1998, ISBN: 9780571193820

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N.Y.: Dutton, 1997. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Spine slant else Near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Emma Spire, the daug… Mehr…

N.Y.: Dutton, 1997. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Spine slant else Near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Emma Spire, the daughter of the Surgeon General of the United States, is with her father when he is assassinated. the young and beautiful Emma immediately becomes a front-page personality, whose trials and troubles obsess the nation. After a brief affair with a Hollywood actor she moves to Colorado in search of a quieter life. There she becomes an intern in the Denver district attorney's office under the supervision of Lauren Crowder, Dr. Alan Gregory's wife. But the media attention to Emma has made her the target of someone whose obsession with her goes far beyond tabloid headlines. In an effort to protect the young woman, Lauren Crowder apparently shoots an unknown stalker. Suddenly Lauren faces possible murder charges and Dr. Alan Gregory moves on to the most intricate and personal case of his career.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book., Dutton, 1997, 4.5, N.Y.: Putnam, 1980. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. They had just 48 hours to find him. Then tanks would roll across the desert. The flow of oil from the Persian Gulf would stop. Around the globe, lights would dim and life would grind to a dead halt. Everything hinged on Toby Rinaldi - the boy whose father was the key to vital Mideast negotiations. . .the boy whose ransom the world could not afford to pay. . .the eight-year-old whiz-kid who had been put aboard a flight to San Francisco and mysteriously disappeared.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book., Putnam, 1980, 5, Faber, December 1998. Paper Back. Good. The Philokalia is a four-volume collection of writings from early Church fathers, ascetics and theologians. This fourth and final volume begins with the writings of St. Symeon 'the New Theologian' (this title placing him in the select company of St. John the Evangelist and St. Gregory Nazianzen), specifically his 'One Hundred Fifty Three Practical and Theological Texts.' Next come three treatises from St. Symeon's disciple and biographer, Nikitas Stithatos. This volume culminates with ''the two Gregories'' of the fourteenth century: St. Gregory of Sinai and St. Gregory Palamas, who together (though ''in the flesh'' independently) articulated and defended the validity of the experience of those who through unceasing prayer and stillness (hesychia) saw the uncreated light of the Godhead. St. Gregory Palamas' important 'One Hundred Fifty Chapters and Declaration of the Holy Mountain in Defense of Those who Devoutly Practice a Life of Stillness' are presented here. 457 pp. Moderate creasing and fading to the covers, solid binding, very aged but unmarked text., Faber, 2.5<

1998, ISBN: 9780571193820

Faber, December 1998. Paper Back. Good. The Philokalia is a four-volume collection of writings from early Church fathers, ascetics and theologians. This fourth and final volume begins w… Mehr…

Faber, December 1998. Paper Back. Good. The Philokalia is a four-volume collection of writings from early Church fathers, ascetics and theologians. This fourth and final volume begins with the writings of St. Symeon 'the New Theologian' (this title placing him in the select company of St. John the Evangelist and St. Gregory Nazianzen), specifically his 'One Hundred Fifty Three Practical and Theological Texts.' Next come three treatises from St. Symeon's disciple and biographer, Nikitas Stithatos. This volume culminates with ''the two Gregories'' of the fourteenth century: St. Gregory of Sinai and St. Gregory Palamas, who together (though ''in the flesh'' independently) articulated and defended the validity of the experience of those who through unceasing prayer and stillness (hesychia) saw the uncreated light of the Godhead. St. Gregory Palamas' important 'One Hundred Fifty Chapters and Declaration of the Holy Mountain in Defense of Those who Devoutly Practice a Life of Stillness' are presented here. 457 pp. Moderate creasing and fading to the covers, solid binding, very aged but unmarked text., Faber, 2.5<