8 must-read history books like Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Philipp Melanchthon

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Apology of the Augsburg Confession

By: Philipp Melanchthon

4.46

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

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1. An Echo Of Things To Come (The Licanius Trilogy, #2)

By: James Islington

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

The second book in a glorious new fantasy trilogy by the next major force in commercial epic fantas… read more

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2. Oblomov

By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment

4.12

Format: 586 pages, Paperback

Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more

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"Now or never. To be or not to be!"

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"Love was life's hardest school of all."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

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3. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more

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4. The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

By: Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

Format: 999 pages, Hardcover

A new translation with expanded introductions and annotations. read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • history
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5. The Selfish Gene

By: Richard Dawkins

4.16

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

"The Selfish Gene" caused a wave of excitement among biologists and the general public when it was … read more

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  • history
"Chance" is just a word expressing ignorance"

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"What shall it profit a male if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his immortal genes?"

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry."

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

"I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene."

-Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene

6. Heartsnatcher

By: Raymond Queneau , Boris Vian , John Sturrock , Stanley Chapman

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Set in a bizarre and slightly sinister town where the elderly are auctioned off at an Old Folks Fai… read more

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7. The Subjection of Women

By: John Stuart Mill

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

..".John Mill disagrees with the argument that women are naturally less good at some things than me… read more

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  • history
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8. On The Babylonian Captivity of the Church

By: Martin Luther

3.91

Format: 20 pages,

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  • religion
  • history
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9. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)

By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more

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10. Large Catechism of Martin Luther

By: Martin Luther

3.57

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

By 1529, the year of publication of Luther's Large Catechism, parishioners took the Gospel for gran… read more

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11. Being Lutheran

By: A. Trevor Sutton

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Why are you Lutheran? It's a valid question in this modern age of denominations, distinctions, and … read more

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  • christianity
  • religion

12. The Holy Bible: English Standard Version

By: Anonymous

3.91

Format: 241 pages,

Now the complete ESV Bible comes alive in audio format! The new ESVHear the Word Audio Bibleprovide… read more

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13. The Gift

By: Vladimir Nabokov , Michael Scammell , Dmitri Nabokov

3.33

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

The Giftis the last of the novels Nabokov wrote in his native Russian and the crowning achievement … read more

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14. Commentary on Galatians

By: Martin Luther

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A classic commentary on Galatians by one of the world's greatest expositors. read more

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15. John Adams

By: David McCullough

3.71

Format: 435 pages,

The enthralling, often surprising story of John Adams, one of the most important and fascinating Am… read more

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16. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.13

Format: 180 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and n… read more

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"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"He had made follow him. He had called her by her name, and she had come crouching to his hand."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

"Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

17. The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea CycleDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world … read more

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18. The Queen of Spades

By: Alexander Pushkin , None

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more

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19. Formula of Concord

By: Concordia Publishing House

4.40

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

In addition to the Bible, many other early, church writings can provide Christians with important i… read more

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20. The Spirituality of the Cross

By: Gene Edward Veith Jr.

3.69

Format: 47 pages, Paperback

The author uses his own spiritual experience as a backdrop to examine what led him to a relationshi… read more

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21. The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1)

By: James Islington

4.15

Format: 447 pages, Paperback

It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost … read more

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22. Where God Meets Man

By: None

3.16

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

This book about Luther's theology is written out of a two-fold conviction. First, that many of our … read more

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23. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez

4.30

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • history
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24. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

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25. Apology of the Augsburg Confession

By: Philipp Melanchthon

4.46

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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  • religion
  • history
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26. Limping with God: Jacob & the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship

By: Chad Bird

4.59

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

When we look to the Bible for role models in our daily discipleship, we tend to think of Noah’s obe… read more

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27. Union with Christ: Salvation as Participation (A Contemporary Protestant Scholastic Theology)

By: Jordan B Cooper

4.47

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

The Christian's participatory union with Christ is a central element of salvation, both in Scriptur… read more

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28. A Lutheran Toolkit

By: Ken Sundet Jones

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

The "Lutheran" in the title doesn't mean The Lutheran Toolkit is just for Lutherans. It's about a L… read more

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29. The Smalcald Articles

By: Martin Luther

4.34

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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30. We Preach Christ Crucified: Sermons by Gerhard O. Forde

By: Marianna Forde

4.80

Format: 92 pages, Paperback

Gerhard O. Forde wrote and taught powerfully about the primary importance of proclaiming the gospel… read more

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31. Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation

By: Robert Kolb

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

At the 500th anniversary of the Wittenberg Reformation, two highly regarded scholars compare and co… read more

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9 Best religion books like Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Philipp Melanchthon

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

Transform Your Habits

On The Babylonian Captivity of the Church

Martin Luther

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Large Catechism of Martin Luther

Martin Luther

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Being Lutheran

A. Trevor Sutton

3.71

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7 Top history books like Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation by Robert Kolb

Transform Your Habits

Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper

Keith A. Mathison

4.40

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters

Timothy J. Keller , Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.52

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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

Carl R. Trueman

4.57

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