Snyder: 939 books
Over tirannie
twintig lessen uit de twintigste eeuw
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Direct na de Amerikaanse verkiezingen in november 2016 stelde historicus Timothy Snyder een lijst op van twintig aanbevelingen die van belang zijn als de democratie wordt bedreigd. Hij plaatste deze lijst op zijn Facebookpagina en het bericht ging direct viral. In Over tirannie werkt Snyder deze twintig...
Making Black History
The Color Line, Culture, and Race in the Age of Jim Crow
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
In the Jim Crow era, along with black churches, schools, and newspapers, African Americans also had their own history. Making Black History focuses on the engine behind the early black history movement, Carter G. Woodson and his Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). Author Jeffrey...
This Is My Beloved Son
Jesus, the Man
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
A great many books have been written about Jesus, the Christ. While they help us to understand the church's theology, they do little to help us relate to the human side of Jesus, the carpenter from Galilee. Until we can see ourselves as partners with him in the human race, his divine nature seems...
What You Must Know About Liver Disease
A Practical Guide to Using Conventional and Complementary Treatments
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
One of the leading causes of death in the United States, liver disease ranks fourth as a killer of people between the ages of 45 and 64. Unfortunately, without an annual blood test, it can progress silently until the organ’s ability to function has been greatly compromised. When a diagnosis of liver...
Transit 35. Europäische Revue
Europäische Gedächtnispolitik
Language: German
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Der erste Schwerpunkt des Heftes beschäftigt sich Europäischer Gedächtnispolitik. "Die Zukunft der europäischen Solidarität hängt von der Neubewertung und -erzählung der jüngeren Vergangenheit Europas ab." schrieb Timothy Snyder vor einiger Zeit in dieser Zeitschrift. Zu einer solchen Neubewertung...
The Philosophical Breakfast Club
Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
“[A] fascinating book...about the way four geniuses at Cambridge University revolutionized modern science.“ *—Newsweek
The* Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell,...
by Rachel Louise Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
“A fascinating chronicle of the $55-billion-a-year global denim industry.” —David Futrelle, Los Angeles Times
Rachel Louise Snyder reports from the far reaches of the multi-billion-dollar denim industry in search of the people who make your clothes. From a cotton picker in Azerbaijan...
by Gary Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1969
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1969
Both Pound and Williams have shown a good poet can revitalize prose style. Earth House Hold (a play on the root meaning of "ecology"), drawn from Gary Snyder's essays and journals, may prove a landmark for the new generation.
"As a poet," Snyder tells us, "I hold the...
by Gary Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2004
“In spare, eloquent prose” the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet “presents a series of essays that probe the essence of humanity, nature, and their symbiosis” (Library Journal).**
The nine essays collected here display Gary Snyder’s deep understanding and wide erudition in the ways of Buddhist...
Divergent Thinking
YA Authors on Veronica Roth's Divergent Trilogy
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant) has captured the hearts and thoughts of millions of readers. In Divergent Thinking, YA authors explore even more of Tris and Tobias’ world, including:
What Divergent’s factions have in common with one of psychology’s...
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
The first novel from three-time Newbery Honor–winning writer Zilpha Keatley Snyder’s: a mystical fairytale about a girl, a magic amulet, and one unforgettable summer
Life is difficult for Pamela. She usually lives with her two aunts because her father is always traveling for work. But this...
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
All Gib ever wanted was to be adopted, but life with a family isn’t quite what he thought it would be
Gib was sent to an orphanage when he was six years old, and with each year, he knows it becomes less likely that he will be adopted into a loving family. As kids get older, they are more...
by Laura J. Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
The remarkable story of how an artist and a scientist in seventeenth-century Holland transformed the way we see the world.
On a summer day in 1674, in the small Dutch city of Delft, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek—a cloth salesman, local bureaucrat, and self-taught natural philosopher—gazed through...
The Road to Unfreedom
Russia, Europe, America
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. But we now know this to be premature. Authoritarianism first returned in Russia, as Putin developed a political system dedicated...