Biography: adventurers and explorers Books
Kensington Publishing Black Founder
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Little, Brown & Company There Is No Ethan
Book SynopsisONE OF PEOPLE'S BEST BOOKS OF JUNE AND A JULY SPOTIFY AUDIOBOOK OF THE MONTH! “I did not expect to be shocked by There Is No Ethan. Online deception has become so ubiquitous that it’s boring…But the twists and turns in Anna Akbari’s book are outrageous. I read it in one sitting, then spent days recounting her story to anyone who would listen, unable to shake off my indignation on behalf of the author and her fellow victims.”—New York Times Part memoir, part explosive window into the mind of a catfisher, a thrilling personal account of three women coming face-to-face with an internet predator and teaming up to expose them. In 2011, three successful and highly educated women fell head over heels for the brilliant and charming Ethan Schuman. Unbeknownst to the others, each exchanged countless messages with Ethan, staying up late into the evenings to deepen their c
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Shambhala Publications Inc Three Years on the Great Mountain
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Penguin Putnam Inc Churchill
Book SynopsisAn elegant, concise and revealing portrait of the inimitable leader.
£14.39
The History Press Ltd A Lady of Cotton
Book SynopsisIn 1789 Hannah Lightbody, a well-educated and intelligent young woman of means, married Samuel Greg and found herself at the centre of his cotton empire in the industrial heart of England. Over the next four decades she fought to improve the education, health and welfare of cotton girls and pauper apprentices at the mill.
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Academy Chicago Publishers The Fun of It
Book SynopsisAutobiography of the famous flyer which describes her own ambitions to become a pilot and offers advice to others.Trade ReviewMiss Earhart knows a great deal about aviation, especially as arts and business and her pages are full of experiences, the information, the little things and the big things the public likes to know about." — New York Times"... an account of the vibrant aviator's childhood, her fascination with aviation, and her life through her 1932 flight across the Atlantic." — Booklist
£15.26
WW Norton & Co Poet Warrior
Book SynopsisThree-term poet laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life
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Histria LLC The Branches We Cherish
Book SynopsisA powerful and honest account based on three decades of true-life experience Award-winning The Branches We Cherish weaves together thought-provoking, joyous, and poignant reflections of four birth parents, birth grandmothers, adoptive parents, and two adopted children. In 1992, Linda and David long to have a child. They decide to adopt a baby and learn they can only do so under an open arrangement where the biological parents and the adoptive family know each other''s identities, and choose to remain in contact after the adoption is finalized ? possibly for life! There are no ready answers to their many questions: What happens in the first year? Twenty years later? What does visitation between birth and adoptive families look like? Will it be awkward to raise a child with the birth parents in the picture? How do adopted children feel about this open arrangement? In the early 90''s there is little guidance for long-term relationships between adoptive and birth families, so Linda and David have to learn as they go. Diving in with open hearts and open minds, they build relationships based on mutual trust, respect, deep gratitude for one another, and most importantly, unconditional love for a child. They learn just how important having the children''s birth parents and families in their lives is for everyone''s emotional health?including their own. Discover the challenges of open adoption and the extraordinary gratification available to all members of the adoption constellation when they are willing and able to cultivate and maintain these lifetime relationships.
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Little Brown and Company Im Laughing Because Im Crying
Book SynopsisElle''s Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 The Boston Globe''s Best Books of 2024 San Francisco Chronicle''s Best New Books of Fall 2024 From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with ?raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,? interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents? shortcomings (Michelle Zauner).?Do you know what happens if you laugh while crying? Hair grows out of your butthole.?It was a constant truism Youngmi Mayer?s mother would say threateningly after she would make her daughter laugh while crying. Her mother used it to cheer her up in moments when she could tell Youngmi was overtaken with grief. The humorous saying would never fail to lighten the mood, causing both daughter and mother to laugh and cry at the same time. Her mother had learned this trick from her mother, and her mother had learned this from her mother before her: it had also helped an endless string of her family laugh through suffering. In I?m Laughing Because I?m Crying, Youngmi jokes through the retelling of her childhood as an offbeat biracial kid in Saipan, a place next to a place that Americans might know. She jokes through her difficult adolescence where she must parent her own parents: a mother who married her husband because he looked like white Jesus (and the singer of The Bee Gees). And with humor and irreverence and full-throated openness, she jokes even while sharing the story of what her family went through during the last century of colonialism and war in Korea, while reflecting how years later, their wounds affect her in New York City as a single mom, all the while interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality. Youngmi jokes through these stories in hopes of passing onto the reader what her family passed down to her: The gift of laughing while crying. The gift of a hairy butthole. Because throughout it all, the one thing she learned was one cannot exist without the other. And like a yin and yang, this duality is reflected in this whip-smart, heart-wrenching, and disarmingly funny memoir told by a bright new voice with so much heart and wisdom.
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WW Norton & Co A Madmans Will
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Hodder & Stoughton El Cid
Book Synopsis''A fascinating study of historical mythmaking... Concise and absorbing''Paul Freedman, author of Out of the EastRodrigo Díaz lived a violently colourful life in eleventh-century Spain. By turns an ambitious military leader, exile and brutal mercenary, he served Christian kings, fought against Christian princes in service of Muslim rulers, raided and killed Muslims and eventually struck out on his own, carving out an independent principality. While Rodrigo the man is long dead, El Cid lives on: a superhero; a quasi-saint; the ''spirit of Spain'', according to military dictator Franco; and a champion of medieval Spanish multiculturalism. Nora Berend uncovers how el Cid has been transformed across the centuries, confronting the gulf between truth and legend and examining how a military adventurer became a hero to people on opposite ends of the political spectrum. What is it about this man that appeals to us? And why do we transf
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Alfred A. Knopf Giant Love
Book SynopsisA book that explores the great American novelist and playwright Edna Ferber, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Ficton, whose work was made into many Academy Award-winning movies; the writing of her controversial, international best-selling novel about Texas, and the making of George Stevens? Academy Award winning epic film of the same name, Giant.The stupendous publication of Edna Ferber''s Giant in 1952 set off a storm of protest over the novel''s portrayal of Texas manners, money and mores with oil-rich Texans threatening to shoot, lynch or ban Ferber from ever entering the state again.In Giant Love, Julie Gilbert writes of the internationally best-selling Ferber, one of the most widely read writers in the first half of the 20th Century? her evolution from mid-west maverick girl-reporter to Pulitzer Prize winning, beloved American novelist, from her want-to-be actress days to becoming Broadway''s acclaimed prize-winning playwright whose collaborators ? George S. Kauffman and Moss Hart, among them, were, along with Ferber, herself, the most successful playwrights of their time.Here is the making of an American classic novel and the film that followed in its wake. We see how George Stevens, Academy-Award winning director, wooed the prickly, stubborn Ferber, ultimately getting her to agree to everything including writing, for the first time ever, a draft of a screenplay, to her okaying James Dean for the part of the ranch hand, Jett Rink, something she was dead set against.Here is the casting of Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean and their backstory triangle of sex and seduction ? each becoming a huge star because of the film; the frustrated Stevens trying to direct the instinctive but undisciplined Dean, and the months long landmark filming in the sleepy town of Marfa, Texas, suddenly invaded by a battalion of a film crew and some of the biggest stars in the rising celebrity culture.
£24.00
Little, Brown & Company The Woman Who Knew Everyone
Book Synopsis A TOWN & COUNTRY MUST READ BOOK OF 2025 AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH - BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIR A deeply researched biography of the socialite, political hostess, activist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from New York Times bestselling author Meryl Gordon. Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday, this wealthy globe-trotting Washington widow was one of the most famous women in America, garnering as much media attention as Eleanor Roosevelt. Renowned for her world-class parties featuring politicians and celebrities, she was very close to three presidents–Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson. Truman named her as the first female envoy to Luxembourg, which inspired the hit musical based on Perle’s life – “Call Me Madam” – which starred Ethel Merman, ran on Broadway for two years and later became a movie. A pioneering supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, she was a prodigious Democratic fundraiser and rescued Harry Truman’s financially flailing 1948 campaign. In this intensely researched biography, author Meryl Gordon chronicles Perle’s lavish life and society adventures in Newport, Manhattan and Washington, while highlighting her important, but nearly forgotten contribution to American politics and the feminist movement.
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Penguin Random House Group elseship
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Pegasus Books Harriet Tubman
Book SynopsisA fresh portrait of this iconic American—and the first to involve a Tubman family member since Harriet herself was interviewed in 1886.For all Harriet Tubman’s accomplishments and the myriad books written about her, many gaps, errors, and misconceptions of her legendary life persist. One such fallacy is that Sarah H. (Hopkins) Bradford is to blame for omitted nformation in Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People and and that she ended her second book too soon. But according to her family, it was Tubman’s physical disability, the result of a head injury she incurred as a child, that left her unable to complete the necessary lengthy interview process with Sarah and properly flesh out the work. Harriet Tubman: Military Spy and Tenacious Visionary sets out to rectify these omissions and many others. The time is long overdue as recognition and fervor over Tubman’s remarkable contributions to American history and civil liberty continues to escalate with hundreds of statues and tributes appearing each year in her honor around the nation. New York State celebrates Harriet Tubman Day on March 10—since she was born on an unknown date in this month and died on this day—and Maryland honors her on September 17, which has become known as Emancipation Day. Not only has Tubman’s likeness appeared on U.S. stamps, but her visage has appeared on currency and wshe will be the first woman and person of color to appear on printed paper currency in this country. But just who was this remarkable woman? We might know the outlines of her story, but the deep research of Jean Marie Wiesen and rich family memory of Rita Daniels combine to form a nuanced and vibrant portrait of a histoic figure we all thought we knew. Ranging Harriet''s ancestry in Ghana to the efforts over generations to preserve and project her legacy, Harriet Tubman is an inspiring and illuminating narrative about a key figure in our history.
£17.00
Shambhala Publications Inc Thomas Keating
Book SynopsisThe first portrait of spiritual luminary Thomas Keating?s remarkable evolution, in the last decades of his life, into a fully realized modern-day Christian mystic.In the first four decades of his life as a Trappist monk, Thomas Keating created a comprehensive, unified psychospiritual pathway leading from healing to holiness and from contemporary psychological wellness to classic mystical sanctity and beatitude.As one of the key innovators of the meditative practice of Centering Prayer, he fashioned a powerful on-ramp to the Christian contemplative tradition. Yet, as beloved author and Keating disciple Cynthia Bourgeault shows, that was not the end of Keating?s story?his evolution as a spiritual thinker and mystic continued in ways few have explored in depth. In this unique blend of biography, personal experience, and close reading of his late works, Bourgeault illuminates Keating?s remarkable spiritual development from the late 1980s until his death in 2018. She explores: Keating?s increasing engagement with nondual spiritual practice His contributions to interspiritual dialogue The evolution of his early teaching on the movement from ?false self? to ?true self,? to that from ?true self? to ?no self? His final ?dark night of the spirit? and passage through death New evidence that he never left Christianity but carried it with him to new places These profound final stages of Keating?s spiritual journey demonstrate how readers might find their own way as modern mystics, fundamentally at home and at peace in the universe.
£19.55
Random House USA Inc Outofshapeworthlessloser
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? A ?piercing account? (The Wall Street Journal) of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs?especially ifyou?re an Olympic figure skater. ?A riveting memoir, which details her experience with an eating disorder, depression and her high-stakes career.??People (Best Books to Read in February 2024)When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America?s sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America?s most beloved winter sport. Beautiful, blonde, Midwestern, and media-trained, she was suddenly being written up everywhere from The New Yorker to Teen Vogue to People and baking cookies with Taylor Swift.But little did the public know what Gold was facing when the cameras were off, driven by the self-destructive voice inside that she calls ?outofshapeworthlessloser.?In 2017, she entered treatment for what was publicly announced as an eating disorder and anxiety treatment but was, in reality, suicidal ideation. While Gold?s public star was rising, her private life was falling apart: Cracks within her family were widening, her bulimia was getting worse, and she became a survivor of sexual assault. The pressure of training for years with demanding coaches and growing up in a household that accepted nothing less than gold had finally taken its toll.Now Gold reveals the exclusive and harrowing story of her struggles in and out of the pressure-packed world of elite figure skating: the battles with her family, her coaches, the powers-that-be at her federation, and her deteriorating mental health.Outofshapeworthlessloser is not only a forceful reckoning from a world-class athlete but alsoan intimate memoir, told with unflinching honesty and stirring defiance.
£12.59
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Women Who Wear Only Themselves
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McNidder & Grace The Life of Mark Akenside
Book SynopsisMark Akenside (1721-1770) was a medical doctor and literary man whose influence on the history of ideas was profound. The author recognises that there is a need to explore, re-evaluate and recognise the importance of Mark Akenside''s contribution to cultural history, in his own time and from a current perspective. Born the son of a butcher in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1721 Mark Akenside was awarded a degree in medicine from Edinburgh and Leyden Universities. He settled in London in 1743 where he was successful both as a doctor and in medical research. Above all, he was the author of The Pleasures of Imagination 1744, an epic length poem in blank verse which broke many conventions of the time, exploring ideas about human perception and the natural world. Akenside had a European reputation and became a national celebrity. He was a major influence on first- and second-generaTable of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Chapter One: Newcastle Scholar Chapter Two: A Radical Student and Satirist Chapter Three: Akenside the Lover and Medical Man Chapter Four: A Prometheus Unbound Chapter Five: Interlude I: A Collection of Odes Chapter Six: Towards Relativity and Subjectivity Chapter Seven: Musing and Conversations Chapter Eight: Poetic Colour Chapter Nine: Interlude II: The Inscriptions Chapter Ten: A Valediction and Conclusion Select Bibliography Index
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Yale University Press Vagabond Princess
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£11.39
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co In Quest of the Historical Adam
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£24.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Birding to Change the World
Book SynopsisIn this uplifting memoir, a professor and activist shares what birds can teach us about life, social change, and protecting the environment.Trish O’Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative journalist, she''d never paid attention to nature. But then Hurricane Katrina destroyed her New Orleans home, sending her into an emotional tailspin.Enter a scrappy cast of feathered characters—first a cardinal, urban parrots, and sparrows, then a catbird, owls, a bittern, and a woodcock—that cheered her up and showed her a new path. Inspired, O''Kane moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to pursue an environmental studies PhD. There she became a full-on bird obsessive—logging hours in a stunningly biodiverse urban park, filling field notebooks with bird doings and dramas, and teaching ornithology to college students and middle-school kids.When Warner Park—her daily birdwatching haven—was threatened with development, O’Kane and her neighbors mustered a mighty murmuration of nature lovers, young and old, to save the birds'' homes. Through their efforts, she learned that once you get outside and look around, you''re likely to fall in love with a furred or feathered creature—and find a flock of your own.In Birding to Change the World, O''Kane details the astonishing science of bird life, from migration and parenting to the territorial defense strategies that influenced her own activism. A warm and compelling weave of science and social engagement, this is the story of an improbably band of bird lovers who saved their park. And it is a blueprint for muscular citizenship, powered by joy.
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Little, Brown & Company Boyd The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
Book SynopsisJohn Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember him as the greatest U.S. fighter pilot ever -- the man who, in simulated air-to-air combat, defeated every challenger in less than forty seconds. Some recall him as the father of our country''s most legendary fighter aircraft -- the F-15 and F-16. Still others think of Boyd as the most influential military theorist since Sun Tzu. They know only half the story. Boyd, more than any other person, saved fighter aviation from the predations of the Strategic Air Command. His manual of fighter tactics changed the way every air force in the world flies and fights. He discovered a physical theory that forever altered the way fighter planes were designed. Later in life, he developed a theory of military strategy that has been adopted throughout the world and even applied to business models for maximizing efficiency. And in one of the most startling and unknown stories of modern milit
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Basic Books The Man Who Shocked The World The Life and Legacy
Book SynopsisCreator of the famous Obedience Experiments and originator of the six degrees of separation theory, Stanley Milgram transformed our understanding of human nature and continues to be one of the most important figures in psychology and beyond. In this sparkling biography, Thomas Blass captures the colourful personality and pioneering work of a visionary scientist who revealed the hidden workings of our social world. In this new paperback edition, he includes an afterword connecting Milgram''s theories to torture, war crimes, and Abu Ghraib.Trade ReviewBBC Focus magazine "Milgram's notorious study forms the centrepiece of this outstanding biography - and rightly so, given its continued importance in understanding such horrors as the torture of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. But as author Thomas Blass makes clear, Milgram pioneered other major areas of research, including the famous 'Small World' effect...Blass does a fine job of weaving together Milgram's life and science, revealing a portrait of a genius who, ironically enough, had real problems with authority."
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The History Press Ltd The Lifeboat Baronet
Book SynopsisThe Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a treasured charity whose mission is to save lives at sea, but what is known of its founder, Sir William Hillary? Back in the early nineteenth century, when death from shipwreck was a tragic reality of life, the handsome, charismatic and adventurous Hillary decided to atone for his chequered past and do something to prevent it. His journey from Regency rake to national hero led him to leave his slave-owning family in Liverpool, travel abroad, mingle with royalty, marry an heiress and, during the Napoleonic Wars, head the largest volunteer army in Britain. Then, financial and marital catastrophe struck. Forced to seek exile on the Isle of Man, a harrowing shipwreck and guilty conscience inspired his historic campaign. Having battled to found the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (today's RNLI) in 1824, Hillary's commitment never faltered. He frequently took to the lifeboats, braving terrifying storms and sa
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Salazar
Book SynopsisSalazar: A Political Biography is the definitive biography of the longstanding Portuguese dictator.António de Oliveira Salazar entered the government of Portugal when Herbert Hoover was president and ended his political career at the end of the Johnson administration. He remained in power for forty years (19281968), one of the longest tenures in modern history. Unlike the other great dictators' of the twentieth century, Salazar, an academic, immersed himself in the minutiae of government and administration, maintaining a prodigious work rate until illness forced his retirement. He successfully managed his country's finances despite the impact of the Great Depression, imposing a harsh policy of austerity. He then preserved Portugal's neutrality during the Second World War, ultimately favouring Great Britain and the United States. But Salazar was at heart an extremely conservative, even reactionary statesman. He relied on secrecy and a police state to maintain the ordeTrade ReviewPraise for the previous edition:‘Meneses’ book is [...] a courageous effort and a successful one. The book, as the author acknowledges, reflects the remarkable development, since the 1990s, of the historiography on Salazar’s regime’.Luís Nuno Rodrigues, Luso-Brazilian Review, June 2013‘What distinguishes this academic biography from the other non-academic biographies of the dictator already in existence? Seriousness and rigour. The author carried out a deep dive in the archives, especially Salazar’s, and read and used a great many of the works already published on the New State’.Victor Pereira, Público, 27 August 2010‘Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses’ monumental biography of Salazar fills a vacuum [...] it is the first complete and dispassionate work on the man who governed Portugal for nearly forty years’.António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Sol, 17 September 2010‘This biography […] fills a gap in Portuguese historiography and becomes straight away a work of reference, as future years will inevitably confirm’.Pedro Correia, Ler, 1 November 2010Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction 1. From Santa Comba Dão to São Bento 2. The New State in the Age of Totalitarianism 3. The Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 4. The Second World War: The Axis Threat, 1939–1942 5. The Second World War: The Allied Threat, 1943–1945 6. The Postwar World 7. Salazar and the Politics of the New State, 1945–1958 8. A New Opposition: Humberto Delgado and the Bishop of Oporto 9. The Colonial Reckoning I: Angola, 1961 10. The Colonial Reckoning II: Salazar’s Defiance 11. Portugal at War: The 1960s 12. Illness, Retirement and Death Conclusion Bibliography
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Cambridge University Press Spinoza
Book SynopsisBaruch Spinoza (16321677) was one of the most important philosophers of all time; he was also one of the most radical and controversial. The story of Spinoza''s life takes the reader into the heart of Jewish Amsterdam in the seventeenth century and, with Spinoza''s exile from Judaism, into the midst of the tumultuous political, social, intellectual, and religious world of the young Dutch Republic. This new edition of Steven Nadler''s biography, winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award for biography and translated into a dozen languages, is enhanced by exciting new archival discoveries about his family background, his youth, and the various philosophical, political, and religious contexts of his life and works. There is more detail about his family''s business and communal activities, about his relationships with friends and correspondents, and about the development of his writings, which were so scandalous to his contemporaries.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Preface; 1. Settlement; 2. Abraham and Michael; 3. Bento/Baruch; 4. Talmud Torah; 5. A merchant of Amsterdam; 6. Cherem; 7. Benedictus; 8. A philosopher in Rijnsburg; 9. 'The Jew of Voorburg'; 10. Homo politicus; 11. Calm and turmoil in The Hague; 12. 'A free man thinks least of all of death'; A note on sources.
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Austin Macauley Publishers James Maury Esq First American Consul to the Port
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Thomas Nelson Publishers Faithful Presence
Book SynopsisTwo-term governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam reveals how faith--too often divisive and contentious--can be a redemptive and unifying presence in the public square.As a former mayor and governor, Bill Haslam has long been at the center of politics and policy on local, state, and federal levels. And he has consistently been guided by his faith, which influenced his actions on issues ranging from capital punishment to pardons, health care to abortion, welfare to free college tuition. Yet the place of faith in public life has been hotly debated since our nation''s founding, and the relationship of church and state remains contentious to this day--and for good reason. Too often, Bill Haslam argues, Christians end up shaping their faith to fit their politics rather than forming their politics to their faith. They seem to forget their calling is to be used by God in service of others rather than to use God to reach their own desires and ends.Faithful Presen
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The History Press Ltd The Titanic Files Vol.1
Book SynopsisA unique collection of trivia, information, theories and thoughts compiled over a lifetime studying RMS Titanic
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Barbican Press Headscarf Revolutionaries Lillian Bilocca and the
Book SynopsisThe harsh seas of 1968.Three trawlers from Hulls fleet sink in just 3 weeks.58 Dead. 1 Survivor.Enough is enough.Lilian Bilocca put down her filleting knife, picked up some sheets of paper and stormed into action. She started with a petition and this journey takes her Headscarf Revolutionaries right to the doors of Parliament. Shipping Laws were changed for the better, and thousands of fishermen were made safer. Lilian became a TV star and an international celebrity. It's hard to live down fame like that in the back streets of Hull. It''s harder still for the lone survivor who battled the storms as the trawlers sank.The Headscarf Revolutionaries thrills with the dangers of the high seas; inspires with the passion of women who changed their world, and reveals the vivid life inside one of history's most vital communities.Complete with pages of black and white photographs that capture the characters, trawlers, dangers, and occasional glamour of the era. Includes a foreword by John Prescott.Some ????? Reviews:''History reporting at its best.''''There is tragedy and loss but also some warm humour.''''Like a portal that took me back to that time.''''An incredible story of very brave and driven women.''''Evokes memories for us Hessle Roaders, both happy and sad.''''A fascinating read. Highly recommended.''''An emotionally brilliant read.'' ''Brian Lavery has done a fantastic service .'' ''A story of pride and grief and social bravery.''
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Random House USA Inc The Last Fire Season
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Random House USA Inc A Life Impossible
Book SynopsisFrom NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family, and remarkable triumph in the face of ALS Gleason is a symbol of resilience, hope and optimism.??The New York Times? Steve Gleason has changed the world. ?Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner ? An extraordinary book...A Life Impossible will change the way people cope, think, and live. ?Mike Lupica, co-author with James Patterson of 12 Months to LiveIn 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS,a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He wasthirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date.His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and pain and despair he has experienced. Writing using eye-tracking technology, Gleason covers his pre-ALS life through the highs and lows of his NFL career with the New Orleans Saints, where he made one of the most memorable plays in Saints history, leading to a victory in the first post-Katrina home game,uplifting the city, making him a hero, and reflected in a nine-foot bronze statue outside the Superdome. Then came his heartbreaking diagnosis. Gleason lost all muscle function,he now uses Stephen Hawking-like technology to communicate, and breathes with the help of a ventilator. This book captures Gleason and his wife Michel?s unmatched resilience as they reinvent their lives, refuse to succumb to despair, and face his disease realistically and existentially.This unsparing portrait argues that a person''s true strength does not reside solely in one?s body but also in the ability to faceunfathomable adversityand still be able to love and treasure life.
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Skyhorse Publishing Selective Persecution
Book SynopsisSelective Persecution: The Legalization of American Fascism explains how the infrastructure of fascism has already taken hold in the United States.
£21.25
Catapult Accordion Eulogies
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Small Press Distribution, Inc Warsaw Testament
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£21.21
HarperCollins Publishers A Thousand Miles From Care
Book SynopsisSoon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30-year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother's death.
£10.44
Penguin Putnam Inc Radical Tenderness
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Random House USA Inc A Season for That
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Random House USA Inc The Carpool Detectives
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£22.95
Austin Macauley Publishers I Did It My Way
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Picador USA Nat Turner Black Prophet
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£16.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Charles Dickens Secret Lovechild
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£19.80
St. Martin's Publishing Group Children of the Book
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£21.00
Windhorse Publications Sangharakshita A New Voice in the Buddhist
Book SynopsisSangharashita has established a successful Buddhist movement, pioneering a living Buddhism that seems well suited to our times. In this book, one of his closest disciples offers an account of Sangharashita's evolution as a thinker and teacher.
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Church Publishing Inc Eleanor Roosevelts Nightly Prayer
Book SynopsisA deep exploration of how Eleanor Roosevelt's Christian faith led her to become one of the most well-known and praised humanitarians.? A great woman who was heavily involved in politics, Eleanor Roosevelt is considered one of the most important and beloved First Ladies and female leaders. Her faith and beliefs are commonly dismissed as confines of her upbringing that she broke free from; however, her dedication to the Episcopal Church and her reliance on Jesus's teachings imply otherwise. Her nightly prayer, famously recorded in her writing, demonstrates her approach to serving her community and nation, and her inspiration and strength in the politics she was involved in become apparent when understanding the context of her religion and considering the fulfillment of her beliefs through her actions. In reviewing observations from family members, her own writing, and her participation in the church, Mitchell examines the impact of Eleanor's faith on her work, and by extension, its impact on the world.
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Yale University Press Globetrotter
Book SynopsisOne of the most prominent writers to emerge from the former Yugoslavia addresses such universal themes as exile, disorientation, and obsessionTrade Review“Each of Albahari’s stories is a literary experiment. After reading them, one is left with a lingering effect and a wish to go back and reread the tales in order to ponder further the mystery of the creative process of writing.”—World Literature Today“In Globetrotter, David Albahari explores the consciousness of emigres from the former Yugoslavia, Croatia and Serbia, showing that while abroad, many of us are even more intensely preoccupied with our histories than we were while living in Yugoslavia. His narrative, structured out of realistic details and perceptions with self-conscious meditation blending history, civilization and its discontents, and personal experience, reaches a density and intensity akin to Krasznahorkai’s and Thomas Bernhard’s. An intensely idiosyncratic narrative, enjoyable and thoughtful.”—Josip Novakovich, author of Shopping for a Better Country, a Man Booker International Prize finalist
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd With the SBS and SAS in WW2
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