Thomas Cahill: 20 books
Desire of the Everlasting Hills
The World Before and After Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet.
How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the...
The Gifts of the Jews
How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today.
The...
Heretics and Heroes
How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
From the inimitable bestselling author Thomas Cahill, another popular history—this one focusing on how the innovations of the Renaissance and the Reformation changed the Western world. A truly revolutionary book.
In Volume VI of his acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill guides us...
by Thomas Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe.
Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how...
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Why the Greeks Matter
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2010
In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore “the hinges of history,” Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining—and historically unassailable—journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago.
In the...
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
And the Beginning of the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, a fascinating look at how medieval thinkers created the origins of modern intellectual movements.
After the long period of decline known as the Dark Ages, medieval Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature,...
by Thomas Cahill
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Una biografia che è anche, e soprattutto, un libro sulla storia della Chiesa. Thomas Cahill racconta al lettore la vita di Papa Giovanni XXIII, in modo erudito, ma al tempo stesso divertente e popolare. L'autore ha colto con arguzia i due aspetti dell'irresistibile carattere di Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli:...
A Saint on Death Row
The Story of Dominique Green
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
Bestselling author Thomas Cahill tells the absorbing, heartbreaking tale of the hard life and tragic death of Dominique Green—wrongly accused, then executed in Huntsville, Texas—and shines a light on our racist and deeply flawed criminal justice system.
Green, an extraordinary young man from...
by Thomas Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
The inimitable Thomas Cahill turns his eye on the dawn of the modern Western world in this intelligent, beautifully written exploration of medieval Europe, the fifth book in his acclaimed Hinges of History series.After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth...
Pope John XXIII
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2008
From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization.
Elected to the papacy at the age of 76, Pope John XXIII was to have a brief but important reign. Although he had a doctorate in theology, his gifts were pastoral—reaching out to the people of the Church. After his doctorate, he...
by Thomas Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
A selection from How The Irish Saved Civilization, everything you need to know about the historical St. Patrick, the extraordinary Iron Age man who became Ireland’s patron saint.
The real St. Patrick neither dressed in green nor chased the snakes from Ireland; instead, he was a kind and...
Jesus' Little Instruction Book
His Words to Your Heart
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Jesus' teachings have reached across two millenia, inspiring, informing, and uplifting people from all walks of life. In this elegant little volume, a noted religious publisher and biblical student has collected Jesus' key messenges, culled from the Gospels. Organized thematically, Jesus' words...
I Can Breathe Clearly Now
Protecting Yourself From Air Pollution
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Author Thomas A. Cahill, an internationally recognized physicist and atmospheric scientist from the University of California, Davis, applies the best current science in exploring serious, even lethal, health threats ignored by air pollution agencies. Written for non-scientists and spiced with humor...
by Thomas A. Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Ark: Asteroid Impact is a gripping story about a band of Californians who take refuge and manage to survive the calamitous effects of the collision of a large asteroid with the Earth. The devastating impact shatters civilization and eradicates nearly all forms of plant and animal life on the planet....
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