The hard work required to make god real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faithHow do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people-as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to... Zobraziť viac
A magisterial, myth-dispelling history of Islamic Spain, from the founding of Islam to the final expulsion of Spain's Muslims in the seventeenth century. Zobraziť viac
In Chasing Slow, viral sensation and HGTV.com star Erin turns away from fast and fame and frenzy. Follow along as she blazes the trail toward a new-fashioned lifestyle---one that will refresh your perspective, renew your priorities and shift your focus... Zobraziť viac
A focus on Caravaggio’s last work, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, telling the story of an empowered female saint Zobraziť viac
Molly McKenzie has made social media influencing a lucrative career, but nailing a TV show means proving she's as good in real life as she is online. So, she volunteers with a youth program. Challenged at every turn by the program director, Silas, and... Zobraziť viac
A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores... Zobraziť viac
A modern classic with over 250,000 copies sold, Honey for a Child's Heart is a compelling, essential guide for parents who want to find the best books for their children ages 0-12. This updated and expanded edition includes a new preface, an updated... Zobraziť viac
The most influential theory of the origins of women’s oppression in the modern era, in a beautiful new edition... Zobraziť viac
'An invitation to embrace ourselves with all our pain, fear and anxieties, and to step lightly yet firmly on the path of understanding and compassion' Thich Nhat HanhFeelings of self-doubt and insecurity are what hold us back in life and cause true... Zobraziť viac
This deluxe hardback edition presents the classic text The Book of Five Rings, written by undefeated swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Bound in luxurious silk with gold-foil decoration and full-colour illustrations, it makes a wonderful companion for anyone... Zobraziť viac
Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel provides four practical, life-changing strategies for breaking free from destructive thinking and for living the life God intends for you. Zobraziť viac
One of the world’s greatest scientists of human behaviour, the bestselling author of Behave, shows that free will does not exist - and sets out the disturbing yet liberating implications of accepting this fact... Zobraziť viac
In surrealist artist Paul Klee’s The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcaster Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor for... Zobraziť viac
We don't understand the reactionary mind. As a result, argues Mark Lilla in this timely book, the ideas and passions that shape today's political dramas are unintelligible to us. The reactionary is anything but a conservative. He is as radical and... Zobraziť viac
In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Years later he would be beatified. Evelyn Waugh\'s compelling and elegant narrative is a homage to... Zobraziť viac
`Your Jacques is a tasteless mishmash of things that happen, some of them true, others made up, written without style and served up like a dog`s breakfast.`Jacques the Fatalist is Diderot`s answer to the problem of existence. If human beings are... Zobraziť viac
Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman’s escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel and Carolyn Jessop’s Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author... Zobraziť viac
How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present... Zobraziť viac
Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of “half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form.” He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens ... Zobraziť viac
