Carey: 889 books
The Intellectuals and the Masses
Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligentsia 1880-1939
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Professor John Carey shows how early twentieth-century intellectuals imagined the 'masses' as semi-human swarms, drugged by popular newspapers and cinema, and ripe for extermination. Exposing the revulsion from common humanity in George Bernard Shaw, Ezra Pound, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, Virginia...
by M. R. Carey
Language: French
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Tous les dons ne sont pas une bénédiction.
Chaque matin, Melanie attend dans sa cellule qu’on l’emmène en cours. Quand on vient la chercher, le sergent Parks garde son arme braquée sur elle pendant que deux gardes la sanglent sur le fauteuil roulant. Elle dit en plaisantant qu’elle...
by Brycchan Carey
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
In the first book to investigate in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends, Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade.
Through...
by George W. Carey
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
A concise overview of the competing political philosophies that have shaped United States history.
Who are the most influential thinkers, and which are the most important concepts, events, and documents in the study of the American political tradition? How ought we regard the beliefs and motivations...
The Epigenetics Revolution
How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping an organism's genetic code is not enough to determine how it develops or acts and shows how nurture combines with nature to engineer biological diversity....
Engendering Mayan History
Kaqchikel Women as Agents and Conduits of the Past, 1875-1970
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Presenting Mayan history from the perspective of Mayan women--whose voices until now have not been documented--David Carey allows these women to present their worldviews in their native language, adding a rich layer to recent Latin American historiography, and increasing our comprehension of indigenous...
Junk DNA
A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
For decades after the identification of the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions that make up 98 percent of the human genome were dismissed as "junk," sequences that serve no purpose....
Restorative Yoga Therapy
The Yapana Way to Self-Care and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Foster Tranquility to Restore and Invigorate Body and Mind Leeann Carey’s approach to yoga, the Yapana Way, provides a unique and insightful refuge from the imbalances of our frenzied lifestyle. In this book, she introduces a prop-supported practice that will help deepen and extend the benefits...
by William Carey
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens present and rebuff five popular objections in doing missions in dangerous faraway lands. William Carey, the father of modern missions, was a shoe cobbler who became impassioned about the need to share the...
by Mike Carey
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2008
Author of The Girl With All the Gifts Mike Carey presents the second book in his hip supernatural thriller series featuring freelance exorcist Felix Castor.
Felix Castor has reluctantly returned to exorcism after a successful case convinces him that he really can do some good with his abilities---"good,"...
My Life as a Fake
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2009
Fiendishly devious and addictively readable, Peter Carey’s My Life as a Fake is a moral labyrinth constructed around the uneasy relationship between literature and lying. In steamy, fetid Kuala Lumpur in 1972, Sarah Wode-Douglass, the editor of a London poetry journal, meets a mysterious Australian...
True Minimalism
A Lifestyle that Uses Multipurpose Items, Home Organization, Strict Budgeting Rules & Decluttering Tips for Simple Living
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
It’s been called the lifestyle of the Millenials: Minimalism. Less is more! That’s the idea behind this simplified lifestyle, which is often affiliated with small living spaces but goes way beyond downsizing and a minimalistic home free of clutter.
Everything you own serves...
School of Wishing
Lessons to Change Your Life and Make Your Dreams Come True
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Whether we’re four years old or forty-five, we all make wishes every day. We might wish for love, good health, the job of our dreams, world peace, or a sunny day as winter turns to spring. But when it comes to making these wishes reality, those of us without a magic lamp are at a loss. This book...
by Mike Carey
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Author of The Girl With All the Gifts Mike Carey presents the fifth book in his hip supernatural thriller series featuring freelance exorcist Felix Castor.
They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor, he'll tell you there's quite a bit of arrogance and reckless...