Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (Hirsi Ali Ayaan)(Paperback)

Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (Hirsi Ali Ayaan)(Paperback)

'This woman is a major hero of our time.' --Richard Dawkins Ayaan Hirsi Ali captured the world's attention with Infidel, her compelling coming-of-age memoir, which spent thirty-one weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, in Nomad, Hirsi Ali tells of coming to America to build a new life,

The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam (Hirsi Ali Ayaan)(Paperback)

Muslims who explore sources of morality other than Islam are threatened with death, and Muslim women who escape the virgins' cage are branded whores. So asserts Ayaan Hirsi Ali's profound meditation on Islam and the role of women, the rights of the individual, the roots of fanaticism, and Western

Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights (Hirsi Ali Ayaan)(Pevná vazba)

Why are so few people talking about the eruption of sexual violence and harassment in Europe's cities? No one in a position of power wants to admit that the problem is linked to the arrival of several million migrants--most of them young men--from Muslim-majority countries.In Prey, the best-selling

Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue (Harris Sam)(Paperback)

'A civil but honest dialogue...As illuminating as it is fascinating.'--Ayaan Hirsi AliIs Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem to be drawn to extremism? And what do words like jihadism and fundamentalism really mean? In a world riven by

Infidel (Hirsi Ali Ayaan)(Paperback / softback)

The astonishing and bestselling life story of the renowned campaigner for religious tolerance and women's rights, Ayaan Hirsi

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery (Johnson Charles)(Paperback)

A riveting narrative history of America, from the 1607 landing in Jamestown to the brink of the Civil War, Africans in America tells the shared history of Africans and Europeans as seen through the lens of slavery. It is told from the point of view of the Africans who arrived in shackles and

Postcards from the Land of Grief - Comfort for the journey through loss towards hope(Paperback / softback)

Raw, honest and personal thoughts to comfort you on the journey through grief. Grief can often feel like a gnawing homesickness for a place where you used to live, but can never return

Finding Moonshine - A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry (Sautoy Marcus du)(Paperback / softback)

This new book from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for

Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing - The New York Times bestseller (Hough Lauren)(Paperback / softback)

Searing and extremely personal essays from the heart of working-class America, shot through with the darkest elements the country can manifest - cults, homelessness, and hunger - while discovering light and humor in unexpected

Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America (Paoletti Jo B.)(Paperback)

Jo B. Paoletti's journey through the history of children's clothing began when she posed the question, 'When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?' To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books, mommy blogs and discussion forums, and other popular

Journey of an Empath: A collection of personal stories from Empaths around the world (Lyons Christie)(Paperback)

The Magical History of Britain (Wall Martin)(Paperback)

In this profoundly personal journey through British history, Martin Wall traces the influence of Magic and Myth from the earliest times to the present day. These abiding myths have endured since before the time of the Druids, reaching their apotheosis in the Arthurian tales and the Glastonbury

A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science (Colwell Rita)(Paperback)

A 'beautifully written' (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have take to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system. If you think sexism thrives

Portman's America: & Other Speculations (Mostafavi Mohsen)(Paperback)

A journey through the world of one of the most daring US architectsWith photographs by Iwan BaanCo-published by Harvard University Graduate School of Design.Combining the talents of an architect, artist, and developer, John Portman was able to embark on a series of large-scale building

Emotional Healing With Essential Oils: A Journey of Self Discovery (Nash Trish)(Paperback)

Join author Trish Nash on a personal journey through the conscious and subconscious mind to discover the inner workings of your true self by peeling back the layers of false illusion. Emotional Healing with Essential Oils is a practical step by step guide designed to offer easy strategies, tips,

The Olive Tree: A Personal Journey Through Mediterranean Olive Groves (Drinkwater Carol)(Paperback)

THE OLIVE TREE charts Carol Drinkwater's colourful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centuries. Set during a springtime Mediterranean that is evocative and perennial, it is above all a tale of our time. Troubled by challenges her own South

The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages (Fauvelle Franois-Xavier)(Paperback)

An unforgettable journey into the forgotten history of medieval Africa From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which Gh na, Nubia, and

Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman's Life (Oudolf Piet)(Paperback)

Piet Oudolf's personal account of his celebrated career in the context of the evolution of his own garden.An intimate look at the personal garden of the Dutch landscape designer renowned for his plantings at the High Line in New York City, and Lurie Garden at Chicago's Millennium Park. Hummelo -

Fallout - A Journey Through the Nuclear Age, From the Atom Bomb to Radioactive Waste (Pearce Fred)(Paperback / softback)

An eye-opening journey through the disasters and triumphs of the nuclear age - and a critical assessment of the nuclear

Place of Secrets (Hore Rachel)(Paperback / softback)

From the critically acclaimed author of The Glass Painter's Daughter. Journey through the generations of one family of strong, vibrant

Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars (Paglia Camille)(Paperback)

Modern life is a sea of images. With so much visual data bombarding us--from personal devices to mass media--our brains must rapidly adapt to make sense of it all. Here to guide us is America's premier intellectual provocateur, Camille Paglia. In these pages, Paglia returns to the subject that made

Old Patagonian Express - By Train Through the Americas (Theroux Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Tells of the author's journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, this work depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu

The Greatest Version of Yourself: A Journey Within (Siggillino Federico)(Paperback)

The book is a journey to personal greatness, starting from within. It is the author's belief that we, as humans, all have great potential. Unfortunately, this potential lies dormant (and too often, remains so forever). The Greatest Version of Yourself - A Journey Within is nothing more than an

A Nostalgist's Map of America: Poems (Ali Agha Shahid)(Paperback)

Mapping America as he travels westward, the Nostalgist is an exile from his native Kashmir, and even from his first American home; his is the unique perspective of the outsider. These jeweled, intricate poems, like the multilayered 'In Search of Evanescence,' locate and reflect the America that