controversial powers. His nine years’ personal experience of the vanity of Manichæism made him thoroughly earnest and sympathetic in his efforts to disentangle other men from its snares, and also equipped him with the knowledge requisite for this task. No doubt the Pelagian controversy was more congenial to his mind. His logical acuteness and knowledge of Scripture availed him more in combating men who fought with the same weapons, than in dealing with a system which threw around its positions the mist of Gnostic speculation, or veiled its doctrine under a grotesque mythology, or based itself on a cosmogony … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Patriarchs and Prophets

Publiziert am 18. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

Patriarchs and Prophets – Ellen Gould White

This book treats upon the themes of Bible history—themes not in themselves new, but so presented here as to give them a new significance. Beginning with the rebellion in heaven, the author shows why sin was permitted, why Satan was not destroyed, and why man was tested; gives a thrilling description of man’s temptation and fall, and rehearses the plan of salvation. The life of each of the Patriarchs from Adam to King David is carefully scanned, and from each a lesson is drawn. The deliverance of Israel from Egypt, the incidents of their forty years’ wanderings, the building of the Sanctuary, the entrance into Canaan, the subjection of the land, and the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Interior Castle

Publiziert am 15. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

The Interior Castle – St. Teresa Avila

The saint wrote this luminous exposition of infused prayer in all its gradations and qualities, while she was suffering from a furious persecution. And yet it breathes that heavenly calmness peculiar to spirits dwelling in the loftier regions of heavenly peace. Like all of her writings she composed this one under a very stringent obedience from her confessor, at that time Canon Velasquez, afterwards Archbishop of Compostella. It is curiously allegorical in its framework; and yet the high topics are very plainly treated of, and they are made as intelligible to ordinary readers as is possible; all the more so, in fact, on account of the comparison she adopts between the stages of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Conquest Of Granada

Publiziert am 15. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

The Conquest Of Granada – Washington Irving

In 1830 Irving published his ” Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada,” one of the most delightful of his works, an exact history, for such it is admitted to be by those who have searched most carefully the ancient records of Spain, yet so full of personal incident, so diversified with surprising turns of fortune, and these wrought up with such picturesque effect, that, to use an expression of Pope, a young lady might read it by mistake for a romance.

The Conquest Of Granada

The Conquest Of Granada

Format: Paperback.

The Conquest Of Granada.

ISBN: 9783849674281.

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Biography of Washington Irving (from Wikipedia):

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Awakening

Publiziert am 15. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

The Awakening – Kate Chopin

Mrs. Chopin’s most ambitious work, and that by many regarded as her greatest achievement, is ‘The Awakening’. It was written in the belief that in this larger form she could best develop the qualities of her talent. The book shows breadth of view, sincerity, art of the finest kind, a deep knowledge of the woman soul, and accurate individualized character delineation. Edna, the wife of Leonce Pontellier, and mother of two children, is aroused by the simple love of a young Creole to the knowledge of demands in her rich passionate nature that cannot be satisfied by her wifely and maternal duties. Without a fitting education she tries to realize her self at the expense … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Historical Mysteries

Publiziert am 14. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

Historical Mysteries – Andrew Lang

A collection of 12 essays on historical mysteries. Contents:

The Case Of Elizabeth Canning
The Murder Of Escovedo
The Campden Mystery
The Case Of Allan Breck
The Cardinal’s Necklace
The Mystery Of Kaspar Hauser
The Gowrie Conspiracy
… and more …

Historical Mysteries

Historical Mysteries

Format: Paperback.

Historical Mysteries.

ISBN: 9783849674267.

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Short biography of Andrew Lang (from Wikipedia):

Lang was born in Selkirk. He was the eldest of the eight children born to John Lang, the town clerk of Selkirk, and his wife Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was the daughter of Patrick Sellar, factor to the first duke of Sutherland. On 17 April 1875, he married Leonora Blanche Alleyne, youngest … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Book Of Joshua

Publiziert am 14. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Book Of Joshua – John Calvin

Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical interpretation. The Commentary On Joshua was the last literary labor of its venerable Author. When he engaged in it, his constitution, which had never been strong, was completely worn out by excessive exertion, and almost every line of it must have been dictated to his amanuensis during momentary intervals of relief from severe bodily pain. On this point we possess authentic documents which … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On Ezekiel 13- 20

Publiziert am 14. Dezember 2017 von Jazzybee

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On Ezekiel 13- 20 – John Calvin

Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical interpretation. The vigor of Calvin’s mind and the stores of his learning are amply displayed in his COMMENTARY ON EZEKIEL. And that the modern reader may enter fully into those valuable explanations of the text it will be desirable to furnish him with a slight sketch of the times in which this Prophet lived. We shall then add such critical remarks as may illustrate … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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