Schweitzer: 189 books
by Albert Schweitzer
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Collected here in a single volume are the most important philosophical writings of Albert Schweitzer, one of the greatest thinkers and humanitarians of our time. Carefully chosen from among his many written works, the selections in this anthology illuminate and amplify Dr. Schweitzer’s cardinal...
Out of My Life and Thought
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Published to commemorate Albert Schweitzer's only visit to the United States 60 years ago, this anniversary edition of his autobiography gives 21st-century readers a unique and authoritative account of the man John F. Kennedy called "one of the transcendent moral influences of our century."
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by Albert Schweitzer
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
The classic collection of timeless quotations from the Nobel Peace Prize–winning missionary, theologian, and international bestselling author.
Famous for founding the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, in what is now the West African country of Gabon, Albert Schweitzer was an accomplished...
Perfecting Friendship
Politics and Affiliation in Early American Literature
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2007
Contemporary notions of friendship regularly place it in the private sphere, associated with feminized forms of sympathy and affection. As Ivy Schweitzer explains, however, this perception leads to a misunderstanding of American history. In an exploration of early American literature and culture,...
Going Viral
Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Outbreak narratives have proliferated for the past quarter century, and now they have reached epidemic proportions. From 28 Days Later to 24 to The Walking Dead, movies, TV shows, and books are filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Even news reports...
by Darrell Schweitzer
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
A definitive look at the life and work of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, by a leading scholar of the fantasy and horror field. INTRODUCTION, by Darrell Schweitzer NOTES ON AN ENTITY, by Robert Bloch A LITERARY COPERNICUS, by Fritz Leiber, Jr. THE FOUR FACES OF THE OUTSIDER, by Dirk W. Mosig THE FIRST...
by Albert Schweitzer
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Renowned scholar and author Albert Schweitzer’s world-changing study of the true life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
The Christian religious tradition has shaped much of our world for two millennia. But separate from the practice of Christianity is the factual life of Jesus himself. In...
The Mask of the Sorcerer
An Epic Fantasy Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
"If ever your heart has said, 'The great days are no more. The golden afternoon of golden tales has faded into night, and I came late, born out of time, to warm my hands at the embers that flicker and fade hour by hour' -- read this. . . Here are ghosts grim and gentle, red gold of Ophir, and fell weavings....
by Darrell Schweitzer
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Darrell Schweitzer's third collection of essays and reviews, a successor to the well-received "Windows of the Imagination" and "The Fantastic Horizon," is a balanced mixture of scholarship and entertainment, ranging over the entire spectrum of imaginative literature, from the oldest novel in the world...
The Essence of Faith
Philosophy of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
The Nobel Peace Prize–winning doctor, theologian, and missionary explores the essence of faith in this masterful early work on Kantian metaphysics.
Famous for his medical missionary work in what is now the West African country of Gabon, Albert Schweitzer was an accomplished theologian, philosopher,...
by Karin Schweitzer, Karin Schweitzer, Klaus D. Bornemann
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Language: German
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Mord an dem Schönheitschirurgen Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedemann Wunder. Ein wirklich bestialischer Mord und am Tatort die Autorin und ehemalige Geliebte des Opfers. Doch ist sie wirklich die Täterin und welche Frau verbirgt sich hinter ihrer schillernden, undurchsichtigen Fassade? Marina und Elisa begeben...
Schatzkiste der Tugenden
Ausgewählte Texte über die Tugenden aus Märchen, Erzählungen und Gedichten namhafter Autoren wie Schiller, Goethe, Voltaire und anderen Autoren
Language: German
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Karin Schweitzer nutzt die Tugenden für ein paar Gedanken, die dazu geführt haben, dass dieses Buch entstanden ist. Zu den eigenen Gedanken hat sie Gedichte, Geschichten und Märchen alter Meister und auch Kurzgeschichten moderner Autoren ihres eigenen Verlages gesetzt. Gleichberechtigt nebeneinander...
The Darrell Schweitzer MEGAPACK ®
25 Weird Tales of Fantasy and Horror
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
This volume assembles 25 tales by Darrell Schweitzer, modern and alternate-world fantasy and horror tales in the "Weird Tales" vein. Included in this volume are some of his very finest works, including "Pennies from Hell," "Peeling It Off," "Kind Yvorian's Wager," and many more! Complete contents: TRANSIENTS...
by Darrell Schweitzer
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2019
IMAGINE...
It is not hard to imagine that you are a thirteen-year-old (almost fourteen) and you don’t quite feel like you belong in your own family, with a somewhat goofy father who does magic tricks and disappears for long periods of time and might be a secret agent, not to mention a mother...