Bart : 333 books
The Triumph of Christianity
How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
The “marvelous” (Reza Aslan, bestselling author of Zealot), New York Times bestselling story of how Christianity became the dominant religion in the West.
How did a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official...
Jesus, Interrupted
Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them)
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller Misquoting Jesus—and on The Daily Show with John Stewart, NPR, and Dateline NBC, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: Jesus, Interrupted. This New York Times bestseller reveals...
Under Tower Peak
A Tommy Smith High Country Noir, Book One
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
This tautly written debut thriller was named one of the 10 Best Mysteries of 2013 by the Wall Street Journal.
After two tours as a sniper in Iraq, Tommy Smith has returned to his former life as a cowboy and wilderness guide in California’s Sierra Nevada, hoping to reclaim the simplicity of...
How Jesus Became God
The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesus’s divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.
The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed...
The Happiness Philosophers
The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other founders
In The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism—one of the most influential yet...
by Bart King
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2008
Punctuated with both sharp and dry wit, Bart King presents a wealth of fascinating trivia.
Brilliant people are those who walk farther, think deeper, and talk louder than the rest of us. They do what it takes to get the job done, and then some. The masters of brilliance include presidential candidate...
by Benjamin Bart, Robert Cook
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1977
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1977
The sources for La Légende de Saint Julien l’Hospitalier, one of Flaubert’s finest literary works, have long been the subject of numerous conflicting theories. The implications of the controversy are broad and important, not only for Flaubert’s work but also for our understanding of how writers...
The Arts in the 1970s
Cultural Closure
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Were the 1970s really `the devils decade'? Images of strikes, galloping inflation, rising unemployment and bitter social divisions evoke a period of unparalleled economic decline, political confrontation and social fragmentation. But how significant were the pessimism and self-doubt of the 1970s,...
Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics
The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
"Arguably the most distinctive feature of the early Christian literature," writes Bart Ehrman, "is the degree to which it was forged." The Homilies and Recognitions of Clement; Paul's letters to and from Seneca; Gospels by Peter, Thomas, and Philip; Jesus' correspondence with Abgar, letters by Peter...
The Autobiography Of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G.C.B.
Edited with the addition of some supplementary Chapters by G. C. Moore Smith M.A.
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
The autobiography of Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet of Aliwal, is as exciting, varied and adventurous as the epic life that he led. He joined the British army in the 1st battalion of the 95th Rifles, whose dark green uniform he was proud to wear and despite an inauspicious posting along with the disastrous...
My Life on the Run
The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
With My Life on the Run, Bart Yasso--an icon of one of the most enduringly popular recreational sports in the United States--offers a touching and humorous memoir about the rewards and challenges of running. Recounting his adventures in locales like Antarctica, Africa, and Chitwan National Park in...
Lost Christianities:The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2003
The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine,...
by Bart D. Ehrman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Bart Ehrman, author of the highly popular Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code and Lost Christianities, here takes readers on another engaging tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, Paul of Tarsus, and Mary Magdalene....
Jesus : Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 1999
Few biographical works spark passions as intensely as do interpretations of the life of Jesus. In this highly accessible book Bart Ehrman reviews the latest textual and archeological research into Jesus's life and the history of first-century Palestine and draws a fascinating controversial portrait...