Confronting Silence

In these writings, available here in English for the first time, the distinguished Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu reflects on his contemporaries,...

Reducere. "Don't be surprised if this book sparks conversation and action.... Rise Up won't let you down." --Washington Informer Rise Up offers timeless less...

Reducere. Many white Americans do not understand or accept the reality of systemic racism. They do not want to admit that their community, their schools, the...

Reducere. In RISE UP: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads, Rev. Al Sharpton revisits the highlights of the Obama administration, the 2016 election, and T...

Reducere. The poems of Robert Bly are rooted deep in the earth. Snow and sunshine, barns and cornfields and cars on the empty nighttime roads, abandoned Minn...

Reducere. DescriptionTwo legal scholars explore the security and political implications of revolutionary new technologies from drones to 3-D printers, and ex...

Hidden Truths, Broken Silence is a self-help book that many have compared to award winning author Sistah Souljah, The Coldest Winter Ever. Christen...

A broad view of the opportunities afforded to those in the library profession and of an activist whose influence resonated at a critical time.

Reducere. Selected readings in the philosophy of technology, with a focus on historical-critical analysis. Readings include such authors as Plato, Thoreau, B...

This collection of essays, poems and simple yet powerful exercises is designed to help you address the excess baggage in your home, head, heart and...

The author of Beyond the Notes demonstrates how a working musician draws energy from the events of daily life, and sometimes seeks a refuge from th...

A book of memoirs and stimulating reflections on music by the legendary classical pianist, Sir Andras Schiff.

Reducere. USA Today bestselling author Ward Larsen's celebrated protagonist, assassin David Slaton, returns for another breathless adventure in Assassin's Si...

Reducere. Set in futuristic Washington State, two brothers-separated by grief at the loss of their father but thrown together by similar personal experiences...

Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd LtdAuthor(s): Maggie RossNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 156 x 229 x 18Cover type: Paperbac...

Reducere. "The heart-stopping thriller that "has everything--murder, intrigue, betrayal scandal, friendship, and a tough-as-nails heroine. Prepare yourself f...

Reducere. Filthy. Disgusting. Unworthy trash. The same thoughts keep swirling in Sally's mind. She's broken and no one can fix her--not her friends, try as t...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 6 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 3 Tables, black and white; 7 Illust...

Reducere. Dale Horth climbed to the top of the logging industry-and just as fast, it was all taken away. In his silent battle against depression, he drank, d...

Can 1920's script girl Jessie do Mary Pickford's bidding and uncover a real killer? When Jessie is asked by her idol, the famous actress Mary Pickf...

Reducere. DescriptionTo learn to read a text for the portals of silence that are implicit in it is to gain a powerful tool for supporting and expanding one's...

This is the seventh novel in the Nathan Peake series of nautical historical fiction set during the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. T...

DescriptionIntroducing Irish-born cop turned private investigator Tom Collins in the first of a brand-new historical mystery series. February, 1922...

DescriptionIntroducing Irish-born cop turned private investigator Tom Collins in the first of a brand-new historical mystery series. February, 1922...

Publisher: BookBabyAuthor(s): Derek McCannNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 224 x 32Cover type: HardbackIllustrator: Simo...

Reducere. Early in the 1980s AIDS epidemic, six gay activists created one of the most iconic and lasting images that would come to symbolize a movement: a pr...

This book, the second of a major two-volume work, exposes the processes by which silence can transfigure our lives-what Maggie Ross calls `the work...

Reducere. DescriptionSilence is essential for the health and well-being of humans and the environment in which they live. Yet silence has almost vanished fro...

Publisher: Girl Friday ProductionsAuthor(s): Karena DawnNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 235 x 164 x 27Cover type: HardbackRed...

Reducere. Follow the adventure of our hero, The Boy, as he runs from the noises of life, hoping to find Golden, Peaceful, Blissful Silence. Join in his amaze...

Reducere. Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas Ever since Eva Sauliti...

Reducere. A gripping novel of men training to become Navy SEALs who are pushed to their physical and mental limits---and what happens when those thresholds a...

Reducere. When the Old Testament refers to silence, either the silence of persons or of God, that silence conveys a diversity of meanings. It may indicate a ...

Drawing on 30 years of writing about Greek and Roman history, the popular historian and TV presenter Mary Beard takes the reader on an exhilarating...

A testimony of how our government has undermined our democratic principles from a barrister who took the Prime Minister to courtPublisher: Oneworld...

Reducere. National Book Critics Circle AwardMary Beard, drawing on thirty years of teaching and writing about Greek and Roman history, provides a panoramic p...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A compelling examination of French sculptor Auguste Rodin from the perspective of his enthusiastic American audiencePublisher: Yale University Pres...

Reducere. George Matheson discusses a range of topics pertinent to the human spirit, from the pursuit of truth to the emotions, wants and virtues of a good C...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Lee MarksIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 178Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 127 x 202 x 21Cove...

Reducere. In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take for granted and sounds an ...

DescriptionA thrilling World War One spy story from the author of the acclaimed Jack Haldean series. Working for the British Government as a secret...

Publisher: AvailAuthor(s): Joe ChampionNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 136 x 187 x 24Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul...