Roger: 3830 books

What was it like to fight at Trafalgar? How would the modern media report the greatest sea battle of the Georgian era which still resonates today? A victory against all odds which secured the pre-eminence of the Royal Navy and heralded Pax Britannica, Britain's dominance of the seas for a hundred...

A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists,...

Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Prime Minister's Prize for Literature In this sweeping epic of friendship, toil, hope and failed promise, multi-award-winning author Roger McDonald follows the story of Kingsley Colts as he chases the ghost of himself through the decades, and...

Cash-strapped actor Byron Nichols takes a job as Santa Claus in a department store and feels his career is heading for oblivion. But he quickly discovers that the role demands more than acting skills as he becomes involved in the lives of the people around him. A lively cast of characters including...

Con la incisiva inteligencia de Roger Bartra, este libro está dedicado a explorar, analizar y criticar los problemas de la izquierda y la derecha en la coyuntura actual. Una brillante y profunda exploración de la fractura del sistema político mexicano. La transición democrática...

Roger Evans, everyone's favourite dairy farmer, is back with his daily account of rural life, full of laughter, grumbles and witty observations about what makes life tick in the real countryside. From his own farmyard, or looking down on his village from his tractor or on a stool in the local bar, Roger tells it like it is.

Roger Evans, everyone’s favourite dairy and poultry farmer, is back with his daily account of rural life, full of laughter, grumbles and witty observations about what makes life tick in the real countryside. From his own farmyard, or looking down on his village from his tractor, or on a stool in the local pub, Roger tells it like it is.

¿Qué influencias pueden tener la moda, la fe y la fantasía en las investigaciones científicas que buscan entender el comportamiento del universo? ¿Son los físicos teóricos inmunes a las tendencias, las creencias dogmáticas o los revoloteos fantásticos? Roger Penrose responde a estas...

This story is about a group of old people that live in Florida. It will be mainly about Roger after he retired from his job. It tells about all the good times, the sad ones, along with the bad and happy ones also. Youre going to meet all sorts of people that Roger met along the way, the differences in lifestyle his new friends are living in Florida.

Roger Rosenblatt’s dazzling comic gifts are on enviable display....Beet will settle the issue: is Roger Rosenblatt our most audacious comic visionary,or our most audacious visionary comic?”—Joyce Carol Oates Beet College is doomed...and nobody really cares. The Board of Trustees, led...

Contrecoups est un thriller québécois. Secouée par l’assassinat sauvage de son conjoint, Maïa Aselyn, une ex-policière dont la tête a été mise à prix par un gang de rues de Montréal, se voit contrainte de retrouver le fils kidnappé d’un industriel québécois d’origine grecque. Alors...

A collection of 52 poems written by Roger. In no specific genre or type. All poems are written with passion and are easily related to.

A Compelling Exploration of the Emerging Secular Spirituality What is faith? It is not something we must receive from a religion, nor is it a quality we must abandon in order to be rational. "Faith is not the same as belief," writes bestselling author Roger Housden. "A nonreligious...

A wonderful selection of over 100 of Roger's own best-loved poems from his vast Puffin catalogue of poetry collections. Lots of favourites and some lesser known surprises, too. Packed with fabulous Lydia Monks illustrations throughout.