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On Lying in Bed and Other Essays

On Lying in Bed and Other Essays

by G.K. Chesterton

A unique collection of essays by one of the literary geniuses of the past hundred years, edited by none other than the award-winning Argentinian writer,...

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The Uses of Diversity

The Uses of Diversity

by G.K. Chesterton

Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton

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Signs of the Times

Signs of the Times

by Thomas Carlyle

tags: philosophy, essays, writing, classics, nonfiction

All That Was Ever Ours...Meditations on Faith and Character

All That Was Ever Ours...Meditations on Faith and Character

by Elisabeth Elliot

In one of her most personal books, Elisabeth Elliot shares her own perceptions on the meanings of the events in her turbulent life, including the death of her...

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Garden Graces: How the Simple Tasks of Gardening Have Affected the Art, Music, Literature, and Ideas of Western Civilization

Garden Graces: How the Simple Tasks of Gardening Have Affected the Art, Music, Literature, and Ideas of Western Civilization

by George Grant

By taking a long and lingering look at some of the world's most beautiful gardens and listening appreciatively to the legends, testimonies, quips, verses, and...

tags: gardening, writing, horticulture, essays

All Is Grist: A Book of Essays

All Is Grist: A Book of Essays

by G.K. Chesterton

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Handful of Authors

Handful of Authors

by G.K. Chesterton

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The Uses of Knowledge: Selections from the Idea of a University

The Uses of Knowledge: Selections from the Idea of a University

by John Henry Newman

This insightful selection, features four discourses from The Idea of a University: Knowledge Its Own End; Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning; Knowledge...

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We Travel an Appointed Way

We Travel an Appointed Way

"To the child of God there is no such thing as an accident", remarks Tozer. "We travel an appointed way!" -- a way ordered by the secret script of God's...

tags: writing, essays, christianity, religion, christian

First And Second Things: Essays on Theology And Ethics

First And Second Things: Essays on Theology And Ethics

tags: theology, writing, essays, religion, christian

Of Studies

by Francis Bacon

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and...

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Lunacy and Letters

Lunacy and Letters

by G.K. Chesterton

tags: catholic, writing, essays, christianity, nonfiction

The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 5: All Things Considered, Tremendous Trifles, Alarms and Discursions

The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 5: All Things Considered, Tremendous Trifles, Alarms and Discursions

by G.K. Chesterton

This volume includes three classic G.K. Chesterton collections: All Things Considered, Tremendous Trifles, and Alarms and Discursions. These collections...

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The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 34: The Illustrated London News, 1926-1928

The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 34: The Illustrated London News, 1926-1928

by G.K. Chesterton

Volumes 27 through 37 are collected columns from The Illustrated London News. Most of the weekly articles Chesterton wrote for The Illustrated London News have...

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All I Survey

by G.K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play...

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G.K. Chesterton: A Selection from His Non-fictional Prose

G.K. Chesterton: A Selection from His Non-fictional Prose

by G.K. Chesterton

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The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton

The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton

by Thomas Merton

Literary essays

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Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress (Old Misstreesses Apologue)

Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress (Old Misstreesses Apologue)

by Benjamin Franklin

"Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" is a letter by Benjamin Franklin dated June 25, 1745 in which Franklin counsels a young man about channeling sexual...

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The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 04: What's Wrong with the World; The Superstition or Divorce; Eugenics and Other Evils; Divorce vs. Democracy; Social Reform vs. Birth Control

The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 04: What's Wrong with the World; The Superstition or Divorce; Eugenics and Other Evils; Divorce vs. Democracy; Social Reform vs. Birth Control

by G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton The first of two volumes devoted to Chesterton's political, sociological, and economic writings. sewn softcover

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The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 32: The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922

The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 32: The Illustrated London News, 1920-1922

by G.K. Chesterton

Some of the topics of the 130 columns in the volume include "The Poetry of Commonplace Things", "The Rhetoric of Pacifism", "Socialism and Individualism", "The...

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