Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Historian Garry Wills's Books

Henry Adams and the Making of America

By: Garry Wills

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Henry Adams and the Making of America

By: Garry Wills

Bestselling author Wills showcases Henry Adams little-known but seminal studyof the early United States, and draws from it fresh insights on the paradoxesthat roil America to this day.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618134301

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9780618134304

The Rosary

By: Garry Wills

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The rosary is the symbol of Catholicism and Garry Willis shares his personal practice of it with the reader while meditating on its significance in our age where its rhythmic repetition encourages practitioners to retreat into reflective peace. He reflects on the gospel stories that are used as subjects for contemplation for each section of rosary beads. This personal and religious study is further enhanced by the author's own translations of Christian scriptures and the inclusion of images from the Renaissance artist, Tintoretto.

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208

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Souvenir Press

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0285638157

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9780285638150

A Necessary Evil

A History of American Distrust of Government

By: Garry Wills

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A Necessary Evil

A History of American Distrust of Government

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The author blames American's long-standing mistrust of government on a misreading of history, and a fundamental misunderstanding of the Founding Fathers.

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0684844893

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9780684844893

Font of Life

Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism

By: Garry Wills

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Ambrose, Augustine, and the Mystery of Baptism

By: Garry Wills

No two men were more influential in the early Church than Ambrose, the powerful Bishop of Milan, and Augustine, the philosopher from provincial Africa who would write The Confessions and The City of God. Different in background, they were also extraordinarily different in personality. In Font of Life, Garry Wills explores the remarkable moment when their lives intersected at one of the most important, yet rarely visited, sites in the Christian world. Hidden under the piazza of the Duomo in Milan lies part of the foundations of a fourth-century cathedral where, at dawn on Easter of 387, Augustine and a group of people seeking baptism gathered after an all-night vigil. Ambrose himself performed the sacrament and the catechumens were greeted by their fellows in the faith, which included Augustine's mother Monnica. Though the occasion had deep significance for the participants, this little cluster of devotees was unaware that they were creating the future of the Western church. Ambrose would go on to forge new liturgies, new forms of church music, and new chains of churches; Augustine would return to Africa to become Bishop of Hippo and one of the most influential writers of Christianity. Garry Wills uses the ancient baptistry to chronicle a pivotal chapter in the history of the Church, highlighting the often uncomfortable relationship between the two church fathers and exploring the mystery and meanings of the sacrament of baptism. In addition, he brings long overdue attention to an unjustly neglected landmark of early Christianity.

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Oxford University Press

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0199908451

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Henry Adams and the Making of America

Henry Adams and the Making of America

The Rosary

The Rosary

A Necessary Evil

A Necessary Evil

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