Sam lives at home with his loving parents, sisters and brother. England is at peace at last, following the ravages of the Second World War, and is about to witness…

The Monk is the story of the once revered and pious monk Ambrosio, whose temptations are tested with the arrival of a new novice. His internal battle leads to sexual…

Cees Nooteboom wrote the poems that make up Monk’s Eye on two islands: he began them on the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog and finished them on the Spanish island of…

Drawing on biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, and community rules, Brakke crafts a compelling picture of the…

For the first time, a distinguished line-up of scholars from both America and the UK consider the complex history of artistic relations between Britain and the USA, covering the years…

First published in 1858, this book contains two lectures given by the missionary and explorer, David Livingstone, after he returned from his extraordinary travels to Africa. It includes a biography…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Title: Dr. Livingstone’s Cambridge lectures, together with a prefatory letter by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick … Edited with introduction, life of Dr. Livingstone, notes and appendix, by the Rev. William…