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  Saint Augustine: How to...

  William Harmless

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  St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430) is unquestionably one of the most influential figures in Western Civilization. This audio course will bring you to the heart of St. Augustine’s works, revealing how his words speak to us across the centuries. According to his rival and contemporary, St. Jerome, Augustine “established anew the ancient faith.” A preeminent Doctor of the Church, saint, and patron of the Augustinian religious order, he had an indelible influence on Christianity. This audio series will provide you with a comprehensive portrait of St. Augustine. Much of the course is drawn from Augustine’s own words, which have echoed throughout the centuries. You will encounter segments devoted to each of his timeless masterpieces (Confessions and City of God) and to each of his best-known controversies (against the Manichees, Donatists, and Pelagians). You will also examine his everyday work as a bishop, preacher, and interpreter of the Bible. This series is designed to help you navigate the vast corpus of Augustine’s writings, tuning your ears to the melodies of Augustine’s speech and the power of his mind. Drawn from William Harmless’s book Augustine In His Own Words (2010), the lectures are intended for a broad listening public. They pair state-of-the-art scholarship with lucid translations, giving listeners a first taste ofAugustine as his contemporaries knew him: a theologian of masterful eloquence.This course is part of the Learn25 collection and includes a free PDF study guide.

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  This is Not About You - A Menmoir

  Rosemary Mac Cabe

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  For once, these men are the objects; I am the subject. Me, me, me. 
   
  Rosemary Mac Cabe was always a serial monogamist – never happier than when she was in a relationship or, at the very least, on the way to being in one. But in her desperate search for ‘the one’ – from first love to first lust, through a series of disappointments and the searing sting of heartbreak – she learned that finding love might mean losing herself along the way. 
   
  This Is Not About You is a life story in a series of love stories. About Henry, with the big nose and the lovely mum, with whom sex was like having a verruca frozen off in the doctor’s surgery: ‘uncomfortable, but I had entered into this willingly’. About Dan, with the goatee. About Luke, who gave her a split condom. About Frank, who was married… 
   
  But mostly, it’s about Rosemary, figuring out just how much she was willing to sacrifice for her happy ending.

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  Out of Line - A Memoir

  Dov Fedler

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  "You'll be a dentist," says Dad. "Why?" I ask. "Because you'll be called doctor and you won't be called out at night." "I'm not sticking my hands down anyone's mouth. Yech!" DOV FEDLER was a laatlammetjie, born and bred in Johannesburg in 1940 just as Hitler was getting into his stride. A third child was not on his parents' 'want-list'. It was hard enough supporting two much older children and a printing business struggling to exist. When Dov was about three his mother had a 'nervous breakdown' which is when he remembers seeing his first pencil and knowing precisely what it was that he wanted to do with his life. There are no coincidences in Dov's life. He believes that a hand of destiny has steered his path. Many dramatic encounters (not with aliens or spirits, but with everyday people) have shaped him and he wouldn't have missed any of it. Dov's story is intensely personal and honest, with a powerful combination of humour, emotion and community history. OUT OF LINE attempts to do a few short things. It is an autobiography but it is also an attempt to capture a particular history of a specific generation; that of the Jewish baby boomers who descended from mainly Lithuanian stock. Dov has been a leading South African cartoonist for more than 45 years, and his earliest dream was to work for Walt Disney. He has always known his career was somewhere in drawing. He got to visit Disney World and could not wait to leave. He has never been to Europe or Brakpan and is a pure product of Johannesburg. The last on his wish list was to become a political cartoonist.

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  Messi vs Ronaldo 2018 - The...

  Luca Caioli

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  For years, the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona has defined top-level European football. At its heart: a personal battle – Messi vs Ronaldo.
  Since they were first pitted against each other in 2007, the two men's domination of the record books has been unparalleled. Their styles, personalities and footballing allegiances continue to divide opinion but one thing is beyond doubt: this is football's greatest ever head-to-head.
  In this new edition of Messi vs Ronaldo, updated to include all the action from 2016/17, Luca Caioli draws on the exclusive testimonies of managers, teammates, friends and family to tell the inside story of this momentous rivalry.

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  Exclusive!

  Maurice Chittenden

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  On a hot, sunny day last August, the final newspaper still working from an office on London's Fleet Street called 'stop the press' and closed its doors for the final time. Thirteen days later it was the turn of award-winning journalist Maurice Chittenden to make his excuses and leave. He was fired from The Sunday Time after a Fleet Street career lasting almost forty years, one that saw him working for a trio of legendary Murdoch editors: Andrew Neil, Kelvin Mackenzie and Derek Jameson.
  In a rip-roaring trip through his career, he tells how he was involved (accidentally, of course) in the first ever telephone bugging of a member of the Royal Family twenty years before such skulduggery was even thought possible, helped solve the murder of schoolgirl Caroline Dickinson and was credited with bringing down a Tory government.
  He arrived too late to save his boss the embarrassment of the Hitler diaries, but he exposed the supposed Jack the Ripper confessions and Roswell alien autopsy film as fakes.
  He sparked a diplomatic incident when he was thrown into jail in Borneo over a lobster. One of the last surviving combatants in The Battle of Wapping, in which an attack on his car led to a police cavalry charge and a bloody riot, he is the most by-lined reporter in The Sunday Times history with up to seven by-lines a week.
  His career mirrored the rise and fall of Fleet Street and he freely admits that his own excesses played a part in its downfall. The Fleet Street he remembers with fondness no longer exists. But its reputation as the 'Street of Shame' survives in the name of the column in Private Eye which afforded him the plaudit of 'the legendary Maurice Chittenden' in its report of his professional demise.

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  ALEXANDER THE GREAT - The truth...

  Susanne Monroe

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  Do you want to learn about Alexander the Great and his life?  
  Fоr nеаrlу two аnd a half thоuѕаnd уеаrѕ, Alеxаndеr rерrеѕеntеd a сеntrаl vision оf mаnkind. Hiѕ life hаѕ the flаvоr of a fаirу ѕtоrу, in part bесаuѕе it inѕрirеd ѕо mаnу. Phуѕiсаllу bеаutiful, a finе warrior, еduсаtеd bу Aristotle, bоrn to a rоуаl соurt, hе chose to riѕk hiѕ inhеritаnсе confronting thе grеаtеѕt еmрirе in Eurоре аnd Asia. He dеfеаtеd thе Pеrѕiаnѕ in every bаttlе and conquered their territory to the very еdgе of thе knоwn wоrld. At the banks оf thе lаѕt rivеr оf Punjаb, we are tоld, hе wept bесаuѕе hе hаd no more lаndѕ tо соnԛuеr. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Whо was Alеxаndеr thе Great ?Cоnԛuеѕt оf the Pеrѕiаn Emрirе Legacy Philоѕорhу Аbоut warFacts Аnd Diѕtinсtivе Ѕuссеѕѕ ValuesLifе outѕidе warDeath аnd Succession Much,much more!Alexander the Great: The truth about Alexander the Great’s life and success principles revealed

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