Luis Palau
Is God relevant? In this intriguing work, internationally renowned author and public speaker Luis Palau tackles what noted historian Will Durant calls "the greatest question of our time"--whether we can live without God. Admittedly, many ... [... more]
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The Story of Civilization by Will Durant with The ...
 Together with Great Books, a Perpetual Treasure: 20081214 DEPARTED AMAZON WITH OUTRAGE OVER THE MANIPULATION OF VOTES. I have owned this set for close to thirty years, as well as the Great Books, and while I confess to very rarely digging in to them, I [... more]
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The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time -- listed in accessible and succinct form -- by one of the world's greatest scholars.PFrom the Hundred Best Books to the Ten Greatest Thinkers to the Ten [... more]
$11.00
A1 Books |
The Life of Greece (The Story of Civilization, Vol. 2)
A Masterpiece of History and Prose: My set of Durants The Story of Civilization was purchased at a garage sale. Poor fools, they did not know what they were selling. Their loss is my gain. Volume Two, however, was missing, a situation that was remedied [... more]
$17.98
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Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the ...
Amazon.com Review: Easily the most engaging writer of Western intellectual history in the English language, Will Durant breathes life into philosophers and their ideas. He is colorful, witty, and above all, informative. Beginning with Socrates and ending [... more]
$7.99
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The Memoirs of Catherine the Great (Modern Library Classics)
Letting Catherine Have Her Say: Catherine the Great has long suffered from mixed press. Jeesh, I mean there was the fact she almost certainly had her demented husband, who just happened to be the Czar, conveniently snuffed, she enacted brutal laws in [... more]
$15.95
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Spinoza: Complete Works
A Bargain for the Price: Scholars, students and those who just plain love philosophy should be overjoyed at the release of this volume of Spinoza's collected works, the first in English. The Shirley translation is excellent, easy to follow, and much [... more]
$75.00
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The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History: This is the most important book in my extensive library. I was so impressed by it the first time I read it shortly after its publication in 1968 that I have made a tradition of rereading it every New Year's Day. I gave copies of [... more]
$24.95
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The Promise of Discipleship
The Latest From One of the Church's Great Thinkers: This is Elder Maxwell's latest book. It's a summing-up of his favorite themes: warnings about the final days, the divine plan for each of our lives, adversity, the prophet Joseph Smith. By now, we take [... more]
$16.95
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God Is Relevant: Finding Strength and Peace in Today's World
Hailed by many as the next Billy Graham, the world's leading crusade minister, Luis Palau, tackles what historian Will Durant calls the greatest question of our time--whether humans can live without God.In this intriguing work, internationally renowned [... more]
$0.25
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Best Practices of Award-Winning Secondary School Principals
One of the best on school leaderhip: Renowned historian Will Durant writes that "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." The more we know, generally, the more we realize there is for us to know. Thus, we become life long [... more]
$70.95
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Caesar and Christ: A History of Roman Civilization and ...
All roads lead to Rome, but this is the scenic route: Only 40 years ago, Will Durant (whose wife, Ariel, was co-author of the later books) was among the most celebrated popular historians for the multi-volume Story of Civilization. Today, he is all but [... more]
$17.98
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