Roger: 3830 books
Mission of Love
A spiritual guide to living and dying peacefully
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
`This is a generous and genuinely sustaining book. It offers as much through its story of Roger Cole's own profound spiritual development as through the many compelling stories he tells. This is not a book 'about dying'; it's a book about the whole rich brew of existence, of which dying is just a...
Liberation Movements in Power
Party and State in Southern Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
The liberation movements of Southern Africa arose to combat racism, colonialism and settler capitalism and engaged in armed struggle to establish democracy. After victory over colonial and white minority regimes, they moved into government embodying the hopes and aspirations of their mass of supporters...
A Fork in the Road
From Single Partner to Largest Legal Practice in the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2014
How did Roger Lane-Smith build up the world’s largest law firm within 30 years, starting from a tiny office in a Manchester side-street? This compelling autobiography will tell you. Told with candour and great humour, this is the story of one lawyer’s determined quest for the biggest and the best...
Ghosts
A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
"Roger Clarke tells this [the story that inspired Henry James' The Turn of the Screw] and many other gloriously weird stories with real verve, and also a kind of narrative authority that tends to constrain the skeptical voice within… [an]...
Amore
An American Father's Roman Holiday
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
As his twin daughters approached adolescence, sociologist Roger Friedland was worried. The thing that most bothered him was not the erotic heat of America’s youth culture, but the lovelessness of its sex. Offered the chance to live and teach in Rome, Roger and his wife, Debra, seized the opportunity...
by Roger Housden
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2005
“Conventional wisdom,” says Roger Housden, “tells us that nobody goes to heaven for having a good time.” Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living, then, is a refreshing, liberating, and decidedly welcome dose of unconventional wisdom that awakens us to the simple delights and transformative joys...
by Roger Ebert
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Wondering if the world is really going to hell in a handbasket? Then consider Roger Ebert's e-book original 33 Movies to Restore Your Faith in Humanity. Read Roger's full-length reviews of movies and rekindle your belief in the human spirit. From the out-of-the-world experience of E.T. to the outer space...
Aleister Crowley
The Beast Demystified
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) - mystic, writer, poet, astrologer, sexual revolutionary, painter, mountain climber and social critic - has a terrifying reputation. The contemporary press labelled him the 'wickedest man in the world', while he called himself the 'great beast'. Crowley dabbled in the...
by Roger Williams
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2017
A short story set in the universe of Roger Williams's cult classic novel, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect. Humanity has created a new god, the all-powerful Prime Intellect, whose prime directive is to promote and protect humans above all other species. Yet it's just another day to an ancient...
In Love With These Times
My Life With Flying Nun Records
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
The inside story of New Zealand's iconic independent record label by the man who made it happen.
I wanted to be more than just an observer. I wanted to be a part of what was going on. I had told someone and the word was out, and now I had to actually do this thing. Start a record label.
I...
RA The Book Vol 3
The Recording Architecture Book of Studio Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Volumes 1 and 2 of this three part series focus on private, in house and commercial recording studios, mastering and cutting rooms and Recording Architecture's built output from 1987 to 2002 with technical chapters covering work stages A to H (including details of sound isolation, acoustic treatment,...
Bond On Bond
Reflections on 50 years of James Bond Movies
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
The Bond movies remain the longest continually running film series in movie history. As the over 1 billion dollar worldwide take of last year’s Skyfall showed, James Bond remains an iconic and beloved franchise. While there have been other actors that have taken on the coveted role of James Bond,...
by Dr. Roger L. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Supporting Actors in Motion Pictures
By: Dr. Roger L. Gordon
Supporting Actors in Motion Pictures is a compilation of biographies of supporting actors that spans from the advent of sound through the present day. Supporting actors, known also as character actors, often play in roles that complement...
A Family of Readers
The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children—and nurturing their love of reading.
A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of...