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Discover an entirely new way to look at your bodyas a pathway to the Divine. Award-winner Jan Phillips takes you on an energizing journey through your physical self, drawing connections between the bone, muscle, and sinew of your body and the spiritual teachings of various faith traditions, modern scientific...

In de vroege lente van 1415, op de stoffige wegen van Italië, heeft de ambitieuze heelmeester en architect Isidorus van Rillington een ontmoeting die zijn leven totaal verandert. Isidorus’ zoektocht naar kennis, die hem tot aan de rand van de wereld bracht, is daarmee voltooid. Hij besluit met...

In de donkere winterse dagen van 1959 ontmoeten een onbekende West-Friese verpleegster en een schilderende rebel elkaar in het Amsterdamse uitgaansleven. Het is liefde op het eerste gezicht en voor beiden meteen een lotsbestemming. Vijf jaar later zijn ze beroemd. Zij als Loesje Hamel, topmannequin...

In this important new book, the distinguished Egyptologist Jan Assmann provides a masterful overview of a crucial theme in the religious history of the West - that of 'religio duplex', or dual religion. He begins by returning to the theology of the Ancient Egyptians, who set out to present their culture...

In Japan, the old ways have prevailed well into the 21st century. Small family run shops still make miso, tofu, shoyu, tamari, amazake and other traditional healing foods the same way they were made centuries ago. Perched on ladders, tamari makers gently stir fermenting brew in two-hundred-year-old...

Constitutional Patriotism offers a new theory of citizenship and civic allegiance for today's culturally diverse liberal democracies. Rejecting conventional accounts of liberal nationalism and cosmopolitanism, Jan-Werner Müller argues for a form of political belonging centered on universalist norms,...

At a fateful travel writing workshop, Barbara, Louise, and Janet knew they had to collaborate. Soon, Wendy joined them, and the new writing group got to work. LOUISE enjoys easy travels, wine, and good food. She takes you deep inside a Hungarian wine cellar and travels from Dawson City in the...

The poems in this book arise from Robinson’s Crossing — the place where the railway ends and European settlers arriving in northern Alberta had to cross the Pembina River and advance by wagon or on foot. How have we crossed into this country, with what violence and what blind love? Robinson’s...

Ménage ~ Il Key Club, libro uno Schiacciata dalla pressione di continue scadenze di lavoro, la scrittrice di romanzi d’amore erotici Claire Miller decide che è ora di rilassarsi con un sensuale ménage à trois al Key Club. Quando viene abbinata a due fighi da paura si rende conto che proprio...

Anyone who believes that democratic freedom and Christian morality are necessarily opposed to one another should find Professor Jan Klos’ book of great interest. Beginning with a careful study of 19th century liberalism, Klos shows how liberalism—understood as political freedom, individualism,...

Josie knew her life would change when she left California for Alaska to study whales. But little did she know just how much.

Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, Marine Le Pen, Hugo Chávez—populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the difference between right-wing and left-wing populism? Does populism...

When Ann Richards delivered the keynote of the 1988 Democratic National Convention and mocked President George H. W. Bush—"Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth"—she instantly became a media celebrity and triggered a rivalry that would alter the course...

Jan-Melissa Schramm explores the conflicted attitude of the Victorian novel to sacrifice, and the act of substitution on which it depends. The Christian idea of redemption celebrated the suffering of the innocent: to embrace a life of metaphorical self-sacrifice was to follow in the footsteps of Christ's...