The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works (Anonymous)(Paperback)

The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works (Anonymous)(Paperback)

In the fourteenth century there was a great flourishing of religious writings in English, both orthodox and heretical. Many of these works focused on Christ's Passion and humanity, whereas The Cloud of Unknowing describes an abstract, transcendent God beyond human knowledge and human language

The Cloud of Unknowing (Anonymous)(Paperback)

Complete edition of The Cloud of Unknowing by an Anonymous author in the 15th century, with introduction by Evelyn Underhill and transcribed from the British Museum manuscripts. As meaningful today, it is a powerful contemplation for those that love prayer. This is a must read to think about our

The Cloud of Unknowing (Anonymous)(Paperback)

The Dhammapada (Anonymous)(Paperback)

One of the best-known and best-loved works of Buddhist literature, the Dhammapada forms part of the oldest surviving body of Buddhist writings, and is traditionally regarded as the authentic teachings of the Buddha himself, spoken by him in his lifetime, and memorized and handed on by his followers

The Cloud of Unknowing (Wolters Clifton)(Paperback)

A classic of Christian mysticism, this marvelous guide to the contemplative life originated with the reflections of an unknown 14th-century priest who believed that a cloud of unknowing separates people from God. This cloud, the writer maintained, cannot be penetrated by intellect but only by

The Cloud of Unknowing (Acevedo Butcher Carmen)(Paperback)

A marvelously readable translation of the great Middle English classic of Christian mysticism--now part of the beautifully designed Shambhala Pocket Library collection This anonymous fourteenth-century text is the glory of English mysticism, and one of the most practical and useful guides to

The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings (Pope Alexander)(Paperback)

The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings is a collection of Alexander Pope's greatest works, edited with an introduction by Leo Damrosch in Penguin Classics. Alexander Pope was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human nature have entered the language, and whose

A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (Swift Jonathan)(Paperback)

This volume includes 'The Battle of the Books' and 'The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit', both which accompanied 'A Tale of a Tub' on its first publication in 1704. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the

The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories (Quiroga Horacio)(Paperback)

Tales of horror, madness, and death, tales of fantasy and morality: these are the works of South American master storyteller Horacio Quiroga. Author of some 200 pieces of fiction that have been compared to the works of Poe, Kipling, and Jack London, Quiroga experienced a life that surpassed in

Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources (Anonymous)(Paperback)

This comprehensive collection includes Asser's Life of Alfred, extracts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfred's own writings, laws, and will. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles,

The Queen of Spades and Other Stories (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories, in which Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are witty parodies of sentimentalism, while Peter the

On the Soul: And Other Psychological Works (Aristotle)(Paperback)

'...the more honourable animals have been allotted a more honourable soul...' What is the nature of the soul? It is this question that Aristotle sought to answer in De Anima (On the Soul). In doing so he offers a psychological theory that encompasses not only human beings but all living beings. Its

The Ninety-Five Theses and Other Writings (Luther Martin)(Paperback)

For the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a new translation of Martin Luther's most famous works by leading Luther scholar and pastor William Russell This volume contains selections from Martin Luther's most evocative and provocative writings, freshly translated, for the 21st century. These

Not Safe After Dark - And Other Works (Robinson Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A chilling collection of short tales from the author of the bestselling Inspector Banks

Speculum of the Other Woman: New Edition (Irigaray Luce)(Paperback)

Speculum of the Other Woman by Luce Irigaray is incontestably one of the most important works in feminist theory to have been published in this generation. For the profession of psychoanalysis, Irigaray believes, female sexuality has remained a dark continent, unfathomable and unapproachable; its

Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous (Kurtz Ernest)(Paperback)

A fascinating, account of the discovery and program of Alcoholics Anonymous, Not God contains anecdotes and excerpts from the diaries, correspondence, and occasional memoirs of AA's early figures. The most complete history of A.A. ever written. Not God contains anecdotes and excerpts from the

Memoirs on Pauperism and Other Writings: Poverty, Public Welfare, and Inequality (de Tocqueville Alexis)(Paperback)

The collection includes new translations of Tocqueville's works, including the first English translation of his Second Memoir, the original Memoir, a letter fragment considering pauperism in Normandy, and the ''Pauperism in America'' index to the Penitentiary Report.Alexis de Tocqueville was one of

Selections from the Canzoniere and Other Works (Petrarch Francesco)(Paperback)

This entirely new translation includes Petrarch's short autobiographical prose works, The Letter to Posterity and The Ascent of Mount Ventoux, and a selection of twenty-seven poems from the Canzoniere, Petrarch's best-known work in Italian. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's

The Great Gatsby and Other Works (Fitzgerald F. Scott)(Leather)

Three of the great American novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the incomparable chronicler of the Jazz Age, are all together in one keepsake volume. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote some of the most acclaimed novels of the 20th century, and literary scholars regard him as one of the finest American writers of

The Kingdom of Beautiful Colours and Other Stories (Wyatt Isabel)(Paperback)

'Once upon a time there was a kingdom of beautiful colors. In the middle of it stood a cloud mountain, and from the top of the cloud mountain you looked down on a wonderful rainbow, shining green and blue and yellow.' The King must go on a long journey, so asks his four sons to care for the kingdom

Speech Genres and Other Late Essays (Bakhtin M. M.)(Paperback)

Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in

At the Mountains of Madness: And Other Works of Weird Fiction (Lovecraft H. P.)(Paperback)

When Prof. William Dyer, a geologist from Miskatonic University, investigates an abandoned, hieroglyphed city forged with weird non-human geometry in the ice-wastes of Antarctica, he uncovers evidence of an ancient and cataclysmic war waged between races of malignant aliens: long before the advent

Pagan Portals - Australian Druidry: Connecting with the Sacred Landscape (Brett Julie)(Paperback)

Pagan Portals: Australian Druidry works as a supplement to the study of Druidry and other nature-based spiritual paths as practiced in Australia. The seasons, animals, plants and ancestral histories of the land in Australia are quite different from those of the Celtic lands where Druidry

Day Of The Dead - And Other Works (Ji Sylvia)(Pevná vazba)

Sylvia Ji s haunting, seductive and psychedelically tinged portrayals of women offer a whole new slant on femininity, and blur the line between high- and lowbrow art. Ji says that her subjects are symbolic reflections of herself and people she knows, or just nameless faces set in a landscape of