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Confessions | Saint Augustine of Hippo
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Recent acquisition for our personal library.

I casually collect interesting Penguin Classics and you're looking at a handful of the first PCs, the 'L series'. Some are American editions with price in $ and some are British with price in £. They sit on my desk at the standalone mid-size public library where I have worked for 17 years and where I am the librarian over adult nonfiction, local history, and reference.

#augustine #penguinclassics

Leftcoastzen Love those old penguins! Beautiful photo! (edited) 2d
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The Age of Bede | David Hugh Farmer
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Random book from our personal library.

Read in 2005. ★★★★★

We visited Bede's tomb in Durham Cathedral in Oct 2016 and it was a very moving experience. I lit a candle in memory of the patron saint of historians. As I respectfully explored the Gallilee Chapel, I looked up and saw the original painting from the cover of this book high up on a wall, slightly hidden from the casual tourist. It was so wonderful and unexpected that I almost fell over.

SamAnne What a lovely story. 3d
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LapReader
Mother Teresa | Mara Isabel Snchez Vegara
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First op shop visit yesterday. I was heading to Cardiff to visit Dance Boutique for the required theatrical pink tights so I‘m allowed to dance in the Sydney Eisteddfod this weekend! It‘s near 3 op shops so of course I took advantage of that.

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Godric: A Novel | Frederick Buechner
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Random book from our personal library.

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Random book from our home library.

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Jen2
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Very enjoyable

TieDyeDude I loved this. Also listened to the audio 2mo
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shanaqui
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This is a fascinating book, fully illustrated with colour photographs (and a few reproductions of pamphlets and such, though these are generally too small to see much detail). Some of the ways in which these “catacomb saints“ are decorated are amazing to see, just in terms of craft.

Not one I read because I venerate saints, and probably a little too academic/secular to please those who do.

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Lcsmcat
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A highly-readable, well -researched book about Catholics in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. It carries lessons we still need today about religious tolerance and the dangers of state involvement in matters of conscience. #letterG #LitsyAtoZ & #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2mo
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Lcsmcat
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Continuing my exploration of the Tudor period with this #doublespin choice. I bought it after hearing the author on a history panel discussing Henry VIII and enjoyed the last book I read by her (tagged in comments.) @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2mo
TheBookHippie Oooo. Looks interesting! 2mo
Lcsmcat @TheBookHippie It is! Her research is extensive (and there are end notes to show it) but her style is accessible. And she often puts a feminist spotlight on the actions of the past without expecting Elizabethans to be from the 21st century, if you know what I mean. 2mo
TheBookHippie @Lcsmcat stacked! 🙃 2mo
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AlaMich
Illuminations | Mary Sharratt
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Mehso-so

I loved the first maybe 60% of this, but the writing became so overwrought and repetitive. It‘s the fictionalized story of the life of Hildegard von Bingen, an anchorite-turned-abbess, about whom not that much is known, since she lived a thousand years ago. So much flowery, religious language! I just got bored.
#nunlit #nunlitquarterly

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 3mo
quietlycuriouskate Oh, that's a shame! 😒 3mo
AlaMich @quietlycuriouskate I agree. I enjoy #nunlit and I was looking forward to it. But it happens… 3mo
dabbe What a sweet greyhound! 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
AlaMich @dabbe Thank you! 3mo
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