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History Press, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket Issued. B&W photos, maps, and color photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2013 History Press trade paperback, first edition. Problem: top back cover panel corner shows a crease which also creased 4 page corners as well. Not horrible, but there. The book is loaded with B&W pictures, maps, charts and there is also a nice color photo section. CONTENT: Most books about Celtic saints are based on their legendary medieval lives. This book, however, is based upon our earliest surviving information: a study of the sites where these early Christians lived and worked. Archeology, combined with early inscriptions and texts, offers us important clues which help us to piece together something of the fascinating world of early Irish Christianity. The book is illustrated with the author's own evocative photographs of where each saint lived and worked, drawing readers into the beautiful world which these men and… Read More

Random House, 2017. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. CONDITION: LIKE NEW 2017 Random House hardcover (beige boards) and dust jacket, first edition, second printing. Round stamp remainder dot bottom edges at spine. CONTENT: Before the Corleones, before the Lannisters, there were the Borgias - one of history's notorious families. It is 1502 and Rodrigo Borgia, a self-confessed womanizer and master of political corruption, is now on the papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia, aged twenty-two-already three times married and a pawn in her father's plans-is discovering her own power. And then there is his son Cesare Borgia, brilliant, ruthless, and increasingly unstable; it is his relationship with Machiavelli that gives the Florentine diplomat a master class in the dark arts of power and politics. What Machiavelli learns will go on to inform his great work of modern politics, The Prince. But while the pope rails against old age and his son's increasingly erratic behavior, it is… Read More

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2018. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. 2 era B&W and Color Photo & art reproduction sections. CONDITION: NEW 2018 Weidenfeld & Nicholson trade paperback, first paperback edition, first printing. 2 era B&W / color photos & art reproduction sections. CONTENT: The Gordon Riots of 1780 were the worst civil disturbance in British history, causing 285 deaths and widespread looting in central London. The riots had begun as an anti-Catholic protest against the Papist Act two years earlier, which intended to reduce official discrimination against British Catholics after over one hundred years of penalties against them. It is against this backdrop that the 50-year battle for Catholic Emancipation developed, culminating in the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829. A hugely sensitive issue during the Napoleonic Wars, William Pitt's government had fallen in 1806 over it. Its successful passage followed a vigorous campaign on the issue by Irish lawyer… Read More

Destiny Books, 1990. Revised Ediiton 5th Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. B&W photo section. CONDITION: UNREAD c. 1990-3 Destiny Books trade paperback, revised edition, 5th printing. Very light lift to front cover fore edge. B&W photo section. CONTENT: Bound by religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, the Knights Templar were a Military Crusading Order engaged in religious war in the Holy Land. At the end of the thirteenth century, after their withdrawal from Syria, they became the apparently innocent victims of a campaign of slander and persecution mounted against them by the French government. The ruthless dissolution of the Knights Templar was only the beginning of a new and strange chapter in their history. They soon became the focus of numerous beliefs about their presumed occult powers, and by the eighteenth century their history had undergone a mythical metamorphosis--they figured highly in occult fantasies of magical practices and hidden knowledge as well as in… Read More

Holiday House, 1999. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. New/New. Will Hillenbrand color illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 1999 Holiday House hardcover (yellow boards) & dust jacket, first edition, assumed first printing. Entertaining color illustrations by Will Hillenbrand. CONTENT: This is the legend of Ireland's most charming snake wrangler, St. Patrick. Centuries ago, Patrick (not yet a saint) proved that even the most patient of men can lose his temper when it comes to slimy reptiles. A gang of laughing, hissing snakes that teases his aged and ailing dog, Finbar, proves the last straw for Patrick. He drives the slithering creatures off the Emerald Isle and into the sea?save for one, the "biggest, oldest, sneakiest snake in all of Ireland." The lone creature incessantly shadows Patrick, who soon devises a plan to trap the snake and set it out to sea with the others. After much effort and a bit of derring-do, Patrick sends the snake to the depths of Loch Ness in nearby Scotland. Years later, when… Read More

Harcourt Brace, 1993. 1st American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W art repros throughout. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1993 Harcourt Brace hardcover (decorated boards) & dust jacket, first American edition, first printing. Illustrated throughout with B&W art reproductions. Problem: gift inscription loose end page. CONTENT: Mary Magdalen has always been a predominant and fascinating figure for Christianity. But who was she really? The Gnostics hailed her as the companion of the Savior and the woman He loved most. Early Christian writers called her the Bride of Christ and the apostle to the apostles. But for centuries her most durable image has been that of a prostitute who repented and devoted her life to Jesus - an image that both shaped and to some extent reflected the Church's attitude toward women. Yet this figure does not appear in the New Testament. All that we know of the real Magdalen are the four facts noted in the Gospels: she was one of Christ's… Read More

Viking, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2007 Viking hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: When the Gospel of Judas was published by the National Geographic Society in April 2006, it received extraordinary media attention and was immediately heralded as a major biblical discovery that rocked the world of scholars and laypeople alike. Elaine Pagels and Karen King are the first to reflect on this newfound text and its ramifications for telling the story of early Christianity. In Reading Judas, the two celebrated scholars illustrate how the newly discovered text provides a window onto understanding how Jesus followers understood his death, why Judas betrayed Jesus, and why God allowed it. This accessible, engaging book has Princeton religion professor Pagels in a dream team pairing with King, who teaches ecclesiastical history at Harvard Divinity School. Together they take on the… Read More

Crossroad Books, 1992. 1st Paperback Edition Printing Unknown. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. John O'Brien B&W illustrations and cover art. CONDITION: UNREAD 1992 Crossroad Books paperback, appears to be first paperback edition (1981), but no printing is given. Interesting B&W illustrations (and cover art) by John O'Brien. CONTENT: Here, the charming, mature stories from the internationallly beloved monk are accompanied by original art. Like the parables of Jesus, these tales repeatedly unfold new levels of meaning if we are willing to sit with them. "Theophane's view of God was expansive. It was about God as the center of deep belonging. It was about God as the purveyor of Grace, not judgement. It was about God who celebrated the messy and ordinary and found it sacred. This book is a worthy addition to great devotional and meditative works." " Especially beloved from Tales are the following: "The Pearl of Great Price", "Myself","The Gun", and most especially "Now!" I have always felt that… Read More

Museum of the Bible Books/Worthy, 2017. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 2 era B&W and Color Photo Sections. CONDITION: NEW 2017 Museum of the Bible Books hardcover (beige boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 2nd printing. 2 era B&W and color photo sections. CONTENT: Welcome to the fascinating story of how we got the world's greatest book -- the Bible. It is a captivating story that includes a little bit of everything: adventure and violence, mystery and bravery, and dumb luck or divine intervention -- depending on your point of view. How in the world did we get this book that some people swear by and other people swear at? You don't have to be a skeptic to have a grocery list of questions about the formation of the Bible, such as: Who wrote these documents and when?; How were these ancient writings transmitted through the ages?; As scribes made copies of copies, didn't they make mistakes that caused the ancient writings to be changed and corrupted?; How was it decided which… Read More