Augustine's Confessions

In this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the Confessions-what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed. Following Wills’s biography of Augustine and his translation of the Confessions, this is an unparalleled introduction to one …

A Dictionary of Woman in Church History

The distinctive role of women in church history since the time of Christ has been far-reaching in many areas: music, literature, medicine, education, missions, ministry, politics, royalty, and more. Mary Hammack has completed the awesome task of compiling a biographical dictionary of those women who played decisive roles in the development of Christianity throughout history. This work-the fir…

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope, author of more than fifty books, including Barchester Towers, The Warden, and The Last Chronicle of Barset, was one of the most prolific and brilliant novelists of the Victorian Era. James Pope-Hennessy, biographer of Queen Mary - and the grandson of an Irish member of Parliament widely believed to have been the prototype fot he hero of Trollope's novel Phineas Finn - has writ…

Cong Shanghai Dao Diji, Xu Zhiwen Shengping yu Shifeng

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Softcover, 51 hlm, 15x21cm

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A Pocket Guide To Charles Darwin: His life and Impact

How did Charles Darwin come to believe in evolution? Did his daughter's death turn him from Christianity? What is natural selection? Did humans really evolve from ape-like creatures? Has evolution been proven true? Couldn't God have used evolution? These and other questions are answered in this Pocket Guide to Charles Darwin. Looking at the course of his life, Darwin was influenced by many p…

Saint Augustine: A Life

Garry Wills examines this famed fourth-century bishop and seminal thinker whose grounding in classical philosophy informed his influential interpretation of the Christian doctrines of mind and body, wisdom and God. Saint Augustine explores both the great ruminator on the human condition and the everyday man who set pen to parchment. It challenges many misconceptions - among them the myth of Aug…

Zhou Enlai Potret Seorang Intelektual revolusioner : bakti sepanjang usia mem…

Kisah Zhou Enlai membangun Tiongkok Baru Potret seorang revolusioner berkarakter, cerdas-kreatif sabar, sadar perlunya meriah setinggi-tingginya ilmu/teknologi, berbakti seumur hidup tanpa pamrih, menghormati beda pendapat, luwes menyelesaikan konflik antara barisan secita-cita, teguh mengawal persatuan-kesatuan bangsa dan negara, tahu betul siapa musuh utama dan berani melawannya, teguh man…

Martin Luther King: Melawan kekerasan dengan Cinta Kasih

Martin Luther King adalah pejuang kemanusiaan yang melawan segala bentuk ketidakadilan, diskriminasi, penindasan, dan kekerasan dengan kekuatan Cinta Kasih. Ia melawan segregasi (politik pemisahan) antara kaum kulit putih dan kulit hitam di Amerika Serikat. Kaum kulit putih merasa lebih unggul dibandingkan kulit hitam. Kaum kulit hitam atau masyarakat Negro direndahkan, dihinakan, ditindas, dan…

Seri Tokoh Dunia (5) Michelangelo Buonarroti

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15

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979-637-163-4

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Soft Cover, 110 hlm, 14x21cm

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Seri Tokoh Dunia (55) Johannes Gutenberg : Penemu Mesin Cetak

Gutenberg adalah seorang yang menghasilkan cara mencetak yang mudah dengan pembuatan plakat-plakat besi yang dibentuk jadi susunan huruf. Plakat-plakat huruf ini dikenal dengan nama Movable Type. Dia juga berhasil membuat sebuah mesin cetak. Dua penemuan ini sangat penting bagi dunia karena sejak alat- alat itu muncul, kita jadi lebih mudah membaca buku.