The Richness of Life

Many black neighborhoods in New Orleans are perceived by outsiders as being areas of decay. However, to photographer Michael P. Smith, in these nei...

Reducere. The anarchist and radical hero Emma Goldman, brought to vivid life in a graphic biography by an acclaimed artist. "You are a terrible child and wil...

Reducere. From the creation story of Genesis to the new heaven and new earth of Revelation, The Bible's Greatest Hits contains the top sixty-six passages in ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn up-to-date and comprehensive herpetological guide to Alabama Lizards and Snakes of Alabama is the most comprehensive taxonomy gathere...

By their social and material context as markers of graves, dedications and public signs of honour, inscriptions offer a distinct perspective on the...

Rediscover the magic of Russian folktales in a breathtaking illustrated edition. This collection of traditional stories will sweep you away to the ...

Savor the richness and beauty of wool appliqué—its texture, depth, color, and design. Well-known, award-winning folk artist Rebekah L. Smith will i...

Reducere. Preserving Light is more than a memoir. It is a multigenre journey of the human experience. Sometimes funny, unfailingly honest, it offers a unique...

"The style of Hawthorne is purity itself. His tone is singularly effective-wild, plaintive, thoughtful, and in full accordance with his themes."- E...

Reducere. In this 6-lesson in-depth study of Colossians, you will engage with a profound idea: Jesus Christ is pre-eminent. How would your life change if Chr...

Reducere. A new edition of the New York Times best seller, presented by Turner PublishingThe St. Simons Trilogy. . . the Florida Trilogy. . . the Savannah Qu...

Reducere. This commentary on Padampa Sangye's classic verses of advise to Tibetan villagers of Tingri--by renowned and beloved meditation master Dilgo Khyent...

Description"Colors burst across each page, with layers of collage-work emphasizing the richness of Mitchell's influences and imagination. Will spea...

We often hear about the richness of the English language, how many more words it contains than French or German. And yet modern desk dictionaries a...

This is a playful book that is tailor-made for readers who want an unstuffy, unpretentious way of enjoying Shakespeare's extraordinary words and im...

Reducere. "Reading this book is like developing a new friendship. Cory's voice is so engaging, so intimate, so real that you'll forget that you haven't actua...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Harry BoneAuthor: Dave CourcheneAuthor: Robert GreeneWe, the elders, have done our best to represent our Red Nation as Ojib...

Contributor(s): Author: John RussonJohn Russon draws from a broad range of art and literature to show how philosophy speaks to the most basic and i...

Reducere. "Experience the depth and beauty of an ancient prayer practice as it is celebrated in a modern monastic community"At the Church of the Transfigurat...

Reducere. This book is truly wonderful. It has captured parents and children with creative, gripping, and beautiful portrayals of what truly happened in the ...

Andy Couturier captures the texture of sustainable lives well lived in these ten profiles of ordinary--yet exceptional--men and women who left behi...

You don't need a book to tell you this much: Sometimes things fall apart, crack open, and miss the mark. You can plan and strategize and keep your ...

Reducere. Our world is in need of the feminine awakening, it calls for deep wisdom, power, softness, love and compassion and for the wholeness of our feminin...

Description"One of sports' most storied championship teams gets its proper due" (Tom Verducci) in this definitive history of the 1969 Miracle Mets ...

Reducere. In Beauty of the Wild, Darrel Morrison tells stories of people and places that have nourished his career as a teacher and a designer of nature-insp...

Reducere. The apostle Peter is a prime example of a transformed life: the simple fisherman who denied Christ three times became a bold preacher and a great l...

Reducere. In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora--unacknowledged daughters of Sir Mel...

A newly edited selection from the most famous, colorful, and vivid diarist in the English language--in the most accessible, uncensored, and clearly...

Reducere. Is God beyond our galaxy, wrapped up in the Cosmic Control Center of the Universe? Or is He approachable, personal, and intimately involved in the ...

Reducere. A Washington Post Book World RaveHarriet McBryde Johnson's witty and highly unconventional memoir opens with a lyrical meditation on death and ends...

The Flowers of Evil, which T.S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth centur...

Reducere. DescriptionJohn Cole wrote with passion about his life, the outdoors, and the glorious rhythms of nature. In Maine, like all his essays and books, ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Community Bible StudyThe Apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians is often called the "Joy Book." It is his most personal a...

Reducere. It would be hard to invent a group of personalities more extraordinary than the British Royal Family - known as 'The Firm' by Prince Philip. With a...

Reducere. Le Corbusier is probably the most famous architect of the 20th century. The richness and variety of his work and his passionately expressed philoso...

- Now a Major Motion Picture directed by Denzel Washington, and starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (winner of the Academy Award and Golden ...

- Now a Major Motion Picture directed by Denzel Washington, and starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (winner of the Academy Award and Golden ...

This fully updated fourth edition of Bradt's Borneo remains the essential guide for visiting this island paradise, focusing on Sabah, Sarawak and B...

Reducere. DescriptionMarine algae are the supreme eco-engineers of life: they oxygenate the waters, create habitat for countless other organisms, and form th...

Reducere. From a Forbes Top 50 recognized leader, this book is filled with a multitude of insightful stories, lessons, and experiences in leadership & charac...

Reducere. In this guide for newcomers as well as lifelong Episcopalians, author Vicki Black helps readers navigate the currents of Anglican liturgy and disco...

Reducere. DescriptionFounded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1817 as one of the first public universities in the nation, the University of Michigan moved to Ann Arb...

Introducing Chinese Religions is the ideal starting point for students exploring the fascinating religious traditions of China. This introduction c...

Reducere. When the good-natured Share the Lion, King of all the animals, sees his reflection in a pool of water, he gasps at the fierce creature staring back...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Various AuthorsHow do you answer your children's many questions about God, the Christian faith, and the Catholic Church? Wh...

Reducere. When the good-natured Share the Lion, King of all the animals, sees his reflection in a pool of water, he gasps at the fierce creature staring back...

Reducere. New and selected fiction, over half in English for the first time, from the winner of the 2014 Neustadt Prize. Known internationally for his novels...

Reducere. DescriptionWhat does it mean to be a Christian? What is the core of the faith? What does it mean to follow the gospel? What is the significance of ...

In The Cow in the Elevator Tulasi Srinivas explores a wonderful world where deities jump fences and priests ride in helicopters to present a joyful...

Reducere. DescriptionBeep Beep go the taxis. Voof go the velvet curtains. The Nutcracker ballet and New York City's David H. Koch Theater come to life in thi...

Reducere. Worship is of immense concern in the church and ironically the source of controversy and dispute. Can we get behind the question of what style of w...

Reducere. Jesus died with a psalm on his lips. For millennia, humans have been shaped by the Psalms. And before the Nazis banned him from publishing, German ...

A New York Review Books Original Transcending divisions of creed, challenging social distinctions of all sorts, and celebrating individual unity wi...

DescriptionSouthbury Through Time: Remnants of Our Past presents the quest to find vestiges of Southbury's existence from the earliest settlers in ...

Reducere. A Major Literary Event: a brilliant new translation of Thomas Mann's first great novel, one of the two for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was gr...

Reducere. A the taste of silence t the youthful age of nineteen Bieke Vandekerckhove was diagnosed with ALS (a degenerative neurological disease, aka Lou Geh...

With the flowering of postcolonialism, we return to Frantz Fanon, a leading theorist of the struggle against colonialism. In this thorough reinterp...

Reducere. Many historians of religion now recognize that Christianity is a global faith whose most vibrant expression and growth are found today in the non-W...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eve BorsookThis is a book to read before you go, to carry with you and to re-read on your return. SPECTATORA sure and illum...

Man Booker Prize FinalistNational Book Award FinalistTwo-time Booker Prize-winner Peter Carey's latest feat of imagination is an irrepressible, aud...

Reducere. Harcourt is proud to introduce new annotated editions of three Virginia Woolf classics, ideal for the college classroom and beyond. For the first t...

In this pathbreaking new history, Maja and Reuben Fowkes introduce outstanding artworks and major figures from across central and Eastern Europe to...

Reducere. Hebrews was written to encourage 1st-century Christians facing difficult times, and it is just as applicable in the 21st century. Engaging with thi...

Reducere. Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his daughter Marta and her husband Marcal in a small village on the outskirts of The Center, an impos...

Reducere. The War for Independence touched virtually every American. It promised liberty, the opportunity for a better life, and the excitement of the battle...

Reducere. The church at Corinth was a church with problems not unlike those that many churches face today. These issues included worldliness; spiritual disun...

Reducere. Nancy Turner and Richard Hebda present the results of many years of working with botanical experts from the Saanich Nation on southern Vancouver Is...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is a story of family, love, loss, reinvention, and redemption. Written in three parts, we first witness an idyllic childhood filled...

A bison and a bobtailed horse race across the sky, raising a trail of dust behind them--leaving in their wake the Milky Way to forever mark their p...