Lomas: 68 books
Translating Empire
José Martí, Migrant Latino Subjects, and American Modernities
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2009
In Translating Empire, Laura Lomas uncovers how late nineteenth-century Latino migrant writers developed a prescient critique of U.S. imperialism, one that prefigures many of the concerns about empire, race, and postcolonial subjectivity animating American studies today. During the 1880s and early...
Unnatural States
The International System and the Power to Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Unnatural States is a radical critique of international theory, in particular, of the assumption of state agency—that states act in the world in their own right. Peter Lomas argues that since the universal states system is inequitable and rigid, and not all states are democracies anyway, this assumption...
True and False Experience
Human Element in Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Is psychotherapy first and foremost a technique that can be described, learned, and practices, or is it a relationship in which techniques play a part but ordinary human qualities are the crucial factors? True and False Experience discusses those factors that have made it difficult for therapists...
Translating Happiness
A Cross-Cultural Lexicon of Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2018
How embracing untranslatable terms for well-being—from the Finnish sisu to the Yiddish mensch—can enrich our emotional understanding and experience.
Western psychology is rooted in the philosophies and epistemologies of Western culture. But what of concepts and insights from outside this...
by Margaret Lomas
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
In this comprehensive new book, Margaret takes the very best from her first three bestselling books, updates the important information and revises and adds new current content. The result is a one-stop shop for property investors, covering topics including:* Dispelling the myths around property investing*...
The Lost Key
The Supranatural Secrets of the Freemasons
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2011
Robert Lomas is the bestselling co-author of The Hiram Key and other international bestsellers on Freemasonic mysteries. Many say he is the model for Dan Brown's hero, Robert Langdon.The Lost Key contains revelations that only an initiate of the highest orders of esoteric Freemasonry is in a position...
The Rise of Rome
From the Iron Age to the Punic Wars
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
By the third century BC, the once-modest settlement of Rome had conquered most of Italy and was poised to build an empire throughout the Mediterranean basin. What transformed a humble city into the preeminent power of the region? In The Rise of Rome, the historian and archaeologist Kathryn Lomas reconstructs...
The Truest Thing about You
Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
There are many true things about you—true things you use to build an identity. Parent. Introvert. Victim. Student. Extrovert. Entrepreneur. Single.
These truths can identify you, your successes and failures, your expectations and disappointments, your secret dreams and hidden shames. But...
by Peter Lomas
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
The place of the psychotherapist within the hierarchy of the medical profession and his status in the public opinion are ambiguous: many myths and ill-informed fears cloud the practice of psychotherapy not the least of which is the thorny issue of doctor-patient relationships. In this finely etched...
La clé perdue
Les pouvoirs secrets des francs-maçons
Language: French
Release Date: July 6, 2016
La Clé Perdue est le récit d'un parcours, d'une quête. Et c'est l'histoire de ce parcours que Robert Lomas nous narre, un parcours truffé de références, de citations, puisant aux sources des plus grands esprits éclairés et scientifiques, accompagné de guides inspirés, où l'on croise des...
by Ross Lomas
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
GBH
‘The Led Zeppelin of punk.’ Robert Plant.
GBH aren’t just a punk band, they’re legends.
For over thirty years, they’ve been making music, making friends, and making trouble.
They’ve toured the world, but stayed true to their Birmingham roots.
In this book, bassist Ross Lomas tells his story.
It’s the story of how punk rock, and love, saved his life.
by Lomas, Robert
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Freemasonry has a deep purpose which can be overlooked in the rush of the modern world. Its ritual says it is a high and serious subject. But how can an individual discover the truths it outlines? Robert Lomas has spent thirty years as a university teacher, and twenty years studying Freemasonry. In this...
If These Walls Could Talk: Detroit Lions
Stories From the Detroit Lions Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
A closer look at the great moments and the lowlights from one of the NFL's most historic teams Written by Lomas Brown, the former Detroit Lions offensive tackle who paved the way for Barry Sanders, and Mike Isenberg, this work is an insider's account of the last 20 years of the team's history. A...
Mastering Your Business Dissertation
How to Conceive, Research and Write a Good Business Dissertation
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
The ability to write to a high standard is a key skill that is often overlooked in the business world. This short book from an international, best-selling author offers a practical guide to conceiving, researching and writing a business or management dissertation.
Robert Lomas offers an inspirational...