Gilbert: 2100 books
The Concept of Mind
60th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2009
First published in 1949, Gilbert Ryle’s The Concept of Mind is one of the classics of twentieth-century philosophy. Described by Ryle as a ‘sustained piece of analytical hatchet-work’ on Cartesian dualism, The Concept of Mind is a radical and controversial attempt to jettison once and for all...
Deliver Me From Evil
A Sadistic Foster Mother, A Childhood Torn Apart
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2011
'When I was a little girl I believed what I was told over and over again: that I was evil, that I deserved to be tortured because I was the Devil's child . . .'
In April 2007 foster-mother Eunice Spry was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for her sadistic abuse of the children in her care....
Letting Go
Rugged Love for Wayward Souls
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you? In Letting Go, pastors Dave Harvey and Paul Gilbert share stories of pain and stories of hope as they reveal how to care for the prodigal who has strayed. Whether you are...
Mindful Compassion
How the Science of Compassion Can Help You Understand Your Emotions, Live in the Present, and Connect Deeply with Others
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Are you ready to transform your mind and emotions? To cultivate compassion, stability, self-confidence, and well-being? If so, get ready to change the way you experience your life with this highly-anticipated approach using mindfulness and compassion.
Therapists have long been aware of mindfulness...
My Prairie Cookbook
Memories and Frontier Food from My Little House to Yours
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
A collection of 80 comforting recipes from the star of Little House on the Prairie.
From prairie breakfasts and picnic lunches to treats inspired by Nellie’s restaurant, these simple and delicious dishes—crispy fried chicken, pot roasts, cornbread, apple pie, and more—present Bonnet Heads...
Overdiagnosed
Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
From a nationally recognized expert, an exposé of the worst excesses of our zeal for medical testing
Going against the conventional wisdom reinforced by the medical establishment and Big Pharma that more screening is the best preventative medicine, Dr. Gilbert Welch builds a compelling counterargument...
Writing Jewish
Contemporary British-Jewish Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
British-Jewish writers are increasingly addressing challenging questions about what it means to be both British and Jewish in the twenty-first century. Writing Jewish provides a lively and accessible introduction to the key issues in contemporary British-Jewish fiction, memoirs and journalism, and...
by Martin Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
A chronological compilation of twentieth-century world events in one volume—from the acclaimed historian and biographer of Winston S. Churchill.
The twentieth century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity’s most important advances to...
The Somme
Herosim and Horror in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
From one of our most distinguished historians, an authoritative and vivid account of the devastating World War I battle that claimed more than 300,000 lives
At 7:30 am on July 1, 1916, the first Allied soldiers climbed out of their trenches along the Somme River in France and charged out into...
by Gilbert Parker
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Gilbert Parker was a late 19th and early 20th century politician and novelist who wrote prodigiously. The British-Canadian's works are still popular in the 21st century.
by Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
This edition features a linked Table of Contents.
CONTENTS
FIRST VOYAGE AND FIRST CAMPAIGN IN AMERICA 1777-1778.
FRAGMENTS EXTRACTED FROM VARIOUS MANUSCRIPTS.
A. — DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA IN 1777.
B. — FIRST INTERVIEW BETWEEN GENERAL WASHINGTON AND GENERAL LAFAYETTE.
C. — ON THE MILITARY...
True for the Cause of Liberty
The Second Spartan Regiment in the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Following their defeat at Saratoga in upstate New York in 1777, the British decided to implement a Southern Strategy against the American insurgents, a plan to “roll up” the rebellious colonies from Georgia through the Carolinas to Virginia. Instead, they triggered a savage partisan war of raids,...
Challenge of Battle
The Real Story of the British Army in 1914
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Winston Churchill described the opening campaign of World War I as 'a drama never surpassed'. The titanic clash of Europe's armies in 1914 is one the great stories of 20th-century history, and one in which the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) played a notable part. Previous assessments of the BEF...
Terrorism, Security and Nationality
An Introductory Study in Applied Political Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2008
Terrorism, Security and Nationality shows how the ideas and techniques of political philosophy can be applied to the practical problems of terrorism, State violence and national identity. In doing so it clarifies a wide range of issues in applied political philosophy including ethics of war; theories...