In 1942, with a black-market chicken under his arm, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went to war. He was twenty-two and a cryptopgraher of genius. In Between Silk and Cyanide, his critically acclaimed account of... Zobraziť viac
A Jerusalem Memoir... Zobraziť viac
'The greatest rock 'n' roll biography ever written' Rolling Stone'You're lookin' at a livin' legend.' He said, and then fell silent for a moment. 'Y'know, that really worries me. I always thought a legend was somethin' dead.'The tormented life of Jerry... Zobraziť viac
Few philosophers or theologians exerted as much influence on the shape of medieval thought as Thomas Aquinas. He ranks amongst the most famous of the Western philosophers and was responsible for almost single-handedly bringing the philosophy of... Zobraziť viac
The Life and Wines of the World's Favourite Sommelier... Zobraziť viac
The first full biography of Clementine Churchill since the international bestseller by her daughter Mary Soames in 1981. Sheds new light on the pivotal relationship between the Churchills and the Roosevelts, in particular. Zobraziť viac
A political and personal history of the aclaimed writer, academic and critic, which reveals the influences which have informed ground-breaking works such as "Orientalism" and "Culture & Imperialism". "A work of art, one of the noblest biographies of... Zobraziť viac
Sarah Bradford is a historian and biographer. Previous books include biographies of Disraeli, George VI, Elizabeth II and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (America's Queen), as well as two previous accounts of the Borgia family. She lives in London. Zobraziť viac
Albert Derolez has developed new terminology for describing the different scripts in this detailed study of handwriting in manuscript books produced in western and central Europe from c.1100 to c.1530. This makes Derolez's survey unique and an ideal... Zobraziť viac
1994 rangierte Continental Airlines allgemein als schlechteste Airline und stand kurz vor dem Konkurs - das dritte Mal in nur 10 Jahren. Nur wenige Monate nach seinem Amtsantritt als CEO hatte Gordon Bethune einen enormen Erfolg zu verzeichnen: Nie... Zobraziť viac
Im Rahmen des Projekts ›Papsturkunden des frühen und hohen Mittelalters‹ der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, welches im Gesamtunternehmen der Pius-Stiftung für Papsturkundenforschung eingebettet ist... Zobraziť viac
You are chosen, loved, prized, wanted, and believed in by a perfect Father.In Seeing God as a Perfect Father,Louie Giglio invites us to experience God in a life-changing way: as a perfect Father who wants you to live under the waterfall of His blessing... Zobraziť viac
The star of The Incredible Dr. Pol shares his amusing, and often poignant, tales from his four decades as a vet in rural Michigan. Dr. Jan Pol is not your typical veterinarian. Born and raised the Netherlands on a dairy farm, he is the star of Nat Geo... Zobraziť viac
'This is Christian hope: the certainty of walking towards something that exists, not something I hope might be there... Zobraziť viac
V skromnom zozname slovenských katolíckych prekladov Biblie má preklad Antona Boteka výnimočné miesto. Autor na ňom pracoval s cieľom priblížiť biblické texty moderným jazykom. Ten je prvým krokom k lepšiemu porozumeniu neraz neľahkých textov... Zobraziť viac
Cuando se cumplen 40 años de las apariciones de la Virgen en Medjugorje, una remota aldea en Bosnia-Herzegovina, José María Zavala ha viajado hasta allí... Zobraziť viac
"The Letter to Titus", one of the three "Pastoral Epistles" of the New Testament, has become the ground of intense controversy - theologically, sociologically, even politically. This volume guides readers through the shoals of contemporary controversy... Zobraziť viac
Vitruvius` classic work on architecture is the only book of its kind to survive antiquity. Vitruvius was himself an architect and engineer, but this is not a handbook for professionals; rather it serves readers who want to understand architecture. Book... Zobraziť viac
Pious Jews of the Second Temple period sought to conform their lives to Torah, the law God had given Israel. Their different sects disagreed, however, on how to interpret particular laws and even on the question of who had the authority to interpret... Zobraziť viac
The Austro-Hungarian aristocrat of Transylvanian origin, Baron Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933), was one of the most adventuresome travelers and scholars of Southeast Europe in the early decades of the twentieth century. He was also a paleontologist of renown... Zobraziť viac
