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The Fall of Republics

A History from Ancient Carthage to the American Constitution

by Thomas F. Madden ...

What caused the world’s great republics to fall—and what their fate reveals about the dangers facing modern democracies todayIn this timely book, distinguished historian Thomas Madden explores the people, events, and factors that led to the collapse of some of the world’s most enduring republics—from Carthage to Rome to Venice and beyond—and examines the worrying lessons these failures hold for ... Read more

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What caused the world’s great republics to fall—and what their fate reveals about the dangers facing modern democracies todayIn this timely book, distinguished historian Thomas Madden explores the people, events, and factors that led to the collapse of some of the world’s most enduring republics—from Carthage to Rome to Venice and beyond—and examines the worrying lessons these failures hold for
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One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

A History of the Church in the Middle Ages

by Thomas F. Madden ...

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8 hours 15 min

Renowned professor Thomas F. Madden turns his scholarly eye on the intrigue and politics swirling about the Medieval Church. Professor Madden explores the compelling events that shaped the culture and forever altered history, from the Monophysite Controversy to reform movements to the Inquisition, Black Death, and Great Schism. This is a history populated with larger-than-life characters and ... Read more

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Renowned professor Thomas F. Madden turns his scholarly eye on the intrigue and politics swirling about the Medieval Church. Professor Madden explores the compelling events that shaped the culture and forever altered history, from the Monophysite Controversy to reform movements to the Inquisition, Black Death, and Great Schism. This is a history populated with larger-than-life characters and
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Venice

A New History

by Thomas F. Madden ...

Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini ...

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A spellbinding new portrait of one of the world’s most beloved cities, from the author of IstanbulLa Serenissima. Its breathtaking architecture, art, and opera ensure that Venice remains a perennially popular destination for tourists and armchair travelers alike.Yet most of the available books about this magical city are either facile travel guides or fusty academic tomes. In Venice, renowned ... Read more

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A spellbinding new portrait of one of the world’s most beloved cities, from the author of IstanbulLa Serenissima. Its breathtaking architecture, art, and opera ensure that Venice remains a perennially popular destination for tourists and armchair travelers alike.Yet most of the available books about this magical city are either facile travel guides or fusty academic tomes. In Venice, renowned
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Stories About Curses

The immortal Monkeys Paw story, along with other equally amazing tales

by Thomas Hardy, W F Harvey, Rudyard Kipling, W W Jacobs, Joseph Conrad, Louisa May Alcott, M R James, M R James, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, William Hunt, Edith Nesbit0, Louisa Baldwin1 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley2, Robbie McNab3, Robert Maskell4 ...

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7 hours 6 min

All words have a value, they have a truth. Even misinforming us is part of their job. But they are only words, sticks and stones etc etc.But in this volume our authors explore the use of curses. These strings of words might seem harmless enough if you don’t believe they can have any ill effect. Little by little, though, sometimes they do. Our brains connect curse with that action, that happening ... Read more

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All words have a value, they have a truth. Even misinforming us is part of their job. But they are only words, sticks and stones etc etc.But in this volume our authors explore the use of curses. These strings of words might seem harmless enough if you don’t believe they can have any ill effect. Little by little, though, sometimes they do. Our brains connect curse with that action, that happening
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The Concise History of the Crusades

by Thomas F. Madden ...

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What is the relationship between the medieval crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of Muslim jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the crusades and their contemporary relevance. Placing all of the major crusades within their medieval social, economic, religious, and ... Read more

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What is the relationship between the medieval crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East? Were the crusades the Christian equivalent of Muslim jihad? In this sweeping yet crisp history, Thomas F. Madden offers a brilliant and compelling narrative of the crusades and their contemporary relevance. Placing all of the major crusades within their medieval social, economic, religious, and
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Venice

A New History

by Thomas F. Madden ...

An extraordinary chronicle of Venice, its people, and its grandeurThomas Madden’s majestic, sprawling history of Venice is the first full portrait of the city in English in almost thirty years. Using long-buried archival material and a wealth of newly translated documents, Madden weaves a spellbinding story of a place and its people, tracing an arc from the city’s humble origins as a lagoon refuge ... Read more

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An extraordinary chronicle of Venice, its people, and its grandeurThomas Madden’s majestic, sprawling history of Venice is the first full portrait of the city in English in almost thirty years. Using long-buried archival material and a wealth of newly translated documents, Madden weaves a spellbinding story of a place and its people, tracing an arc from the city’s humble origins as a lagoon refuge
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Incarnation

The Person and Life of Christ

by Thomas F. Torrance ...

The late Thomas F. Torrance has been called "the greatest Reformed theologian since Karl Barth" and "the greatest British theologian of the twentieth century" by prominent voices in the academy. His work has profoundly shaped contemporary theologyin the English-speaking world.This first of two volumes comprises Thomas Torrance's lectures delivered to students in Christian Dogmatics on Christology ... Read more

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The late Thomas F. Torrance has been called "the greatest Reformed theologian since Karl Barth" and "the greatest British theologian of the twentieth century" by prominent voices in the academy. His work has profoundly shaped contemporary theologyin the English-speaking world.This first of two volumes comprises Thomas Torrance's lectures delivered to students in Christian Dogmatics on Christology
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Midnight in the Graveyard

by Thomas F. Monteleone, Kealan Patrick Burke, John Everson, Chad Lutzke, William Meikle, various authors, Catherine Cavendish, Kathryn Meyer Griffith, Ronald Kelly, Kenneth McKinley, Jason Parent, Robert McCammon, Elizabeth Massie, others ...

Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

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Midnight. Some call it the witching hour. Others call it the devil’s hour. Here in the graveyard, midnight is a very special time. It is a time when ghostly spirits are at their strongest, when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. Legend has it, that while most of the world is asleep, the lack of prayers allow the spirits to communicate under the cover of darkness, among the ... Read more

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Midnight. Some call it the witching hour. Others call it the devil’s hour. Here in the graveyard, midnight is a very special time. It is a time when ghostly spirits are at their strongest, when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. Legend has it, that while most of the world is asleep, the lack of prayers allow the spirits to communicate under the cover of darkness, among the
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Fearful Symmetries

by Thomas F. Monteleone ...

The Bram Stoker Award–winning short story collection. "These solidly crafted tales consistently evoke an enjoyably unsettling mood of horror." — Publishers WeeklyThomas F. Monteleone displays his mastery of the horror genre in the selected short fiction of Fearful Symmetries, collected works spanning more than twenty years of his career. Revel in the deftly deployed classic horror tropes of these ... Read more

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The Bram Stoker Award–winning short story collection. "These solidly crafted tales consistently evoke an enjoyably unsettling mood of horror." — Publishers WeeklyThomas F. Monteleone displays his mastery of the horror genre in the selected short fiction of Fearful Symmetries, collected works spanning more than twenty years of his career. Revel in the deftly deployed classic horror tropes of these
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Everest: The West Ridge

The West Ridge, Anniversary Edition

by Thomas F. Hornbein ...

"Not only did Hornbein play a crucial role in one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in the history of mountaineering, his account of the feat is one of the finest things ever written about this peculiar, hazardous, and uncommonly engaging pursuit." —Jon Krakauer* Special anniversary edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest via the West Ridge* The ... Read more

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"Not only did Hornbein play a crucial role in one of the most extraordinary accomplishments in the history of mountaineering, his account of the feat is one of the finest things ever written about this peculiar, hazardous, and uncommonly engaging pursuit." —Jon Krakauer* Special anniversary edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest via the West Ridge* The
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What Pragmatism Was

by F. Thomas Burke ...

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A history and exploration of this quintessentially American philosophy.F. Thomas Burke shows how the original "maxim of pragmatism" was understood differently by the two earliest American pragmatists, William James and Charles S. Peirce. Burke reconciles these differences by casting pragmatism as a philosophical stance that endorses distinctive conceptions of belief and meaning. In particular, on ... Read more

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A history and exploration of this quintessentially American philosophy.F. Thomas Burke shows how the original "maxim of pragmatism" was understood differently by the two earliest American pragmatists, William James and Charles S. Peirce. Burke reconciles these differences by casting pragmatism as a philosophical stance that endorses distinctive conceptions of belief and meaning. In particular, on
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Istanbul

City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the World

by Thomas F. Madden ...

For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across at the shores of Asia. The history of this city—known as Byzantium, then Constantinople, now Istanbul—is at once glorious, outsized, and astounding. Founded by the Greeks, its location blessed it as a center for trade but also made it a target of every empire in history, ... Read more

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For more than two millennia Istanbul has stood at the crossroads of the world, perched at the very tip of Europe, gazing across at the shores of Asia. The history of this city—known as Byzantium, then Constantinople, now Istanbul—is at once glorious, outsized, and astounding. Founded by the Greeks, its location blessed it as a center for trade but also made it a target of every empire in history,
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