World

Christopher McDougall’s journey begins with a story of remarkable athletic prowess: On the treacherous mountains of Crete, a motley band of World War II R...

This is the most comprehensive and authoritative introduction to Tibetan Buddhism available to date, covering a wide range of topics, including history, doc...

Looks At The Causes And Impact Of The Great Famines In Nineteenth Century IrelandCategories: Science & Math Nature & Ecology EnvironmentNatural Disa...

Beginning with the creation of the universe in the Jewish year (3760 B.C.E.) and ending with the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 5745 (1985). This volu...

Born In A Surreal Moscow Communal Apartment Where Eighteen Families Shared One Kitchen, The Author Grew Up Singing Odes To Lenin, Black-marketeering Juicy F...

Contains new facts concerning Nixon, Watergate, and the death of Dorothy Hunt, wife of E. Howard HuntDorothy Hunt, “An Amoral and Dangerous Woman” tell...

A textbook for GCSE modern world history students. The core content of the major GCSE specifications in this subject is covered through explanation and care...

Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano RooseveltCategories: History WorldWomen in History

Introduction / James K. A. Smith -- In His Steps--a Postmodern Edition -- Spiritual Journeys, Postmodern Paths -- A Prayer For The Impossible : A Catechumen...

Looking at the historical evolution of the central political institutions, and the social milieu surrounding them, this book helps to explain Britain's pree...

Called “everything a war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this all-time classic of the military memoir genre now includes a new forward ...

Revises and expands the collection of basic sources on political, social, economic, and cultural life in medieval Russia, designed for the student, the gene...

Discusses the abdication crisis, his relationship with Churchill, his role in World War II, and the women in his lifeCategories: History Europe Great Britai...

A surprising and lively history of an overlooked era that brought the modern world of art, culture, and science decisively into view. The Victorians are of...

The Retractations -- The City Of God, Books I-xxii -- The Compatibility Of Christianity And Politics -- Law And Self-defense -- War -- The Use Of Persecutio...

This Text Focuses On A Selection Of Case-studies Drawn From Events In The Habsburg, Romanov And Ottoman Empires, As Well As The Nation-states That Arose Fro...

Do you ever feel your prayers are anemic? Hollow? Then this six-session video Bible study (DVD sold separately) is for you! Bestselling author Anne Graham ...

At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers Walking the Bible...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’STEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE“Inspiring . . . extraordinary ....

The Most Profound Characteristic Of Western Europe In The Middle Ages Was Its Cultural And Religious Unity, A Unity Secured By A Common Alignment With The P...

When was the last time someone around you brought up World War Two?It’s a pretty popular war. Maybe you heard about it yesterday. Maybe last month. But it...

The De Doctrina Christiana ("On Christian Teaching") is one of Augustine's most important works on the classical tradition. Undertaken at the same time as...

this Is The Story Of The Greatest Con In Financial History-it Has Commanded The Attention Of The Entire World From The Day The News Broke On December 11, ...

One of America's most respected Buddhist teachers distills a lifetime of practice and teaching in this groundbreaking exploration of the new Buddhist tradit...

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States stood at a precipice. The forces of modernity unleashed by the war had led to astonishing advances in da...

An American Journalist Living In Beijing Offers An Odyssey Through Twenty-first-century China As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Handful Of Ordinary People. I: A...

A Cbs Reporter Reveals How She Has Been Electronically Surveilled While Digging Deep Into The Obama Administration And Its Scandals, And Offers An Incisive ...

A Painstakingly Researched, Revelatory Portrait Of The Soviet Dictator's Daughter Traces Her Formative Years In The Kremlin, The Losses Of Numerous Loved On...

A tour through the centuries and through a bizarre Italian town in search of an unbelievable relic: the foreskin of Jesus Christ In December 1983, a pri...

A Memoir Of A City, An Industry, And A Dynasty In Decline, And The Story Of A Young Artist's Struggle To Find Her Way Out Of The Ruins. Frances Stroh's Earl...

An examination of problems and issues that affected the development of the Western world through the late 1940's. BibliogsCategories: History WorldCivilizat...

Levi wrote of the moral collapse that occurred in Auschwitz and the fallibility of human memory that allows such atrocities to recur. Levi's last book pub...

Life and health are in the words and sayings of God. Derek Prince shows that the Great Physician has provided all believers with the ultimate prescription f...

...one Of The Most Compelling Accounts Of Slavery And One Of The Most Unique Of The One Hundred Or So Slave Narratives - Mostly Written By Men - Published B...

Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery a...

The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford) Away from the frontlines of World War II, in...

Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, delivers a brilliant and provocative reexamination of America’s thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the d...

Jon Krakauer’s literary reputation rests on insightful chronicles of lives conducted at the outer limits. He now shifts his focus from extremes of physic...

An examination of the nature of power that offers creative alternatives for positive change in our personal lives, our communities, and our world.Categories...

Jessica Warner. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 225-262) And Index.Categories: HistoryWorld

The legendary icon tells his story—a tale of art, passion, commitment, addiction, as intense and hypnotic as the man himself. In a career spanning five d...

Practising The True Spirit Of Zen. not Always So Is Based On Shunryu Suzuki's Lectures And Is Framed In His Own Inimitable, Allusive, Paradoxical Style, ...

the Book Of Acts Is There; Ancient History Is There; Men Secular And Sacred Come Alive! An Historical Cliff-hanger Written Like A Novel.Categories: History ...

After a short introduction, the authors work through each phrase of the Lord's Prayer, using it as a framework for the Christian life. Providing basic faith...

Iain R. Torrance. The Letters Between Severus Of Antioch And Sergius The Grammarian: P. 143-236. Translated Into English From A Syriac Version Of The Lost G...

Now In Paperback, The #1 New York Times Bestselling Chronicle Of The Rise And Fall Of A Legendary American Dynasty, From Cnn Anchor And Journalist Anderson ...

This world history text is organized into fewer, longer chapters that discuss all world civilizations in a specified time period. Chapters are broken into s...

The City: A World History tells the story of the rise and development of urban centers from ancient times to the twenty-first century. It begins with the es...