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Experiments with Truth: Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence
Josef Helfenstein · Yale University Press Pages: 349 Format: Book
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This fascinating book introduces and explores the resonance of Gandhi's (1869-1948) ethics of nonviolence in the visual arts. Taking the form of a reader, the texts range across influences on Gandhian philosophy and outgrowths from it. The accompanying images include Gandhi's own iconography,... |
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Founding Fathers: The Fight for Freedom and the Birth of American Liberty
K. M. Kostyal · National Geographic Format: Hardcover
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Kostyal tells the story of the great American heroes who created the Declaration of Independence, fought the American Revolution, shaped the US Constitution--and changed the world. The eras dramatic events, from the riotous streets in Boston to the unlikely victory at Saratoga, are punctuated... |
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Charles Williams: The Third Inkling
Grevel Lindop · Oxford University Press Pages: 493 Format: Print book
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This is the first full biography of Charles Williams (1886-1945) , an extraordinary and controversial figure who was a central member of the Inklings--the group of Oxford writers that included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Charles Williams--novelist, poet, theologian, magician and guru--was... |
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Louis: The French Prince Who Invaded England
Catherine Hanley · Yale University Press Pages: 296 Format: Print book
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In 1215 a group of English barons, dissatisfied with the weak and despicable King John, decided that they needed a new monarch. They wanted a strong, experienced man, of royal blood, and they found him on the other side of the Channel: astonishingly, the most attractive candidate for the crown... |
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Antoine Frédéric Ozanam
Raymond L Sickinger · University of Notre Dame Press Pages: 412 Format: Hardcover
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Raymond Sickinger's biography of Antoine Frédéric Ozanam is more than a chronological account of Ozanam's relatively brief but extraordinary life. It is also a comprehensive study of a man who touched so many lives as a teacher, writer, and principal founder of the Society of Saint... |
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Marrow: A Love Story
Elizabeth Lesser · Harperwave Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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The author of the New York Times bestseller Broken Open returns with a visceral and profound memoir of two sisters who, in the face of a bone marrow transplant - one the donor and one the recipient - begin a quest for acceptance, authenticity, and most of all, love.A mesmerizing and courageous... |
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The Real Peter Pan: J. M. Barrie and the Boy Who Inspired Him
Piers Dudgeon · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 416 Format: Print book
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The world has long been captivated by the story of Peter Pan and the countless movies, plays, musicals, and books that retell the story of Peter, Wendy, and the Lost Boys. Now, in this revealing behind-the-scenes book, author Piers Dudgeon examines the fascinating and complex relationships... |
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Traveling Soul: The Life of Curtis Mayfield
Todd Mayfield · Chicago Review Press Pages: 384 Format: Print book
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Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era, and his music played a vital role in the civil rights movement. "People Get Ready" is the black anthem of the 1960s. On his Superfly album, rather than glorifying the blaxploitation imagery... |
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Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Marc N Peyser · Nan A. Talese / Doubleday Pages: 332 Format: Print book
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A lively and provocative double biography of first cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, two extraordinary women whose tangled lives provide a sweeping look at the twentieth century. When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his beautiful and flamboyant daughter... |
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The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking
Olivia Laing · Picador Pages: 340 Format: Hardcover
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WHY IS IT THAT SOME OF THE GREATEST WORKS OF LITERATURE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY WRITERS IN THE GRIP OF ALCOHOLISM, AN ADDICTION THAT COST THEM PERSONAL HAPPINESS AND CAUSED HARM TO THOSE WHO LOVED THEM?In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol... |
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Wild by Nature: From Siberia to Australia, Three Years Alone in the Wilderness on Foot
Sarah Marquis · Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press Pages: 259 Format: Print book
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One woman 10,000 miles on foot 6 countries 8 pairs of hiking boots 3,000 cups of tea 1,000 days and nights "The only way to survive three years of walking was to embrace the moment of now." -- from Wild by Nature Not since Cheryl Strayed gifted us with her adventure on the Pacific... |
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