Author: Tacitus Publisher: Royal Classics ISBN: 9781774762523 Category : Languages : en Pages : 108
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The Germania describes the lands, laws, and customs of individual Germanic tribes. The Agricola, recounts the life of Tacitus' father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agricola, an eminent Roman general and Governor of Britain.
Author: Saint Augustine Publisher: Ignatius Press ISBN: 1642291811 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 317
Book Description
Few books have impacted the West as deeply as The City of God. Saint Augustine blazed trails not only in the realms of politics and philosophy, but in the life of the heart, exploring the relationship between a loving God and a shattered world. Thomas Aquinas, Charlemagne, John Calvin, Hannah Arendt, and Pope Benedict XVI alike have drawn from this text''s deep and varied wells. Yet few of us will ever read the epic work, which often stretches past one thousand pages. This volume, however, offers a shorter, simpler road through Augustine''s masterpiece. Edited by Hans Urs von Balthasar, it presents key selections from The City of God, culled for their beauty and spiritual power, buttressed with notes, and arranged by theme—from the creation of the world to the Roman Empire, from human happiness to the nature of death. This edition is meant above all for prayer and meditation. Still, if readers wish to engage Augustine on a critical level, the introduction by von Balthasar—recipient of the 1984 International Paul VI Prize under Pope John Paul II—provides a rigorous analysis of the City, with an eye on the philosophical and theological discourse of the twentieth century. The book is also furnished with a detailed index of names, subjects, and scriptural references. All excerpts of the City are taken from William Babcock''s 2013 translation with New City Press, praised by critics as "a remarkable achievement" (Johannes van Oort), "the most beautiful and up-to-date of the existing versions" (Arabella Milbank).
Author: Cornelius Tacitus Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 014045540X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 173
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Undeniably one of Rome's most important historians, Tacitus was also one of its most gifted. Ideal for college students, this newly revised edition of two seminal works on Imperial Rome is now available.
Author: P. N. Ravindran Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 1420006320 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 506
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For the last 6000 years turmeric has been used in Ayurvedic medicine to alleviate pain, balance digestion, purify body and mind, clear skin diseases, expel phlegm, and invigorate the blood. Nowadays, this plant has acquired great importance with its anti-aging, anti-cancer, anti-Altzheimer, antioxidant, and a variety of other medicinal properties.
Author: Leslie Patricelli Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 0763632473 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 29
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The one-haired hero from Yummy Yucky and Potty returns in an exuberant holiday tale that finds him helping with tree decorations, constructing a gingerbread house and dressing up his doggy before joining in carol singing and waiting for Santa's arrival.
Author: Simon Winder Publisher: Picador ISBN: 174303539X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 511
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Germania is a very personal guide to the Germany that Simon Winder loves. Equally passionate about the region's history, folklore, cuisine, architecture and landscape, Winder describes Germany's past afresh – and in doing so sees a country much like our own: Protestant, aggressive and committed to eating some very strange food. This accessible, enthusiastic and startlingly vivid account is a brilliant introduction to the hidden wonders of Germany.
Author: Anthony Esolen Publisher: Angelico Press ISBN: 1621387976 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 217
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In this extended meditation, Anthony Esolen looks, phrase by phrase, at the majestic Prologue to the Gospel of John, which with good reason he calls "the most influential paragraph in the history of man." He unfolds its theological richness by showing how the Apostle John has in mind, not only what he saw Jesus do and heard him say, but also the whole witness of Scripture before the time of Jesus, and the way the young Church proclaimed him. A unique feature of this remarkable work is how Esolen "hears" (and we with him) the Hebrew/Aramaic underlying John's Greek (which was not his mother tongue), echoing those languages in such a way that, all at once, what we thought could never be more profoundly expressed bursts forth in a renewed poetic splendor that brings into ever keener relief the whole panorama of the theology of the God-Man. Esolen's decades-long immersion in Christian poetry and Scripture uniquely positions him as a guide to the astonishing and life-changing "poem" of the Prologue. He says it best: "My hope is not only to illuminate what John wishes us to hear, but to show that, when it comes to this poetry, John is not the originator; he is, rather, the beloved disciple who caught the habit from the Lord Himself."
Author: Warlord Games Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472817850 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 126
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The Ardennes, 1944. Driven back by the Allies since D-Day, Germany launches a surprise offensive on the Western Front. This assault against the unprepared Allied lines is the opening move in one of the largest battles of World War II. This new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to take command of both armies in this desperate battle, fighting it as they believe it should have been fought. New, linked scenarios, rules, troop types and Theatre Selectors provide plenty of options for novice and veteran players alike.
Author: Anne Stibbs Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Limited ISBN: 9780747550754 Category : Games Languages : en Pages : 423
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An aid to solving crosswords. It contains over 100,000 potential solutions, including plurals, comparative and superlative adjectives, and inflections of verbs. The list extends to first names, place names and technical terms, euphemisms and compound expressions, as well as abbreviations.
Author: Tacitus
Author: Saint Augustine
Author: Cornelius Tacitus
Author: Henry B Heath
Author: P. N. Ravindran
Author: Leslie Patricelli
Author: Simon Winder
Author: Anthony Esolen
Author: Warlord Games
Author: Anne Stibbs