Saint Augustine: A Penguin Life (Penguin Lives)
by Wills, Garry
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670886106
- ISBN 13
- 9780670886104
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Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Uncut fore edge. Additional photos will be provided upon request to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills brings the same fresh scholarship, lively prose, and critical appreciation that characterize his well-known books on religion and American history to this outstanding biography of one of the most influential Christian philosophers. Saint Augustine follows its subject from his youth in fourth-century Africa to his conversion and subsequent development as a theologian. It challenges the widely held misconceptions about Augustine’s sexual excesses and shows how, in embracing classical philosophy, Augustine managed to enlist “pagan authors” in the defense of Christianity. The result is a biography that makes a spiritual ancestor feel like our contemporary.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0003996
- Title
- Saint Augustine: A Penguin Life (Penguin Lives)
- Author
- Wills, Garry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover.Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Penguin Lives Biographies. Audience: General/trade. 152 pgs.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670886106
- ISBN 13
- 9780670886104
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Algeria; Biography; Biography & Autobiography; Catholic; Christian; Christian saints; Christianity; History; Non-Fiction; Religion; Religious
- Bookseller catalogs
- Christian; Biography & Autobiography; Non-fiction;
- Size
- Octavo
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