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The Angel of History
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Explores how the history we think we know is not a series of events but rather a constellation of countless individual lives. And although every story is unique, each is founded on the same human desire - to be remembered.
By Minna Proctor (trans)
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9781841959832 | New edition (Canongate Books Ltd, August 16, 2007), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Explores how the history we think we know is not a series of events but rather a constellation of countless individual lives.

Belief or Non-Belief?: A Confrontation
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The two great men, who stand on opposite sides of the church door, discuss some of the controversial issues of the day. One is the prince of the Church, a respected scholar and one of the pre-eminent ecumenical churchmen of Europe; and the other the world famous author of 'The Name of the Rose', a scholar, philosopher and self-declared secularist.
By Umberto Eco
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9781559704977 | Arcade Pub, January 12, 2000, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: An internationally celebrated author and a Vatican cardinal debate issues of religion, spirituality, and philosophy, asking why belief is important, and discussing ethics, abortion, Catholicism, women, and the apocalypse.

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9780826480996 | Burns & Oates Ltd, August 30, 2006, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The two great men, who stand on opposite sides of the church door, discuss some of the controversial issues of the day.

Do You Hear What I Hear?: An Unreligious Writer Investigates Religious Calling
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A woman who grew up in a family without ties to organized religion describes how her university professor father unsuccessfully attempted to become an Episcopalian priest in his sixties, in a spiritual analysis of the concept of a religious calling as based on the author's numerous conversations with her father as well as interviews with members of the clergy and religious scholars. Reprint.
By Minna Proctor
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9780143036579 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, February 28, 2006), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A woman who grew up in a family without ties to organized religion describes how her university professor father unsuccessfully attempted to become an Episcopalian priest in his sixties, in a spiritual analysis of the concept of a religious calling as based on the author's numerous conversations with her father as well as interviews with members of the clergy and religious scholars.

Do You Hear What I Hear?: Religious Calling, The Priesthood And My Father
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A woman who grew up in a family without ties to organized religion describes how her university professor father unsuccessfully attempted to become an Episcopalian priest in his sixties, in a spiritual analysis of the concept of a religious calling as based on the author's numerous conversations with her father as well as interviews with members of the clergy and religious scholars. 15,000 first printing.
By Minna Proctor
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9780670033263 | Viking Pr, February 3, 2005, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: A woman who grew up without ties to organized religion describes how her university professor father unsuccessfully attempted to become an Episcopalian priest in his sixties, in a spiritual analysis of the concept of a religious calling.

Love in Vain: Selected Stories of Federigo Tozzi
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A collection of stories by the Italian author revolves around idealistic young characters whose search for a romantic ideal usually ends in dissapointment. (view table of contents)
By Minna Proctor (trans) and Federigo Tozzi
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9780811214711 | New Directions, May 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of stories by the Italian author revolves around idealistic young characters whose search for a romantic ideal usually ends in dissapointment.

What We Don't Know About Children
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An innocent game of sexual exploration by a group of children living in Bologna is perverted by images from the adult world. 15,000 first printing.
By Minna Proctor (trans) and Simona Vinci
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9780375404115 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, June 1, 2000, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: During the summer days in a Bologna summer, five children find themselves free to make their own rules and play beyond Nintendo and rollerblading, as their parents assume that other parents are keeping an eye on them.

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