Philip Henry Gosse's Books

Omphalos, 1857

By: Philip Gosse

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Gosse argued that fossils are not really the remains of creatures which existed. God had created the world in six days, but had made it look like it was already ancient, complete with the remains of non-existent pre-historic life. Gosse's work was popular with neither Christians nor evolutionists.

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Routledge

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1134439997

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9781134439997

Gosse's a Year at the Shore

By: Philip Henry Gosse

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Gosse's a Year at the Shore

By: Philip Henry Gosse

Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888) was an early naturalist and popular writer, bringing creation to life, whether a large creature or small. A Christian, he pointed to characters that reflected the Creator's guiding hand, and as naturalist, he described these organisms in accurate detail. Thirty-six full color plates, illustrated by Gosse himself, are included in this reprint of British marine life.

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184

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Coachwhip Publications

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1930585519

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9781930585515

The Antichrist

A New Biography

By: Philip C. Almond

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The Antichrist

A New Biography

By: Philip C. Almond

The malign figure of the Antichrist endures in modern culture, whether religious or secular; and the spectral shadow he has cast over the ages continues to exert a strong and powerful fascination. Philip C. Almond tells the story of the son of Satan from his early beginnings to the present day, and explores this false Messiah in theology, literature and the history of ideas. Discussing the origins of the malevolent being who at different times was cursed as Belial, Nero or Damien, the author reveals how Christianity in both East and West has imagined this incarnation of absolute evil destined to appear at the end of time. For the better part of the last two thousand years, Almond suggests, the human battle between right and wrong has been envisaged as a mighty cosmic duel between good and its opposite, culminating in an epic final showdown between Christ and his deadly arch-nemesis.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108846009

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9781108846004

Omphalos, 1857

By: Philip Gosse

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By: Philip Gosse

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Evelyn Waugh

A Life Revisited

By: Philip Eade

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Evelyn Waugh

A Life Revisited

By: Philip Eade

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Sunday Times, and the Financial Times A completely fresh view of one of the most gifted—and fascinating—writers of our time, the enigmatic author of Brideshead Revisited Graham Greene hailed Evelyn Waugh as “the greatest novelist of my generation,” and in recent years Waugh’s reputation has only grown. Now, half a century after Waugh’s death in 1966, with Evelyn Waugh, Philip Eade has delivered a hugely entertaining biography that is both authoritative and full of new information, some of it sensational. Drawing on extensive unseen primary sources, Eade’s book sheds new light on many of the key phases and themes of Waugh’s life: his difficult relationship with his embarrassingly sentimental father; his formative homosexual affairs at Oxford; his unrequited love for various Bright Young Things; his disastrous first marriage; his momentous conversion to Roman Catholicism; his unconventional yet successful second marriage; his checkered wartime career; and his shattering nervous breakdown. Along the way, we come to understand not only Waugh’s complex relationship with the aristocracy, but also the astonishing power of his wit, and the love, fear, and loathing that he variously inspired in others. Waugh was famously difficult, and Eade brilliantly captures the myriad facets of his character, even as he casts new light on the novels that have dazzled generations of readers.

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