Revolution of the Ordinary

William Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influenced by the events of the French Revolution in his ...

Reducere. Launched in New York City, in 1992, the Lesbian Avengers rejected the picket line and ordinary demo for media-savvy, nonviolent direct action. They...

The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Sepah-e Pasdaran-e Enqelab-e Eslami) is more commonly known as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Gu...

Reducere. On 10th August 1901, two English women walked into the past. During a visit to the Palace of Versailles, on the anniversary of the French Revolutio...

``One of the most imaginative minds at work in South African literature today.``--Andre BrinkOriginally part of a collaborative project with photog...

DescriptionGraham Greene saw the Castros rise; Sarah Rainsford watched them leave. From the street where Wormold, the hapless hero of Greene's Our ...

DescriptionTHIS IS A SERIES OF TALES, MOSTLY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, ABOUT THE SHORT RHODESIAN COLONIAL PERIOD UP TO 1980, AFTER WHICH TIME THE COU...

Reducere. In 1936, the people of Spain rose up, overthrew their masters and took power into their own hands. In the villages and small towns of Aragon, they ...

A provocative and original book about the world today: the problems it faces, how it works and how ordinary citizens can retake control of its future

Through war and its aftermaths, a woman fights to keep her daughters safe. As a girl she sees her village sacked and her beloved father and brother...

With a new foreword After his wife dies in a car accident, bisexual writer and activist Steve Abbott moves with his two-year-old daughter to San Fr...

Description1917 saw one of the most dramatic revolutions in world history when the workers of Russia united to throw out their tsar and aristocracy...

DescriptionAimed at parents, teachers and anyone who cares for or works with children, this is a highly original, inspiring and above all fun guide...

"The most important ...] Russian novel of the 20th century."-The New York Times Book ReviewConsidered Andrei Bely's masterpiece, Petersburg, is a p...

DescriptionIn 2009, an anonymous programmer releases a new method of paying and being paid to the world. No one runs it; no one controls it; no aut...

Reducere. "J. Michael Zenn has written a wonderful book on health....We need to wholeheartedly embrace the principles of The Self-Health Revolution. I enthus...

Win or lose, Bernie has reshaped the landscape of American politics. Where does the political revolution go next? The political ambitions of the mo...

Warning: This book may not be for you This book is dangerous It is only for those who are ready to join an uprising?a revolution of the soul that w...

Reducere. An Empty Room is the first book by the celebrated Chinese writer Mu Xin to appear in English. A cycle of thirteen tenderly evocative stories writte...

A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm X The radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with...

DescriptionA panoramic view of gay rights, gay life, and the gay experience around the world.In Global Gay, Fr d ric Martel visits more than fifty ...

Reducere. Quick in the saddle and fast out of town. Watch one of America s most remarkable heroes come alive through fast-paced prose and gripping storytelli...

Men dominate history because they write it. This book offers a reappraisal which aims to re-establish women's importance at the centre of the world...

Reducere. In this final book of the 299 Days series, The 43 Colonels celebrates the many "ordinary" men and women who did extraordinary things during and aft...

Reducere. Why do some students fall apart after high school, while others go on to become great leaders? In Teen Leadership Revolution, youth speaker Tom The...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael KnightThis book is based on a December 8 2016 prophecy, and was published in September 2017 - a month before the Q ...

DescriptionWinner of a special Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the book that Evicted author Matthew Desmond calls "a powerful investigation into the ...

Reducere. Make small changes to your surroundings and create extraordinary happiness in your life with groundbreaking research from designer and TED star Ing...

Reducere. A new look at the American Revolution's first weeks, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals. When we look back on our nation's history, the...

Reducere. Risking all for freedom - and love The governor has disbanded the Colonial Assembly, removing the last shred of representative government from Amer...

Reducere. The year is 1976, and South Africa is gripped by a terrible lockdown - apartheid. Nelson Mandela is in prison on Robben Island; South Africa is iso...

Reducere. One of the twentieth century's most extraordinary Americans, Pearl Buck was the first person to make China accessible to the West. She recreated th...

Reducere. Revolution 1989 is the first in-depth, authoritative account of a few months that changed the world. At the start of 1989, six European nations wer...

Description"A vivid, unforgettable picture of the quality--or lack of it--of life in England among 'ordinary' people."--Peter Stansky.About the Aut...

"Important and lucidly written...The American Revolution involved not simply the wisdom of a few great men but the passions, fears, and religiosity...

Reducere. REVOLUTION is a thrilling novel of intrigue, deception, betrayal, courage and the remarkable resilience of the human spirit under unbelievable circ...

Reducere. A newly revised version of a classic in American historyWhen The American Revolution was first published in 1985, it was praised as the first synth...

Reducere. The Marketplace of Revolution offers a boldly innovative interpretation of the mobilization of ordinary Americans on the eve of independence. Breen...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rechel Hope ClevesCharity and Sylvia is the intimate history of two ordinary women who lived in an extraordinary same-sex m...

Win or lose, Bernie has reshaped the landscape of American politics. Where does the political revolution go next? The political ambitions of the mo...

Reducere. DescriptionLife Lessons is a dramatic and inspiring story of Captain Tony Tarracino's remarkable journey from the ghettos of Elizabeth, N.J. to bec...

DescriptionNever before published, an extraordinarily inspiring and radical conversation between Howard Zinn and PBS/NPR journalist Ray Suarez, whe...

A myth-busting popular history of the German Revolution focusing on the roles of women, workers and ordinary people

Ten Lessons in Modern Chinese History tells the story of modern China from the Opium Wars in the mid-nineteenth century to the Xi Jinping era. Usin...

As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant new novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the ...

Reducere. In a world of limitless media noise, how can businesses break through to customers? Context.We are in the midst of a massive media revolution. For ...

At a time when Americans are debating the future of public education, Johann N. Neem tells the inspiring story of how and why Americans built a rob...

Powerful real-life stories of 'patient leaders' - ordinary people affected by life-changing illnesses, disabilities, or conditions, who are revolut...

Reducere. An intimate history of an ordinary Parisian citizen and his neighbors that reflects on the origins and radicalization of the French Revolution. Wha...

DescriptionThis book focuses on a stream in New Hampshire and how it and other bodies of water have been affected by changes in technology, economi...

Reducere. Watching the revolution of January 2011, the world saw Egyptians, men and women, come together to fight for freedom and social justice. These event...

Reducere. Since the Bali bombings of 2002 and the rise of political Islam, Indonesia has frequently occupied media headlines. Nevertheless, the history of th...

DescriptionSince its first publication to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989, this Oxford History has established itself as the ...

Reducere. Espionage played a vital role during the American Revolution in Rhode Island. The British and Americans each employed spies to discover the secrets...

The story of the decline of the Cuban Revolution over the last four decades, told through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens.Publisher: Head...

The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Sexual Revolution - and the breakdown of the Family - has brought misery to millions. In The Sexual State Jennifer Roback Morse show...

Reducere. In the 20th century, historians began arguing for new ways of doing history. This "new history" movement called for a total history open to explori...

T. H. Breen introduces us to the ordinary men and women who took responsibility for the course of the American revolution. Far from the actions of ...

Reducere. The half-century before the Civil War was beset with conflict over equality as well as freedom. Beginning in 1803, many free states enacted laws th...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often discussed as something extraordinary, a dream--or a nightmare--that awakens metaphysical questions on human l...

Reducere. Common sense has always been a cornerstone of American politics. In 1776, Tom Paine's vital pamphlet with that title sparked the American Revolutio...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eric HobsbawmEditor: Chris WrigleyPremier historian Eric Hobsbawm's brilliant study of the Industrial Revolution, which sol...

A riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy Shale gas extraction--commonly known as fracking--is oft...

Reducere. Here Grof presents a useful model of the psyche--a model extended by his thirty years of studying non-ordinary states of consciousness. It is usefu...

Reducere. A cutting-edge look at how accelerating financial change, from the end of cash to the rise of cryptocurrencies, will transform economies for better...

Reducere. On Easter Monday, 1916, Irish rebels poured into Dublin's streets to proclaim an independent republic. Ireland's long struggle for self-government ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Shanna SwendsonRisking all for freedom - and loveThe governor has disbanded the Colonial Assembly, removing the last shred ...

Why did ordinary Germans vote for Hitler? In this dramatically plotted book, organized around crucial turning points in 1914, 1918, and 1933, Peter...

DescriptionOn a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French...