Dash: 85 books

From the bestselling author of Tulipomania comes Batavia’s Graveyard, the spellbinding true story of mutiny, shipwreck, murder, and survival. It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company’s flagship, was loaded with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems...

Do historians “write their biographies” with the subjects they choose to address in their research? In this collection, editors Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber compiled eleven original essays by historians whose own ethnic backgrounds shaped the choices they have made about their own research...

Ainsi parla l'Oncle, premier manifeste de la négritude, paru en 1928, est le grand livre sur la condition noire, sur la relation à l'Afrique et à sa culture. Lire aujourd'hui Ainsi parla l'Oncle pour découvrir un geste essentiel. Revisiter l'Oncle Vingt-quatre auteurs relisent Ainsi parla l'Oncle...

After the titanic struggle to bring about his birth, the Forge of Time grows up on an earth devastated by the fall, an earth ravaged by fire and flood and overrun by ice. The young man must grow up and learn to use his gift, for he is one of the few to have a nascent future sense. He must master his...

The urban origins of American Judaism began with daily experiences of Jews, their responses to opportunities for social and physical mobility as well as constraints of discrimination and prejudice. Deborah Dash Moore explores Jewish participation in American cities and considers the implications of...

IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1190, the city of York turned on itself. Eight hundred years later, Dr Wolf finds himself embroiled in a desperate struggle to heal the fear and guilt brought over by his patients from this time of betrayal and mass murder. Using his gift for seeing past lives, he must find...

Most preachers, by definition, are average. It's easy to feel discouraged and to think that God only uses extraordinary preachers. The reality? God uses ordinary, faithful preachers to build the church. Our job is to become the best preacher we can be, even if we remain ordinary. Darryl...

De psycho-historische thriller over een van de bloedigste hoofdstukken uit Nederlands maritieme geschiedenis In de vroege morgen van 4 juni 1629 loopt de Batavia, een pronkschip van de VOC, op haar eerste reis naar 'de Oost' op een rif voor de kust van Australië. Terwijl opperkoopman Francisco...

’Really unputdownable! I adored it.’ - lu dex (NetGalley) “It was done, they were bound, all was finished…” A fighter, a drinker and a notorious seducer, Isaac Roscoe was the last man that innocent Ruth Osbourne would ever consider as a husband – but that was before Roscoe ruined her prospects...

I dreamt of her again this morning and she was as treacherous as she was in my reality, but the love that I feel for her was so strong during the dream that when I awoken, I yearned for her more Like puzzle pieces, we are all connected If everything in life happens for a reason, there is no such thing...

I dreamt of her again this afternoon and she was as treacherous as she was in my reality, but the love that I feel for her was so strong during the dream that when I awoken, I yearned for her more The only thing more dangerous than a brokenhearted woman is a brokenhearted man. Some say that there...

Most people like to think that they are inventors. Some of them like to dream about creating or inventing the next product that will solve a problem. Quite a number of people study Science because they want to change the world with a new discovery. Nikola Tesla wanted to improve the quality of life for...

‘a hell of a lot of fun and exactly the sort of comfort read you need on a rainy Sunday afternoon.’ – Perks of Being a Bookworm A woman is revealed… By day Miss Harriet Groves is a highly respectable lady, and a darling of society with her quick wit and blonde beauty. But by night Harriet...

A vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of central Asia to its place of honor in the lush imperial gardens of Constantinople, to its starring moment as the most coveted—and beautiful—commodity in Europe. In the 1630s, visitors to...