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 Paradise Lost by John MiltonHere in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.24 |  | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, Literature |
 Hamlet by William ShakespeareHamlet seeks revenge on Claudius, who has murdered his father, the King, taken the throne and married his mother. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Institutes of the Christian Religion by John CalvinCalvin has been misunderstood by many -- including many believers who never read this book. ...It brought me to tears of repentance and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.81 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 The Prince by Niccolo MachiavelliWorld's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power, remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a political leader. At: Local Library Amazon $4.50 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 Utopia by Thomas MoreFrom the 1500s, desscribes More's heaven-on-earth in a few words: a communal, democratic society; paradoxically unregulated and tightly regulated - overwhelmingly. At: Local Library Amazon $8.00 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareClassic tragic romance of the feuding Capulets and Montagues. Romeo (a Montague) falls in love with Juliet (a Capulet) and are married in secret by Friar Lawrence... At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Henry V by William ShakespeareHistorically based play, England's King Henry V invades France. The decisive fight comes at the Battle of Agincourt, where the English are outnumbered five to one. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Book of Martyrs by John FoxeThis Christian classic tells the stories of brave men and women who were martyred for their faith in the fourteenth through sixteenth... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | General |
 The Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareThe dialog is very clever if you can understand it - this edition has scene summaries and word definitions to help. The quick witted dialog and the absurd plot make this a pretty good read. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Sonnets by William ShakespeareOf indescribable linguistic beauty, elegance and complexity, Shakespeare's sonnets owe their timeless appeal to their supreme compositional values, the universality of their themes, and their keen insights into the human heart and soul. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Church History in Plain Language by Bruce ShelleyIt's about time that someone wrote church history that tells about people, not just about "eras" and "ages." Church History in Plain... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.97 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, General |
 Don Quixote by Miguel de CervantesDon Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.49 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Othello by William Shakespeare Iago's jealousy rages after being passed over in favor of Cassio. The evil Iago engenders a revengeful scheme that turns jealousy into a weapon to destroy the noble Othello. At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Tempest by William Shakespeare Shakespeare's farewell to London, imaginative and enlightening, timeless. At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Brightest Heaven of Invention by Peter Leithart Shakespeare was, as Caesar says of Cassius, "a great observer," able to see and depict patterns of events and character. He understood how... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $9.14 |  | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | General |
| History of the English by Winston Churchill To most people Churchill is known as one of Britain's greatest statesmen. That overshadows his literary achievements. He begins his account... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.98 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Story of Liberty by Charles Carleton Coffin A fast and easy read relating events over the past 700 years. Coffin clearly illustrates the slow struggle of the human race towards freedom ... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.21 | | RenRef to Colonial | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Far more than a typical romantic comedy, Shakespeare ostensibly intended to write about the complicated theme of exterior versus interior. The value of gold and money against the value of friendship and loyalty. At: Local Library Amazon $4.49 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus A satire on the pretensions of Erasmus's contemporaries in the Church and philosophy Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser THE FAERIE QUEENE. By Edmund Spenser. Edited by Thomas P. Roche, Jr with the assistance of C. Patrick O'Donnell, Jr. 1247 pp. Penguin... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $9.97 Read Online | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Henry IV by William Shakespeare King Henry IV learns that political gratitude is short lived. Northumberland and Worcester regret having helped Henry IV to the crown, and sympathizing with the former King Richard II. At: Local Library Amazon $4.27 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Holy Sonnets by John Donne Finally, I've found a poet I really like reading. Donne's poems suit me more than Shakespeare's sonnets or Poe's verse, and apart from... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.75 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| 95 Theses by Martin Luther Of course the 95 theses haven't changed much in the last few years! But this booklet is really nice. Its very sturdy for a small booklet... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.50 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | General |
| The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain A pauper caught up in the pomp of the royal court. A prince wandering horror-stricken through the lower depths of English society. Out of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.95 Read Online |  | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott No historian's Queen Elizabeth was ever so perfectly a woman as the fictitious Elizabeth of Kenilworth," wrote Thomas Hardy. Scott's... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.58 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Western Civilization by Jackson Spielvogel Best-selling text, WESTERN CIVILIZATION has helped over one million students learn about the present by exploring the past. Jack... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.79 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot A dramatization in verse of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. “The theatre as well as the church is enriched by this poetic... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| This Was John Calvin by Thea B. Van Halsema This Was John Calvin, by Thea B. Van Helsema At the beginning of a Bible-school class last fall on the history and shaping of Western... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $13.63 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Biography |
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| The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Egeon, illegally in Ephesus, will be executed unless he pays 1,000 marks. He appeals to the duke and explains that he has been separated from his wife and sons. No villains, but many misunderstandings. At: Local Library Amazon $4.49 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| Commentary on Galatians by Martin Luther A classic commentary by one of the world's great expositors. Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $14.27 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci This 2-Volume collection published by Dover wonderfully exhibits Leonardo's works with his sketches, designs and ideas. If you ever... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.54 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Table Talk by Martin Luther Martin Luther's Table Talk is a compendium of excerpts taken from conversations with his students and colleagues, who furiously scribbled... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.69 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
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| Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves by Roy Maynard Edmund Spenser (1552-99) ranks just below Shakespeare, with Chaucer and Milton, in the pantheon of great writers. In The Faerie Queene, he... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.94 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
| From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth Tucker A long-awaited revised edition of a highly acclaimed textbook on the history of Christian missions by one of the most respected... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $22.42 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
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| Critique of Pure Reason by Kant One of the cornerstone books of Western philosophy, here is Kant's seminal treatise, where he seeks to define the nature of reason itself... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.95 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| Thales to Dewey by Gordon Clark Very readable, very concise. He could have easily rambled on and made it 1,000 pages, but he didn't. It's just 534 pages, and Thales to... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $28.94 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
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| The Small Catechism by Martin Luther As a faithful member of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, I decided to re-read the old Small Catechism. To tell you the truth, in... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.20 | | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
| Roots of American Order by Russell Kirk What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $14.92 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
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| The Story of Christianity by Michael Collins Providing a truly global view of Christianity across all denominations, The Story of Christianity covers the Old Testament to the present... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.94 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| How to Read Church History by Comby Introduction to early Christianity sets it in teh broader context of the poltical, social, and economic development in the wider world. Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.48 | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |