Monatsarchive: Juli 2017

A History of Long Island Vol. 3

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

A History of Long Island Vol. 3 – Peter Ross

With these books an effort has been made to present the history of the whole of Long Island in such a way as to combine all the salient facts of the long and interesting story in a manner that might be acceptable to the general reader and at the same time include much of that purely antiquarian lore which is to many the most delightful feature of local history. Long Island has played a most important part in the history of the State of New York and, through New York, in the annals of the Nation. It was one of the first places in the Colonies to give formal utterance … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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A History of Long Island Vol. 2

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

A History of Long Island Vol. 2 – Peter Ross

With these books an effort has been made to present the history of the whole of Long Island in such a way as to combine all the salient facts of the long and interesting story in a manner that might be acceptable to the general reader and at the same time include much of that purely antiquarian lore which is to many the most delightful feature of local history. Long Island has played a most important part in the history of the State of New York and, through New York, in the annals of the Nation. It was one of the first places in the Colonies to give formal utterance … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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A History of Long Island Vol. 1

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

A History of Long Island Vol. 1 – Peter Ross

With these books an effort has been made to present the history of the whole of Long Island in such a way as to combine all the salient facts of the long and interesting story in a manner that might be acceptable to the general reader and at the same time include much of that purely antiquarian lore which is to many the most delightful feature of local history. Long Island has played a most important part in the history of the State of New York and, through New York, in the annals of the Nation. It was one of the first places in the Colonies to give formal utterance … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Robert Browning

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

Robert Browning – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Robert Browning is one of the Englishmen of most indisputable genius whom the nineteenth century has produced. This is Chesterton’s biography of this Victorian poet and playwright.

Robert Browning

Robert Browning

Format: Paperback

Robert Browning.

ISBN: 9783849679330

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Summary of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (from Wikipedia):

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the “prince of paradox”. Time magazine has observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Twelve Types

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

Twelve Types – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

As far as sheer cleverness goes, Mr. Chesterton Has attracted considerable attention in England. He was a thinker of some power, he had the gift of clear expression, and what he says was not merely readable but stimulating. In ‘Twelve Types’ he passes judgment successively upon the likes as Savonarola and Scott, St. Francis and Tolstoy, all with the same air of infallibility. Boldness, however, is so rare among the writers of today, that Mr. Chesterton’s very recklessness has won him favor among English critics.

Twelve Types

Twelve Types

Format: Paperback

Twelve Types.

ISBN: 9783849679323

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Summary of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (from Wikipedia):

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Defendant

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Defendant – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

In an introduction the author humorously offers his reasons for defending the things not generally liked. Following are special defences of “penny dreadfuls,” rash vows, skeletons, publicity, nonsense, planets, China shepherdesses, useful information, heraldry, ugly things, farce, humility, slang, baby worship, detective stories and patriotism.

The Defendant

The Defendant

Format: Paperback

The Defendant.

ISBN: 9783849679316

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Summary of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (from Wikipedia):

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the “prince of paradox”. Time magazine has … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Poems

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

Poems – Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Chesterton wrote several hundred poems. This book features the most prominent of them, divided into the following sections:

Three Dedications
War Poems
Love Poems
Religious Poems
Rhymes For The Times
Miscellaneous Poems
Ballades

Poems

Poems

Format: Paperback

Poems.

ISBN: 9783849679309

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Summary of Gilbert Keith Chesterton (from Wikipedia):

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the “prince of paradox”. Time magazine has observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Diary of A Tour in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and The Holy Land

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

Diary of A Tour in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and The Holy Land – Mary G. Damer

That women of fashion should travel further than the magasins of Paris, or the cameo-shops of Rome, is meritorious: that they should keep journals while on their travels is industrious and creditable, but that they should publish the said journals is somewhat supererogatory. Mrs. Dawson Damer, however, pleads charity as her excuse for adding to the stock of pink-parasol literature; and really she is so unaffected and good-humoured, so free from affectation and factitious enthusiasm, that one can excuse the flimsiness of the work, for the sake of its artlessness. Having travelled with apparently little more preparation in the way of reading or thought … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Acts of the Apostles

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Acts of the Apostles – Ellen Gould White

The fifth book of the New Testament has been known from ancient times as The Acts of the Apostles; but this title cannot be found in the book itself. One of the earliest manuscripts, the Codex Sinaiticus, gives as the title the simple word Acts, with no mention of the apostles. There is a reason for this. Acts was intended to be more than a brief history of the service rendered by the twelve disciples, much more than the principal events in the lifework of its four leading characters, Peter, James, John, and Paul. The Acts of the Apostles was one of the last books written by Ellen G. White. It … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Sutta-Nipata

Publiziert am 7. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Sutta-Nipata – Michael Viggo Fausboell

The Sutta Nipata is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. All its suttas consist largely of verse, though some also contain some prose. It is divided into five sections: Uraga Vagga, Cula Vagga, Maha Vagga, Atthaka Vagga and Parayana Vagga. Some scholars consider this the oldest of all Buddhist scriptures.

The Sutta-Nipata

The Sutta-Nipata

Format: Paperback.

The Sutta-Nipata.

ISBN: 9783849679279

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Basics on the Sutta Nipata (from wikipedia.com)

The Sutta Nipata (literally, “Suttas falling down”) is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. All its suttas, thought … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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