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Writings: The Autobiography / Poor Richard’s Almanack / Bagatelles, Pamphlets, Essays & Letters

Writings: The Autobiography / Poor Richard’s Almanack / Bagatelles, Pamphlets, Essays & Letters

by Benjamin Franklin

Note: When first issued, the Library of America edition of Franklin's WritingsWritings was collected in one large volume; later, it was published as two...

tags: american history, writing, american revolution, politics, philosophy, essays, classics, north american hi..., biography, nonfiction, autobiography, history, military history

Essays Presented to Charles Williams

Essays Presented to Charles Williams

"In this book the reader is offered the work of one professional author, two dons, a solicitor, a friar, and a retired army officer; if he feels disposed to...

tags: theology, reference, writing, essays, language, religion, science fiction fantasy, nonfiction, history, criticism, literary criticism

Of Empire

by Francis Bacon

The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin’s Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history’s most prodigious...

tags: english literature, writing, unfinished, politics, philosophy, european literature, essays, classics, nonfiction, literature, history, british literature

The Well and the Shallows

The Well and the Shallows

by G.K. Chesterton

One of Chesterton's last works, this is a collection of his essays on a variety of cultural, social, and moral issues that seem even more urgent today. His...

tags: catholic, writing, christian, essays, christianity, economics, nonfiction, cultural

A Miscellany of Men

A Miscellany of Men

by G.K. Chesterton

Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, this is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one...

tags: theology, catholic, writing, anthologies, philosophy, essays, christianity, classics, collections, religion, nonfiction, christian

Think Biblically!: Recovering a Christian Worldview

Think Biblically!: Recovering a Christian Worldview

by John MacArthur

"A truly Christian worldview begins with the conviction that God Himself has spoken in Scripture. As Christians, we are committed to the Bible as the inerrant...

tags: theology, reference, writing, cultural, philosophy, christianity, essays, christian non fiction, religion, christian living, discipleship, christian

Passion for Peace; Reflections on War and Nonviolence

Passion for Peace; Reflections on War and Nonviolence

by Thomas Merton

Violence, war, and terrorism fill our televisions, newspapers, and websites. To meet the great need for nonviolent wisdom in the tradition of Martin Luther...

tags: essays, religion, spirituality, christianity, christian, writing, nonfiction

The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis

The Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis

by Alister McGrath

Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis' death, The Intellectual World of C. S. LewisThe Intellectual World of C. S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister...

tags: theology, writing, christianity, essays, religion, biography, nonfiction, literature, history, criticism, literary criticism

A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students

A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students

by Martin Luther King, Jr.

The first collection of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s essential writings for high school students and young people—with eighteen selections including "I Have a...

tags: writing, politics, essays, education, anti racist, race, nonfiction, social issues, history, activism

Love and Living

Love and Living

by Thomas Merton

A posthumously published collection of Merton’s essays and meditations centering on the need for love in learning to live. “Love is the revelation of our...

tags: essays, religion, spirituality, christianity, theology, christian, writing, love, nonfiction

Selected Literary Essays

Selected Literary Essays

This volume, available in print for the first time since 1980, includes over twenty of C. S. Lewis' most important literary essays, written between 1932 and...

tags: writing, essays, classics, nonfiction, literature, criticism, literary criticism

The Major Works

The Major Works

by Francis Bacon

This authoritative edition brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing - the major prose in full, together with sixteen other pieces not...

tags: english literature, writing, philosophy, essays, classics, nonfiction, literature

The Thing: Why I am a Catholic

The Thing: Why I am a Catholic

by G.K. Chesterton

IT will be naturally objected to the publication of these papers that they are ephemeral and that they are controversial. In other words, the normal critic...

tags: theology, catholic, writing, philosophy, european literature, christianity, essays, religion, nonfiction, british literature

The Barbarism of Berlin

The Barbarism of Berlin

by G.K. Chesterton

Unless we are all mad, there is at the back of the most bewildering business a story: and if we are all mad, there is no such thing as madness. If I set a...

tags: nonfiction, writing, history, essays

Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age A Literary Review

Two Ages: The Age of Revolution and the Present Age A Literary Review

by Soren Kierkegaard

After deciding to terminate his authorship with the pseudonymous "Concluding Unscientific Postscript," Kierkegaard composed reviews as a means of writing...

tags: essays, philosophy, writing, nonfiction

Seeing Eye and Other Selected Essays from Christian Reflections

Seeing Eye and Other Selected Essays from Christian Reflections

C.S. Lewis presents an eloquent and colorful defense of Christianity for both devotees and critics . . . in a collection of essays composed over the last...

tags: theology, spirituality, writing, faith, christianity, essays, religion, nonfiction, christian

Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation

Choosing to Love the World: On Contemplation

by Thomas Merton

Amid the noise and distractions of everyday life, is it really possible to choose to love the world? In these times of great uncertainty and anxiety, how can...

tags: essays, religion, spirituality, theology, writing, nonfiction

Twelve Baskets of Crumbs

Twelve Baskets of Crumbs

by Elisabeth Elliot

tags: writing, essays, nonfiction, christian living, christian

Perspectives on Our Age

Perspectives on Our Age

by Jacques Ellul

The self-portrait of a fundamental 20th-century thinker emerges in these transcripts of interviews with French historian and social critic Jacques Ellul....

tags: writing, philosophy, essays, sociology, nonfiction

C.S. Lewis Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church

C.S. Lewis Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church

As well as his many books, letters and poems, C.S. Lewis also wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on...

tags: theology, writing, philosophy, essays, christianity, christian non fiction, religion, nonfiction, christian

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