Ben: 3397 books
by Ben Simon
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
The main argument in the book is that Al-Qaeda was established because of the internal political conflict within Islamic countries, and its leaders have understood that in order to be able to fight the Arabic-Muslim local regimes and become a proper alternative to them, it first has to fight the West,...
Fragile Empire
How Russia Fell In and Out of Love with Vladimir Putin
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
“A beautifully written and very lively study of Russia that argues that the political order created by Vladimir Putin is stagnating” (Financial Times).
From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has traveled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics,...
Concepts of Messiah
A Study of the Messianic Concepts of Islam, Judaism, Messianic Judaism and Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
What is a Messiah? We have heard this word a lot, echoing down through the centuries. It is used by three major religions on this planet: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Who is the Messiah? What is, or what will his purpose be? And if he has already come, then what was his purpose? Will he return?...
by Anthony Holden, Ben Holden
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The internationally bestselling collection of poetry so powerful that it has moved readers to tears. “Anthony and Ben Holden remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a postgraduate in creative writing to be moved by verse” (The Wall Street Journal).
One hundred women—distinguished...
Radio Congo
Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
While poring over dust-caked pamphlets in the library, Ben Rawlence stumbles upon the photo of a lost city of colonial Congo--a glistening, modern metropolis built by huge tin mines and European capitalists. Today, that city, Manono, sits beyond the infamous Triangle of Death,” in an area rarely...
A World of Paper
Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the Rise of the Information State
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Historians and social scientists have long identified bureaucracy as the modern state's foundation and the reign of France's Louis XIV as a model for its development. A World of Paper offers a fresh interpretation of bureaucracy through a close examination of the department of the Sun King's last foreign...
Captain Kidd's Treasure - Fact and Fantasy (Illustrated)
The Hunt for Buried Pirate Treasure
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
These books are the illustrated versions of the original Howard Pyle's Books and include colour and Black & White images.
When we think of pirates, a few names immediately come to mind, among them one who has become legendary in his ruthless attacks on innocent ships, the Pirate Capatin...
Eager
The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Washington Post “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction”
Science News “Favorite Science Books of 2018”
Booklist “Top Ten Science/Technology Book of 2018”
"A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about...
by Ben Lerner
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Adam Gordon is a brilliant, if highly unreliable, young American poet on a prestigious fellowship in Madrid, struggling to establish his sense of self and his relationship to art. What is actual when our experiences are mediated by language, technology, medication, and the arts? Is poetry an essential...
by Ben K. Green
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
Here are the yarns of a true cowboy for those who have in their blood either a touch of larceny, an affection for the Old West, or better yet, both.
These twenty tales add up to a true account of Ben K. Green’s experiences around the corrals, livery stables, and wagon yards of the West. Green...
Eclectic Poetry
A Poem for Every Mood
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Eclectic Poetry presents a collection of author Ben Sheldons best poems, conceived and written over several years. These verses cover many different moods and unique experiences. Sheldon presents them by topic, making them easily accessible based upon the mindset of the reader. They explore such topics...
Being Poppy
A Portrait of George Herbert Walker Bush
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The most intimate portrait of George H.W. Bush ever published.
George Herbert Walker Bush, the forty-first president of the United States and the patriarch of America’s most powerful political dynasty, never wrote a memoir. But bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Richard...
The Sound on the Page
Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In writing, style matters. Our favorite writers often entertain, move, and inspire us less by what they say than by how they say it. In The Sound on the Page, acclaimed author, teacher, and critic Ben Yagoda offers practical and incisive help for writers on developing and discovering their own style...
by Ben Jonson
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
V olpone, childless, rich, feigns sick, despairs,
O ffers his state to hopes of several heirs,
L ies languishing: his parasite receives
P resents of all, assures, deludes; then weaves
O ther cross plots, which ope themselves, are told.
N ew tricks for safety are sought; they thrive: when bold,
E ach tempts the other again, and all are sold.