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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He...

tags: academic, novels, cultural, mystery, school, classics, literature, 19th century, philosophy, crime, russia, russian literature, fiction

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Reflections on the Revolution in France

by Edmund Burke

This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers...

tags: 18th century, academic, politics, european history, school, philosophy, classics, french revolution, nonfiction, literature, political science, history, france, cultural

Chosen By God: Know God's Perfect Plan for His Glory and His Children

Chosen By God: Know God's Perfect Plan for His Glory and His Children

Here is a clear scriptural case for the classic (and sometimes controversial) Christian doctrine of predestination. Through this view of a truly sovereign God,...

tags: theology, academic, faith, school, philosophy, christianity, christian non fiction, religion, nonfiction, christian living, christian

Chosen By God: Know God's Perfect Plan for His Glory and His Children

Chosen By God: Know God's Perfect Plan for His Glory and His Children

by R. C. Sproul

Here is a clear scriptural case for the classic (and sometimes controversial) Christian doctrine of predestination. Through this view of a truly sovereign God,...

tags: faith, religion, philosophy, academic, nonfiction, theology, christian living, christianity, christian, christian non fiction, school

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

by Jonathan Edwards

This is a reprint of Jonathan Edward's famous sermon. Many have said it is the most famous sermon ever preached. The sermon was first delivered in Enfield, MA...

tags: nonfiction, history, christian, classics, american, theology, literature, christianity, school, academic, religion, read for school

The New Atlantis

The New Atlantis

by Francis Bacon

tags: academic, utopia, politics, school, philosophy, science fiction, european literature, classics, fiction, literature, 17th century, british literature

On Christian Liberty

On Christian Liberty

by Martin Luther

Perhaps no work of Martin Luther's so captures the revolutionary zeal and theological boldness of his vision as 'The Freedom of a Christian'. This translation...

tags: theology, academic, school, faith, philosophy, christianity, classics, religion, nonfiction, history, christian

The Autobiography and Other Writings

The Autobiography and Other Writings

by Benjamin Franklin

This new edition of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is built around J. A. Leo Lemay and P. M. Zall's definitive text. Louis P. Masur's introduction sets...

tags: nonfiction, autobiography, history, north american hi..., biography, politics, classics, american, american history, literature, school, academic, memoir

Consequences of Ideas

Consequences of Ideas

If you think philosophy is irrelevant to your daily life, think again. You need only observe the world around you to discover how substantially the ideas of...

tags: theology, academic, school, philosophy, christianity, christian non fiction, religion, nonfiction, cultural, history, christian

Consequences of Ideas

Consequences of Ideas

by R. C. Sproul

If you think philosophy is irrelevant to your daily life, think again. You need only observe the world around you to discover how substantially the ideas of...

tags: religion, philosophy, academic, theology, nonfiction, cultural, history, christianity, christian, christian non fiction, school

Fear and Trembling/Repetition

Fear and Trembling/Repetition

by Soren Kierkegaard

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereLibrarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereherePresented here in a new...

tags: theology, academic, college, philosophy, european literature, christianity, classics, religion, nonfiction, literature, scandinavian literature, psychology

Bobok

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Bobok" (Russian: Бобок, Bobok) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky that first appeared in 1873. The title can be translated from the Russian as meaning...

tags: fantasy, college, short stories, cultural, classics, literature, horror, 19th century, academic, russia, russian literature, fiction

Sartor Resartus

Sartor Resartus

by Thomas Carlyle

Sartor ResartusSartor Resartus (The Tailor RetailoredThe Tailor Retailored) is ostensibly an introduction to a strange history of clothing by the German...

tags: philosophy, british literature, fiction, academic, school, victorian, literature, politics, 19th century, classics, european literature, novels, historical

The Son of Laughter

The Son of Laughter

by Frederick Buechner

Rich in family drama, passion, and human affinity, critically acclaimed author Frederick Buechner's contemporary retelling of this captivating and timeless...

tags: historical, spirituality, academic, college, historical fiction, christianity, novels, religion, fiction, literature, christian fiction, christian

The Wise Woman and Other Stories

The Wise Woman and Other Stories

by George MacDonald

This is one volume in the four-volume collection of the complete fantasy stories of George MacDonald, the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy,...

tags: academic, school, fairy tales, classics, fantasy, short stories, science fiction fantasy, fiction, childrens, christian fiction, christian

John Donne's Poetry

John Donne's Poetry

The texts reprinted in this new Norton Critical Edition have been scrupulously edited and are from the Westmoreland manuscript where possible, collated against...

tags: academic, poetry, classic literature, college, school, european literature, classics, religion, fiction, literature, 17th century, british literature

Dogmatics in Outline

Dogmatics in Outline

Barth stands before us as the greatest theologian of the twentieth century, yet the massive corpus of work which he left behind, the multi volume Church...

tags: theology, spirituality, academic, faith, school, philosophy, christianity, religion, nonfiction, christian

Christian Theology: An Introduction

Christian Theology: An Introduction

by Alister McGrath

Alister McGrath's internationally-acclaimed Christian Theology: An IntroductionChristian Theology: An Introduction is one of the most widely used textbooks in...

tags: theology, reference, academic, school, philosophy, christianity, church, religion, church history, nonfiction, history, christian

The Case for Christ, Youth Edition: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence of Jesus

The Case for Christ, Youth Edition: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence of Jesus

There's little question that he actually lived. But miracles? Rising from the dead? Some of the stories you hear about him sound like just that--stories. A...

tags: theology, spirituality, academic, faith, school, christianity, religion, nonfiction, childrens, history, christian

Selected Poems

Considered by many critics the foremost English "metaphysical" poet, John Donne (1572–1631) earned renown for both sacred and secular verse, his love poems in...

tags: 20th century, academic, poetry, classic literature, school, european literature, classics, romance, fiction, literature, read for school, british literature

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