Peter Marks: 10 books

The western world has encouraged us to borrow, spend and borrow again because the price of credit was cheap with the view that we could spend to-day and enjoy ourselves – live for the day – pay tomorrow. Take a new loan, new credit card, re-mortgage and pay it back later. However, this could not...

Yeshua, commonly known as Jesus, has had more far-reaching influence than any other character in human history. The events and teachings of his life led to the birth of the Christian church and still influence people's lives today around the world. This very readable account of the life of...

At the end of the century, much criticism has become devoted to `last things': the end of history, the end of the subject, the end of the novel, the end, even, of the end. Literature and the Contemporary, in contrast, aims to provide through twelve essays evidence of the way in which the literature...

One of the main challenges facing contemporary society is to understand how people can make decisions together. Understanding Collective Decision Making builds on evolutionary theories and presents an analytical tool to analyse and visualise collective decision making. By combining theoretical research...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...

The relationship between Christianity and Islam is complex. This collection of essays by scholars and human rights activists engages with some of the most pressing issues in Christian-Muslim relations, addressing matters of theology, the encounter between civilisations and inter-religious affairs....

Jeder Schuss ein Treffer! Nun, nicht immer. So mancher Schuss geht nach hinten los, und so manche Prise Gift schluckt unverhofft der Falsche. Diese Geschichten haben es in sich, denn hier läuft es oft gänzlich anders als erwartet. Heimtückische Mordpläne, skrupellose Killer, perfide Mordwaffen,...

One of the exciting aspects of being involved in the field of molecular biology is the ever-accelerating rate of progress, both in the development of new methodologies and the practical applications of these methodologies. This popular textbook has been completely revised and updated to provide a...

In Hongkong spürt der Dämonenkiller Dorian Hunter dem "schwarzen Grimoire" nach – einem Zauberbuch, mit dessen Hilfe angeblich Tote zum Leben erweckt werden können. Aber auch die Schwarze Familie ist hinter dem Buch her! Zur selben Zeit erhält Coco Zamis die Nachricht, dass in Wien...

Auf Madagaskar will Jeff Parker, reicher Filmfinanzier und einer der engsten Freunde des Dämonenkillers Dorian Hunter, einen Dokumentarfilm über die Rituale eines religiösen Kults drehen. Seine Kontaktperson: Wu Gunma, eine schöne Hellseherin. Bald schon pflegt Jeff engeren Kontakt zu ihr, als...