Geoffrey: 1373 books
Commander in Chief
How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2008
How Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq Made The Commander In Chief and Foretell the Future of America
This is a story of ever-expanding presidential powers in an age of unwinnable wars. Harry Truman and Korea, Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, George W. Bush and Iraq: three presidents, three ever broader interpretations...
The Franco-Prussian War
The German Conquest of France in 1870–1871
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2003
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian army's crushing defeats of Denmark in 1864 and Austria in 1866, French Emperor Napoleon III vowed to bring Prussia to heel. Digging into many European...
Tantric Revisionings
New Understandings of Tibetan Buddhism and Indian Religion
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Tantric Revisionings presents stimulating new perspectives on Hindu and Buddhist religion, particularly their Tantric versions, in India, Tibet or in modern Western societies. Geoffrey Samuel adopts an historically and textually informed anthropological approach, seeking to locate and understand religion...
by Geoffrey Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
The general history of ancient Greece and Rome is traced separately and then their contribution to the West is looked at under the headings Gods, Rulers, Thinkers, Writers, Artists and Historians. This is the first in a five volume History of the West that is published at the same time. One theme...
Jean Jaurès
The Inner Life of Social Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Jean Jaurès was a towering intellectual and political leader of the democratic Left at the turn of the twentieth century, but he is little remembered today outside of France, and his contributions to political thought are little studied anywhere. In Jean Jaurès: The Inner Life of Social Democracy,...
by Geoffrey Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
How did it feel to be faced with the prospect of being branded, pressed to death or boiled alive in oil?
In this classic account of the history of torture, Geoffrey Abbott guides us through some of the worst torture methods known to man, from chilli powder punishment to needles under nails,...
by Geoffrey A. Feller
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Natalie Dvorak Mysteries #1Detective Sergeant Natalie Dvorak has had a lot to prove since joining the Vermont State Police. It's 1982 and not all the boys like to work with a "lady cop". Dvorak's hard work and tough exterior demands the respect of male skeptics both on and off the...
by Geoffrey R. Stone
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
A “volume of lasting significance” that illuminates how the clash between sex and religion has defined our nation’s history (Lee C. Bollinger, president, Columbia University).
Lauded for “bringing a bracing and much-needed dose of reality about the Founders’ views of sexuality”...
Global Crisis
War, Climate and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses—the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and extent. The effects of what historians call the "General Crisis" extended from England to Japan, from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan...
Practical Truth
For Encouragement, Guidance and Hope in This Life and to Prepare You for the Next
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Youve heard it before; God loves you! Jesus saves! Repent! Read the Bible! John 3:16 and so on. But what does it all mean to you? Is it relevant to your life? With all the things going on in your life, do you have time for God? Can He help you? Do you matter to God?
Many people ask those questions...
The Family in Late Antiquity
The Rise of Christianity and the Endurance of Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2002
The Family in Late Antiquity offers a challenging, well-argued and coherent study of the family in the late Roman world and the influence of the emerging Christian religion on its structure and value.
Before the Roman Empire's political disintegration in the west, enormous political, religious and...
The Bible
An Easy-to-read Guide to Its Purpose and Origin
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
This easy-to-follow Bible study provides an interactive way to better understand the foundational truths necessary to grow a more vital relationship with God through the study of the purpose and origin of God's written Word. It will greatly enhance your Christian life and walk with the Lord. It will...
Execution
The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, the Spanish Donkey, and 66 Other Ways of Putting Someone to Death
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2006
In his own darkly humorous style, Geoffrey Abbott describes the instruments used and their effectiveness and reveals the macabre origins of familiar phrases such as "gone west" or "drawn a blank," as well as the jargon of the underworld. He covers everything from the preparation...
by Dr. Paul Drew, Geoffrey Raymond, Darin Weinberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2006
'This book admirably fulfils its stated objective of describing social research methods in action and exploring, from a range of perspectives, the linguistic shaping of social context. Overall, this is a balanced, well-edited and coherent collection of papers, bringing together high quality work from...