Geoffrey: 1373 books
British Political History, 1867–2001
Democracy and Decline
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This third edition of British Political History, 1867–2001 is an accessible summary of major political developments in British history over the last 140 years.
Analyzing the changing nature of British society and Britain's role on the world stage, Malcolm Pearce and Geoffrey Stewart also...
Reaching Up for Manhood
Transforming the Lives of Boys in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2000
From a troubled youth navigating the mean streets of the South Bronx to an inspiring educational activist who evokes praise from the likes of President Barack Obama, Geoffrey Canada has made a remarkable personal journey that cemented his dedication to underserved youth. His award-winning work was...
Crimes Against Humanity
The Struggle for Global Justice
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
When it was first published in 1999, Crimes Against Humanity called for a radical shift from diplomacy to justice in international affairs. In vivid, non-legalese prose, leading human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson made a riveting case for holding political and military leaders accountable in international...
Rather His Own Man
In Court with Tyrants, Tarts and Troublemakers
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Geoffrey Robertson led students in the ’60s to demand an end to racism and censorship. He went on to become a top human rights advocate, saving the lives of many death-row inmates, freeing dissidents and taking on tyrants in a career marked by courage, determination and a fierce independence.
In...
Second Suns
Two Trailblazing Doctors and Their Quest to Cure Blindness, One Pair of Eyes at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
**Now in paperback: a #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s gripping chronicle of “two doctors . . . bringing light to those in darkness” (Time)
The publisher will donate a portion of its proceeds on the sale of this book to the Himalayan Cataract Project.**
Second Suns is the unforgettable...
My Own Medicine
A Doctor's Life as a Patient
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Approaching his forty-first birthday, Dr. Geoffrey Kurland was a busy man. His work as a Pediatric Pulmonologist , caring for children with lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis and asthma, led to long hours on the wards at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. At the same time, he was...
by Geoffrey Household
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
1930-something: a professional hunter is passing through an unnamed Central European country that is in the thrall of a vicious dictator. The hunter wonders whether he can penetrate undetected into the dictator’s private compound. He does. He has the potential target in his sites and is wondering...
Imposing Harmony
Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2008
Imposing Harmony is a groundbreaking analysis of the role of music and musicians in the social and political life of colonial Cuzco. Challenging musicology’s cathedral-centered approach to the history of music in colonial Latin America, Geoffrey Baker demonstrates that rather than being dominated...
Food of Sinful Demons
Meat, Vegetarianism, and the Limits of Buddhism in Tibet
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Tibetan Buddhism teaches compassion toward all beings, a category that explicitly includes animals. Slaughtering animals is morally problematic at best and, at worst, completely incompatible with a religious lifestyle. Yet historically most Tibetans—both monastic and lay—have made meat a regular...
by Geoffrey Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
The book covers about 1000 years from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance under the headings the Spectres of Dante and the Pilgrims of Chaucer; Mohammed and Charlemagne; Saint Augustine and Saint Aquinas; Serfs and Peasants; Lords and Vassals; Soldiers and Priests; Knights and Lords; Kings and Popes;...
For Christ's Sake
End Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church ... for Good
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
In this new book, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson pulls no punches in his effort to go beyond merely 'managing' sexual abuse in the Church. He leads up to a call for nothing less than a Council of the whole Church to confront the issues raised in the book, within which he insists that the laity must play a major role.
by Geoffrey Blainey
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Christianity has played a central role in world history, for better or worse, but beyond the story of Jesus, many people know little of this story. Geoffrey Blainey takes readers on a journey from the very beginnings of Christianity through to the current day. Looking at the development of the religion...
by Geoffrey Ivar
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2011
This is a short story by the classic Japanese author Tsuseko Yada. At its core, Rebellion is about human faith and frailty. It also provides insight into how the Japanese might have viewed Christianity in the early 20th century. The story follows Omatsu, her children, and the Christian church that...
Saladin: Hero of Islam
Hero of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
The extraordinary character and career of Saladin are the keys to understanding the Battle of Hattin, the fall of Jerusalem and the failure of the Third Crusade. He united warring Muslim lands, reconquered the bulk of Crusader states and faced the Richard the Lion Heart, king of England, in one of...