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  That Christ Is One

  Cyril of Alexandria

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  Cyril of Alexandria was the leading voice of Nicene orthodoxy in the Christological controversies between Constantinople (381) and Chalcedon (451). Assuming the mantle of the Cappadotian fathers, he answered the auguments of Nestorius who had changed the liturgy of Constantinople by altering the prayer which referred to Mary as the Mother of God. Although he died seven years before the Council of Chalcedon, his writings and formulations heavily influenced not only Chalcedon, but the entire trajectory of orthodox christological thought. (Summary by Jonathan Lange)

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  Personality Plus

  Edna Ferber

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  Personality Plus is an early novel by American author Edna Ferber. Originally published in 1914, it chronicles the travels and events in the life of Emma McChesney. Ferber achieved her first successes with a series of stories centering on this character, a stylish and intelligent divorced mother who rises rapidly in business.

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  Thuvia Maid of Mars - Barsoom...

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

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  Thuvia, Maid of Mars is a science fantasy novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fourth of the Barsoom series. The principal characters are Carthoris (the son of John Carter of Mars) and Thuvia of Ptarth, each of whom appeared in the previous two novels.

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  When the World Shook

  H. Rider Haggard

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  When three adventurers, Bastin, Bickley, and Arbuthnot, are marooned on a South Sea island, they discover an ancient crystal sepulchre. Inside are two Atlanteans who have been in a state of suspended animation for 250,000 years! One of the awakened sleepers, Lord Oro, is the last of the Sons of Wisdom, a superior race who'd relied on their advanced technology to subjugate the planet's lesser peoples. The other Atlantean is Oro's daughter, Yva, heiress the title of Queen of the Earth. Unimpressed with the state of the world in the early 20th century, Oro sets out to do what he's apparently done once before: use a colossal gyroscope to drown the planet, and restart the course of human history.

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  Amadis of Gaul

  Vasco de Lobeira

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  Fans of Arthurian tales will definitely love Amadis of Gaul, which is a notable sight among medieval chivalric romances, written by the Portuguese writer Vasco de Lobeira. 
  
  
  
  Amadis of Gaul is the story of knight Amadis, who searches for his own identity. Being born in secret, from a forbidden love, he was abandoned but found and raised by a knight. When he reaches maturity, he starts feeling the desire to investigate his origins, so he leaves in a quest for finding more about his identity. But this is not an ordinary quest; it is full of fantastic adventures and characters that are very different than common people: sorcerers, monsters, wild animals, kings and queens, wise men, dwarves, giants and more.
  
  The action is fast moving - there are pitched battles, combats and tournaments set in exotic places from England to Constantinople, which will certainly entertain all readers. The story has plenty of fantasy and magic - which turns Amadis into the ethos of medieval society (full of adventure non-related to the everyday life) and the embodiment of chivalric virtues: loyalty, justice, humility.
  
  Oh, and there is also romance between Amadis and Oriana - which is, of course, the main thread of the book's plot. Amadis of Gaul is considered one of the best books of its kind, praised even by Miguel de Cervantes and definitely a significant part of the history of European literature.
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  The Plague-Daemon - Reanimator...

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  West furthers his serum during a typhus epidemic. A breakthrough is made on a previous instructor, resulting in a beastly backlash.

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