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The Confessions of St. Augustine

by Augustine

In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the... (more)

Ghosts of St. Augustine

by Dave Lapham

Author Dave Lapham has collected twenty-four stories from St Augustine's rich oral history into a light yet sometimes hair-raising peek at the spooky side of the Oldest City.

by Jostein Gaarder

'Years have passed and much has changed since we two had our arms around each other. Thus what I write will perhaps be equally a letter to the whole Christian church, for today you are a man of great influence.' In a second-hand bookshop in Buenos Aires, Jostein Gaarder makes an exciting find: a transcript of a letter to St Augustine, author of the famous Confessions , from Floria Aemilia, the woman he... (more)

Ancient City Hauntings: More Ghosts of St. Augustine

Ancient City Hauntings: More Ghosts of St. Augustine

by Dave Lapham

St. Augustine is America’s oldest city—and perhaps its most haunted. David Lapham’s first volume, Ghosts of St. Augustine, has proven very popular. Enjoy another twenty-five hair-raising stories from the ethereal shadows of the Ancient City’s murky past. Why is St. Augustine so ghost-ridden, so filled with spirits? Since the release of Ghosts of St. Augustine, the Ancient City has been the subject of numerous... (more)

The Houses of St. Augustine

by David Nolan

Richly illustrated with 15 original watercolors and 180 color photographs to show representative styles and forms. Each chapter covers a separate era in St Augustine's history and discusses the city's distinctive character during that era as well as how architectural styles evolved. Offers a history of attempts at historic preservation and suggests future remedies.

Oldest Ghosts: St. Augustine Haunts

by Karen G. Harvey

Discarnate beings tap tourists on their shoulders. Spirits peer with hollow eyes through windows of abandoned houses, and ephemeral images are captured on film. Oldest Ghosts tells of unexplained exploits by the spirits dwelling in St. Augustine, the oldest city of European origin in the United States. • Judge John Stickney watches from a tree limb above his cemetery monument. • Ruth Hopkins Pickering... (more)

North Florida & the Florida Panhandle: An Explorer's Guide: Includes St. Augustine, Panama City, Pensacola, and Jacksonville (Explorer's Guide North Florida & the Florida Panhandle)

North Florida & the Florida Panhandle: An Explorer's Guide: Includes St. Augustine, Panama City, Pensacola, and Jacksonville (Explorer's Guide North Florida & the Florida Panhandle)

by Sandra Friend, Kathy Wolf

The only travel guide to North Florida and the Florida Panhandle. Whether you're looking for a vacation spot on the Gulf Coast, a wild place to dip your paddle, a path to a scenic waterfall, or a homestead that provides a glimpse into the lives of Florida's territorial settlers, seasoned travel writers Sandra Friend and Kathy Wolf bring you the finest and most unique places this region has to offer. This new... (more)

Ghosts and Gravestones in St. Augustine, FloridaJohn F. Stavely

Ghosts and Gravestones in St. Augustine, Florida

by John F. Stavely

St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Historical Guide

St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Historical Guide

by Dr. William R. Adams

A guide to the places and buildings where history can be found in America's oldest permanent settlement. Color photos throughout.

Unhallowed Ground

by Heather Graham

When Sarah McKinley is finally able to buy and restore the historic Florida mansion that she has always loved, she dismisses the horror stories of past residents vanishing and a long-dead housekeeper who practiced black magic. Then, in the midst of renovations, she makes a grim discovery. Hidden within the walls of Sarah’s dream house are the remains of dozens of bodies - some dating back over a century. The... (more)

American Girl

by Page Edwards

Living in a web of delusion, Nancy Meade abandons her "redneck professor husband," who turned a shotgun on their home, and heads for St. Augustine, Fla., where her family runs the Fountain of Youth. This tawdry tourist attraction--founded as a whorehouse/gambling pavilion by her grandmother, a doctor who fled the Yukon--supposedly enshrines the legendary fountain sought by explorer Ponce de Leon. (The character of... (more)

City of God

by Marcus Dods, Augustine

St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and "City of God" is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a... (more)

Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean

Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean

by Les Standiford

Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler’s dream fulfilled, the Key West Railroad stood as a magnificent... (more)

Critical Theory Since Plato

by Hazard Adams, Leroy Searle

CRITICAL THEORY SINCE PLATO is a chronologically-arranged anthology that presents a broad survey of the history and development of literary criticism and theory in Western culture. Written by two well-known scholars in the field of literary study, this well-respected text puts an emphasis on the individual contributors to the development of literary criticism, from Plato and Aristotle to the present.

Florida Trilogy: Book 1

Maria

by Eugenia Price

The spirited story of Mary Evans, an extraordinary woman from colonial Charles Town who finds a place for herself in St. Augustine after Spain relinquishes Florida.

Freedom And Necessity: St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power And Human Freedom

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The Confessions of St. Augustine

by Augustine

Ghosts of St. Augustine

by Dave Lapham

by Jostein Gaarder

Ancient City Hauntings: More Ghosts of St. Augustine

by Dave Lapham

The Houses of St. Augustine

by David Nolan

Oldest Ghosts: St. Augustine Haunts

by Karen G. Harvey

North Florida & the Florida Panhandle: An Explorer's Guide: Includes St. Augustine, Panama City, Pensacola, and Jacksonville (Explorer's Guide North Florida & the Florida Panhandle)

by Sandra Friend, Kathy Wolf

Ghosts and Gravestones in St. Augustine, Florida

by John F. Stavely

St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Historical Guide

by Dr. William R. Adams

Unhallowed Ground

by Heather Graham

American Girl

by Page Edwards

City of God

by Marcus Dods, Augustine

Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean

by Les Standiford

Critical Theory Since Plato

by Hazard Adams, Leroy Searle

Maria

by Eugenia Price

Freedom And Necessity: St. Augustine's Teaching on Divine Power And Human Freedom

by Gerald Bonner