Padre Pio and America (Rega Frank M.)(Paperback)

Padre Pio and America (Rega Frank M.)(Paperback)

First titled, 'The Holy Man on the Mountain,' this book tells the fascinating life story of Padre Pio, with emphasis on his life as a seminarian, young priest and his early decades at San Giovanni Rotondo. Incredible is the number of times the Capuchins sent him home sick unto death while a

Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day (Pasquale Gianluigi)(Paperback)

'Take concern to have your heart be more pleasing to our Master day by day.' --Padre Pio in a letter to Antonietta Vona, January 2, 1918Padre Pio is many different things to different people. This Italian saint, also known as Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin, Catholic

Trees of North America: A Guide to Field Identification, Revised and Updated (Brockman C. Frank)(Paperback)

El Padre (Cauvin Raoul)(Paperback)

Sent to scout the enemy, Blutch and Chesterfield are chased by a Confederate patrol and forced to cross the Rio Grande to safety. But that safety is relative: stuck between Apache bandits and Mexican outlaws, our two Bluecoats have no choice but to disguise themselves as civilians Blutch as a

On the Spirit of Rights (Edelstein Dan)(Paperback)

By the end of the eighteenth century, politicians in America and France were invoking the natural rights of man to wrest sovereignty away from kings and lay down universal basic entitlements. Exactly how and when did 'rights' come to justify such measures? In On the Spirit of Rights, Dan Edelstein

Celtic Saints (Wareing Laurence)(Paperback)

They may be coated in layers of myth and pious anecdote but dig deep enough and the pioneering leaders of Celtic Christianity are revealed as reassuringly human individuals, responding to their faith by deliberately living on the edges of society.From the goddess-nun Brigid and absent-minded

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Wollstonecraft Mary)(Paperback)

Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative

The Enchanted April (Armin Elizabeth Von)(Paperback)

Four women, with very different backgrounds and characters - the artless Lottie Wilkins, the pious Rose Arbuthnot, the cantankerous Mrs Fisher and the haughty Lady Caroline Dester - respond to an advertisement in The Times offering a medieval castle to rent in Italy that April. As their joint

Behold, America - A History of America First and the American Dream (Churchwell Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

The French Economy (Lynch Frances M. B.)(Paperback)

The first general economic history of France since 2004 and the first to include the impact of the global financial

America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies (Benshoff Harry M.)(Paperback)

A comprehensive and insightful examination of the representation of diverse viewpoints and perspectives in American cinema throughout the 20th and 21st centuries America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality at the Movies, now in its third edition, is an authoritative and lively

Masterminds: Frank Lloyd Wright (Howell Izzi)(Paperback / softback)

Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneers and discover their fascinating life story and

Overdosed America (Abramson John)(Paperback)

'Overdosed America reveals the greed and corruption that drive health care costs skyward and now threaten the public health. Before you see a doctor, you should read this book.' --Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food NationUsing the examples of Vioxx, Celebrex, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, and

Pious Peripheries: Runaway Women in Post-Taliban Afghanistan (Ahsan-Tirmizi Sonia)(Paperback)

The Taliban made piety a business of the state, and thereby intervened in the daily lives and social interactions of Afghan women. Pious Peripheries examines women's resistance through groundbreaking fieldwork at a women's shelter in Kabul, home to runaway wives, daughters, mothers, and sisters of

European Intellectual History from Rousseau to Nietzsche (Turner Frank M.)(Paperback)

One of the most distinguished cultural and intellectual historians of our time, Frank Turner taught a landmark Yale University lecture course on European intellectual history that drew scores of students over many years. His lectures--lucid, accessible, beautifully written, and delivered with a

Rinkitink of Oz (Baum L. Frank)(Paperback)

When the Island of Pingaree is invaded by the barbarian warriors of Regos, it is up to Prince Inga to rescue his captured parents and save his fellow islanders from slavery. With the help of the jolly King Rinkitink and Bilbil, his surly goat companion, the young prince must trust in the power of

Captain America: Living Legend (Diggle Andy)(Paperback / softback)

Grain Elevators (Becher Bernd)(Pevná vazba)

These photographs of grain elevators in America, Germany, Belgium, and France are a major addition to the Bechers' ongoing documentation of the vanishing buildings that once defined the industrial landscape of Europe and America. Bernd and Hilla Becher's almost fifty-year collaboration constitutes

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (Wallach Jennifer Jensen)(Paperback)

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity, and have helped define what it means to be

Frank Wood's Book-keeping and Accounts, 9th Edition (Wood Frank)(Paperback / softback)

Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America (Guerrero M.)(Pevná vazba)

Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America proposes, tests and analyses the liberal captured model. It explores to what extent to which globalisation, marketization, commercialism, regional bodies and the nation State redefine the media's role in Latin American

Birds of Mexico and Central America (Van Perlo Ber)(Paperback)

Birds of Mexico and Central America is the only field guide to illustrate and describe every species of bird in Central America from Mexico to Panama, including Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Written and illustrated by Ber van Perlo, this handsome work covers

Introduction to Linear Algebra (Stewart Frank M.)(Paperback)

Evelina (Burney Frances)(Paperback)

Frances Burney's first and most enduringly popular novel is a vivid, satirical, and seductive account of the pleasures and dangers of fashionable life in late eighteenth-century London. As she describes her heroine's entry into society, womanhood and, inevitably, love, Burney exposes the