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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064
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Various
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Eucken's "The Failure of Speculative Philosophy," is one of several essays de…
Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane
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Alfred Wegener
Dies ist das erste Buch, in dem Alfred Wegener seine Theorie der Kontinentalverschiebung darlegt. Zeit seines Lebens wurde diese Theorie gr&…
The Autobiography of an Electron
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Charles R. Gibson
"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very im…
St. John Chrysostom on First Corinthians, Volume 1
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St. John Chrysostom
The First Epistle to the Corinthians is attributed to St. Paul the Apostle and a co-author named Sosthenes, and is addressed to the material…
Electra (Murray Translation)
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Euripides
Electra (the Unmated One) is eaten up with hatred of her mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for their murder of her father Agamemn…
Theaetetus
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Plato
Theaetetus (Ancient Greek: Θεαίτητος) discusses concepts including perception, true judgment and knowledge. Socrates compares the human mind…
Philebus
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Plato
Philebus (ΦΙΛΗΒΟΣ) discusses pleasure, wisdom, soul and God. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)
Treatise on Christ and Antichrist
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Hippolytus Of Rome
In this late second century treatise, Hippolytus gives an excellent summary of Early Christian thinking on the subject of the antichrist. Fa…
The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, Analytically Expounded
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David Dickson
Dickson is a writer after our own heart. For preachers he is a great ally. There is nothing brilliant or profound; but everything is clear a…
The Early Church Collection Volume 3
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Various
This collection begins with Augustine's exposition of the Apostles' Creed, a confession of faith (particularly addressing the Trinity) attri…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 045
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include ancient Greek thinkers--Parmenides…
Martyn Wade Burn The Aeneid
Burn the Aeneid! By Martyn Wade What happens if an author gives instructions for his work to be destroyed when he dies? The likely answer is…
Commentary on Acts of the Apostles
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Matthew Henry
An exhaustive verse-by-verse study of Acts, integrating it with both the Gospels and the Old Testament, by one of the more unconventional th…
Books Fatal to Their Authors
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Peter Hempson Ditchfield
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a per…
A Homily of Saint Gregory the Great On the Pastoral Office
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Pope Gregory I
A homily by Saint Gregory the Great on the virtues, responsibilities, and shortfalls of the clergy; recommended to the attention of all cler…
Eusebius History of the Christian Church
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Eusebius Of Caesarea
Eusebius presents the history of the Church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points:1. the succession…
The Witness
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Grace Livingston Hill
Paul Cortland seems to have it all as a popular, successful athlete and college student. Tragedy leads him to find peace through the faith …
Discourses of Epictetus
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Epictetus
Philosophical discourses of Epictetus as recorded by his affectionate student, Arrian. One main precept expounded is that we do not fear eve…
