The Biography of J.R.R TOLKIEN: architect of middle-earth

J. R. R. Tolkien is one of the most beloved and enigmatic writers of the twentieth century, yet surprisingly little is known about the personal life of the author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. After a traumatic childhood, Tolkien experienced the bloody trenches of World War I, then lived most of his life as an Oxford scholar in a cloistered academic community. In this fascinating illustr…

St Gregory of Nazianzus - Poems on Scripture

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-088141-433-2

Collation

-

Series Title

Popular Patristics Series

Call Number

F 881.01 C1

Portraits of Those I Love

Priest, poet, and prophet, Father Daniel Berrigan has written over a score of book-narratives of his struggle against the war in Vietnam, verse adaptations of the Psalms and of Dante's Purgatorio, plays, and fables for children. Portraits is his first completely biographical work, and it is perhaps his most intimate book, one in which he speaks candidly of some of the people he has known and ad…

Moscow (Architecture & History)

Moscow, a photo album, contains splendid photographs showing the modern capital of the country. The focal point of the album is the Kremlin, the heart of city and the country, famous as its historical and architectural site. The album's lavish illustrations also feature the oldes districts and streets of Moscow-Kitay-Gorod, Tverskaya, Arbat and others.

Change for The Better

Too many women approach menopause with apprehension: they dread it before it happens and ask"Whar's wrong with me?" when it does. It doesn't have to be that way. Menopause is new beginning physically and emotionally, and change for better explains why.

Treating Adolescents

Treating Adolescents presents a concise, up-to-date summary of adolescent development and step-by-step guidance for the effective clinical treatment of specific issues- such as, anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, somatization, conduct disorders, and psychosis. Each of the contributors has expertise in the treatment of adolescents anf offers a blend of cutting-edge knowledge and cl…

What Is Life and What Is Faith

Edition

Hardback

ISBN/ISSN

-

Collation

144 hal., 14x20.7cm

Series Title

Vol. 32 of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism - Section III - The Nature of Man

Call Number

R 030.00 B616 C1

A Pocket Guide To Apemen: Separating Fact from Fiction

Did humans evolve from ape-like creatures? Have scientists found fossils of the missing link? Does the similarity between human and chimp DNA point to common ancestry? These and other questions are answered in this Pocket Guide to Apemen. Experts in the fields of paleontology, anatomy, genetics, and ancient Bible texts examine both the scientific evidence and the Biblical record to show that…

Lucy: The Beginnings Of Humankind

When Donald Johanson found a partial skeleton, approximately 3.5 million years old, in the remote Afar region of Ethiopia in November 0f 1974, he knew he had stumbled onto something unique. Bursting with all the suspense and intrigue of a fast-paced adventure novel, and filled with lively, up-to-the-minute scientific detail and marvelous illustrations in color and black-and-white, this major n…

The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine

Eusebius' account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, traces the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ends with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine.