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  • The Crepe Myrtle

    by Charles B. Packard ...
    This is a family story which traces the lives of two families Packards and the Fosters.The Packards left England in 1638, settled through out New England, and produced a Mississippi Steamboat Capt.- Charles H. Packard.The Fosters fought the British in Old Charles Towne, S. Carolina, in 1775-1778 and were part of the Old Three Hundred who settled in Texas in 1822. ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • The Praise of Folly

    A Rhymed English Verse Version of the Original Latin Prose

    by Charles Packard ...
    By his own account, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch monk and scholar, wrote his 1509 Latin prose masterpiece, The Praise of Folly, "in seven days, more or less" while a guest at the London home of his friend and fellow humanist, Sir Thomas More. Friends with whom Erasmus shared his manuscript arranged its publication in Paris in 1511 in an unauthorized edition. Erasmus, surprised but pleased by the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Folly on Folly

    The Praise of Folly, a 1509 Latin Prose Work, in Rhymed English Verse

    by Charles Packard ...
    Not for scholars, but for a new generation of readers unaware of Erasmuss unique genius. An innovative, ingenious update. Kirkus Reviews.Packards verse translation does what it sets out to do: enlivens what otherwise can be heavy going. Puckerbrush ReviewAstoundingly clever. The Classical OutlookBy his own account, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch monk and scholar, wrote his 1509 Latin prose ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

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  • The Baby's Own Aesop (Mobi Classics)

    by Aesop,Walter Crane (Illustrator) ...
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  • The Book of Old Sayings with Some New Sayings

    Over 4,000 Sayings Will Leave You with Curiosity, Laughter & Wisdom “Don’T Judge a Book by Its Cover”

    by Muneer H. Waheed ...
    As a student of philosophy, I took interest in it. History was also a favorite study. I was an A student in English. I liked to read and write. Creative writing was fun to do. Over the years, as I traveled and worked on ships and construction sites, I developed my manhood, you might say. I matured around men who talked filthy, played the dozen, and told a lot of jokes. Of course, I was influenced ... Read more

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  • The Cure at Troy

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  • My Heart's Desire

    by Heather Thorpe ...
    This poetry book called My Hearts Desire is a reflection of my love and adoration for Jesus and for the Jewish people of Israel. In 2001, while visiting Jerusalem with my mother, it was in the garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives that I felt such an overwhelming sense of Gods unquestionable love for mankind and a deeper truth within my spirit that through his death, burial, and ... Read more

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  • Iphigenia Among the Taurians

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    Translated by Anne Carson ...
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  • Making Wise History

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    by Fanny Magnificat ...
    The poet is given the gift of speech, the gift of never ending words. These words flow for as long as we will to let Poetry unveil herself. What words do I speak? What words will I give birth to? Will me words become flesh? Will my words heal? Will my words stand? Will they make wise history? ... Read more

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  • The Lord

    by Michael Kieser ...
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