Author: Mike Simmons Highlighting the distinction between 'making,' rather than 'taking' photographs, Making Photographs introduces a structured way of developing creative solutions to the work you want to make, fusing...
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Author: Geoffrey Regan Synopsis: The other side of the coin from military genius and bravery is military incompetence - a largely preventable, tragically expensive aspect of human behaviour. This collection...
Author: Patricia Pui Huen Lim This book takes the reader to old Malaya as seen through the eyes of King Chulalongkorn of Siam. The King was probably the most travelled...
Author: Elizabeth Gray Vining Synopsis: A fascinating inside account of the formative years of Akihito, the reigning Emperor of Japan, written by his trusted Amer. tutor, the late Elizabeth Gray...
Author: Sven Birkerts
A critically acclaimed lament for the fate of reading in the electronic age shows how information technology is harming the inner lives of humans. Reprint. SLJ.
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Author: John Roosa In the early morning hours of October 1, 1965, a group calling itself the September 30th Movement kidnapped and executed six generals of the Indonesian army, including...
Author: David Cannadine This study is a history of the British aristocracy as it unfolded during the last century. The author recounts the process by which the notable and nobles...
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Author: David Cannadine David Cannadine's unique history examines the British preoccupation with class and the different ways the British have thought about their own society. From the eighteenth through the...
Author: Marilyn Yalom Synopsis: How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love,...
Author: Georges Duby The second volume of A History of Private Life is a treasure-trove of rich and colorful detail culled from an astounding variety of sources. This absorbing "secret...
Author: Michael Stürmer The period of almost half a century from 1871 to 1919 was one of huge upheaval, restlessness and change in Germany. Situated at the crossroads of history...
Author: Peter Ackroyd Describes London from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs. This title includes chapters on the history...
Author: Correlli Barnett With The Verdict of Peace Correlli Barnett brings to a majestic finale his acclaimed Pride and Fall quartet, tracing Britain's decline from world power to victim of...
Author: Benson Bobrick Synopsis: The King James Bible, the most famous English-language Bible, was the culmination of centuries of work by various translators, most notably John Wycliffe in the fifteenth...
Authors: Shing Huei Peh, Fook Kwang Han Synopsis: "Don't call me a civil servant. I consider that an insult." - Philip Yeo Philip Yeo is unlike any civil servant. He...
Authors: William Hone, Jeremiah Jones, William Wake "Rediscovered in modern times, these are the "non-canonical" gospels, epistles, and other pieces excised from the standard Bible by various church councils in...
Authors: Hannah Ward, Jennifer Wild Synopsis: Bringing together over 5,000 sayings, The Lion Quotation Collection is an absorbing anthology of wit and wisdom which draws on some of the most...
Author: W. R. F. Browning This is the most authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date dictionary of the Bible available in paperback. As well as providing helpful information about important places and...
Author: Gordon Giles Bible readings and reflections for every day from December 1 to January 6, with each day's readings also focusing on a relevant piece of seasonal music. The...
Author: Frank Morison "I owe Morison a great debt of gratitude. Who Moved the Stone? was an important early link in a long chain of evidence that God used to...
Author: William J. O'Malley This is a book for Catholic adults who wonder if their faith still has anything dynamic to say. It brings them up to date on new...
Author: Anthony Howard Following Cardinal Basil Hume's death on 17 June 1999, The Times concluded his obituary with a remarkable accolade: 'Few churchman in this century, inside or outside the...
Author: Daniel O'Leary
This book reaffirms the divine presence within all of us, and helps us to find the holiness of our hearts and the wonder of our bodies.
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Author: Rachel Boulding A book of devotional readings using the KJVIncorporates essay highlight the translation's cultural significancePublished for the 400th anniversary of the translationA tie-in with 2011 Trust, set up...
Author: Paul C. Gutjahr Late one night in 1823 Joseph Smith, Jr., was reportedly visited in his family's farmhouse in upstate New York by an angel named Moroni. According to...
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Author: Denis Alexander Dr Denis Alexander is a neuroscientist who believes passionately in both the biblical doctrine of creation and the coherence of evolutionary theory. His book draws on the...
Synopsis: 'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. 'The East will help us conquer the West.' Peter Hopkirk's book...
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Author: David Gilmour A history of the British administration in South Asia during the reign of Queen Victoria profiles the India Civil Service and the society they attempted to build...
Author: Richard Ingrams Synopsis: Collection of more than 250 of the very best cartoons originally published in The Oldie, the great British humour magazine. 112 pages. "About this title" may...
Author: Ketaki Kushari Dyson This pioneering study of the journals and memoirs written by Britishers about their experiences in the Indian subcontinent in the late eighteenth and early nienteenth centuries,...
Author: Richard Dawkins The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either...
Authors: Niccolò Machiavelli, Harvey Claflin Mansfield 'The Prince' is a work on what it takes to be a prince, a king, a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from...
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