Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry, Paperback - Owen Barfield

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An in-depth study of the four 'Oxford Christians' revealing the depths of their creative imagination and the lasting effect of their work.

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Owen Barfield is known primarily for his many publications on the evolution of consciousness and the essential reframing of cultural history that r...

DescriptionFor more than three-quarters of a century, Owen Barfield produced original and thought-provoking works that made him a legendary cult fi...

DescriptionIn Natural Theology, William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beauty and order of the natural world....

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A Study in Scarlet - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Remarkable for its vast assembly of facts and its charm of presentation, it offers the thesis that man progresses from magic through religious beli...

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The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature - William James

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A TV tie-in edition of Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes novel, a genre-defining work in which popular crime fiction was born. Features contempor...

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The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition - C. S. Lewis

First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued in a twelve-volume edition (1906-15) which was abridged in 1922 by the author and h...

Offers a study of the sources of the Tristan romance, tracing them through the various versions of the legend. Sigmund Eisner makes the claim that ...

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A timely political primer on Xi Jinping by acclaimed author and academic, Professor Kerry Brown.Publisher: Icon BooksAuthor(s): Kerry BrownNumber o...

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Aesthete, sensualist, bookworm, politician of Machiavellian cunning: Francois Mitterrand was a man of exceptional gifts and exceptional flaws who, ...

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A Study in Scarlet is the very first Sherlock Holmes story which brought great fame to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This incredible adventure of lost lo...