Love in the Western World

Reducere. In Art Work, Katja Praznik counters the Western understanding of art - as a passion for self-expression and an activity done out of love, without a...

A fascinating survey of the enduring human love affair with the exotic and the strange, and its impact on Western cultureExotic explores our obsess...

Reducere. From Socrates and the Sophists to Kant, from Augustine to Aquinas and the Reformers, Colin Brown traces the turbulent, often tension-filled, always...

Reducere. In a consumer-driven and technologized world, can we still experience the mystery of God? This book answers yes by exploring the rich resources of ...

Reducere. Explores the psychology of love from the legend of Tristan and Isolde to Hollywood. Bringing together historical, religious, philosophical, and cul...

Reducere. Metaphysical study of God, love, technology, and culture in modern society Reality most basically and properly considered, says David L. Schindler,...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this astonishing new history of wartime Britain, historian Stephen Bourne unearths the fascinating stories of the gay men who served ...

Reducere. While Eminescu is often described as the essence of the Romanian soul, modern literary language in Romania is also much indebted to him. His work e...

Vladimir Solovyov (1853-1900) was one of the most remarkable figures of the 19th century. He was the most important Russian speculative thinker of ...

An intimate portrait of the life of a black man who lived from just after emancipation to the boycotts and sit-ins of the 1950s and 1960s -- this b...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Way of Love asks the question: How can we love each other? Here Luce Irigaray, one of the world's foremost philosophers, presents an...

Reducere. Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytell...

Reducere. Larry McMurtry burst onto the American literary scene with a force that would forever redefine how we perceive the American West. His first three n...

Goku goes west! His grand adventure begins anew as his martial arts master tells him to travel the world to increase his power. But what will happe...

Reducere. An intimate portrait of the life of a black man who lived from just after emancipation to the boycotts and sit-ins of the 1950s and 1960s -- this b...

DescriptionFollow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures We can se...

A major new collection of stories by one of the most exciting and creative voices in contemporary Chinese literature In Can Xue's world the superfi...

In 2013, Bob J. Satawake accompanied his husband, Ambassador James "Wally" Brewster, to the Dominican Republic for a historic and unnecessarily con...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Great American Century begins, the modern world roars to life, Capitalists flaunt greed and seize power, Socialists and labor unions...

Reducere. God brought passion into Jon's life at an early age when he saw his very first golf club. This passion turned to love and gave birth to a dream. Fu...

Reducere. Sri Swami Vishwananda, an enlightened spiritual master from the island of Mauritius, provides a commentary on the Sri Guru Gita, which is a discuss...

Reducere. A stunning 3-in-1 deluxe edition of one of the great works of Western literature An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, ...

Reducere. Do you want to read something funny? Let's say, a novel set at a divorce ranch in Reno in the 1930s? A book with memorably eccentric characters, sp...

Imagine a man fascinated with the history and cultures of the world, who spoke multiple languages, and who could express his passion in virtually a...

DescriptionAfter the heavily cartoon- and slapstick cinema-inspired first adventures, Morris turned towards the tradition of Westerns to flesh out ...

Reducere. One of the finest achievements of Western culture is its brilliant heritage of classical music. A Gift of Music looks at the lives of the greatest ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe last 50 years have seen the popularity of Chinese medicine grow exponentially. In China, Korea, Japan and Singapore, Chinese medicin...

Reducere. The first in a series of six, this Rusty the Ranch Horse Tale shares a true life, whimsical, rhyming story of a real horse in bold watercolor. . Ho...

Reducere. Beloved for novels that "deliver laughter, tears, and so much joy" "(Romantic Times), " JoAnn Ross brings another of Coldwater Cove's citizens to l...

Reducere. This epic novel by master writer James Clavell, loosely based on the Namamugi Incident and Anglo-Satsuma War that took place in the late 1800s, is ...

In Love, Sex & Tragedy Simon Goldhill lifts the veil on our inheritance of classical traditions and offers a witty, engrossing survey of the Greek ...

Reducere. The underground world of con men, winos, prostitutes, laborers, and artists has been an abundant source of material for great writers from Dickens ...

I was born and spent my early years in the West River country of South Dakota. This story is built from the many hours I spent talking with my Moth...

Reducere. When These Thousand Hills was published in 1956, The Saturday Review proclaimed it to be so compelling that it is hard indeed to set aside until it...

This book explores the status of religion in the Post-Prophetic Age, especially as seen through the eyes of the French Islamic scholar Henry Corbin...

Do you want to read something funny? Let's say, a novel set at a divorce ranch in Reno in the 1930s? A book with memorably eccentric characters, sp...

The Western world was in the throes of peace, love and flower power as Nigeria descended into Civil War in 1967. The rock scene that developed duri...

Reducere. Agatha Christie, an English author of the 20th century, delights readers with her exciting mystery novels that are acclaimed for her skillful writi...

Reducere. Reclaim the Magic of Old World Astrology!Astrology has impacted civilizations worldwide and throughout history. It has greatly influenced the philo...

Reducere. "Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them. There is no third." - T. S. Eliot"Dante's poem is, for many, the greatest single work ...

Reducere. Located by a computer in the bowels of a major university where it had collected dust for over half a century, this missing manuscript by the biogr...

Reducere. Descriptionlslam is currently the most spoken about religion in the Western world, and yet it is also the most misunderstood and misinterpreted. De...

A fresh and faithful translation of Vergil's Aeneid restores the epic's spare language and fast pace and sheds new light on one of the cornerstone ...

Reducere. The spiritual influence of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) is increasing among people of diverse beliefs throughout the western world. Rumi is now reco...

Reducere. When you eat soup every night, thoughts of bread get you through. "Ghostbread" makes real for us the shifting homes and unending hunger that shape ...

"Quincy Harker - demon killer, monster hunter, & kin to Dracula, yeah, THIS is who i want protecting the world I love these books." - Academy Award...

Reducere. The inspiration that guided monks and nuns in ancient times is our own deepest incentive as we establish our practice in a world that desperately n...

Reducere. While Eminescu is often described as the essence of the Romanian soul, modern literary language in Romania is also much indebted to him. His work e...

Reducere. Soul Mind Body Medicine is a revolutionary new book that puts breakthrough healing science at your fingertips. It moves beyond the familiar concept...

Hilaire Belloc was a poet, polemicist, and prose stylist without peer, but above all, an entire generation's mighty champion for the Catholic faith...

Reducere. Caught between a loving husband and a man from her past, one woman chooses an unconventional way to explore her personal "road not taken."Love is N...

Reducere. The Everlasting Spring: Beyond Olympus is an epic trilogy in three heroic sagas spanning two thousand years in the tumultuous advance of Western Ci...

Reducere. Complete with recipes, a mouthwatering look at the complicated origins and rise of the world's favorite garbanzo bean spread and dip. This is a glo...

Reducere. God brought passion into Jon's life at an early age when he saw his very first golf club. This passion turned to love and gave birth to a dream. Fu...

Reducere. Dragons were fire and terror to the Western world, but in the East they brought life-giving rain...Now, no longer hailed as gods and struggling in ...

Reducere. 392When railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah, in 1869, the world changed. For the first time, trains spanned the continent from the Atlantic to ...

Reducere. Timeless and contemplative sayings from the earliest Christian sages of desert spirituality can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.The de...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the tradition of Wendell Berry and John McPhee, Donald McCaig wites with a powerful sense of place, and of history of Virginia's High...

The book that launched Di Morrissey as Australia's most popular female novelist. At twenty-one, Queenie Hanlon has the world at her feet and the lo...

DescriptionFrom the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of Wo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jai Ram RansomRam Dass introduced Maharajji Neem Karoli Baba to Western spiritual seekers of the 60s and 70s. "It All Abide...

Reducere. In the future, the world is at war.For the last decade, King Lazuli of the Eastern Empire has systematically taken over the world. No one knows muc...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Philip Carr-GommIntroduction by: Vivianne CrowleyDruidry and Wicca are the two great streams of Western Pagan tradition. Bo...

Reducere. Trouble doubles down on wildlife ranger Nick Drake.In the latest novel in the highly acclaimed contemporary western thriller series, a mysterious N...

Reducere. Axel feels he owes the fact that he has transformed into a fulfilled, thoughtful and contemplative man to his 'loving, fantastic relationships with...

Reducere. Butterflies have always served as a metaphor for resurrection and transformation, but as Sharman Apt Russell points out in this lyrical meditation,...

"This involving novel puts you inside the mind of Molly Allgood, an elderly actress wandering around the brilliantly evoked 1950s London of crumbli...

Contributor(s): Author: Loretta NapoleoniIn her characteristically direct approach, political analyst Loretta Napoleoni takes on the vexing story a...

Reducere. Amid the turmoil of modern Damascus, one teenage boy finds his political voice in a message of rebellion that echoes throughout Syria and as far aw...

At a language school on the Pacific Ocean, 18-year-old Sylvia falls in love with a devastating young Saudi man named Malik. After obtaining two col...