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  • The Evolution of Calendars: 7 Classic Books on Cultural Timekeeping

    A Chesterton Calendar, The Optimist's Good Morning, The Church Year and Kalendar, Day Symbols of the Maya Year, etc.

    by Cyrus Thomas, George Nichols Packer, Martin P. Nilsson, P. G. Patmore, G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Carlyle, Henrik Ibsen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Martin Luther, George MacDonald, William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau, George Eliot, Theodore Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Everett Hale, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Robert Browning, Marcus Aurelius, Leonardo da Vinci, John Dowden ...
    The Evolution of Calendars: 7 Classic Books on Cultural Timekeeping offers a comprehensive exploration of the human endeavor to track time. This anthology encompasses a diverse range of literary styles, from introspective poetry to incisive essays, illuminating the multifaceted nature of timekeeping across cultures. Through standout pieces, such as the philosophical musings on the nature of time ... Read more

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  • The Church Year and Kalendar

    by John Dowden ...
    The Church’s Year, as it has been known for many centuries throughout Christendom, is characterised, first, by the weekly festival of the Lord’s Day (a feature which dates from the dawn of the Church’s life and the age of the Apostles) and, secondly, by the annual recurrence of fasts and festivals, of certain days and certain seasons of religious observance. These latter emerged, and came to find ... Read more

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  • The Church Year and Kalendar

    Enriched edition. Exploring the significance of Christian holidays and liturgical traditions in the Church of England

    by John Dowden, Ivy Callahan ...
    In "The Church Year and Kalendar," John Dowden presents a meticulous exploration of the Christian liturgical calendar, offering readers a profound understanding of its rhythms and significance throughout the ecclesiastical year. Written in a clear, accessible style, the book deftly navigates the historical evolution and theological dimensions of the calendar, while intertwining rich narratives and ... Read more

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  • The Theory of Laser Materials Processing

    Heat and Mass Transfer in Modern Technology

    Edited by John Dowden, Wolfgang Schulz ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The revised edition of this important reference volume presents an expanded overview of the analytical and numerical approaches employed when exploring and developing modern laser materials processing techniques. The book shows how general principles can be used to obtain insight into laser processes, whether derived from fundamental physical theory or from direct observation of experimental ... Read more

    $260.09 USD

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  • New Atlantis

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    by Francis Bacon ...
    We sailed from Peru, (where we had continued for the space of one whole year) for China and Japan, by the South Sea; taking with us victuals for twelve months; and had good winds from the east, though soft and weak, for five months space, and more. But the wind came about, and settled in the west for many days, so as we could make little or no way, and were sometime in purpose to turn back. But ... Read more

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  • The Darkening Age

    The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

    by Catherine Nixey ...
    A New York Times Notable Book, winner of the Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and named a Book of the Year by the Telegraph, Spectator, Observer, and BBC History Magazine, this bold new history of the rise of Christianity shows how its radical followers helped to annihilate Greek and Roman civilizations.The Darkening Age ... ... Read more

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  • Three Early Modern Utopias: Thomas More: Utopia / Francis Bacon: New Atlantis / Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines

    Thomas More: Utopia / Francis Bacon: New Atlantis / Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines

    by Thomas More, Francis Bacon, Henry Neville ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, notes, and glossary. - ;Thomas More: Utopia/ Francis Bacon: New Atlantis/Henry Neville: The Isle of ... Read more

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  • Spiritual Friendship

    by Aelred of Rievaulx ...
    Translated by Lawrence C. Braceland SJ ...
    Series Book 5 - Cistercian Fathers Series
    Spiritual Friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the thirteen surviving works of Aelred, abbot of the great English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 '1167. During his abbacy he built Rievaulx into a place of spiritual welcome and physical prosperity, desiring to make it a mother of mercy" to those in need. In a three-book Ciceronian dialogue Aelred defines human ... Read more

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  • The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. Illustrated

    by S. L. MacGregor Mathers ...
    The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage by S. L. MacGregor Mathers is one of the most renowned and influential grimoires in Western esoteric tradition. Based on a 15th-century manuscript, this work details a complex system of spiritual transformation and divine communication, attributed to the mysterious figure of Abramelin the Mage. The book describes a sacred ritual designed to ... Read more

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  • The History of The Christian Church (Complete)

    by Philip Schaff ...
    As I appear before The public with a new edition of my Church History, I feel more than ever The difficulty and responsibility of a task which is well worthy to occupy The whole time and strength of a long life, and which carries in it its own rich reward. The true historian of Christianity is yet to come. But short as I have fallen of my own ideal, I have done my best, and shall rejoice if my ... Read more

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  • Saint Dominic and the Order of Preachers

    by VERY REV. J. B. O'Connor, Wyatt North ...
    This book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section.Like his contemporary, Francis of Assisi, Dominic saw the need for a new type of organization, and the quick growth of the Dominicans and Franciscans during their first century of existence confirms that the orders of mendicant friars met a need.He had accompanied as canon Diego de Acebo, Bishop of Osma on a ... Read more

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  • The New Atlantis (Mobi Classics)

    by Francis Bacon ...
    In 1623 Sir Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideals in The New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this utopian novel was his creation of an ideal land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit" were the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of Bensalem. In this work, he portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge. The plan and ... Read more

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