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Giochi PC Retail & Keys

Black & White 4,00 € Call Of Duty 4,00 € Chi Vuol Essere Milionario 2,00 € Cold Fear 4,00 € Death To Spies 4,00 € Death To Spies Anthology (Nuovo Sigillato) 5,00 € Disciples € Disciples € Disciples 3 Resurrection 4,00 € Drakensang The Dark Eye (Nuovo Sigillato) 4,00 € Dungeons (Nuovo Sigillato) 4,00 € F.E.A.R. 5,00 € Hard Reset 5,00 € House of the Dead € Imperium 3,50 € Island Extreme 2,50 € Kane & Lynch 3,00 € King's Bounty Anthology 5,00 € Mafia 7,00 € Max Payne 5,00 € Metal Gear Solid € Myst 3,00 € Outlaws (Big Box) € Overlord 4,00 € Planescape Torment 6,00 € Pro Beach Soccer 2,50 € Real Warfare Anthology (Nuovo Sigillato) 6,00 € Revolution 3,00 € Resident Evil (Big Box) € Rochard (Nuovo Sigillato) 3,50 € Sacred 5,00 € Silverfall Gold (Nuovo Sigillato) 5,00 € Sparta Anthology (Nuovo Sigillato) 6,00 € Spiderman 5,00 € Star Wars: The Force Unleashed € Still Life Trilogy (Nuovo Sigillato) 5,00 € Supreme Commander 4,00 € The Day After 3,50 € The Thing - La Cosa 3,00 € Thief - Trilogia (Nuovo Sigillato) 5,00 € Tropico 4,00 € XIII 5,00 € Spedizione: 4,50 € prioritaria, 7,50 € corriere Pagamento tramite Bonifico o Paypal+commissioni. (Big Box e spedizione multiple solo con corriere) Inoltre scambio/vendo le seguenti keys per Steam/Origin: - Dead Rising € - Dead Rising 2: Off the Record 4,00 € - Dead Space 2 (Origin) 3,50 € - Joe Dever 's Lone Wolf HD Remastered 2,50 € - Umbrella Corpsâ,,¢ 3,00 € - Umbrella Corpsâ,,¢ Deluxe Edition Upgrade Pack 1,00 €

The new order - Testament

Già usato ma perfetto Tracce 1. Eerie inhabitants 2. The New Order 3. Trial By Fire 4. Into the Pit 5. Hypnosis 6. Disciples of the Watch 7. The Preacher 8. Nobody's Fault (Aerosmith cover) 9. A Day of Reckoning 10. Musical Death (A Dirge)

Dante's Disciples

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crowther, Peter / Kramer, Edward E., PUBLISHER: White Wolf Games Studio, The stories we tell are not limited to monsters and harsh otherworlds. Yet the fiction books in the Borealis imprint certainly belong to a world other than our own. This line encompasses our science fiction, fantasy and horror novels and anthologies.

Transformational Discipleship: How People Really Grow

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Geiger, Eric / Kelley, Michael / Nation, Philip, PUBLISHER: B&H Publishing Group, A Christian's desire to grow in faith is beautiful and biblical, best illustrated in Jeremiah 17 where Scripture describes "The man who trusts in the LORD" as being "like a tree planted by water... It will not worry in a year of drought or cease producing fruit." But how do people really grow? "Transformational Discipleship" describes the process that brings to life that kind of person described in the Bible. There's no magic formula or mantra to recite here, but rather a substantive measure of research with churches and individuals who have wholeheartedly answered the call of Jesus to make disciples. A compilation of their wisdom and stories, it surely guides church leaders and members to practice the intentional efforts needed to foster an entire culture in which people grow in Christian faith. And they will grow, not because of human research, but by the power of the Word and of the Holy Spirit working through the church--the same way disciples have always been made. When the people of God engage in the mission of God through the Spirit of God, lives are transformed.

Maestro Discepolo" Butsudan

(Teacher-Disciples) Dipinto realizzato a mano, singolarmente su ogni butsudan. Luce esterna, dal basso, orientabile. Visione a 180 °. Il legno utilizzato proviene da foreste gestite in conformita' agli standards ambientali e di riforestazione sotto diretto controllo dei paesi di origine. La lavorazione e' ecocompatibile, con coloranti all'acqua. Finitura a gommalacca naturale e cera d'api o turapori all'acqua. Le misure esterne: h. 103 x largh. 77 x prof. 42 cm. PREZZO EU.

Benedict's Disciples

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Farmer, David Hugh / Farmer, David H., PUBLISHER: Gracewing, A fascinating presentation of the great monastic figures, monks and nuns, who have contributed so much to British history, written by a range of the foremost Benedictine scholars of out time. Spanning the period from the sixth century to the twentieth, these lives show the followers of the Rule of St Benedict to have been one of the most important influences in the making of Europe. Edited by the noted scholar and mediaevalist Hugh David Farmer.

Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out - spartiti basso

Vendo " Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out - spartiti per basso - Hal Leonard publication. Libro come nuovo. Interno privo di sottolineature, pieghe o strappi. 48 pagine. Il libro contiene tutte le partiture per basso dell'album " Marching out " del chitarrista Yngwie Malmsteen: Prelude ()I'll See The Light, Tonight ()Don't Let It End ()Disciples Of Hell ()I Am A Viking ()Overture )Anguish and fear ()On The Run Again ()Soldier Without Faith ()Caught In The Middle ()Marching Out () Spedizione ordinaria non tracciabile euro 2,20. Spedizione raccomandata tracciabile euro 4,90. Pagamento con PayPal.

Lotto 7 LP House - Disco - Dance

I dischi sono di stampa originale e in formato LP 33 Giri (album). Questi sono i titoli: Rozalla - Everybody's Free Adeva - Adeva! Adeva - Love Or Lust - 2xLP Various - X + Y = 8 Various - Tribal Africanism Vol. 4 Arthur Baker And The Backbeat Disciples - Merge Various - London Underground Vol. 2 - 3xLP a parte un paio di copertine un pò consumate per il resto i dischi sono in buone condizioni. vendo in blocco a 10 euro esclusa eventuale spedizione (10 euro) altre info tramite mail oppure contatto diretto al 324- (anche whatsapp) NO SMS. N.B.i dischi sono quelli che potete vedere nella foto

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Professor Griff And The Last Asiatic Disciples - The Verdict (The Norman Cook Remixes) (12", Maxi) Global Satellite  prezzo euro 6 DIANA BROWN & BARRIE K SHARPE - Love Or Nothing Made UK FX BMG music euro 5 M.C.J. Featuring Sima (To Yourself) Be Free euro 5 MOZ-ART & MASTER FREEZ - Let The Music Move Me - Onizom Music euro 5 49ers ? How Longer (Remix)Media RecordsMR 562 prezzo euro 8 MONIE LOVE IN A WORD OR 2.THE POWER LIMITED EDIT euro 5 ALBERTINO - Your Love Is Crazy - Feat. David Syon - X-Energy ? XR- Euro 5 Vannelli Project Feat. Vlynn ? Don't Bring Me Down DB 1Dream Beat × Vinili 12", Promo prezzo euro 10

Journey to the West, Volume 2

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yu, Anthony C., PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, "The Journey to the West," volume 2, comprises the second twenty-five chapters of Anthony C. Yu's four-volume translation of "Hsi-yu Chi," one of the most beloved classics of Chinese literature. The fantastic tale recounts the sixteen-year pilgrimage of the monk Hsuan-tsang (), one of China's most illustrious religious heroes, who journeyed to India with four animal disciples in quest of Buddhist scriptures. For nearly a thousand years, his exploits were celebrated and embellished in various accounts, culminating in the hundred-chapter Journey to the West, which combines religious allegory with romance, fantasy, humor, and satire.

The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Huppert, George, PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press,..". impressive and challenging reevaluation of the sixteenth-century origins of the Enlightenment." -- Sixteenth Century Journal n his new book, George Huppert introduces the reader to a group of talented young men, some of them teenagers, who were the talk of the town in Renaissance Paris. They called themselves philosophes, they wrote poetry, they studied Greek and mathematics -- and they entertained subversive notions concerning religion and politics. Classically trained, they wrote, nevertheless, in French, so as to reach the widest possible audience. These young radicals fostered a succession of disciples who expressed confidence in the eventual enlightenment of humankind and whose ideas would bear fruit two centuries later.

Videogiochi per PC

Vendo i seguenti giochi per PC, in ottime condizioni, pari al nuovo: - City Life Premium - The Sims Double Deluxe + 6 espansioni (Hot Date, Magie e incantesimi, in vacanza, cuccioli che passione!, Superstar e House Party) - Imperium civitas - Dawn of magic - Testdrive unlimited - Magic the gathering battleground - Cross racing championship - Tomb rider anniversary - Silverfall - The witcher - Disciples II anthology - The elder' s scroll iii:morrowind - Baldur' s gate - Jade empire special edition(con steel box) - Neverwinter nights chaotic evil edition - Star Wars KOTOR - Star Wars KOTOR II - Vampire the masquerade redemption - Puzzle quest - Dracula 2-L'ultimo santuario - Resident Evil 3 - Harry Potter e il calice di fuoco - Silver - Throne of darkness - Versailles - Spellforce gold edition N.B. Alcuni dei giochi non sono prime edizioni.

Giochi originali guerra sparatutto strategia x PC

Offro una vasta scelta di giochi originali per PC funzionanti e in buono stato completi di custodia e copertina. Genere Azione, Avventura, Strategia, Sparatutto, Guerra, Ruolo al prezzo di € 3,00 cad.. Si accettano anche proposte per stock o acquisti multipli. A scelta dalla seguente lista (salvo disponibilità): Thief - Deadly Shadows Stormrise Syndicate StarCraft - Wings of Liberty Imperium RTC Strategia Storica Empire Earth II Expansion Conflict - Global Storm Deus Ex Deus Ex, Invisible War Soldier of Fortune Korea Will Rock Runaway Project IGI 1 e 2 Tactital Ops Spell Force Gold Edition Jerusalem EuroCops Lotta al terrorismo Grandia II Farenheit Neverwinter Nights, Forgotten Realms Dungeon Siege Chaos League Disciples II Dead Space SpellForce 2 Heroes of Might and Magic IV

Forgiveness: Experiencing God's Mercy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MC Alear, Richard, PUBLISHER: Winepress Publishing, Fr. McAlear provides a fresh look at the biblical command, forgiveness. He explains with great clarity how as followers of Christ we are obliged to forgive and how in doing so, we are true Christian disciples. Forgiveness is not an option, but a way of living. It is not a feeling but a choice. We choose to extend forgiveness to others as Christ has forgiven us. Fr. McAlear asks us to face past hurts and search our hearts to see if we hold any unforgivenss towards others and maybe even towards God himself. He challenges us to look at ourselves and forgive ourselves. We open ourselves to Christ's wholeness and healing by extending and receiving forgiveness.

Eight Percent

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gonzales, Chad W., PUBLISHER: Auxano Publications, Jesus revealed in His ministry that less than eight percent were willing to obtain all that God had for them. Eight percent obtained a hundred fold return in the parable of the sower; only eight percent of the disciples walked on the water with Jesus; less than eight percent stayed with Jesus throughout His earthly ministry and received what He died for. In 8 Percent, Chad Gonzales takes a bold look at the current state of the Church and addresses the dilemma the Church is facing - no one wants to get out of the boat and work the miraculous For too long, the Church has been wondering where the power of God went. Yet, all along they havent realized the power has been within them and available the entire time, anxiously awaiting to be released by one step of faith.

Blocco lotto 40 vinili tech electro house minimal

Vendo blocco di 40 vinili Tech house. electro. minimal, house Prezzo 90 euro piu spedizione pacco celere poste o ritiro a mano in zona. info: lista: Various ‎- Third Way EP (oasi 003 promo rare copy limited) Fabio Giannelli - Tweak EP Frequenza Limited 001 Felguk - Palmtree Factor 60 - Factor Sesentas Toito - Mambo Aritz DJ* & Joan Reyes Aka The Soundkidz - Party People Steve Angello - Isabel Soul Elementz - My Way Out L.y.t.z. - Loomit S-Factor - tkm042 Andrea Loche, Mr. Bizz, Vito Cacciapaglia - Oslo / Moove the groove Spartaque - Bleepy Marbrax - My house is Mine Purple Code - The rising + Deadmau5 rmx Mason - The benedicts files Daniel Boon - Woop Eyerer & Chopstick - Electric Keira - Alegria PLaastik Funk - Irresistible LImited Edition CR2 V:A Of 100 feat. Ryo - So Fast Kurd Maverick - The Rub Fedde Le grand - Put Your hands up for detroit Pressure Drop - You're Mine D, Lewis & Emix - Stereocrash Matteo Spedicati & Mr. Bizz - Naitoku EP Lele Cecchini - Sèades Affai Dallen & Konrad - Discotron Billionaire Bullfrog Ep Andrè Vicenzzo & David Paul - Unleash Yourself Glenn Morrison - No Sudden Moves / Circles DEstination Ibiza EP - 001 VA Nick Terranova - Dirty Sounf Martin Solveig - Rejection (The Remix Bob Sinclair) Chris Lake _ Carry ma Away Audiosafe - Code 2 A. Mochi - Ping EP Joe t Vannelli - Prelude Zwan Young Silver - Funkybeatz (Koen Groeneveld Remix) Promo bianco

The Mentored Life: From Individualism to Personhood

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Houston, James M. / Houston, J. M., PUBLISHER: NavPress Publishing Group, In our contemporary society, it is widely accepted in the search for self to seek the advice of a mentor. From upper management consultants to the well-meaning friend, mentors are readily available. But as Houston writes, "We can choose the pursuit of self-knowledge for enhancing one's professional ambitions, or we can go beyond ourselves in ever-living faith as disciples of the Word." This book is not a guide to mentoring. Rather, Houston thoroughly dismantles and exposes cracks in the philosophies used throughout the history of mentoring. Individualism, stoicism, even psychotherapy all fall short of God's ultimate plan. The Mentored Life reveals that it isn't about making the individual better. Instead, through Christian discipleship, individuals must humbly seek Christ, who alone can lead us to whole personhood.

James Alberione: Apostle for Our Times

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rolfo, Luigi, PUBLISHER: Saint Pauls/Alba House, Founder of the Society of St. Paul and Pauline Congregations -- Beatified. On Sunday, April 27th, , Father James Alberione will be beatified by Pope John Paul II. Blessed James Alberione () was a man of great holiness and great vision. At the turn of the 20th Century, he saw the need for the Church to be fully engaged in the media of mass communications and he spent the rest of his life carrying out that mission. By the time of his death, he had founded six religious congregations, including the Society of St. Paul/Pauline Fathers and Brothers (St. Pauls/Alba House is the publishing arm of the Society of St. Paul in the United States), the Daughters of St. Paul and the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master. Together the religious congregations and secular institutes he founded make up the Pauline Family. His dramatic life is vividly presented in this authoritative work combining critical scholarship and down to earth realism.

DJ SELECTION 444 extended version 2CD unmixed

DJ SELECTION 444 extended version 2CD unmixed originale SIGILLATO CD: 1 1 CALVIN HARRIS & DISCIPLES - HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Extended mix 2 RÜFÜS DU SOL - LIKE AN ANIMAL - Original 3 ROBIN SCHULZ - SUGAR (feat. FRANCESCO YATES) - EDX's Ibiza Sunrise remix 4 OLLY MURS - KISS ME - The Alias club mix 5 MIAMI DUB MACHINE - MAWBY - The Cube Guys mix 6 BLINKIE - DON'T GIVE UP (ON LOVE) - Extended mix 7 KIESZA feat. DJEMBA DJEMBA - GIVE IT TO THE MOMENT - Cassian remix 8 MOUNT & NICOLAS HAELG - SOMETHING GOOD - Original mix 9 NORA EN PURE - MORNING DEW - Original mix 10 NORDE - EVERY SINGLE NIGHT - Extended mix CD: 2 1 HEIMLICH feat. STERRE LUNA - CHOCOLATE - Freischwimmer remix 2 A-TRAK feat. JAMIE LIDELL - WE ALL FALL DOWN - CID remix 3 DON DIABLO & KHREBTO - GOT THE LOVE - Extended mix 4 FEDERICO SCAVO & BARBARA TUCKER - LIVE YOUR LIFE - Alex Finkin remix 5 FELIX JAEHN feat. LOST FREQUENCIES & LINYING - EAGLE EYES - Lucas & Steve remix 6 MOGUAI feat. CHEAT CODES - HOLD ON - Original mix 7 MARTIN SOLVEIG - +1 (feat. SAM WHITE) - Tujamo remix 8 HI-LO - OOH LA LA - Extended mix 9 DVBBS - NEVER LEAVE - Extended mix 10 JUAN ALCARAZ - BANANA BOUNCE

The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kurtz, Ernest / Ketcham, Katherine, PUBLISHER: Bantam Books, "I Am Not Perfect" is a simple statement of profound truth, the first step toward understanding the human condition, for to deny your essential imperfection is to deny yourself and your own humanity. The spirituality of imperfection, steeped in the rich traditions of the Hebrew prophets and Greek thinkers, Buddhist sages and Christian disciples, is a message as timeless as it is timely. This insightful work draws on the wisdom stories of the ages to provide an extraordinary wellspring of hope and inspiration to anyone thirsting for spiritual growth and guidance in these troubled times. Who are we? Why so we so often fall short of our goals for ourselves and others? By seeking to understand our limitations and accept the inevitably of failure and pain, we being to ease the hurt and move toward a greater sense of serenity and self-awareness. "The Spirituality Of Imperfection" brings together stories from many spiritual and philosophical paths, weaving past traditions into a spirituality and a new way of thinking and living that works today. It speaks so anyone who yearns to find meaning within suffering. Beyond theory and technique, inside this remarkable book you will find a new way of thinking, a way of living that enables a truly human existence.

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Mods, Minis, and Madmen: A True Tale of Swinging London

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Truman, D. Richard, PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, A nostalgic romp through the sixties that changed everyone's lives forever, "Mods, Minis, and Madmen"(c) presents a story of remarkable achievement during the twentieth century's most significant cultural reboot. It celebrates a wondrous age drugged by the can-do attitude of youth. Revolutionary London was the birthplace of the boutique, and Mary Quant introduced the mini-skirt-named after a car. John Stephen introduced heart-racing male boutiques on Kings Road that soon carved out a global niche. Lesley Hornby- also known as Twiggy, the Cockney dolly bird-strutted her popsicle legs while touting mini-fashions. East Londoner Vidal Sassoon gave new life to tousled hair with a look that is still with us today. And of course, British sounds, led by the Beatles, hammered the charts in every country able to tune in. The lyrics spoke to us and seemed to sympathize with our turmoil, revealing an honest understanding of life as it would be, up to the age of sixty-four. It was a booster shot that pumped up everyone living in the sixties, and their tales would be told decades later. "Mods, Minis, and Madmen"(c) is the tale of a writer and his disciples from the New World arriving in the old, just as the explosion was about to take place.

Jackie McLean - Complete CD)

RARISSIMO NUOVO SIGILLATO BOX 6 CD JACKIE McLEAN Complete Quartet Quintet Sextet Sessions Tracklist CD It's You Or No One Blue Doll Mood Melody The Way You Look Tonight Little Melonae Lover Man A Foggy Day Kerplunk Up Lorraine Lights Out CD Inding Sentimental Journey Why Was I Born? Contour When I Fall In Love Abstruction Confirmation Sweet Doll Just For Marty Dee's Dilemma It Could Happen To You 6:03 CD Su-Blues Steeplechase Gone With A Wind McLean's Scene Mean To Me Flickers Help Beau Jack Mirage 9:49 CD Minor Dream I Hear A Rhapsody Embraceable You I Never Knew These Foolish Things Our Love Is Here To Stay I Cover The Waterfront What's New? Old Folks Bean And The Boys Strange Blues Outburst 4:36 CD Bird Feathers Easy Living Windy City Pondering The Lady Is A Tramp Alto Madness Disciples Love Affair Millie's Pad Not So Strange Blues 4:51 CD Jackie's Ghost What's New? Chasin' The Bird A Long Drink Of The Blues (False Start And Comments) A Long Drink Of The Blues Filide Millie's Pad Two Sons What Good Am I Without You? Tune Up cd set - 20 page booklet This compilation by JAZZ CONNECTIONS. Manufactured and distributed by BLUE MOON PRODUCCIONES DISCOGRAFICAS - SPAIN JAZZ CONNECTIONS JC + spese di spedizione

Antico rotolo '600 kano tanyu giappone periodo edo tokugawa

Cod. 606 T ANTICO ROTOLO KANO TANYU Periodo Tokugawa - Edo Pittore: Kano Tan'yu () GIAPPONE OKano Tan'yu () Japanese watercolor scroll painting Kano Tanâ€(TM)yu, original name Kano Morinobu (born March , Kyotoâ€"died November , Edo[Tokyo]), the most-influential Kano painter of the Tokugawa period in Japan Kano Tanâ€(TM)yuâ€(TM)s conservative choice of subject matter (e.g., historical figures embodying Confucian ethicalprecepts) and his return to the subdued tones and designs of the early Kano painters set the standards for later Kano artists. His studied brushwork and dignified portrayal of figures appear in Confucius and Two Disciples, a screen painting now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The extent to which his artreflected the taste of the military rulers of his day may be deduced from the honours bestowed upon him. At age 17 he was appointed painter to the shogun and given an estate in the district of Edo (now Tokyo) called Kajibashi, which became the name associated with his branch of the Kano school. He decorated the walls of various palaces and castles, including Nijo Castle in Kyoto, the shogunâ€(TM)s castle at Nagoya, and the Kyoto Imperial Palace. He painted the scrolls illustrating events in the life of the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, and decorated the porticoes of Ieyasuâ€(TM)s mausoleum at the Tosho Shrine in Nikko. At age 34 Kano assumed the temple name Tanâ€(TM)yu. Two years later he was raised to an exalted position in the Buddhist clergy. Together with his grandfather Eitoku and his great-great-grandfather Motonobu, he is celebrated as one of the “three famous brushes” of the Kano family.

Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heine, Steven, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, With the growing popularity of Zen Buddhism in the West, virtually everyone knows, or thinks they know, what a koan is: a brief and baffling question or statement that cannot be solved by the logical mind and which, after sustained concentration, can lead to sudden enlightenment. But the truth about koans is both simpler--and more complicated--than this. In Opening a Mountain, Steven Heine shows that koans, and the questions we associate with them--such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"--are embedded in larger narratives and belong to an ancient Buddhist tradition of "encounter dialogues." These dialogues feature dramatic and often inscrutable contests between masters and disciples, or between masters and an array of natural and supernatural forces: rouge priests, "wild foxes," hermits, wizards, shapeshifters, magical animals, and dangerous women. To establish a new monastery, "to open a mountain," the Zen master had to tame these wild forces in regions most remote from civilization. In these extraordinary encounters, fingers and arms are cut off, pitchers are kicked over, masters appear in and interpret each other's dreams, and seemingly absurd statements are shown to reveal the deepest insights. Heine restores these koans to their original traditions, allowing readers to see both the complex elements of Chinese culture and religion that they reflect and the role they played in Zen's transformation of local superstitions into its own teachings. Offering a fresh approach to one of the most crucial elements of Zen Buddhism, Opening a Mountain is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the full story behind koans and the mysterious worlds they come from.

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