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Stupid is the new smartbut it wasn't always soPopular culture has divorced itself from the life of the mind.

Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldnt exist.

Ellen Davis was born in 1929 in the small German village of Hoof.

Khalil Maleki (19011969) was a selfless campaigner for democracy and social welfare in twentieth-century Iran.

Beyond Washington and Jefferson: Ranking the Founders.

Authored by two eminent Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn scholars, The Soul and Barbed Wire is the first and only book to offer both a detailed biography and a comprehensive appraisal of the literary achievement of the Nobel prizewinning author who became one of the Soviet regime's most formidable foes.

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Jim Neat is an unusual and striking memoir, a coalescing of prose, poetry, found documents and photographs.

"e;The story that the public were never supposed to read.

'A rare duet, in which father and son rediscover a whole world through the redeeming power of art.

Shortlisted for the 2013 Ondaatje Prize, Call Mother a Lonely Field mines the emotional archaeology of family, home and language, the author's attempts to break their tethers, and the refuge he finds within them.

Most things you ';know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last years of the nineteenth century and remain widespread today.

This work is a highly readable introduction to Shaykh Mufid, the leading Shi'i scholar of his time, and it examines his contributions in the fields of jurisprudence, theology, and sacred history in clear and straightforward language.

One of greatest Persian writers of both classical prose and poetry, Sa'di was revered in his time as a man of great wisdom and passion.

Ashraf `Ali Thanawi (1863-1943) was one of the most prominent religious scholars in Islamic history.

Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Constance Markievicz, Nancy Astor They terrorised the establishment.

For readers of Damaged and Running with Scissors, a chilling exploration of psychological control that ends with a glorious escape.

In 1841, Nigel Halleck left Britain as a clerk in the East India Company.

Martin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a journalist.

In this startling, intensively researched book, bestselling historian Paul Kengor shines light on a deeply troubling aspect of American history: the prominent role of the dupe.

The Cost of Liberty offers a sorely needed reassessment of a great patriot and misunderstood Founder.

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.

The bestselling history of Britain, told through twenty-one women whose lives enthral and beguile, intrigue and inspire ';Celebrates the defiant spirit of Britain's groundbreaking heroines Entertaining.

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.

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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.

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 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.

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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.

"Si las cosas salen mal y la guerra efectivamente estalla, compra un billete solo de ida a Argentina.

AI is changing the world at frightening speed.

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.

For readers of The Faith Club, Sons of Abraham, and The Anatomy of Peace, a call for mutual understanding and lessons for getting thereWe Refuse to Be Enemies is a manifesto by two American citizens, a Muslim woman and Jewish man, concerned with the rise of intolerance and bigotry in our country along with resurgent white nationalism.

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.

James VII and II is one of the least studied monarchs of Scotland, and has previously mostly been studied from an English perspective or as the muddled victim of the revolution of 1688/9 which delivered for Britain much-vaunted political emancipation.

A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year ';One of the most important books to be written about the Tudors in a generation.

';One of our very best writers on France.