Geoffrey: 1373 books
The I Ching (Book of Changes)
A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
The I Ching has influenced thinkers and artists throughout the history of Chinese philosophy. This new, accessible translation of the entire early text brings to life the hidden meanings and importance of China's oldest classical texts.
Complemented throughout by insightful commentaries, the...
Lost Pipe Organs of Australia
A Pictorial Record
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
This book has been published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the foundation of the Organ Historical Trust of Australia in 1977. It provides a pictorial record of pipe organs in Australia that have been lost through various agencies. Some have simply been removed and broken up, others have...
Game Query
Nontrivial Trivia from the Minds at The Economist
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
Test yourself against The Economist's champion quiz team - the only trivia book you'll ever need!
Trivia books are a dime a dozen. Trust The Economist, which knows the price and the value of everything, to do something different.
In its first ever trivia book in a 175-year history, the...
The Book of Khalid
A Critical Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
First published in 1911, Ameen Rihani’s Book of Khalid is widely considered the first Arab American novel. The semi autobiographical work chronicles the adventures of two young men, Khalid and Shakib, who leave Lebanon for the United States to find work as peddlers in Lower Manhattan. After mixed...
Gestures
Essays in Ancient History, Literature, and Philosophy presented to Alan L Boegehold
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
These thirty essays were presented to Alan L Boegehold, a distinguished philologist and an inspirational teacher, on the occasion of his retirement and his seventy-fifth birthday. The contributions fall into two categories, each one reflecting Boegehold's diverse interests in classical studies: the...
the god cookie
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
*Would you know if he did, if God really spoke to you– would it be booming from the heavens or just in your head?
If it was in your head, how would you know if it* was God or wasn’t*?
Is God speaking right* now but we’re just not listening*?
And if God* does tell you something…what...
The War on Terror and the Laws of War
A Military Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Many years after the United States initiated a military response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, the nation continues to prosecute what it considers an armed conflict against transnational terrorist groups. Understanding how the law of armed conflict applies to and regulates military...
The Technology of Maya Civilization
Political Economy Amd Beyond in Lithic Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
The ancient Maya shaped their world with stone tools. Lithic artifacts helped create the cityscape and were central to warfare and hunting, craft activities, cooking, and ritual performance. 'The Technology of Maya Civilization' examines Maya lithic artefacts made of chert, obsidian, silicified limestone,...
After Evil
Responding to Wrongdoing
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Evils, both large and small, are a constant feature of human life. This book is about responding to them and in particular about responding to moral evils, that is, those produced by the deliberate acts of human beings. Prominent in our repertoire of responses to moral evil are forgiveness and punishment,...
by Geoffrey Hodson
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
This first of a two-volume abridgement of a Theosophical classic explains how a literal reading of the Bible misses rich concealed meaning, how Biblical symbols encode esoteric truths, and how Christ's life can be seen as an initiatory journey.
by Geoffrey T. Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013
Johnson’s Auto Garage would be considered anything but remarkable. With its faded cinder-block walls and unpaved driveway, it seems an unlikely location for a scientific breakthrough. Perhaps even more perplexing is the outwardly average mechanic who made it. But Adam James is not who he pretends to...
by Geoffrey Beattie, Andrew Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
This wide-ranging introduction to the psychology of human language use offers a new breadth of approach by breaching conventional disciplinary boundaries with examples and perspectives drawn from many subdisciplines - cognitive and social psychology, psycholinguistics, neuropsychology and sociology....
by Geoffrey Wakeling
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
Her mission to Mars just became a fight for survival.
Dr. Rachel Galliance has a simple plan. Head to Mars,complete an 18 month rotation and earn as much as possible. She's claustrophobic and hates space flight, but her family's medical bills come first. However, when the mission goes terribly...
Spirits of the Middlelands
Inside Evil - Book Three
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Having escaped Gathin's clutches, Roberta is on the run with the child she stole from her nemesis. In this case, the best way to avoid a war is to run, hide and never look back. But it soon becomes apparent that leaving Ridgewood behind may have not been in Roberta and her friends' best interests,...