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Series
Language
English
Description
Nothing is as helpful to a young man's career as the doting advice of an experienced elder. This is a compendium of such wisdom as it was penned to young Tempter Wormwood by his worldly-wise old devil of an uncle, Screwtape. The annotations include literary, theological and biographical information to enhance Lewis' core themes and demystify complex ideas.
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,...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
viii, 264 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
George M. Marsden is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. His books include Fundamentalism and American Culture, Jonathan Edwards: A Life, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, and The Soul of the American University. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The life and times of C. S. Lewis's modern spiritual classic
Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian...
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
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...
11) Shadowlands
Author
Language
English
Description
William Nicholson highlights the life of famed author C.S. Lewis. When Lewis meets an American fan named Joy, he quickly falls in love and marries her. Unfortunately, Joy dies from cancer and Lewis finds himself struggling with grief and emotional pain.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 591
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxii, 134 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C.S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although best known for the iconic Chronicles of Narnia series, Lewis was actually a man of many literary parts, including satire, science fiction, sermons, poetry, and prose. Taken together, his writings reflect a life in which he came to his knowledge, beliefs, and wisdom only after much soul-searching and many painful events. Delving into the...
Author
Publisher
Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
365 pages ; 13 cm
Language
English
Description
Here, in one concise and inspirational volume, is the essence of Lewis' thought. This distillation of his feelings on subjects ranging from love and faith, to ethics and morality, to myth and literature will throw open the windows of the soul, providing sustenance, wisdom, and hope to all, whether believers, seekers, artists, or thinkers. C.S Lewis' Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size nuggets of inspiration from one of the best-loved...
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...
16) 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.
17) The Narnia code
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using dramatizations of C.S. Lewis' early life and career, this intriguing documentary travels the world, meeting experts, testing evidence, and uncovering surprising questions behind the best selling series.
Author
Publisher
Harper Muse
Language
English
Formats
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...
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