When the Spanish arrived in Peru in 1532, men of the Inca Empire worshipped the Sun as Father and their dead kings as ancestor heroes, while women venerated the Moon and her daughters, the Inca queens, as founders of female dynasties.
A Child-Centred New World Order: People Power for Justice, Inclusion, and Equity presents a compelling vision for a more just and peaceful world—one built around the rights, dignity, and well-being of children.
A debut contemporary memoir about a young woman struggling to understand her identity as the daughter of a Jewish mother and Christian Palestinian father, coming of age in Colombia as increasing violence and the instability of the 1980s engulf her country.
The is the tale of a cheeky little sod from Salford called Jason growing up surrounded by his properly funny and most definitely shameless family and his discovery that being funny might actually get him somewhere.
A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in PragueIn the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a professor of theoretical physics.
Fresh out of college, hating her job, and searching for meaning, Meghan Tschanz left everything to join a mission trip around the globe, and quickly witnessed oppression experienced by women that she never thought possible.
Before he was President, before the atomic bomb, before the Berlin Airlift and the Truman Doctrine, and before the defining crises of the American century, Harry S.
A fascinating journey through the Lone Star States unruly pastwith maps, photos, and moreTexas rightfully claims a celebrated place in the wildest West of both myth and realitywhich makes it truly stranger than fiction that The Crime Buffs Guide to Outlaw Texas is the first-ever travel guide to the many sites related to the Lone Star States renowned rambunctious past, complete with GPS coordinates that put you at the scene of the action.
Abenteurer, Aktivist und Vater – Ein neuer Blick auf Bestseller-Autor und Survival-Legende Rüdiger Nehberg, alias »Sir Vival«»Vermutlich kennen Sie meinen Vater Rüdiger Nehberg: den Bäcker, Survival-Experten und Aktivisten für Menschenrechte.
A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in PragueIn the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a professor of theoretical physics.
'A brave, beautiful book that could double as a handbook to accompany anyone on their journey through cancer' Jackie Kay, New StatesmanThe Cancer Journals is an intimate, poetic and invigorating account of the experience of breast cancer, from biopsy to mastectomy, told by the great feminist and activist Audre Lorde.
A seagoing scientist explores how life thrives in one of the most mysterious environments on EarthThe open ocean, far from the shore and miles above the seafloor, is a vast and formidable habitat that is home to the most abundant life on our planet, from giant squid and jellyfish to anglerfish with bioluminescent lures that draw prey into their toothy mouths.
Ein libertines Buch sei eines, »in dem Unzucht und Ungläubigkeit auf gefällige Weise verquickt« seien, schrieb der Marquis de Sade über den Roman Thérèse philosophe des Marquis d'Argens, eines Höflings Friedrichs II.
Ich gehe dann mal los, weiß nur noch nicht wohin"Ich laufe durch die Räume und fühle mich wie ein Vogel, dem zum erstem Mal die Käfigtür aufgemacht wird: "Flieg, wohin du willst.
A Waterstones Best Book of 2024'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey: it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to interest everybody' TelegraphThe first memoir from the national treasure, critically acclaimed actress and much-loved Gavin and Stacey star.
The electrifying memoir of acclaimed photographer Sally Mann An instant classic (New York Times)In this extraordinary memoir, the acclaimed American photographer Sally Mann blends narrative and image to explore the forces that shaped her work.
IF YOU HAVE EVER…Loved and lost, and loved again;coped with an impossible family member;juggled marriage, children, career and a mortgage, while somehow trying to find time for yourself;been embroiled in a lawsuit in which only the lawyers won;battled the bulge and/or struggled with body image;suffered the tragic loss of a loved one; orbecome one of the sandwich generation, raising kids while caring for older parents;THIS IS A BOOK YOU WILL WANT TO READ We Are Becoming: Souls Evolving is the story of an ordinary woman who finds she possesses extraordinary abilities.
Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi (17031762) was a highly renowned and influential scholar of Islam who produced foundational works on the Quran, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Sufism, philosophy, and politics.
Ging es in den 1960er, 1970er und 1980er Jahren in Magazinen und Zeitungen um das Thema Sexualität, wurde sehr häufig der Diplom-Psychologe Helmut Kentler (1928–2008) zitiert; sein 1976 erschienenes Buch »Eltern lernen Sexualerziehung« avancierte zum Bestseller.
