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1	How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from more books like this by Thomas Cahill Describes how Irish monks and scribes maintained the record of Western civilization by copying the manuscripts of both pagan and Christian writers, including Homer, Virgil, Plato and Aristotle, while libraries on the continent were lost forever. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels more books like this by Thomas Cahill In "The Gifts of the Jews", Thomas Cahill reveals the critical change that made Western civilisation possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning irrevocably until ancient Jews began to see time differently, as a narrative whose triumphant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus more books like this by Thomas Cahill This text introduces the reader to Jesus of Nazareth. It describes the political climate of the time, the people Jesus knew and the cultural influences, and places them in a social and religious context in order to understand more about Jesus the person. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter more books like this by Thomas Cahill In this accessible and often entertaining survey, historian Thomas Cahill reviews the achievements of Classical Greece and its huge influence on Western civilization. Beginning with an overview of Greek history--partly as Homer presented it in the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY--he goes on to focus on the other early figures who have most influenced Greek ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe more books like this by Thomas Cahill (Read by) After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. By placing the image of the Virgin Mary at the center of their churches and their lives, ... see all copies from $7.15! new only from $16.49! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World more books like this by Thomas Cahill The inimitable author Cahill turns his eye on the dawn of the modern Western world in this intelligent, beautifully written exploration of medieval Europe, the fifth book in his acclaimed 'Hinges of History' series. see all copies from $7.77! new only from $11.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	How the Irish Saved Civilization more books like this by Thomas Cahill The author's graceful mastery of both prose and history combine to express both the voice and content of Irish culture. Cahill traces Ireland's pivotal role in the preservation and transmission of the intellectual legacy of the West, from the fall of Rome under the barbarian invasions that brought the Dark Ages to the rise of Medieval Europe which ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Pope John XXIII more books like this by Thomas Cahill A best-selling religious writer, Cahill, draws the life story of Pope John XXIII, the popular dignitary who convoked the second Vatican Council. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Jesus' Little Instruction Book more books like this by Thomas Cahill (Compiled by) The key gospel teachings of Jesus, extracted from the Gospels and arranged thematically. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.67! \| first editions
10	Life: Holy Lands: One Place One Faith more books like this by Life Magazine (Creator), Thomas Cahill (Introduction by) A photographic tour of the Holy Land takes a close-up look at the sites sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, tracing the history of the three faiths from their origins to the present day and profiling the key historical figures of each religion. 35,000 first printing. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $12.84!
11 view cover	Luke-KJV more books like this by Thomas Cahill (Introduction by) The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L'Engle more books like this by Luci Shaw (Editor), Madeleine L'Engle, Thomas Cahill (Contributions by) A collection of essays about the works of author L'Engle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13	Religion & Artificial Reproduc more books like this by Thomas Shannon, Lisa S Cahill see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
14	Disasters at Sea: Titanic to EXXON Valdez more books like this by Richard A Cahill, Thomas A King (Designer) Written by an internationally recognized expert on ship casualties, the book has attracted wide interest in the shipping industry, but it is also written for a general audience. It is an account of 22 different ship casualties with an examination of their causes & consequences. The former managing director of British Petroleum Shipping Company, G ... see all copies from $14.00! first editions
15	Electronic Circuit Analysis for Scientists more books like this by James A. McCray, Thomas Cahill see all copies from $8.74!
16 view cover	Pope Paul XXIII more books like this by Thomas Cahill A best-selling religious writer, Cahill, draws the life story of Pope John XXIII, the popular dignitary who convoked the second Vatican Council. see all copies from $7.79!
17	Jesus' little instruction book : His words to your heart more books like this by Thomas Cahill A collection of Jesus' sayings from the Gospels, organized thematically. They reveal a man unlike any other man, whose life contains a message for all. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
18	Juan XXIII (Vita Breve) by Thomas Cahill see all copies from $36.12!
19	Ceramics of Weston Priory/Brother Thomas : the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 1-September 7, 1980 more books like this by Brother Thomas, O.S.B., Robert Henning, Patricia Cahill, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum see all copies from $16.16! first editions

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