Newman: 994 books
by Kim Newman
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Praise for Anno Dracula**:**
"Kim Newman's Anno Dracula is back in print, and we must celebrate. It was the first mash-up of literature, history and vampires, and now, in a world in which vampires are everywhere, it's still the best, and its bite is just as sharp. Compulsory reading, commentary,...
The Secret Financial Life of Food
From Commodities Markets to Supermarkets
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
One morning while reading Barron's, Kara Newman took note of a casual bit of advice offered by famed commodities trader Jim Rogers. "Buy breakfast," he told investors, referring to the increasing value of pork belly and frozen orange juice futures. The statement inspired Newman to take a...
by TONI NEWMAN
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
I Rise is the true story of Toni Newman’s transformation from an internally conflicted male to a proud, pre-operative transsexual. Born the eldest son into a strict Christian family, Toni admits knowing from her earliest days that she “was a different bird born in the wrong body.” With laser-guided...
by John Henry Newman
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
A highly influential figure in the Church of England, John Henry Newman stunned the Anglican community in 1843, when he left his position as vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford, to join the Roman Catholic church. Perhaps no one took greater offense than Protestant clergyman Charles Kingsley, whose scathing...
Hippocrates' Shadow
Secrets from the House of Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Everyone knows of the Hippocratic Oath, the famous invocation sworn by all neophyte physicians. But most don't realize that the father of modern medicine was an avid listener and a constant bedside presence. Hippocrates believed in the doctor-patient connection and gained worldwide renown for championing...
Catastrophic Happiness
Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
A comic and heartwarming memoir about childhood's second act from Real Simple journalist Catherine Newman.
Much is written about a child's infancy and toddler years, which is good since children will never remember it themselves. It is ages 4-14 that make up the second act, as Catherine Newman puts...
Liberalism in Practice
The Psychology and Pedagogy of Public Reason
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
An argument that draws on empirical findings in psychology to offer a blueprint for cultivating a widespread commitment to public reason.
At the core of liberal theory is the idea—found in thinkers from Hobbes to Rawls—that the consent of the governed is key to establishing political legitimacy....
The Newman's Own Organics Guide to a Good Life
Simple Measures That Benefit You and the Place You Live
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2003
It’s fairly obvious that one can’t be a ‘perfect’ environmentalist. But that’s okay. Perfection isn’t the goal. A good life is. And a good life has as much to do with your intent as with the end result.” —from the Introduction
The Newman’s Own Organics Guide to a Good Life...
Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good
The Madcap Business Adventure by the Truly Oddest Couple
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2003
“There are three rules for running a business; fortunately, we don’t know any of them.”
In 1978, Paul Newman and A. E. Hotchner decided that rather than just distribute Paul’s own salad dressing at Christmas to neighbors, they would offer it to a few local stores. Freewheeling, irreverent...
by Ernest Newman
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
“The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.” –Ernest Newman
In Seventeen Famous Operas, renowned musicologist and music critic Ernest Newman goes beyond simply retelling the plots of the operas he has chosen to feature in this...
Freedom’s Prophet
Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
An Interview with the Author on the History News Network
A Founding Father with a Vision of Equality: Richard Newman's op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer
Author Spotlight in The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
"Gold" Winner of the 2008 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award, Biography...
by John Henry Cardinal Newman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Classic historical novel, first published in 1855. According to Wikipedia: "Venerable John Henry Newman, CO (21 February 1801 11 August 1890) was a Roman Catholic priest and cardinal, a convert from Anglicanism in October 1845. In his early life, he was a major figure in the Oxford Movement to bring...
by John Henry Newman
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
27 works of John Henry Newman Important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century (1801-1890)
This ebook presents a collection of 27 works of John Henry Newman. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected.
Table of Contents: An...
Medieval Crossover
Reading the Secular against the Sacred
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
In Medieval Crossover: Reading the Secular against the Sacred, Barbara Newman offers a new approach to the many ways that sacred and secular interact in medieval literature, arguing that the sacred was the normative, unmarked default category against which the secular always had to define itself and...