Biography: general

No one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the country's most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland.

On Valentine's Day 2008, Steve Kazmierczak killed five and wounded eighteen at Northern Illinois University, then killed himself.

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.

This book examines service-learning - a valuable means of promoting civic engagement and youth leadership in students by enabling them to apply their knowledge to needy people in the community.

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

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

- Discover good news for the Christian life- Understand how Christ has defeated sin's power- Identify the "e;wretch"e; in Romans 7Is the Christian battle against sin a long defeat?

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

Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism have a profoundly philosophical dimension.

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.

Invaluable for anyone seeking a deeper insight into Christianity and its most controversial figure.

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 most important thing you'll read this year' Elle The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, author of the bestselling feminist manifesto, Fight Like A Girl.

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.

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 edited volume explores a range of causes for separation of children and young people from family, the impact of these causes, and methods that both professionals and families may employ to build or rebuild these relations.

This book examines service-learning - a valuable means of promoting civic engagement and youth leadership in students by enabling them to apply their knowledge to needy people in the community.

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By exploring the trajectories of Islamist parties in six diverse countries (Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Malaysia), this book provides a comparative analysis of the strategies employed by Islamist groups to confront established political structures through electoral processes and their subsequent governance practices if and when they assume power.

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).