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Supreme Decisions, Combined Volume
Great Constitutional Cases and Their Impact
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Supreme Decisions: Great Constitutional Cases and Their Impact, Volumes 1 and 2, covers twenty-four Supreme Court cases (twelve per volume) that have shaped American constitutional law. Interpretive chapters shed light on the nuances of each case, the individuals involved, and the social, political,...
by Lester I. Tenney
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2000
Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Lester Tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary Death March and three and a half years in Japanese prison camps. With an understanding of human nature, a sense of humor, sharp thinking, and fierce determination, Tenney endured the...
A Life in Words
Conversations with I. B. Siegumfeldt
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
An inside look into Paul Auster's art and craft, the inspirations and obsessions, mesmerizing and dramatic in turn.
A remarkably candid, and often surprisingly dramatic, investigation into one writer's art, craft, and life, A Life in Words is rooted in three years of dialogue between Auster...
The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more
The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more
An All Time Favorite Collection from the Renowned Russian dramatists and Writers (Including Essays and Lectures on Russian Novelists)
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Best Russian Plays and Short Stories by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, Gogol and many more" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. It is said that if you haven't read the great Russian playwrights and authors...
by I.J. Singer
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Bastano a volte poche pagine per accorgersi di avere fra le mani un grande romanzo, e per cogliere quel timbro puro che ne fa un classico. È ciò che accade con "La famiglia Karnowski" di Israel J. Singer, maestro dimenticato, rimasto per troppo tempo nel cono d'ombra del più celebre fratello...
by G. I. Gurdjieff
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
This is one of the few records published by Gurdjieff in which he offers guidance to his 'community of seekers', the pupils from many countries who joined him in Paris and New York. The first section is mainly autobiographical, relating material crucial to an understanding of the nature and intensity...
Inside
A Top G-Man Exposes Spies, Lies, and Bureaucratic Bungling in the FBI
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
Reflecting on a career that spanned twenty-five years and four continents, Special Agent I.C. Smith gives you the inside story of the Bureau's greatest takedowns and biggest screw-ups. This intrepid G-man has seen it all.
From China to the South Pacific, from East Berlin to Arkansas, I.C. Smith...
by Lloyd I. Sederer MD
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Advice on Helping Your Loved Ones, from the medical director of the country's largest state mental health system and the mental health editor of The Huffington Post
More than fifty million people a year are diagnosed with some form of mental illness. It spares no sex, race, age, ethnicity,...
The War On Heresy
Faith and Power in Medieval Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
The great war on heresy obsessed medieval Europe in the centuries after the first millennium. R. I. Moore's vivid narrative focuses on the motives and anxieties of those who declared and conducted the war: what were the beliefs and practices they saw as heretical? How might such beliefs have arisen?...
A Treasury of Virtues
Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of 'Ali, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jahiz
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
A Treasury of Virtues is a collection of sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (d. 40/661), the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, the first Shia Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph.
An acknowledged master of Arabic eloquence and a sage of Islamic wisdom,...
Light in the Heavens
Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, wielding an authority second only to the Qur'an.
The words of Muhammad (d. 11/632), God's messenger and prophet of Islam, have a special place in the hearts of his followers. Wielding an authority second only to the Qur'an, Muhammad’s hadith are cited by scholars...
by Lui I-Ming
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
The Tao is the ancient Chinese "Way" that has inspired numerous books, from The Tao of Physics to The Tao of Sex . This book might be called "The Tao of Tao." In 142 brief meditative essays, the author uses simple language and natural imagery to express the essence of the wisdom...
by King James I of England
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The fearefull aboundinge at this time in this countrie, of these detestable slaues of the Deuill, the Witches or enchaunters, hath moved me (beloued reader) to dispatch in post, this following treatise of mine, not in any wise (as I protest) to serue for a shew of my learning & ingine, but onely (mooued...
by Lev Tolstói
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 21, 2011
Este brilhante conto pertence à fase final da vida de Lev Nikoláievitch Tolstói (1828-1910), quando ele atinge alguns dos momentos maiores de sua ficção (Padre Sérgio, Hadji-Murat, entre outros). Escrito em 1903 e publicado postumamente em 1911, “Depois do baile” reúne, em uma estrutura...