From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia.
Triage Before Church ServiceWhat the Body Carries Before Worship Beginsby Yram HossooSome believers arrive at church carrying invisible emergencies long before the first song starts.
The pioneering autobiographical story of a British Zionist in her fifties who moves to Israel and chooses to live among 25,000 Muslims in the all-Arab Israeli town of Tamra, a few miles from Nazareth.
A brilliant, glittering intelligence Sunday TimesOn Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deservesWritten during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag's essays remain strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations.
Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, Christopher Bland Prize and The People's Book PrizeA Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction BookThe captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement.
From 'one of the greatest writers of our time' (Toni Morrison) - the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God and Barracoon - a collection of remarkable short stories from the Harlem RenaissanceWith a foreword by Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage'Genius' Alice Walker'Rigorous, convincing, dazzling' Zadie Smith on Their Eyes Were Watching GodIn 1925, college student Zora Neale Hurston - the sole black student at Barnard College, New York - was living in the city, 'desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world.
'Powerful, intelligent and vital - one of the year's must-reads' Hannah Nathanson, Features Director, ELLEFeaturing contributions from Candice Carty-Williams, Jessica Horn, Ebele Okobi, Funmi Fetto and Freddie Harrel.
In An Appeal to the World, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet illuminates the way to peace in our time, arguing for a form of universal ethics that goes beyond religion - values we all share as humans that can help us create unity and peace to heal our world.
Vicky Beeching, called "e;arguably the most influential Christian of her generation"e; in The Guardian, began writing songs for the church in her teens.
This ebook 'boxed set' combines all seven of Rob Bell's influential books in one edition - including his sensational new title: What We Talk About When We Talk About God.
A rich, thought-provoking collection of essays, critiques and interviews from the influential author of Ain't I a Woman and All About Love There must be a revolution in the way we see, the way we look'In a collection of essays, critiques and interviews, bell hooks responds to the ongoing dialogues about producing, exhibiting and criticising art and aesthetics in a world increasingly concerned with identity politics.
For anyone who wants to delve deeper into Rob Bell's bestselling Love Wins, the expansive and accessible Love Wins Companion offers scholarly support and critiques, resources for individuals, groups, and classes, and brand new material by Rob Bell himself.
In this remarkable and candid memoir the former Archbishop of Canterbury recalls his life and his spiritual quest; this is the first time in history that an Archbishop of Canterbury has written his autobiography.
Rob Bell's bestselling book Love Wins struck a powerful chord with a new generation of Christians who are asking the questions church leaders have been afraid to touch.
The bestselling author of 'Maharanis' recreates the lives of six remarkable women who, in a time of violent revolution, leapt at the chance to exercise their considerable charm, intelligence and acumen, and make their mark on history.
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time-war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, race, and tribalism-in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.
From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers.
"e;Si quieres construir un barco -escribia Saint-Exupery-, no reunas a los hombres para cortar lena, dividir las tareas y dar ordenes, sino ensenales el anhelo del mar vasto e infinito"e;.
La obra aborda de manera multidisciplinar las transformaciones de las creencias religiosas en el contexto de procesos acelerados de desinstitucionalización en la era digital, que involucran a la teología, la pastoral y la espiritualidad.
Historia del hecho religioso, historia de la prensa evangelica, historia intelectual del presbiterianismo, historia de la sociabilidad religiosa, este libro da cuenta de las tacticas y estrategias evangelicas para hacerse un lugar en un pais y un periodo caracterizado por la hegemonia del poder letrado.
