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Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy: The Making of GKC, 1874-1908

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:27:27 GMT

On the publication of Orthodoxy in 1908, Wilfrid Ward hailed G. K. Chesterton as a prophetic figure whose thought was to be classed with that Burke, Butler, Coleridge, and John Henry Newman. When Chesterton died in 1936, T. S. Eliot pronounced that 'Chesterton's social and economic ideas were the ideas for his time that were fundamentally Christian and Catholic'. But how did he come by these ideas? Eliot noted that Chesterton attached 'significance also to his development, to his beginnings as well as to his ends, and to the movement from one to the other'. It is on that development that this book is focused.

Liberty or Death: A Story About Patrick Henry (Creative Minds Biographies)

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:46:05 GMT

A biography of the Virginia lawyer, politician, and patriot whose great powers of speech helped inspire colonists to support the cause of American liberty at the start of the Revolutionary War.

Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Man Called Ike (Lerner Biographies)

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:24:01 GMT

A biography of the commanding general of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II who became the thirty-fourth president of the United States.

Realms of the Earth Angels: More Information for Incarnated Angels, Elementals, Wizards, and Other Lightworkers

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:19:24 GMT

Since the publication of her best-selling book Earth Angels (more than 80,000 copies sold), Doreen Virtue presented workshops about these lightworkers to several international audiences, which yielded additional information about...

Sons of the Goddess: A Young Man's Guide to Wicca

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:12:30 GMT

2006 COVR Awards Book of the Year.
Wicca 101 for young men.
Wicca is a spiritual path open to all. Yet young men may have trouble identifying their place in this seemingly female-dominated religion. Without many male role models, how can one become empowered as a son of the Goddess?

Shaman, Healer, Sage

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:58:34 GMT

The author has studied the shamanic healing techniques of the descendants of the Incas for more than 25 years. In this manual Villoldo explains the luminous energy field that he maintains surrounds living beings and shows how to use it in both healing and prevention of illness.

How to Perform a Psychic Reading - A Beginner's Guide to Reading Tarot Cards

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:23:18 GMT

How to Perform a Psychic Reading: A Beginner's Guide to Reading Tarot Cards is a fun and entertaining book that explores the reader's natural psychic powers. Readers can discover the inside secrets of reading the cards...

Self-Healing Reiki: Freeing the Symbols, Attunements, and Techniques

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:47:52 GMT

Self-Healing Reiki is the only Reiki book available as a home study course that offers an attunement video for each Reiki level of practice. Please visit the video section of Amazon.com, where you can purchase the videos for...

Halloween: Customs, Recipes & Spells

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:39:01 GMT

It's a time for children to dress up as princesses and pirates and go from house to house, calling, "Trick or Treat!" Their eyes will get big as they are rewarded with treasures and sweets. And perhaps you will celebrate Halloween by going to a costume party or a haunted house.

Inner Journeys: Meditations and Visualizations

solncevorot85 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:15:49 GMT

Winding down after a long day often means turning on the television, opening a beer, or tearing into a pint of Chunky Monkey. A more productive, calorie-free way to chase away tension, anxiety, and the daily blahs is through meditation.

Edmund Burke, Volume I: 1730-1784

solncevorot85 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:22:41 GMT

Edmund Burke (1730-1797) was one of the most profound, versatile, and accomplished thinkers of the eighteenth century. Born and educated in Dublin, he moved to London to study law, but remained to make a career...

Disease And Mortality in Sub-saharan Africa

solncevorot85 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:58:11 GMT

The aim of this publication is to provide policy makers with a comprehensive resource of information on the nature and extent of health problems in sub-Saharan Africa and the health care strategies that show the most promise.

Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century

solncevorot85 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:43:02 GMT

Based on extensive documentary and archival research,Music in Renaissance Ferrarais a study of the rise of music at a vital center of Italian Renaissance culture, focusing on the patrons and musicians whose efforts gave Ferrara a primary role in European music during the fifteenth century. The successive rulers of the Italian city-state, members of the Este dynasty, brought to Ferrara some of the most important composers of the period, including Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Martini, Jacob Obrecht, and Josquin Desprez. Moreover, Ferrara has long been famous as the seat of activity of three of the most important poets of the period - Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso - as well as for its school of painting and manuscript production and illumination. With Lewis Lockwood's Music in Renaissance Ferrara, the city-state steps forward as a major musical center as well. Winner of the Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society for its original 1985 edition, this current paperback edition of Music in Renaissance Ferrara features a new preface that re-introduces the book and reflects on its contribution to our modern knowledge of music in the culture of the Italian Renaissance.

Time Restored: The Harrison Timekeepers and R.T. Gould, the Man Who Knew (Almost) Everything

solncevorot85 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:34:39 GMT

This is the story of Rupert T. Gould (1890-1948), the polymath and horologist. A remarkable man, Lt Cmdr Gould made important contributions in an extraordinary range of subject areas throughout his relatively short and dramatically troubled life. From antique clocks to scientific mysteries, from typewriters to the first systematic study of the Loch Ness Monster, Gould studied and published on them all. With the title The Stargazer, Gould was an early broadcaster on the BBC's Children's Hour when, with his encyclopaedic knowledge, he became known as The Man Who Knew Everything. Not surprisingly, he was also part of that elite group on BBC radio who formed The Brains Trust, giving on-the-spot answers to all manner of wide ranging and difficult questions...

Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her

solncevorot85 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:04:18 GMT

The tragic and redeeming story of how one visionary woman built the biggest toy company in the world and created a global icon. Barbie and Ruth is the entwined story of two exceptional women. There's Barbie: the diminutive yet arrestingly voluptuous doll unveiled at the 1959 Toy Fair who became the treasure of 90 percent of American girls and their counterparts in 150 countries. She went on to compete as an Olympic athlete, serve as an air force pilot, work as a boutique owner, run as a presidential candidate, and ignite a cultural firestorm.

Southeast Asia in World History (New Oxford World History)

solncevorot85 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:00:48 GMT

This book will sketch an outline of Southeast Asian history from earliest times to the present, showing how the diverse political, economic, social, and cultural patterns developed over several thousand years and the role played by the region in the larger world. Approximately one third will be devoted to the centuries before 1500 CE, when civilizations and kingdoms emerged and some Southeast Asians became active in Asian and Pacific maritime trade networks...

Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob

solncevorot85 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:48:23 GMT

Even in Chicago, a city steeped in mob history and legend, the Family Secrets case was a true spectacle when it made it to court in 2007. A top mob boss, a reputed consigliere, and other high-profile members of the Chicago Outfit were accused in a total of eighteen gangland killings, revealing organized crime’s ruthless grip on the city throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Painting a vivid picture of murder, courtroom drama, family loyalties and disloyalties, journalist Jeff Coen accurately portrays the Chicago Outfit’s cold-blooded--and sometimes incompetent--killers and their crimes in the case that brought them down...

Laura Ingalls Wilder

solncevorot85 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:30:28 GMT

When Laura Ingalls Wilder decided to write about her childhood on the American frontier, she had no idea that her books would become staples of children's literature. Wilder published her first book, "Little House in the Big Woods", at age 65. She went on to write seven more "Little House" books, finishing the last one when she was 76 years old. Born in 1867, Wilder realized that with the "Little House" books, she could capture a rich part of American history for posterity while sharing her personal memories with others. "Laura Ingalls Wilder" is a full-color biography that shows how these books continue to be treasured classics around the world. Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder will gain tremendous insight into the life and works of one of the most widely read authors of children's literature.

Ann M. Martin

solncevorot85 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:29:06 GMT

You know the stories, you love the characters, but do you know the story behind the writer? When Ann M. Martin was asked to write the first four Baby-sitters Club books in 1985, she had no way of knowing she was about to change the face of children’s publishing. Martin’s writing is influenced by a combination of her “pretty wonderful childhood”, her experience as a teacher, and her work in children’s publishing. Now, 20 years after the first Baby-sitters Club book was written, with over 300 books and a Newbery Honor book to her credit, Martin continues to write novels that not only find a place on best-sellers lists, but also in the hearts of readers. It is clear that Ann M. Martin is one of the most widely read and beloved children’s authors of all time. In a one-volume reference, Ann M. Martin details the life and real-life influences of this famous author, revealing the person behind the words, and the author behind the literature we love.

Virtual History and the Bible

solncevorot85 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:25:02 GMT

What if Merneptah's scribes were telling the truth when they claimed "Israel has been laid waste?" What if the exodus and conquest had really happened? What if we had no Assyrian account of Sennacherib's third campaign of the palace reliefs depicting his capture of Lachish? What if the Chronicler did use the Deuteronomistic History? What if Luke had never met Theophilus? What if Paul had travelled east rather than west? This is not fantasy of fiction. The 16 essays in this volume engage in serious scholarly enquiry into alternative historical scenarios and their potential consequences. The result is a trenchant demonstration of the ways historians set about working with the evidence in order to reconstruct the past.