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Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis -- known as Jack -- she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn't holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford don and the beloved writer of Narnia, yet their minds bonded over their letters. Embarking on the adventure of her life, Joy traveled from America to England and back again, facing...
Author
Publisher
Harper Muse
Language
English
Description
Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and equations, on a scholarship at Oxford, and dreams of solving the greatest mysteries of physics. The younger brother she loves with all her heart doesn't have long to live. When George becomes captivated by a brand-new book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and begs her to find out where Narnia came from, there's no way she can refuse. Megs soon finds herself taking tea with the Oxford don and...
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 342 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Over the past half century, children everywhere have escaped into this world and delighted in its wonders and enchantments. Yet what we do know of the man who created Narnia? This biography sheds new light on the making of the original...
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
xviii, 334 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis. C. S. Lewis was a deeply complex man, capable of inspiring both great devotion and great hostility. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the clever child from the 'Little End Room' of his Ulster childhood and adult life, exploring Lewis's unwilling conversion to Christianity, the genesis of his writing, and the web of his relationships.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan comes an exquisite novel of Joy Davidman, the woman C. S. Lewis called 'my whole world.' When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewis--known as Jack--she was looking for spiritual answers, not love. Love, after all, wasn't holding together her crumbling marriage. Everything about New Yorker Joy seemed ill-matched for an Oxford don and the beloved writer of Narnia, yet...
10) The question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud debate God, love, sex, and the meaning of life
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Many of history's greatest thinkers have wrestled with the ultimate question of belief and nonbelief in God. Though it might seem unlikely that any new arguments could possibly be raised on either side, the twentieth century managed to produce two men who each made brilliant, new, and lasting arguments, one in favor of belief and one opposed. Few spokesmen have ever championed their respective positions better than Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. Sadly,...
12) Shadowlands
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor who remains untouched by any great passion until he meets and falls in love with Joy Gresham, a feisty, abrasive New York divorcée.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (360 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What can we still learn from C.S. Lewis? Find out in these 12 insightful lectures that cover the author's spiritual autobiography, novels, and his scholarly writings that reflect on pain and grief, love and friendship, prophecy and miracles, and education and mythology. This is your chance to explore a canon of literary work that speaks volumes about the imaginative, emotional, and spiritual power of literature. As you delve into the depths of enduring...
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Readers and fans worldwide know the land of Narnia and the magical beings who dwell there. But few know the genius who created this beloved fantasy. Now meet C.S. Lewis, an extraordinary creative force, in this engaging true life story!
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 225 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Illustrates the lives and insights of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis through dramatic storytelling and visual recreations, as well as interviews with biographers and historians. Interspersed throughout the film are discussions among a group of seven participants, moderated by Dr. Armand Nicholi, where Freud and Lewis are brought together in a great debate.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 311 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A co-founder and staff writer for Salon.com explores the meaning and influence of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series while revealing how Lewis's troubled childhood, unconventional love life, and friendship with J. R. R. Tolkien affected his writing.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Lucy and Edmund Pensive, along with their cousin Eustace, are swallowed into a painting and transported back to Narnia, they join King Caspian and a noble mouse named Reepicheep aboard the magnificent ship The Dawn Treader. The courageous voyagers travel to mysterious islands, confront mystical creatures, reunite with the Great Lion Aslan, and embark on a mission that will determine the fate of Narnia itself!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1991
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A repackaged edition of the revered author's diary from his early twenties-a thought-provoking work that reveals his earliest thinking about war, atheism, religion, and humanity.
While serving his country in the Great War, C. S. Lewis' the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, and Christian apologist-made a pact with a close friend and fellow soldier. If one of them died, the survivor would take care of his family-a promise...
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