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9781410435033 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, February 19, 2011), cover price $32.99 | About this edition: Karen Armstrong explains how to practise the religion of compassion that her last books have preached.
Paperback:
9780307742889 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, December 27, 2011), cover price $14.00 | also contains Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life | About this edition: In this important and thought-provoking work, Karen Armstrong—one of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—provides an impassioned and practical guide to helping us make the world a more compassionate place.
Miscellaneous:
9780307400673 | Knopf Canada, December 28, 2010, cover price $22.00
9780307595638 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, December 28, 2010, cover price $22.00
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9781456332006 | Createspace, November 17, 2010, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: This book is about starting a cake business.
9781449557591 | Createspace, October 20, 2009, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: This book is about starting a cake business.
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Miscellaneous:
9780061755859 | Harpercollins, October 13, 2009, cover price $10.99
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Hardcover:
9781410421531 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, November 18, 2009), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao.
9780307269188 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 22, 2009, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names, such as God, Brahman, Nirvana, Allah, or Dao.
Paperback:
9780307389800 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, September 7, 2010), cover price $16.95 | also contains The Case for God | About this edition: A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
Miscellaneous:
9780307272928 | Anchor Books, September 22, 2009, cover price $16.95 | also contains The Case for God
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Amazon.com Review: Books on Buddhism may overflow the shelves, but the life story of the Buddha himself has remained obscure despite over 2,500 years of influence on millions of people around the world. In an attempt to rectify this, and to make the Buddha and Buddhism accessible to Westerners, the beloved scholar and author of such sweeping religious studies as A History of God has written a readable, sophisticated, and somewhat unconventional biography of one of the most influential people of all time...read more
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Hardcover:
9780786234288 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, September 1, 2001), cover price $28.95 | About this edition: With such bestsellers as A History of God and Islam, Karen Armstrong has consistently delivered ?
9780670891931 | Viking Pr, February 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A portrait of the Buddha explores his identities both as an archetypal religious icon and as a man, chronicling his journey from his decision to leave a life of ease and power to his attainment of spiritual enlightenment.
Paperback:
9780143034360 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, November 1, 2004), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the Buddha explores his identities both as an archetypal religious icon and as a man, chronicling his journey from his decision to leave a life of ease and power to his attainment of spiritual enlightenment.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780736668149 | Abridged edition (Books on Tape, April 1, 2001), cover price $24.95
Prebinding:
9781439568682 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, November 3, 2008), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Amazon.
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9780871139696, titled "The Bible: A Biography" | Atlantic Monthly Pr, November 10, 2007, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Examines the Bible's complex history, the social and political environment in which oral history became written scripture, how the various books were collected into a single volume, and its acceptance as Christianity's sacred text.
Paperback:
9780802143846, titled "The Bible: A Biography" | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, November 1, 2008), cover price $14.00 | also contains The Bible: A Biography, The Bible: A Biography | About this edition: As the single work at the heart of Christianity, the world’s largest organized religion, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world.
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9788483830550 | Italian edition edition (Tusquets Editor, February 28, 2008), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: La figura de Mahoma (570-632), un humilde caravanero de La Meca que puso en pie una religión de alcance mundial, sigue suscitando inacabables controversias en Occidente.
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9788483067321 | Debate Editorial, January 30, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: La Biblia es el libro mas famoso del mundo.
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Product Description: "Strange as it may seem, the idea of 'God' developed in a market economy in a spirit of aggressive capitalism," Karen Armstrong asserts in her fascinating work A History of God. Armstrong considers herself a "historian of ideas," and with this broad view she gives a compelling account of the correspondences among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and the historical, philosophical, intellectual, and social developments through the ages that both shaped them and were shaped by them...read more
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9780060743352 | Abridged edition (Harperaudio, August 30, 2011), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: "Strange as it may seem, the idea of 'God' developed in a market economy in a spirit of aggressive capitalism," Karen Armstrong asserts in her fascinating work A History of God.
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9780786241873 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 1, 2002), cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of Islam, from the flight of Muhammad and the founding of the first mosques to the development of the modern Muslim state, and examines its present beliefs and practices.
9780679640400 | Modern Library, August 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of Islam, from the flight of Muhammad and the founding of the first mosques to the development of the modern Muslim state, and examines its present beliefs and practices.
Paperback:
9780812966183 | Rev upd su edition (Modern Library, August 1, 2002), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of Islam, from the flight of Muhammad and the founding of the first mosques to the development of the modern Muslim state, and examines its present beliefs and practices.
Miscellaneous:
9780307431318 | Modern Library, December 18, 2007, cover price $15.95
Reinforced:
9780606271936 | Demco Media, December 1, 2002, cover price $23.40 | About this edition: Traces the history of Islam, from the flight of Muhammad and the founding of the first mosques to the development of the modern Muslim state, and examines its present beliefs and practices.
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9781435297081 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 5, 2008), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9781417647903, titled "Islam:: A Short History" | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2002, cover price $26.90 | About this edition: Traces the history of Islam, from the flight of Muhammad and the founding of the first mosques to the development of the modern Muslim state, and examines its present beliefs and practices.
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9780712349758 | British Library Board, December 15, 2007, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Sacred is the lush official catalog of the groundbreaking British Library exhibit bearing the same name, which presents many of the world’s most beautiful religious texts for the first time.
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9780712349550 | British Library Board, September 18, 2007, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Sacred is the lush official catalog of the groundbreaking British Library exhibit bearing the same name, which presents many of the world’s most beautiful religious texts for the first time.
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9780060598976 | Harpercollins, October 1, 2006, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A meticulously researched account of the works and lasting influence of the prophet Muhammad discusses his life at the end of the sixth and beginning of the seventh centuries, offering insight into his establishment of a faith that was to have a profound impact on world history.
Paperback:
9780061155772 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 2007), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A meticulously researched account of the works and lasting influence of the prophet Muhammad discusses his life at the end of the sixth and beginning of the seventh centuries, offering insight into his establishment of a faith that was to have a profound impact on world history.
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9781843543961 | Atlantic Books, July 12, 2007, cover price $30.45 | About this edition: A work made up of sixty-six 'books' and divided into two Testaments, the Bible has been transformed by its various translations into a single work.
Paperback:
9781594152634 | Large print edition (Christian Large Print, November 18, 2008), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The Bible is the most widely distributed book in the world.
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9781841958743 | Canongate Books Ltd, January 30, 2007, cover price $69.95 | About this edition: An exquisitely designed box set of the hardcover editions of A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong; The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood; Dream Angus by Alexander Smith, Weight by Jeanette Winterson, as well as a four-page, beautifully designed insert of an essay by Philip Pullman, A Word or Two About Myths,” available only within the box set.
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9789707772045 | Italian edition edition (Oceano De Mexico, September 7, 2006), cover price $20.00
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9780965633833 | Stone Creek Pubns, August 29, 2006, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Essays by internationally renowned writers of faith explore the universal significance of prayer in this inspirational volume of lush images and meditative words.
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9781423307914 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, May 29, 2006), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A Short History of Myth: What are myths?
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9788449318764 | Italian edition edition (Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, April 6, 2006), cover price $33.95 | About this edition: A reputed historian of religions explores the evolution of the idea and experience of God, from Abraham to the present day.
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9780739325322 | Abridged edition (Random House, March 28, 2006), cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Examines the origins of the religious traditions of the world during the ninth century B.
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9781841957166 | Canongate Books Ltd, November 9, 2005, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Human beings have always been mythmakers.
9781841956442 | Canongate Books Ltd, October 21, 2005, cover price $21.65 | About this edition: Human beings have always been mythmakers.
Paperback:
9781841958002 | Reprint edition (Canongate Books Ltd, October 12, 2006), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: The author of The History of God and In the Beginning: A New Reading of Genesis offers a useful, well-written introduction to mythology from the Paleolithic period to the 'Great Western Transformation' that used science to discredit myth.
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9781423321071 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, September 28, 2006), cover price $14.99
9781423307693 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, October 21, 2005), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Offers an introduction to mythology from the Paleolithic period to the 'great western transformation' that used science to discredit myth.
9781423307709 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, October 21, 2005), cover price $62.25 | About this edition: Offers an introduction to mythology from the Paleolithic period to the 'great western transformation' that used science to discredit myth.
9781423307716 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, October 21, 2005), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Offers an introduction to mythology from the Paleolithic period to the 'great western transformation' that used science to discredit myth.
9781423307723 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, October 21, 2005), cover price $39.25 | About this edition: Offers an introduction to mythology from the Paleolithic period to the 'great western transformation' that used science to discredit myth.
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9781423321064 | Unabridged edition (Paperback Nova, September 28, 2006), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: What are myths?
9781423307679 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, October 21, 2005), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Traces the evolution of myth from the Palaeolithic period through the twentieth century, explaining what myth is, and discussing its importance to civilizations throughout history.
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9781423307686 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, October 21, 2005), cover price $44.25 | About this edition: Traces the evolution of myth from the Palaeolithic period through the twentieth century, explaining what myth is, and discussing its importance to civilizations throughout history.
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9788483104323 | Italian edition edition (Tusquets USA Pub, September 30, 2005), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Discusses the life of the founder of Islam, the emergence of Islam in the midst of the turbulence of seventh-century Arabia, and Western views of the prophet and his religion from a historical perspective.
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9788449317521 | Italian edition edition (Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, June 15, 2005), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of Jerusalem from the prehistoric era and Biblical period through its successive conquest and rule by Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Ottomans, and British, as well as the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian/Arab conflicts, providing useful information on the culture, arts, and architecture of the city held sacred by all three monotheistic religions.
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Hardcover:
9780786268115 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, September 10, 2004), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
9780375413186 | 1 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 2004), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
Paperback:
9781594150678 | Large print edition (Christian Large Print, May 11, 2005), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
9780385721271 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, February 22, 2005), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
CD/Spoken Word:
9780060594381 | Abridged edition (Harperaudio, March 1, 2004), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780060587048 | Abridged edition (Harperaudio, March 1, 2004), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
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