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Protestants

The Faith That Made the Modern World

by Alec Ryrie ...

On the 500th anniversary of Luther’s theses, a landmark history of the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world."Ryrie writes that his aim 'is to persuade you that we cannot understand the modern age without understanding the dynamic history of Protestant Christianity.' To which I reply: Mission accomplished."–Jon Meacham, author of American Lion and Thomas JeffersonFive hundred years ago ... Read more

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On the 500th anniversary of Luther’s theses, a landmark history of the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world."Ryrie writes that his aim 'is to persuade you that we cannot understand the modern age without understanding the dynamic history of Protestant Christianity.' To which I reply: Mission accomplished."–Jon Meacham, author of American Lion and Thomas JeffersonFive hundred years ago
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The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It

by Alec Ryrie ...

We live in an age where Hitler and the Nazis dominate our cultural imagination, shaping values once defined by religion. In this book historian Alec Ryrie explores why society remains captivated by this struggle, from history and fiction to modern myths such as Star Wars and Harry Potter. He examines the costs of our Nazi obsession and questions what will come as our anti-Nazi moral consensus ... Read more

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We live in an age where Hitler and the Nazis dominate our cultural imagination, shaping values once defined by religion. In this book historian Alec Ryrie explores why society remains captivated by this struggle, from history and fiction to modern myths such as Star Wars and Harry Potter. He examines the costs of our Nazi obsession and questions what will come as our anti-Nazi moral consensus
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The English Reformation

A Very Brief History

by Alec Ryrie ...

Series series Very Brief Histories
'Masterly' - Eric Metaxas'Mould-breaking' - John Guy'A little gem of a book' - Suzannah LipscombFrom the Introduction:‘There is no such thing as “the English Reformation”. A "Reformation" is a composite event which is only made visible by being framed the right way. It is like a “war”: a label we put onto a particular set of events, while we decide that other – equally violent – acts are not part ... Read more

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'Masterly' - Eric Metaxas'Mould-breaking' - John Guy'A little gem of a book' - Suzannah LipscombFrom the Introduction:‘There is no such thing as “the English Reformation”. A "Reformation" is a composite event which is only made visible by being framed the right way. It is like a “war”: a label we put onto a particular set of events, while we decide that other – equally violent – acts are not part
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The Sorcerer's Tale

Faith and Fraud in Tudor England

by Alec Ryrie ...

An earl's son, plotting murder by witchcraft; conjuring spirits to find buried treasure; a stolen coat embroidered with pure silver; crooked gaming-houses and brothels; a terrifying new disease, and the self-trained surgeon who claims he can treat it. This is the world of Gregory Wisdom, a physician, magician, and consummate con-man at work in sixteenth-century London. In this book, Alec Ryrie ... Read more

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An earl's son, plotting murder by witchcraft; conjuring spirits to find buried treasure; a stolen coat embroidered with pure silver; crooked gaming-houses and brothels; a terrifying new disease, and the self-trained surgeon who claims he can treat it. This is the world of Gregory Wisdom, a physician, magician, and consummate con-man at work in sixteenth-century London. In this book, Alec Ryrie
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Tech Notes: Essential IT Knowledge

Tech Notes, #1

by Alec ...

Series Book 1 - Tech Notes
This body of work aims to systematically organize and deliver a comprehensive overview of the IT landscape, ranging from the fundamental concepts of computer systems to the latest cloud technologies and application development. Particular emphasis is placed on conveying the essential technical knowledge required for AI-driven development.Key publications include the original title, Computer ... Read more

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This body of work aims to systematically organize and deliver a comprehensive overview of the IT landscape, ranging from the fundamental concepts of computer systems to the latest cloud technologies and application development. Particular emphasis is placed on conveying the essential technical knowledge required for AI-driven development.Key publications include the original title, Computer
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The Age of Reformation

The Tudor and Stewart Realms 1485-1603

by Alec Ryrie ...

Series series Religion, Politics and Society in Britain
The Age of Reformation charts how religion, politics and social change were always intimately interlinked in the sixteenth century, from the murderous politics of the Tudor court to the building and fragmentation of new religious and social identities in the parishes.In this book, Alec Ryrie provides an authoritative overview of the religious and political reformations of the sixteenth century. ... Read more

$68.99 USD

The Age of Reformation charts how religion, politics and social change were always intimately interlinked in the sixteenth century, from the murderous politics of the Tudor court to the building and fragmentation of new religious and social identities in the parishes.In this book, Alec Ryrie provides an authoritative overview of the religious and political reformations of the sixteenth century.
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Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain

by Alec Ryrie ...

Series series St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
Scholars increasingly recognise that understanding the history of religion means understanding worship and devotion as well as doctrines and polemics. Early modern Christianity consisted of its lived experience. This collection and its companion volume (Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain, ed. Natalie Mears and Alec Ryrie) bring together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Scholars increasingly recognise that understanding the history of religion means understanding worship and devotion as well as doctrines and polemics. Early modern Christianity consisted of its lived experience. This collection and its companion volume (Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain, ed. Natalie Mears and Alec Ryrie) bring together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to
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Protestants

The Faith That Made the Modern World

by Alec Ryrie ...

Narrated by Tim Bruce ...

Unabridged

20 hours 14 min

In this dazzling global history that charts five centuries of innovation and change, Alec Ryrie makes the case that Protestants made the modern world. Protestants introduces us to the men and women who defined and redefined this quarrelsome faith. Some turned to their newly accessible bibles to justify bold acts of political opposition, others to support a new understanding of who they were and ... Read more

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In this dazzling global history that charts five centuries of innovation and change, Alec Ryrie makes the case that Protestants made the modern world. Protestants introduces us to the men and women who defined and redefined this quarrelsome faith. Some turned to their newly accessible bibles to justify bold acts of political opposition, others to support a new understanding of who they were and
... Read more

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Unbelievers

An Emotional History of Doubt

by Alec Ryrie ...

Narrated by Andy Creswell ...

Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

Why have societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? We think we know the answer, but in this lively and startlingly original reconsideration, Alec Ryrie argues that people embraced unbelief much as they have always chosen their worldviews: through their hearts more than their minds.Looking back to the crisis of the Reformation and beyond, Unbelievers shows how, long ... Read more

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Why have societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? We think we know the answer, but in this lively and startlingly original reconsideration, Alec Ryrie argues that people embraced unbelief much as they have always chosen their worldviews: through their hearts more than their minds.Looking back to the crisis of the Reformation and beyond, Unbelievers shows how, long
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Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain

by Alec Ryrie ...

The Parish Church was the primary site of religious practice throughout the early modern period. This was particularly so for the silent majority of the English population, who conformed outwardly to the successive religious upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. What such public conformity might have meant has attracted less attention - and, ironically, is sometimes less well ... Read more

$61.99 USD

The Parish Church was the primary site of religious practice throughout the early modern period. This was particularly so for the silent majority of the English population, who conformed outwardly to the successive religious upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. What such public conformity might have meant has attracted less attention - and, ironically, is sometimes less well
... Read more
Red Rising

by Pierce Brown ...

Series Book 1 - Red Rising Series
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.“Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field.”—USA Today**ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—**Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness“I live for the dream that my children... ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.“Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field.”—USA Today**ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—**Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness“I live for the dream that my children...
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Assassin's Apprentice

The Farseer Trilogy Book 1

by Robin Hobb ...

Series Book 1 - Farseer Trilogy
A gorgeously illustrated anniversary edition of the book that launched the epic Farseer Trilogy, praised by George R. R. Martin as “fantasy as it ought to be written” and Lin-Manuel Miranda as “an incredible series,” featuring a new foreword by Robin Hobb and ten illustrations.Twenty-five years ago, Robin Hobb’s first novel featuring FitzChivalry Farseer and his mysterious, often maddening friend ... Read more

$4.99 USD

A gorgeously illustrated anniversary edition of the book that launched the epic Farseer Trilogy, praised by George R. R. Martin as “fantasy as it ought to be written” and Lin-Manuel Miranda as “an incredible series,” featuring a new foreword by Robin Hobb and ten illustrations.Twenty-five years ago, Robin Hobb’s first novel featuring FitzChivalry Farseer and his mysterious, often maddening friend
... Read more

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