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  • How to Think

    A Survival Guide for a World at Odds

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    "Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now." **—David Brooks, New York TimesHow to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we’re not as good at thinking as we assume—but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.**As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications ... Leer más

    Antes $11.99 USD Ahora $4.99 USD

  • The Narnian

    The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Over the past half century, children everywhere have escaped into this world and delighted in its wonders and enchantments. Yet what we do know of the man who created Narnia? This ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Original Sin

    A Cultural History

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    Essayist and biographer Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one. As G. K. Chesterton explains, "Only with original sin can we at once pity the beggar and distrust the king."Do we arrive in this world predisposed to evil? St. Augustine passionately argued that we do; his opponents thought the notion was an insult to ... Leer más

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  • Paradise Lost

    A Biography

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
    The life and times of Milton’s epic poem about Satan’s revolt against God and humanity’s expulsion from paradiseJohn Milton’s Paradise Lost has secured its place in the pantheon of epic poems, but unlike almost all other works in the pantheon, it is intimately associated with religious doctrine and its implications for how we live our lives. For more than three centuries, it has been a flashpoint ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The "Book of Common Prayer"

    A Biography

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
    While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells ... Leer más

    $13.69 USD

  • The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Breaking Bread with the Dead

    A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    **“At a time when many Americans . . . are engaged in deep reflection about the meaning of the nation's history [this] is an exceptionally useful companion for those who want to do so with honesty and integrity.” —Shelf AwarenessFrom the author of How to Think and The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, a literary guide to engaging with the voices of the past to stay sane in the present ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • 108 Sonnets for Awakening

    and Selected Poems

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    Alan Jacobs is a well known Mystical Poet and the subject of this long sonnet sequence is Awakening From The Dream of Life.This beautiful book also contains a selection from his most important poems. He is President of the Ramana Maharshi Foundation UK. ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Year of Our Lord 1943

    Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    By early 1943, it had become increasingly clear that the Allies would win the Second World War. Around the same time, it also became increasingly clear to many Christian intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic that the soon-to-be-victorious nations were not culturally or morally prepared for their success. A war won by technological superiority merely laid the groundwork for a post-war society ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • True Happiness

    The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    Learn from the MasterSri Ramana Maharshi is regarded as one of the most important Indian sages of all time. At the age of sixteen, he experienced a spiritual awakening and travelled to the holy mountain of Arunachala, where a community grew up around him. From there, he touched the lives of influential writers, artists, and seekers such as Carl Jung, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Somerset Maugham. ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • The House on the Moor

    de Alan Jacobs ...
    At the end of WW11, Gary Phillips left the Royal Navy a badly disfigured ex pilot. He bought an old empty house on a lonely moor to hide himself away from society. Little did he know why it was old and empty. He soon found out that it was full of the ghosts of orphan girls raped and murdered there by rich, famous and influential people for their pleasure in the 1920s. Eventually uncovered, the ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD