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Julius West
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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G K Chesterton
According to Chesterton, his goal in converting to Orthodoxy is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come…
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In G.K. Chesterton's "Orthodoxy," on an incredible journey through faith, reason, and imagination. With his typical humor and intelligence, Chesterton convincingly argues traditional Christian ideas, revealing their intrinsic beauty and…
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
G. K. Chesterton's wild and whimsical debut novel, set in a future embattled London
London, 1984. Democracy has given up the ghost. England's ruler is randomly selected, and this year…
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Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That…
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Each title features: - A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world - An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
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Maurice Evans
Originally published in 1939, this book was formed from the Le Bas Prize Essay for 1938. Given the relatively concise nature of the text, biographical exposition is avoided in favour…
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Of great limbs gone to chaos, A great face turned to night- Why bend above a shapeless shroud Seeking in such archaic cloud Sight of strong lords and light? Where…
Collected here in one volume are Gilbert K. Chesterton?s most influential works of fiction. Harold March the rising reviewer and social critic was walking vigorously across a great tableland of…
Essayist G.K. Chesterton was a master. However, reading his essays is more than just an exercise in studying literature at its best; it is also a chance to come across…
Here are G. K. Chesterton's most influential non-fiction books collected here in one binding.In Orthodoxy Gilbert K. Chesterton explains how and why he came to believe in Christianity and more…
William Oddie
G. K. Chesterton was one of the most provocative and well-loved English writers of the twentieth century. Renowned for his journalism and as an essayist, he was the author of…
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…
Cecil Chesterton
This book, G. K. Chesterton a criticism, by Cecil Chesterton, is a replication of a book originally published before 1908. It has been restored by human beings, page by page…
Publisher: A. Rivers Publication date: 1908 Subjects: Biography
Richard Ingrams
A biographical study of G K Chesterton’s personal and working relationships with his brother, Cecil’s wife Ada and with Hilaire Belloc.
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This antiquarian volume contains a collection of poems written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. A delightful collection worthy of a place atop any bookshelf, this compendium is a veritable must-have for…
Ian Ker (Theology Faculty, University of Oxford)
This full-length life of G. K. Chesterton is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the writer. It draws on many unpublished letters and papers to evoke Chesterton’s…
G. K. Chesterton
Here is a special two-in-one book that is both by G.K. Chesterton and about Chesterton. This volume offers an irresistible opportunity to see who this remarkable man really was. Chesterton…
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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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Conlon Denis
G K Chesterton - A Reappraisal
"The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Verses" by Gilbert Keith Chesterton is a poetic collection that showcases the wit, wisdom, and imaginative prowess of the renowned English writer and…
Chesterton demonstrates in The Everlasting Man, a funny defence of Christianity that inspired C.S. Lewis, that once man is reduced to animal, history loses all meaning. The fact that man…
"The Defendant" by G. K. Chesterton is a set of essays that showcases the author's wit, humor, and profound observations on various subjects. Chesterton takes on various subjects, ranging from…
"The Uses of Diversity: A book of essays" by G.K. Chesterton offers insightful reflections across diverse subjects. Chesterton, a renowned essayist, presents a thought-provoking collection that delves into philosophy, society…
In Heretics Gilbert K. Chesterton rails against what he sees as wrong with society. He points out how society has gone astray and how life and spiritually could be brought…
In Manalive we follow the madcap adventure of Innocent Smith. Innocent Smith is a man who keeps the commandments but breaks all the conventions and while doing so he shows…
Here is the book that converted C. S. Lewis from atheism to Christianity. This history of mankind Christ and Christianity is to some extent a conscious rebuttal of H. G…
Harold March the rising reviewer and social critic was walking vigorously across a great tableland of moors and commons the horizon of which was fringed with the far-off woods of…
In The Man Who Was Thursday we are transported to a surreal turn-of-the-century London Gabriel Syme a poet is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory…
In What's Wrong With The World Chesterton rightly points out that what people see as "wrong with the world" are only the symptoms of a deeper problem. He shows that…
Twelve Types, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its…
