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The Principal Upanishads: The Essential Philosophical Foundation of Hinduism

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Product Description: The Upanishads, the sacred writings of Hinduism, predate recorded history. Since they were revealed to the Rishis of the Vedic civilization some 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, many have come to regard them as perhaps the greatest of all the books in the history of world religions: the work that contains the kernel of the mystical and philosophical truths that form the basis of all religious thinking today...read more

By David Frawley (introduced by) and alan Jacobs

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9781905857081 | Watkins Pub Ltd, April 1, 2007, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: The Upanishads, the sacred writings of Hinduism, predate recorded history.

Essential Gnostic Gospels: Including the Gospel of Thomas And the GospelÂ

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Product Description: The Gnostics were early Christians whose beliefs and practices put them at odds with the orthodox Church. Indeed, orthodox Christian Church leaders considered the Gnostics to be heretics and made a concerted effort after the second century to destroy Gnostic writings...read more

By alan Jacobs (trans)

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9781842931974, titled "Essential Gnostic Gospels: Including the Gospel of Thomas And the Gospelâ¦" | Watkins Pub Ltd, November 15, 2006, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: The Gnostics were early Christians whose beliefs and practices put them at odds with the orthodox Church.

The Essential Gnostic Gospels: Including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene

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Product Description: The Gnostics were early Christians whose beliefs and practices put them at odds with the orthodox Church; indeed, the Church considered Gnostics to be heretics and made a concerted effort to destroy their writings. However, in 1945, a remarkable discovery was made in Nag Hamadi, in the Egyptian desert: a jar containing 13 papyrus documents, dating back to the fourth century ad, with genuine Gnostic texts in the original Greek...read more

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9781842932032 | Watkins Pub Ltd, October 28, 2006, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: The Gnostics were early Christians whose beliefs and practices put them at odds with the orthodox Church; indeed, the Church considered Gnostics to be heretics and made a concerted effort to destroy their writings.

Tales from Rumi: Essential Selections from the Mathnawi

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Product Description: The Persian poet Rumi, who wrote in the 13th Century, has become increasingly popular today. This selection comes from his monumental work, The MathnawiÂperhaps the longest mystical poem ever written, containing 24,000 verses in rhyming couplets...read more

By alan Jacobs (introduced by) and E. H. Whinfield (trans)

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9781842931226 | Watkins Pub Ltd, September 28, 2006, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: The Persian poet Rumi, who wrote in the 13th Century, has become increasingly popular today.

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Spiritual Teachings And Reflections

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By alan Jacobs (introduced by) and George Long (trans)

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9781842931202 | Watkins Pub Ltd, September 28, 2006, cover price $9.99

The Gnostic Gospels: Including the Gospel of Thomas the Gospel of Mary Magdalene

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Product Description: In 1945 several secret gospels, hidden since the first century, were discovered in the Egyptian Desert at Nag Hammadi. They caused a sensation in the religious world as they revealed the mysteries of Gnostic Christianity.Â The gospels selected for this volume reveal intimate conversations between Jesus and his disciples and shed new light on his relationship with Mary Magdalene...read more

By alan Jacobs (editor) and Vrej Nerses Nersessian (introduced by)

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9781842931219 | Watkins Pub Ltd, September 28, 2006, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: In 1945 several secret gospels, hidden since the first century, were discovered in the Egyptian Desert at Nag Hammadi.

The Bhagavad Gita: The Song Celestial

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Product Description: Hinduism is the most ancient of the great religions, and The Bhagavad Gita is the essential gospel of the faith. It reveals why Brahman is the Absolute Supreme Reality of all forms; how human beings accumulate Karma as a result of their actions in innumerable incarnations; and how to achieve liberation through devotion and knowledge...read more

By Edwin Arnold (trans) and alan Jacobs (introduced by)

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9781842931240 | Watkins Pub Ltd, September 28, 2006, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Hinduism is the most ancient of the great religions, and The Bhagavad Gita is the essential gospel of the faith.

The Narnian: The Life And Imagination of C.s. Lewis

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C S Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century. His imaginative children's series called 'The Chronicles of Narnia' has joined the ranks of the classics. This biography uses the imaginary world of Narnia to explore the imaginative life of Lewis. It seeks an understanding of the way Lewis's experiences shaped his writings.

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9780281057849 | Society for Promoting Christian, November 18, 2005, cover price $22.90 | About this edition: C S Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century.

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9788178222417 | Gardners Books, November 15, 2005, cover price $23.15

Mysterious London

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9781413450897 | Xlibris Corp, July 6, 2005, cover price $21.99

Wisdom Of Balsekar: The Essence of Enlightenment from the World's Leading Teacher of Advaita

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By alan Jacobs (editor) and Wayne Liquorman (editor)

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9781842930793 | Watkins Pub Ltd, September 1, 2004, cover price $9.99

Poetry Of The Spirit

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Product Description: Spanning 4,000 years of world literature, this expansive anthology gathers 600 poems by more than 250 poets. In addition to hundreds of masterworks in English, there are verses translated from Sanskrit, Egyptian, Hindi, Persian, Hebrew, Chinese, and Homeric Greek, including selections from the great epics and meditations, such as the Rig Veda, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, and Tao Te Ching...read more

By alan Jacobs (editor)

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9781842931097 | Watkins Pub Ltd, September 1, 2004, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Spanning 4,000 years of world literature, this expansive anthology gathers 600 poems by more than 250 poets.

Shaming The Devil: Essays In Truthtelling

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9780802848949 | Eerdmans Pub Co, August 15, 2004, cover price $20.00

The Spiritual Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius: A Poetic Transcreation

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Product Description: The message of this book is simple but powerful; we have a short time on earth, we don't know what is going to happen, and it doesn't matter. It is the best defense available agains the problems and stresses of out time.

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9781903816745, titled "Spiritual Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius: A Poetic Transcreation" | Mantra Books, August 15, 2004, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The message of this book is simple but powerful; we have a short time on earth, we don't know what is going to happen, and it doesn't matter.

9781842930694 | Watkins Pub Ltd, March 1, 2003, cover price $16.95

Myrobalan Of The Magi

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9781413444735 | Xlibris Corp, July 23, 2004, cover price $24.99

Beginning Algebra: With Arithmetic Review And Mathematics Modules

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9780618318841 | Sol edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, January 23, 2004), cover price $74.95

The Bhagavad Gita: A Transcreation of the Song Celestial

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Product Description: This book is a work of epic dimensions and is the key sacred text of Hinduism.

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9781903816516 | Mantra Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: This book is a work of epic dimensions and is the key sacred text of Hinduism.

The Principal Upanishads

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Product Description: The author uses modern free verse to convey the essential meaning and poetry of the original text, providing a powerful new translation of these crucial works of self-understanding for a new century.

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9781903816509 | Mantra Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The author uses modern free verse to convey the essential meaning and poetry of the original text, providing a powerful new translation of these crucial works of self-understanding for a new century.

Poetry for the Spirit: An Original and Insightful Anthology of Mystical Poems

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Product Description: Through this original and insightful anthology of mystical poems we gain glimpses of the spiritual path from poets both famous and forgotten.

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9781842930540 | Watkins Pub Ltd, December 1, 2002, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: Through this original and insightful anthology of mystical poems we gain glimpses of the spiritual path from poets both famous and forgotten.

The Bhagavad Gita: A Poetic Transcreation

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Product Description: Alan Jacobs has succeeded in revitalizing the ancient text into a form that reveals the full majesty of this magnificent scripture as well as its practical message for today's men and women.

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9781842930489 | Watkins Pub Ltd, November 1, 2002, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Alan Jacobs has succeeded in revitalizing the ancient text into a form that reveals the full majesty of this magnificent scripture as well as its practical message for today's men and women.

Ramana, Shankara and the Forty Verses: The Essential Teachings of Advaita

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Product Description: Ramana Maharshi and Shankara are two of the greatest and most important sages in the tradition of AdvaitaÂthe Vedic state of non-dualism, or the oneness of the self and Brahma. Shankara, born in the 8th century, consolidated the teaching of the Upanishadic and Brahmana Sutras into a practical philosophy of living, while Ramana Maharshi revived these principles and beliefs in the 20th century, bringing about a worldwide renaissance of Advaita...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By alan Jacobs (introduced by), Ramana Maharshi and Shankara

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9781842930427 | Watkins Pub Ltd, September 1, 2002, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Ramana Maharshi and Shankara are two of the greatest and most important sages in the tradition of AdvaitaÂthe Vedic state of non-dualism, or the oneness of the self and Brahma.

A Theology of Reading: The Hermeneutics of Love

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Product Description: If the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the law of love”the twofold love of God and one’s neighborwhat might it mean toread lovingly? That is the question that drives this unique book. Jacobs pursues this challenging task by alternating largely theoretical, theological chaptersdrawing above all on Augustine and Mikhail Bakhtinwith interludes that investigate particular readers (some real, some fictional) in the act of reading...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780813365770 | Westview Pr, December 1, 2001, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: If the whole of the Christian life is to be governed by the law of love”the twofold love of God and one’s neighborwhat might it mean toread lovingly?

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9780813365664 | Reprint edition (Westview Pr, November 27, 2001), cover price $40.00

Maricopa Project: Preliminary Edition

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9780395973516 | Houghton Mifflin College Div, December 1, 2001, cover price $79.95

9780618000456 | 2 edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, December 1, 2001), cover price $79.95

A Visit to Vanity Fair: Moral Essays on the Present Age

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9781587430145 | Brazos Pr, September 1, 2001, cover price $18.99

Maricopa Mathematics Modules

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9780618000500 | Sol edition (Houghton Mifflin College Div, January 1, 2000), cover price $53.95

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