Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground (Blake Elizabeth A.)(Paperback)

Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground (Blake Elizabeth A.)(Paperback)

While Dostoevsky's relation to religion is well-trod ground, there exists no comprehensive study of Dostoevsky and Catholicism. Elizabeth Blake's ambitious and learned Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground fills this glaring omission in the scholarship. Previous commentators have traced a

Notes from the Underground (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback / softback)

Notes from Underground (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

Notes from Underground (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

Dostoevsky's most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has

Notes from the Underground and the Gambler (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

One of the most profound and disturbing works of nineteenth-century literature, Notes from the Underground is a probing and speculative work, often regarded as a forerunner to the Existentialist movement. The Gambler explores the compulsive nature of gambling, one of Dostoevsky's own vices and a

Notes From The Underground (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Pevná vazba)

Dostoevsky was writing at a time when Russia had reason to be optimistic, but the warning signs in his fiction perhaps leave us clues as to why Russia still has social problems today - and why, less than 40 years after Dostoevsky's death, Russia embraced Communism and destroyed the society in which

How Catholic Art Saved the Faith (Lev Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Not long after Martin Luther's defiance of the Church in 1517, dialogue between Protestants and Catholics broke down, brother turned against brother, and devastating religious wars erupted across Europe. Desperate to restore the peace and recover the unity of Faith, Catholic theologians clarified

Tube Life: London's Underground in Photographs (Mirrorpix)(Paperback)

December 2018 sees the opening of the new Elizabeth Line that will link Reading and Heathrow in the west with Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, stretching right across central London and clarifying how vital the arteries of the underground and overground rail network continue to be to so many

The Velvet Underground and Nico (Harvard Joe)(Paperback)

The Velvet Underground and Nico has influenced the sound of more bands than any other album. And remarkably, it still sounds as fresh and challenging today as it did upon its release in 1967. In this book, Joe Harvard covers everything from Lou Reed's lyrical genius to John Cale's groundbreaking

Catholic Guide to Loneliness (Vost Kevin)(Paperback)

In The Catholic Guide to Loneliness, Dr. Kevin Vost -- prolific author, lecturer, and veteran Catholic psychologist -- offers a comprehensive guide to loneliness affording men and women the deepest possible answers to the pain of loneliness.Rooted in ancient philosophical and Biblical wisdom, and

A Simple Story (Inchbald Elizabeth)(Paperback)

When Miss Milner announces her passion for her guardian, a Catholic priest, she breaks through the double barrier of his religious vocation and 18th-century British society's standards of proper womanly behavior. Like other women writers of her time, Elizabeth Inchbald concentrates on the question

Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche & Kafka (Hubben William)(Paperback)

How four of Europe's most mysterious and fascinating writers shaped the modern mind. Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kafka were all outsiders in their societies, unable to fit into the accepted nineteenth-century categories of theology, philosophy, or belles lettres. Instead, they saw

Fyodor Dostoevsky (Bird Robert)(Paperback)

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Demons, The Idiot--the complex and prolific Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-81) is responsible for some of our greatest literary works and most fascinating characters. Praised by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf, he is also

Exploring Catholic Theology: Essays on God, Liturgy, and Evangelization (Barron Robert)(Paperback)

Robert Barron is one of the Catholic Church's premier theologians and author of the influential The Priority of Christ. In this volume, Barron sets forth a thoroughgoing vision for an evangelical catholic theology that is steeped in the tradition and engaged with the contemporary world. Striking a

The Idiot (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

The Idiot (1868), written under the appalling personal circumstances Dostoevsky endured while travelling in Europe, not only reveals the author's acute artistic sense and penetrating psychological insight, but also affords his most powerful indictment of a Russia struggling to emulate contemporary

Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

The Double and the Gambler (Dostoevsky Fyodor)(Paperback)

The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have given us the definitive version of Fyodor Dostoevsky's strikingly original short novels, The Double and The Gambler.The Double is a surprisingly modern hallucinatory nightmare-foreshadowing Kafka and Sartre-in which a minor

Glasgow Underground: The Glasgow District Subway (Anderson Keith)(Paperback)

The Glasgow District Subway was second only to London in the UK and was the third underground system to be built anywhere in the world. Originally operated as a cable railway, it was later electrified and the rolling stock from that era continued to be used until it had become very dilapidated by

Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic (Allen Michael)(Paperback)

This one-volume introduction to systematic theology draws deeply on the catholic and Reformed heritage to present the major doctrines of the Christian faith, displaying the power of theological retrieval for the church's renewal. Leading Reformed theologians, such as Kevin Vanhoozer, John Webster,

The Catholic Controversy: A Defense of the Faith (De Sales Francisco)(Paperback)

Between 1594 and 1598, a preacher named Francois converted 72,000 Protestants to the Catholic Faith. These are his words. One of the most remarkable and well-documented events in Catholic history began when a young priest, St. Francis de Sales, volunteered to re-evangelize the Calvinists of the

Jerusalem: The Real Life of William Blake: A Biography (Churton Tobias)(Paperback)

A brilliant new biography of the mystic poet and artist William Blake - and the first to explore both his struggle to make a name for himself in a society unable to appreciate his genius and his startlingly original quest for spiritual truth. 'And did those feet in ancient time ...' The hymn

Crime and Punishment - Prestuplenie I Nakazanie (Russian Edition) (Dostoevsky Fyodor M.)(Paperback)

Crime and Punishement ('Prestuplenie i nakazanie') by Fyodor Dostoevsky in

Plutarch's Staff (Sente Yves)(Paperback)

Blake and Mortimer must help end a war ... to prepare for the next one. Blake and Mortimer s first mission together. 1944. England is still locked in a struggle to the death with Nazi Germany. But already a new threat looms among the peaks of the Himalayas. For now, though, Squadron Leader Blake,

Business Ethics and Catholic Social Thought (Finn Daniel K.)(Paperback)

A comprehensive overview of the contribution of Catholic social thought to business ethicsCan a religion founded on loving one's neighbor give moral approval to profit-seeking business firms in a global economy? What should characterize the relationship between faith and economic life? What can