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For a Night of Love

Collects three stories depicting murder, manipulation, and religion with regard to limitless sexual behaviors.

By A. N. Wilson (foreword by) and Emile Zola

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9781843910107 | Hesperus Pr, August 1, 2002, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Collects three stories depicting murder, manipulation, and religion with regard to limitless sexual behaviors.

C. S. Lewis: A Biography

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By A. N. Wilson

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9780393323405 | W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 2002, cover price $16.95

Ink and Spirit: Literature and Spirituality

Product Description: s suspicious as one often is of the other, literature and spirituality enjoy a rich and deep relationship. They have been inextricably linked since narrative and symbol first met in the earliest biblical writings. Story, poetry and drama have always been used to express the human search for religious meaning and to modulate the divine voice...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Ronald Blythe, Penelope Lively, Richard Marsh, Stephen Platten (editor), David Scott and A. N. Wilson

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9781853113635 | Canterbury Pr Norwich, September 1, 2001, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: s suspicious as one often is of the other, literature and spirituality enjoy a rich and deep relationship.

Tolstoy

The award-winning author of God's Funeral explores the contradictions and improbabilities of the renowned novelist's character, using new close readings in Russian of much of his work and reexamining the historical context in which it was produced. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393025859 | W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 1988, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Explores the contradictions and improbabilities of the reknowned novelist's character, using new close readings in Russian of much of his work and reexamining the historical context in which it was produced

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9780393321227 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, March 1, 2001), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The award-winning author of God's Funeral explores the contradictions and improbabilities of the renowned novelist's character, using new close readings in Russian of much of his work and reexamining the historical context in which it was produced.

9780449904497 | Reprint edition (Columbine Trade, September 1, 1989), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: In "Tolstoy", accomplished novelist and biographer A.

God's Funeral: A Biography of Faith and Doubt in Western Civilization

Navigating the treacherous territory between faith and doubt, the author explores the challenge posed to religious belief by existentialism, science, and modern skepticism. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By A. N. Wilson

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9780345439598 | Ballantine Books, September 1, 2000, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Navigating the treacherous territory between faith and doubt, the author explores the challenge posed to religious belief by existentialism, science, and modern skepticism.

Dream Children

A brilliant, reclusive London writer's decision to marry and leave for America startles his completely female household and threatens to expose his relationship with the twelveyearold daughter of his fiancTe's lesbian lover. Reprint.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393027402 | W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 1998, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A brilliant, reclusive London writer's decision to marry and leave for America startles his completely female household and threatens to expose his relationship with the twelve-year-old daughter of his fiancee's lesbian lover

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9780393319934 | W W Norton & Co Inc, March 1, 2000, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A brilliant, reclusive London writer's decision to marry and leave for America startles his completely female household and threatens to expose his relationship with the twelveyearold daughter of his fiancTe's lesbian lover.

God's Funeral

A magisterial, colorful narrative illuminates the central tragedy of the nineteenth century--that God, or rather man's faith in God, died, but the need to worship remained as a torment to those who thought they had buried Him. Tour. (view table of contents)

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393047455 | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 1999, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A narrative examining faith in the western world illuminates the central tragedy of the nineteenth century--that God, or rather man's faith in God, died, but the need to worship remained as a torment to those who thought they had buried Him

Paul: The Mind of the Apostle

The author of Jesus presents a gripping narrative of the life of Saint Paul, illuminating Paul's motives in converting from Judaism and starting the Christian church and relating his life to the history of the Roman Empire. Reprint. AB.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780614280425 | W W Norton & Co Inc, April 1, 1997, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: "Wilson .

9780393040661 | W W Norton & Co Inc, April 1, 1997, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Focusing on the psychological motives behind Paul's life, the author shows how the apostle invented Christianity through his proselytizing, his teachings, and his negotiating the perilous political currents of the Roman Empire

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9780393317602 | W W Norton & Co Inc, April 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Focusing on the psychological motives behind Paul's life, the author shows how the apostle invented Christianity through his proselytizing, his teachings, and his negotiating the perilous political currents of the Roman Empire

A Watch in the Night

Julian Ramsey, biographer of the literary Lampitt dynasty, spends an evening in London confronting a cast of characters from his past, reminiscing about old loves, and unraveling the mysteries surrounding two violent deaths. Reprint. K. PW.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393040425 | W W Norton & Co Inc, September 1, 1996, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: While watching television, Julian Ramsay, biographer of the literary Lampitt dynasty, recalls a single night during which he journeys from London's high society to its dark underworld, revisits memories of old loves, and unravels the truth about two violent deaths

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9780393317251 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1998, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Julian Ramsey, biographer of the literary Lampitt dynasty, spends an evening in London confronting a cast of characters from his past, reminiscing about old loves, and unraveling the mysteries surrounding two violent deaths.

The Vicar of Sorrows

Product Description: In this powerful novel that will confirm his reputation as one of Britain's brightest literary lights, A. N. Wilson recounts the downward spiral of Francis Kreer, a clergyman who does not believe in God and whose life starts to come apart at the seams...read more

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393036107 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1994, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: His lack of love for either his wife or his religion do not seem to bother clergyman Francis Kreer until his mother dies, leaving him an inheritance, and he falls in love with a most unsuitable young woman

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9780393312942 | W W Norton & Co Inc, May 1, 1995, cover price $23.95

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9780786109722 | Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 1997, cover price $76.95 | About this edition: In this powerful novel that will confirm his reputation as one of Britain's brightest literary lights, A.

The Tabitha Stories

This charming picture book for young readers relates the adventures of Tabitha, a tabby kitten, as she grows up from a little curious kitten, to a full-grown cat, to a mother with four kittens of her own. Original.

By Sarah Fox-Davies (illustrator) and A. N. Wilson

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9780763601614 | Candlewick Pr, July 1, 1997, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Tabitha the kitten grows up and experiences life's ups and downs with her two-footed owners in these five stories

Hearing Voices

A combination of mystery and comedy of manners continues the story of England's distinguished literary family, the Lampitts, as their biographer, Julian Ramsey, investigates the death of a wealthy man who owned the famous Lampitt papers. Reprint. NYT. PW.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393038750 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1996, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: An old man is pushed to his death from a skyscraper in 1960s New York.

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9780393316339 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 1997), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Julian Ramsay, the chronicler of the distinguished Lampitt family, witnesses the effects of such events as pharmaceutical tycoon Virgil D.

The Norton Book of London

Essays and writings by such varied writers as Dickens, Boswell, Dostoyevsky, Lenin, and Martin Amis celebrate the city of London, its rich history, landmarks, people, culture, and more. 15,000 first printing.

By A. N. Wilson (editor)

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9780393036312 | W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 1995, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Gathers selections about London from poetry, fiction, and essays by Martin Amis, William Blake, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles Dickens, T.

The Rise and Fall of the House of Windsor

An entertaining study of the mishaps, misadventures, and missteps of Britain's royal family examines the problems of the House of Windsor, including marital woes, separation and divorce, scandal, and more. Reprint. NYT.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393036077 | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 1993, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Details the series of separations, divorces, and sex scandals that has threatened the popularity of the Windsor dynasty and undermined the influence of the British monarchy itself

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9780449909324 | Reprint edition (Fawcett Books, June 1, 1994), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Details the series of separations, divorces, and sex scandals that has threatened the popularity of the Windsor dynasty and undermined the influence of the British monarchy

Hazel the Guinea Pig

Hazel the guinea pig gets stuck in a boot, sees her hutch invaded by an enemy guinea pig, and gives birth unexpectedly.

By Jonathan Heale (illustrator) and A. N. Wilson

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9781564023728 | Reprint edition (Candlewick Pr, June 1, 1994), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Food-loving, adventurous Hazel and her mate, Tobacco, are faced with the unexpected arrival of baby guinea pigs and an invasion by an enemy guinea pig

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9781564020130 | Candlewick Pr, April 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Food-loving, adventurous Hazel and her mate, Tobacco, are faced with the unexpected arrival of baby guinea pigs and an invasion by an enemy guinea pig

Daughters of Albion

Product Description: Julian left the army and embarked on a career as an aspiring actor and sometime novelist, supporting himself as a bartender in a seedy pub frequented by other bohemians in London in the 1950s. It is through his job that Julian meets Anne and a friendship develops.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670839599 | Viking Pr, January 1, 1992, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Follows the evolution of a writer's career as Julian Ramsay lands a job at a provocative magazine and meets a bizarre genius who soon gets him into trouble

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9780140175097 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, September 1, 1993), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Julian left the army and embarked on a career as an aspiring actor and sometime novelist, supporting himself as a bartender in a seedy pub frequented by other bohemians in London in the 1950s.

Against Religion

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By A. N. Wilson

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9780701138042 | Chatto & Windus, January 1, 1992, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Book by A.

How Can We Know?

Reexamines Christian beliefs, looks at the religious writings of Tolstoy, and discusses the Sermon on the Mount, the Last Supper, and the search for truth

By A. N. Wilson

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9780385419604 | Reprint edition (Image Books, August 1, 1991), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Reexamines Christian beliefs, looks at the religious writings of Tolstoy, and discusses the Sermon on the Mount, the Last Supper, and the search for truth

C.S. Lewis: A Biography

Product Description: "An accomplished biography...Wilson is a very clever, fluent, and engaging writer, with many of the traits that he attributes to his subject: a 'constantly intelligent conversational quality,' 'a flair for the quick, sharp character sketch, and a 'bedrock of common sense...read more

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393028133 | W W Norton & Co Inc, February 1, 1990, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the personal struggle for wisdom of renowned inspirational and children's book writer C.

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9780449906095 | Reprint edition (Fawcett Books, August 1, 1991), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: "An accomplished biography.

A Bottle in the Smoke

Product Description: Julian embarks on a career as an aspiring actor and novelist, supporting himself as a bartender in a seedy pub frequented by other bohemians in London of the 1950s. Through an old school friend, Julian meets Anne and they fall in love. However, things do not go smoothly.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670832217 | Viking Pr, August 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Aspiring writer Julian Ramsay finds his happy life threatened when his literary nemesis, Raphael Hunter, offers to help smooth Julian's way into an elite literary circle and then has an affair with Julian's wife

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9780140131659 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, August 1, 1991), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Julian embarks on a career as an aspiring actor and novelist, supporting himself as a bartender in a seedy pub frequented by other bohemians in London of the 1950s.

C.s.lewis: A Biography

Charts the progress of Lewis from Ulster to Oxford. This book describes Lewis' conversion to Christianity, the Oxford circle of his friends and the basis of his writing. The author also looks at Lewis' personal life exploring his relationship with Janie Moore and his later marriage.

By A. N. Wilson

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9780006544289 | New edition (Harpercollins Pub Ltd, May 23, 1991), cover price $16.05 | About this edition: Charts the progress of Lewis from Ulster to Oxford.

Gentlemen in England

Product Description: In this Victorian comedy, Horace, a volcano expert and an atheist, and his wife, Charlotte, have not spoken in 15 years. Their lovely daughter is possibly tubercular, and their son has decided to become a Catholic priest. A deft and amusing tale of love and marriage.

By Michael Barnes (contributor) and A. N. Wilson

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9781850897125 | Unabridged edition (Isis Audio, November 1, 1990), cover price $99.95 | About this edition: In this Victorian comedy, Horace, a volcano expert and an atheist, and his wife, Charlotte, have not spoken in 15 years.

Eminent Victorians

Recounts the lives of Prince Albert, Charlotte Bronte, William Ewart Gladstone, Cardinal Newman, Josephine Butler, and Julia Margaret Cameron, and describes their role in defining the Victorian era

By A. N. Wilson

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9780393028485 | W W Norton & Co Inc, July 1, 1990, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Recounts the lives of Prince Albert, Charlotte Bronte, William Ewart Gladstone, Cardinal Newman, Josephine Butler, and Julia Margaret Cameron, and describes their role in defining the Victorian era

Incline Our Hearts

A World War II orphan, raised by his aunt and uncle in an English village, comes of age with many childhood notions changed by his schooling and his army service

By A. N. Wilson

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9780670823581 | Viking Pr, December 1, 1988, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A World War II orphan raised by his aunt and uncle in an English village comes of age with many childhood notions changed by his schooling and his army service

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9780140113372 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, June 1, 1990), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A World War II orphan, raised by his aunt and uncle in an English village, comes of age with many childhood notions changed by his schooling and his army service

Prayers, Poems, Meditations

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By John Henry Cardinal Newman and A. N. Wilson (contributor)

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9780824510046 | Crossroad Pub Co, May 1, 1990, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: books

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