Biography: general

Building Beloved Communities traces the life of Rev.

This book is part biographical account, part novel, and part popular science.

Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick 2018 An Amazon Best Memoir of the Month One of Elle Magazine's Best Books of 2017 Goodreads Best of the Month Daily Beast, ';Books I Can't Live Without' Good Housekeeping, Best New Books for Summer Book Riot, 100 Must Read Books about Happiness A page-turning, shirt-grabbing true story that follows a one-of-a-kind family required to make nearly unimaginable choices Happiness starts out as a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites: Heather, an out-going, theatre-performing California girl, and Brian, an intellectual New Yorker with an unwavering writing routine.

Unless you know the history, you cannot see the future.

From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 21 Women They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians.

The first eye-witness account ever published of life in the Warsaw GhettoMary Berg was fifteen when the German army poured into Poland in 1939.

In this pioneering biography, Christopher Melchert examines the forefather of the fourth of the four principal Sunni schools of jurisprudence, the Hanbali.

Explores the Romantic conviction that there were ''too many'' novels and shows how this belief transformed the publication of fiction.

In Thomas Drew and the Making of Victorian Belfast, Farrell analyzes the career of "e;political parson"e; Thomas Drew (1800-70), creator of one of the largest Church of Ireland congregations on the island and leading figure in the Loyal Orange Order.

This book approaches Hobbes's philosophy from a completely new perspective: his creativity.

This book approaches Hobbes's philosophy from a completely new perspective: his creativity.

Over time, philosophers and historians of science have introduced different notions of 'ways of thinking'.

With a new introduction by the authorPeter Jackson's film version of J.

This book is a comprehensive study of the history of pew-renting in the church of England, from the first known rented sittings in the fifteenth century to the system's collapse in the twentieth.

New York Times Notable Books of 2018 Financial Times Book of the Year Award-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid presents reportage of unprecedented scope in this engaging, character-driven investigation that exposes the secret dealings that armed and betrayed an uprising.

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'This rallying cry will persuade you to battle for true equality' Stylist An incendiary debut taking the world by storm, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be.

A classic introduction to this ancient faith from one of recent history's greatest scholars of Buddhism.

This stimulating book covers all area of the twelfth century Muslim philosopher's life from his transmission of Aristotelian thought to the Western world, to his conflict with the Ash'arite theologians.

The only comprehensive introduction to al-Farabi - the first Islamic philosopher to translate the works of Plato and Aristotle.

The biographical essays in this volume provide new insights into the various ways that South Carolina women asserted themselves in their state and illuminate the tension between tradition and change that defined the South from the Civil War through the Progressive Era.

Monty was just like any other dog.

The story of Islam as never presented beforeKhadija was the first believer, to whom the Prophet Muhammad often turned for advice.

Following the 1953 coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Mossadeq and restored the rule of the Shah in Iran, Mostafa Sho';aiyan became a key figure on the country's militant left.

Aisha al-Ba';uniyya (c.

A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year A writer, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer, Sir Walter Ralegh lived more lives than most in his own time, in any time.

From the bestselling author of A History of Britain in 21 Women The history of the world is the history of great women.

A Book of the Year for The Times and the Sunday Times ';The writer is the engineer of the human soul,' claimed Stalin.

Worldwide in its membership and increasingly being recognized as the youngest of the world religions, the Baha'i Faith is enjoying rapid expansion.

"e;A trip back through time to Cardiff at a pivotal moment in pop culture history, and forward to that historical moment's afterlife: this is a vivid and engaging read that breathes new life into some great old music.

In the South, one can find any number of bronze monuments to the Confederacy featuring heroic images of Robert E.

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This book considers how art actually works, how the various art forms connect with the world of ordinary human experience.

This book explores G.

Holistic models of cancer and palliative care frequently refer to spirituality as an important element.

dass Modernität sich zunächst im Bereich des Verborgenen, Verbotenen, Untergründigen äußert, ist an sich nicht so sehr überraschend.

Über Pionierinnen, Grenzgängerinnen, WegbereiterinnenAlle Lebensgeschichten in diesem Band erzählen von inspirierenden Frauen, die mit unbändiger Energie den schmalen Grat zwischen gesellschaftlicher Akzeptanz und Ablehnung ausgelotet haben.

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A ';memorable series of portraits of the working class people who defended Tiananmen Square' (The New York Review of Books) during the protests from the award-winning poet, dissident, and ';one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time' (Philip Gourevitch).

With the warmth and humor weve come to know, the creator and host of A Prairie Home Companion shares his own remarkable story.

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The moving story of an Irish immigrants life, from a poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland to becoming a captain of industry,After the Roof Caved Inis a powerful, poignant look at how hard work and education enabled one young man to change his life and circumstances completely.

';We were invisible.