Walter: 4352 books
by Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at each a particular country through the eyes and minds of...
DB Cooper Where Are You
My Own Story. A Fictionalized Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
D.B. Cooper is wild and conservative, smart and stupid, careful and courageous. He has imagination, determination, and an adjustable conscience. You've got to like him and despise him. He is a pirate, a friend, a schemer, a drug dealer, a nurturer, a murderer, a family man. And now--a writer? It’s...
After the Fall
The End of the European Dream and the Decline of a Continent
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
A master historian takes us deep into the heart of Europe's current political and financial crisis
Walter Laqueur was one of the few experts who predicted Europe's current financial and political crisis when he wrote The Last Days of Europe six years ago*.* Now this master historian takes readers...
Trifles From My Portfolio; Or, Recollections Of Scenes And Small Adventures - Vol. Ii
During Twenty-Nine Years Military Service In The Peninsular War And Invasion Of France
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
As a “cutter”, or regimental surgeon, Walter Henry faced the bloodiest side of the military in no less than three continents. “In December 1811 he became an assistant surgeon in the 66th Foot, with which he served throughout the Peninsular War, participating in numerous actions including Badajoz,...
by Walter Hopgood
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Bombings in Europe leave the whole world in chaos. But amidst that chaos is an old family riddle that could lead Earth's population not just to a better place, but to another planet.
Migration: Beginnings is the story of newlyweds Rhys and Jason, and how a necklace and accompanying story handed...
by Walter Dean Myers
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
In the second book of the CRUISERS series, Walter Dean Myers explores the world of competitive chess as seen through the eyes of a group of middle school misfits. Sidney Aronofsky is one of the best chess players under age 16. When he's arrested for trying to buy drugs, it comes as a total surprise...
Rhetoric, Romance, and Technology
Studies in the Interaction of Expression and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
This collection of essays by Walter J. Ong focuses on the complex and dynamic relationship between verbal performance and cultural evolution. By studying the history of rhetoric and related arts from classical antiquity through the age of romanticism to the modern period, Ong both illuminates the...
by Walter Michka
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Thinking about cannibalism? Want to kick a pigeon? Fed up with open-mouthed yawns? Wheelie bags? One-named celebrities? And what, exactly, are your 3rd amendment rights? For less than a grande latte at Starbucks, you can find answers to those and many more questions in "Thought Nuggets," a collection...
by Walter Holland
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2011
Circuit is about the ever shifting rituals and celebrations of gay life, from the political to the personal and the personal to the universal. From the serene settings of Fire Island and the exuberant parties of Provincetown to the AIDS wards of New York City and the acceptance of mortality and the...
The Beauty of a Social Problem
Photography, Autonomy, Economy
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Bertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem’s “beauty and attraction” invisible. In The Beauty of a Social Problem, Walter Benn Michaels explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers...
Interfaces of the Word
Studies in the Evolution of Consciousness and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Drawing on a wide range of disciplines—linguistics, phenomenological analysis, cultural anthropology, media studies, and intellectual history—Walter J. Ong offers a reasoned and sophisticated view of human consciousness different in many respects from that of structuralism. The essays in Interfaces...
With God in Russia
The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest's Twenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Republished for a new century and featuring an afterword by Father James Martin, SJ, the classic memoir of an American-born Jesuit priest imprisoned for fifteen years in a Soviet gulag during the height of the Cold War—a poignant and spiritually uplifting story of extraordinary faith and fortitude...
by Walter Wangerin Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Walter Wangerin Jr. is know for his powerful storytelling in such books as The Book of the Dun Cow, The Book of God, and Paul: A Novel. Now he offers the most important story of the Christian faith—the life of Jesus presented in the author’s inimitable style. Rich in atmosphere and historical...
Ragman - reissue
And Other Cries of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Updated with eleven new stories and meditations, this Gold Medallion–winning classic interweaves vivid stories, deep meditations, and provocative allegories that together explore the power and meaning of love within an often inhumane urban landscape. The opening chapter, "Ragman," remains one of...