The 2008 Israeli offensive in Gaza was described by Amnesty international as '22 days of death and destruction'. This eyewitness account brings home the horror of life in Gaza beneath the bombs. Travelling to the Gaza strip with the Free Gaza Moveme…
YOU possess talent, wisdom, and experiences that are truly yours alone. It is my hope that as you read the true episodes shared in this book, you will be inspired to review your own life, finding stones of truth along the way. Hopefully, you've disc…
This is a collection of stories about ministry, marriage, raising children and everything in between.
Born into slavery on a Virginia plantation, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) educated himself tirelessly in the years after the American Civil War. In 1881, he was appointed head of the Tuskegee Institute, a teacher-training college for African Amer…
In 1856, Washington was born into a family of slaves in Virginia. From there it seemed that his fate had been sealed to live out his life as a worker in Virginia. But, this was not the case for Washington, whose impoverished childhood and undying de…
Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's "Up from Slavery" is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and sel…
It has been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone it is responsible for over 100 homicides per year. Although it has fewer than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army that is eager to advance its agen…
From the bestselling author of Walking the Himalayas and Walking the Nile, explorer Levison Wood begins his next challenging adventure - walking 1700 miles along the spine of the Americas from Mexico to Colombia.
From a veteran of the trade, a provocative and entertaining voyage into the turbulent heart of modern money that sheds new light on the rise of our threatening and complicated financial system, how money became our adversary, and why finding a new c…
This book is an attempt to document some of the lessons and experiences I've had as a father, son, husband, student, CEO, Christian, and Nigerian. My hope is that you will get an insight into part of what an average Nigerian entrepreneur goes throug…
This riveting and uplifting memoir by Vanessa O'Brien, record-breaking American-British explorer, takes you on an unexpected journey to the top of the world's highest mountains. Long before she became the first American woman to summit K2 and the f…
Was James - rather than Peter - the true Spiritual heir to Jesus? In this profound and provocative work of scholarly detection, eminent biblical scholar Robert Eisenmann introduces a startling theory about the identity of James - the brother of Jesu…
The international community of letters mourns the recent death of Yves Bonnefoy, universally acclaimed as one of France's greatest poets of the last half-century. A prolific author, he was often considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize and publish…
Voices of Experience contains a wide range of stories written by mental health survivors. The narratives illustrate how survivors have developed self-management techniques and strategies for living which, together, offer a guide to anybody strugglin…
V etu knigu, v tsentre povestvovanija kotoroj nakhoditsja figura velikogo poeta, voshli zametki ego sestry Olgi Sergeevny Pavlischevoj o detstve Pushkina, vospominanija Lva Sergeevicha Pushkina o molodosti ego brata i zapiski Lva Nikolaevicha Pavlis…
Nachtst cke Erz hlungen von E.T.A. Hoffmann INHALT: Der Sandmann Ignaz Denner Die Jesuitenkirche in G. Das Sanctus Das de Haus Das Majorat Das Gel bde Das steinerne Herz
'An honest and deeply chilling account of what it's like to suffer from a compulsion to look for love in what are most definitely the wrong places' Elle For Sue Silverman, the wrong places to look for love include: At the end of a phone, when a str…
A truly remarkable person, Caroline Macdonald (1874-1931) was a Canadian woman who spent almost her entire working life in Japan and who played a significant role there in both the establishment of the YWCA and in prison reform. A native of Wingham,…
In volumes 5 and 6, Casanova brings his flight from the Inquisitor's prison in Venice to a happy conclusion. Exiled from Venice, he goes to Munich and Paris, where he establishes himself as a cabalist, makes a fortune in Holland, helps start the Fre…
The last two volumes of Casanova's account of his extraordinary life include the story of his imprisonment in Buen Retiro, his trip to Madrid and his affair with Dona Ignacia, his journey to Barcelona and his detention in the Tower, his encounter wi…
Volumes 3 and 4 offer some of the most extraordinary episodes in Casanova's extraordinary life, including his liaison with the nun M. M., and his flight from the State Inquisitor's prison-each in its own way a feat of singular dash and daring.
Volumes 9 and 10 contain descriptions of Casanova's first visits to England, Prussia, Russia, and Poland. In all these countries he gained access to the Courts. Frederick the Great of Prussia and Catherine the Great of Russia join the roster of pote…
In volumes 7 and 8, Casanova is now close to forty. His various manipulations of the credulous rich have made him rich in turn. His travels take him to France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. In Rome he charms the Pope; in Naples, he nearly marries…
In volumes 1 and 2, Casanova tells the story of his family, his first loves, and his early travels. With the death of his grandmother, he is sent to a seminary-but is soon expelled. He is briefly imprisoned in the fortress of Sant' Andrea. After wan…
Walter F. White of Atlanta, Georgia, joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1918 as an assistant to Executive Secretary James Weldon Johnson. When Johnson retired in 1929, White replaced him as head of the N…
Rosa Luxemburg is revered as one of the leading socialists of the early 20th century, whose vision for justice and equality continues to resonate throughout workers movements today. Paul Frelich was one of the founding members of the German Communis…
THE HEART-STOPPING MEMOIR, NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY AND SAM CLAFLIN, AND DIRECTED BY BALTASAR KORMAKUR (EVEREST)A compelling, at times devastating, ultimately inspiring account of how much can go wrong on the ocean and ho…
Helsingin Kalliossa leipäjonon osoite on Helsinginkatu 19. Kasvot tälle hyvinvointiyhteiskunnan nyrjähdykselle on antanut Heikki Hursti. Hän puhuu vähäosaisten ja hiljaisen marginaalin puolesta. Eikä pelkästään puhu. Jakaa leipää ja vaatteita. Toivo…
The word Armageddon conjures up images of fear and ultimate cataclysm. The bloody 4,000-year history of the Valley of Armageddon, today known as the Jezreel Valley, reinforces these beliefs. There is, however, another much quieter reality very much…
