Finn: 319 books

What does the history of Christian views of economic life mean for economic life in the twenty-first century? Here Daniel Finn reviews the insights provided by a large number of texts, from the Bible and the early church, to the Middle Ages and the Protestant Reformation, to treatments of the subject...

Chapter 1 Foolish Question: Isn’t It Time We Replaced Critical Thinking? Discusses how Finn came to this topic. Originating in a debate that arose after he gave a TEDx talk focused on these issues, the topic seems to have a life to its own. Finn has given dozens of talks and workshops on these issues in many countries since that first TEDx talk.

In the follow-up to the award-winning Honk Honk, My Darling, NYT best-selling author James Finn Garner (Politically Correct Bedtime Stories) returns to the restless streets of Top Town, a ghetto full of circus has-beens and never-wases, and the stomping grounds of that Sam Spade in Whiteface, Rex...

In Irish Holiday Fairy Tales, international award winning, feline author, Finn McCool, the Magic Leprechaun Cat, weaves magical fairy tales based on Irish legend, folklore or history with a wee bit o' leprechaun magic, and starring some of his favorite Magic Leprechaun Cat relatives. The beautifully...

REVIEWS - Knapworth at War published by Duckworth 1982Times Education Supplement - This is a good bedside book, a seductive medley of autobiography, nostalgic reminiscencies, and glimpses of a rural way of life which, while not yet extinct, is becoming rarer every year. The jacket design by Shoo Rayner...

Twelve Dark Tales From The Mind Of Israel Finn: -A man who is faced with the prospect of losing the most important thing in his life—his son—but instead loses his mind. And then finds himself trapped in a waking nightmare with no way out. -A frustrated man who curses life for having...

* New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2016. * The Guardian's "Not the Booker Prize" Shortlist. * Publishers Weekly's 'Big Indie Books of Fall 2016' "Deeply satisfying. Finn is a remarkably confident and supple storyteller. [The Gloaming] deserves major attention."...

For the past four decades, increasing numbers of Americans have started paying greater attention to the food they eat, buying organic vegetables, drinking fine wines, and seeking out exotic cuisines. Yet they are often equally passionate about the items they refuse to eat: processed foods, generic...

Welcome to Japan, the most running-obsessed nation on earth, and home to a unique running culture unlike anything Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans, has even experienced. It may come as a surprise to many people, but Japan is the most running-obsessed country on earth. A 135-mile...

An electrifying look inside the wild world of extreme distance running. Once the reserve of only the most hardcore enthusiasts, ultra running is now a thriving global industry, with hundreds of thousands of competitors each year. But is the rise of this most brutal and challenging sport—with...

Una dona sola i vulnerable, reclusa a casa seva, veu des de la finestra una cosa que no hauria d'haver vist. Però ningú no la creu. Una història poderosa i recargolada. Una protagonista intensa i molt real. Un sofisticat thriller psicològic per al nou mil·leni, amb l'atmosfera tensa...

Social reality is currently a hotly debated topic not only in social science, but also in philosophy and the other humanities. Finn Collin, in this concise guide, asks if social reality is created by the way social agents conceive of it? Is there a difference between the kind of existence attributed...

An original, wide-ranging contribution to the study of French writing in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book examines the ways in which the unconscious was understood in literature in the years before Freud. Exploring the influence of medical and psychological discourse over the...

With the assurance and grace of her acclaimed novel *The Gloaming—*which earned her comparisons to Patricia Highsmith—Melanie Finn returns with a precisely layered and tense new literary thriller. The Underneath follows Kay Ward, a former journalist struggling with the constraints of motherhood....