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If on a winter's night a travelerBy:Italo CalvinoPublished on 2012-10-25 by Houghton Mifflin HarcourtItalo Calvino imagines a novel capable of endless mutations in this intricately crafted story about writing and readers. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler turns out to be not one novel but ten, each with a different plot, style, ambience, and author, and each interrupted at a moment of suspense. Together they form a labyrinth of literatures, known and unknown, alive and extinct, through which two readers, a male and a female, pursue both the story lines that intrigue them and one another.This
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fiction
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Classics in the Modern WorldBy:Lorna Hardwick,Stephen Harrison,S. J. HarrisonPublished on 2013-10 by Oxford University PressClassics in the Modern World explores the features and implications of a 'democratic turn' in modern perceptions of the ancient world. Exploring the relationship between Greek and Roman ways of thinking and modern definitions of democratic practices and approaches, it enables a wider re-evaluation of the role of classics in the modern world.This Book was ranked at 18 by Google Books for keyword Classics.Book ID of Classics in the Modern World's Books is YWxBAQAAQBAJ, Boo
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History
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The Darkening AgeBy:Catherine NixeyPublished on 2018-04-17 by Houghton Mifflin HarcourtA New York Times Notable Book of 2018 “Searingly passionate…Nixey writes up a storm. Each sentence is rich, textured, evocative, felt…[A] ballista-bolt of a book.” —New York Times Book Review In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their limbs hung along the town’s main street. In Alexandria, zealots pulled the elderly philosopher-mathematician Hypatia from her chariot and flayed her to death with shards of broken pottery. Not long before, their fellow Christians had invaded the cit
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History
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Christianity and the Triumph of HumorBy:Bernard SchweizerPublished on 2019-08-06 by RoutledgeThis book traces the development of religious comedy and leverages that history to justify today’s uses of religious humor in all of its manifestations, including irreverent jokes. It argues that regulating humor is futile and counterproductive, illustrating this point with a host of comedic examples. Humor is a powerful rhetorical tool for those who advocate and for those who satirize religious ideals. The book presents a compelling argument about the centrality of humor to the story of Western Chris
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Religion
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Symbols of the Christian FaithBy:Alva William StefflerPublished on 2002-02-21 by Wm. B. Eerdmans PublishingSymbols of the Christian Faith is an illustrated guide to the major visual symbols used by the Christian church throughout history. These stylized illustrations, designed by artist Alva William Steffler, are intended to provide usable, up-to-date resources for contemporary church worship and Christian education. Throughout church history symbols have been used to aid worship and to communicate difficult spiritual ideas. Steffler here collects these symbols, from early Christian catacomb
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art
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Ancient Christian MagicBy:Marvin Meyer,Marvin W. MeyerPublished on 1999 by Princeton University PressThis thought-provoking collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. These remarkable Christian magical texts include curses, spells of protection from |headless powers| and evil spirits, spells invoking thunderous powers, descriptions of fire baptism, and even recipes from a magical |cookbook.| Virtually all the texts are by Coptic Christians, and they date f
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body,
Mind and Spirit
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The Day You BeginBy:Jacqueline WoodsonPublished on 2018-08-28 by PenguinJacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone. There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're
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Juvenile Fiction
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Teaching Children's LiteratureBy:Christine Leland,Mitzi Lewison,Jerome C. HarstePublished on 2017-11-14 by Inviting multiple ways of critically engaging with literature, this text offers a fresh perspective on how to integrate children's literature into and across the curriculum in effective, purposeful ways. Structured around three |mantras| that build on each other--Enjoy; Dig deeply; Take action--the book is rich with real examples of teachers implementing critical pedagogy. The materials and practical strategies focus on issues that impact children's lives, building from students' persona
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Children's literature
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Children’s DrawingsBy:Martin KrampenPublished on 1991 by Springer Science & Business MediaThis book is dedicated to all those who love children and their wonderful, often surprising, drawings. This means it addresses all those interested in their devel oping capacity to produce |iconic| signs: parents, teachers, child psychologists, artists, architects (since building drawings are treated here), and semioticians at large-to name but a few potential readers. Because of the broad audience, I tried to keep scientific jargon to a minimum. Whenever this was unavoidable, I tried to explain the
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Children's LiteratureBy:Barbara StoodtPublished on 1996 by Macmillan Education AUThis Book was ranked at 16 by Google Books for keyword Children's.Book ID of Children's Literature's Books is 6ESvpGMd5DAC, Book which was written byBarbara Stoodthave ETAG "kZiiXMeyBs0"Book which was published by Macmillan Education AU since 1996 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780732940126 and ISBN 10 Code is 0732940125Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is trueBook which have "510 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryChildrenThis Book was rated by 1 Raters and have average rat
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The Business of MissionsBy:Cornelius Howard PattonPublished on 1924 by This Book was ranked at 9 by Google Books for keyword Business.Book ID of The Business of Missions's Books is STU3AAAAMAAJ, Book which was written byCornelius Howard Pattonhave ETAG "8dTDl1pTCnE"Book which was published by since 1924 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is and ISBN 10 Code is Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is falseBook which have "290 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryMissionsThis Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at ""This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status
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Missions
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Kuwait Business Law HandbookBy:International Business Publications,IBP USAPublished on 2005-05-01 by International Business Publications USABasic business legislation, laws, export-import regulations affecting business, business climate and contactsThis Book was ranked at 5 by Google Books for keyword Business.Book ID of Kuwait Business Law Handbook's Books is R7TtAQAACAAJ, Book which was written byInternational Business Publications,IBP USAhave ETAG "tXeuoliQexg"Book which was published by International Business Publications USA since 2005-05-01 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780739786895 and
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Business and Economics
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Global BusinessBy:Mike PengPublished on 2008-02-25 by Cengage LearningImportant Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.This Book was ranked at 11 by Google Books for keyword Business.Book ID of Global Business's Books is Gl5JVk0mfRIC, Book which was written byMike Penghave ETAG "QjZIfSl2CAI"Book which was published by Cengage Learning since 2008-02-25 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780324360738 and ISBN 10 Code is 0324360738Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is trueBook whic
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Business and Economics
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Lackawanna County, PennsylvaniaBy:Published on 1897 by This Book was ranked at 37 by Google Books for keyword Biography.Book ID of Portrait and Biographical Record of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania's Books is os8wAQAAMAAJ, Book which was written by have ETAG "ik434xnAom4"Book which was published by since 1897 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is and ISBN 10 Code is Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is trueBook which have "1076 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryLackawanna County (Pa.)This Book was rated by Raters and hav
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Lackawanna County (Pa.)
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Rising StarBy:David GarrowPublished on 2017-05-09 by HarperCollinsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Rising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the Cross Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catapulted him into the national spotlight and led to his election four years later as America's first African-American president. In this penetrating biography, David J. Garrow delivers an epic work about the life of B
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Biography and Autobiography
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Biography and Genealogy Master IndexBy:Miranda C. Herbert,Barbara McNeilPublished on 1986 by A consolidated index to biographical sketches in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries.This Book was ranked at 6 by Google Books for keyword Biography.Book ID of Biography and Genealogy Master Index's Books is 20mJFtx3BbcC, Book which was written byMiranda C. Herbert,Barbara McNeilhave ETAG "Z0ZzhqBbBnM"Book which was published by since 1986 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is and ISBN 10 Code is Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is falseBook which have "648
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biography
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WinterBy:Gary Schmidt,Susan M. FelchPublished on 2002-10 by Skylight Paths PublishingExplore how the dormancy and difficulty of winter can be a time of spiritual preparation and transformation. For many, winter is a time of postponed activity―and of shoveling snow, navigating ice, and trying to keep warm. What can easily be forgotten in winter's cold and occasional dreariness is that it can also be a time of shoring up, of purity, praise, delight, and play. In thirty stirring pieces―from translated Sanskrit and Hebrew poems to Henry David Thoreau and Basho, Jane Kenyon, John Updike, Kathleen
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Religion