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56 produkter
What Jesus Meant
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 2007
307 kr
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“Garry Wills brings his signature brand of erudite, unorthodox thinking to his latest book of revelations. . . . A tour de force and a profound show of faith.” (O, the Oprah Magazine) Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What The Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017. In what are billed “culture …
What the Gospels Meant
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 2009
301 kr
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“A remarkable achievement—a learned yet eminently readable and provocative exploration of the four small books that reveal most of what’s known about the life and death of Jesus.” (Los Angeles Times)Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017. In his New York …
Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 2011
356 kr
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Font of Life
Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism
Av Garry Wills
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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One of the most important religious sites in the world is largely hidden and rarely visited. It lies under the piazza in front of Milan''s cathedral, and was uncovered by archaeologists only after World War II. It is part of the foundations of a fourth century cathedral from the time of Bishop …
Font of Life
Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism
Av Garry Wills
E-bok, 2012
170 kr
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One of the most important religious sites in the world is largely hidden and rarely visited. It lies under the piazza in front of Milan''s cathedral, and was uncovered by archaeologists only after World War II. It is part of the foundations of a fourth century cathedral from the time of Bishop …
Witches and Jesuits
Shakespeare's Macbeth
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 1996
429 kr
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In his Pulitzer prize-winning 1993 book Lincoln at Gettysburg, Garry Wills showed how the Gettysburg Address revolutionized the conception of modern America. In Witches and Jesuits, Wills again focuses on a single document to open up a window on an entire society. He begins with a simple question: …
Font of Life: Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism
Av Garry Wills
Inbunden, 2012
340 kr
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Making Make-Believe Real
Politics as Theater in Shakespeare's Time
Av Garry Wills
E-bok, 2014
363 kr
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A penetrating study of the images, symbols, pageants, and creative performances ambitious Elizabethans used to secure political power Shakespeare’s plays abound with kings and leaders who crave a public stage and seize every opportunity to make their lives a performance: Antony, Cleopatra, Richard …
Making Make-Believe Real
Politics as Theater in Shakespeare's Time
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 2015
776 kr
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A penetrating study of the images, symbols, pageants, and creative performances ambitious Elizabethans used to secure political powerShakespeare’s plays abound with kings and leaders who crave a public stage and seize every opportunity to make their lives a performance: Antony, Cleopatra, Richard …
Inventing America
Jefferson''s Declaration of Independence
Av Garry Wills
E-bok, 2017
158 kr
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From one of America''s foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson''s original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been …
Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 2018
305 kr
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Certain Trumpets
The Nature of Leadership
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 1995
267 kr
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What makes a leader? How do we identify effective leadership, and how should—and shouldn’t—that power be used? In Certain Trumpets , Garry Wills presents portraits of eminent leaders including FDR to Ross Perot, King David, Martha Graham, and many others, offering an illuminating lens for studying …
John Wayne's America
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 1998
344 kr
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg brings his eloquence, wit, and on-target perceptions of American life and politics to this fascinating, well-drawn protrait of a twentieth-century hero. In this work of great originality—the biography of an idea—Garry Wills shows how John …
Augustine's Confessions
A Biography
Av Garry Wills
Inbunden, 2011
204 kr
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In this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the "Confessions" - what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed. Following Wills' …
Augustine's Confessions
A Biography
Av Garry Wills
Häftad, 2021
183 kr
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From Pulitzer Prize–winner Garry Wills, the story of Augustine’s ConfessionsIn this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the Confessions--what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the …
Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis
Av Garry Wills
E-bok, 2015
235 kr
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The New York Times bestselling historian takes on a pressing question in modern religion—will Pope Francis embrace change? Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, offers a challenge to his church. Can he bring about significant change? Should he? Garry Wills, the …
