“The Way of a Pilgrim : Candid Tales of a Wanderer to His Spiritual Father”
By the mercy of God I am a Christian, by my deeds a great sinner, by calling a homeless wanderer of the lowliest origins, roaming from place to place. Here, see my belongings: a bag of dry crusts on my back and the Holy Bible in my breast pocket; that’s it. In 1884 there appeared […]
“The Way of a Pilgrim and A Pilgrim Continues His Way”
A special edition of The Way of a Pilgrim and its sequel, two spiritual classics that demonstrate the profound power of the Jesus prayer This classic of world spiritual literature is the firsthand account of a pilgrim’s journey as he endeavors to live out Saint Paul’s instruction to “pray without ceasing.” The narrator, an unnamed […]
“The Wildfire Season”
Bestselling author of Lost Girls. Haunted. Scarred. Alone. And the nightmare’s just beginning… The Wildfire Season is a remarkable tour de force – an edgy psychological thriller, a supernatural chiller, a terrifying tale of untamed nature and a poignant love story. The vast tracts of wilderness of the Canadian north are beautiful but dangerous – […]
“The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle”
“This wind-up bird is there every morning in the trees of the neighbourhood to wind things up. Us, our quiet little world, everything”. His wife is growing more distant every day. Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving. As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada’s […]
“The Wordsworth Book of Sonnets”
This broad selection of sonnets from the fourtheenth century to the twentieth century is arranged thematically, and ranges from the love sonnets of the early masters to those about despair, faith, the spirit of place and death. As well as the great sonnets of Petrarch and Shakespeare, Donne and Milton, it includes deeply moving examples […]
“The World According to Clarkson”
Jeremy Clarkson has seen rather more of the world than most. He has, as they say, been around a bit. And as a result, he’s got one or two things to tell us about how it all works – and being Jeremy Clarkson he’s not about to voice them quietly, humbly and without great dollops […]
“Thomas Becket. Pühak”
Vaesest perest pärit, aga haritud Thomas Becketist sai Henry II valitsemise ajal Inglismaa kantsler. Kui ta valiti Canterbury peapiiskopiks, sattus ta kiriku õigusi kaitstes kuningaga vastuollu ja oli sunnitud kuueks aastaks Prantsusmaale maapakku minema. Paavsti survel pöördus ta küll 1170 kodumaale tagasi, kuid kuninga rüütlid tapsid ta Canterbury katedraalis. Kolm aastat hiljem ta kanoniseeriti ja […]
“Thomas Carrigue Masaryk”
Sari: tähtsad mehed ja naised Tšehhoslovakkia vabariigi presidendi elu ja töö
“Thoth: Architect of the Universe”
The Imperial Measurement System – based on Egyptian units. Stonehenge – dedicated to the mathematical constant Pi. The Avebury henge – designed as a map of the Earth. Stonehenge – designed to mimic the motions of the Earth. The Great Pyramid – a map of the Earth´s continents.
“Thou Fearful Guest. Addressing the past in four tales in Flateyjarbók”
A STRANGER APPEARS at the court of a Norwegian king known best for bringing Christianity to the North. Variations of this seene appear four times in the fourteenth-century manuseript Flateyjarbok. Thou Fearful Guest analyzes how these episodes ereate meaning by their connections to custom, law, myth, diseourses of historical and spiritual truth, typological understandings of […]
“Three Men on the Bummel”
Complete and unabridged. Some time after their eventful trip on the river, chronicled in Three Men in a Boat, the same three men suffer a renewed attack of itchy feet and decide to take off on a “bummel”. Their jaunt takes them away from the confines of domestic routine and, with a tandem and a […]
“Through A Glass, Darkly”
It is a luminous spring day in Venice, as Brunetti and Vianello come to the rescue of Vianello’s friend Marco Ribetti, who has been arrested while protesting against chemical pollution of the Venetian lagoon, only to be faced by the fury of Marco’s father-in-law, owner of a glass factory on the island of Murano. But […]
“Tibet: Roof of the World”
Panoramic China It is easy to have a quick look at China´s past and present, but it takes time to gain a panoramic knowledge of China. The “Panoramic China” series is meant to assist readers, especially those overseas, in this respect. Each volume in the series focuses on a province, municipality or autonomous region, describing, […]
“Tiffany Trotti katsumused”
Loe kindlasti läbi, enne kui kohtama lähed. Tiffany Trott on võluv ja nutikas noor neiu, kuid kahjuks ei vea tal meestega. Lõpuks otsustab ta asja tõsiselt käsile võtta ja sobiva mehe üles leida. Nii asubki ta otsingutele, kuid näeb selle käigus palju paare, kelle elu paneb ta kahtlema, kas abielu ja emakssaamine on üldse see, […]
“Tige Kokk”
Pahateadus ja tõde tervisliku toitumise kohta Paleodieet, detoks, aluseline ja “puhas” toitumine, kookosõli ja antioksüdantide kultus, gluteenihirm, suhkruviha, müütilised iidsed toitumistarkused – iga natukese aja tagant kerkib eile mõni uus dieet, mis eelmised moeröögatused varjutab. Paraku on suurem osa neist põhjendamatud ja mitu otseselt ka kahjulikud. Kui elukutselisel kokal Anthony Warneril sai kõikjal laiutavast toidujurast […]
“Tiiger, Tiiger”
Romaan. “Täna tapan ta, oli Taavi vahel hommikuti mõtelnud. Ikka hommikuti, sest hommikud olid mõttekarged ja sentimentaalsusest vabad. Kohv kõrvetas kinnituseks keelt. …”
“Tiiger, tiiger”
Romaani peategelane Taavi Valk teeb turismisõidu Rootsist Eestisse. Ta jälgib ja hindab, kõrvutab ja vastandab, tunneb end kodus olevat – ja ei tunne.
“Tiigri aasta”
Jack Higginsi seekordsele põnevikule on ainest andnud külma sõja aegne võidurelvastumine ja maailmaruumi vallutamise ajalugu. Briti salateenistuse agent Paul Chavasse saab ülesandeks toimetada Hiina ülemvõimu all olevast Tiibetist välja geniaalne matemaatik doktor Hoffner, et NATO saaks mehe oma kosmoseuuringute programmi kaasata. Nagu arvatagi, on doktori märkmetest huvitatud sõja mõlemad osapooled ning seetõttu ei kujune doktori […]
“Tiigril sabast”
Ühe suveöö meeletusega paneb Ken Holland, lugupeetud, abielus pangaametnik, kaalule oma õnne ja karjääri. Äkiline kiusatus üleaisa lüüa, kui naine on ära, paiskab Hollandi poliitiliste intriigide ja mõrvade keskele. Gängsterpoliitikud, šantažeerijad, prostituudid, püstolikangelased – selle peadpööritava põnevusjutu tegevus hõlmab vaid kolmkümmend tundi. Ent millist tundi!
“Tiit Kuusik. Elu ja peegeldused”
Teatrisaladuste selgitamisel tuleks vahet teha, mis tõepoolest vajab äraseletamist ja mis peakski jääma kulisside taha. Teater on ikka olnud natuke müstiline ja imepärane võlumaailm, selles on tema köitvus. Jäägu imed edaspidigi imedeks. – Tiit Kuusik (Esikaanel on murdumisjälg)