“Lugu minu koerast”
Kakskümmend kuulsat koeralugu, mille autoriteks on näiteks John Galsworthy, Rudyard Kipling ja Virginia Woolf ja milles räägitakse kollase krantsi seiklustest, abielulahutuse põhjustanud kokkerspanjelist ning buldogist, koerast-aardeotsijast, jahikoerast, kellest kujuneb ühe mõrvaloo võti, koerast-lapsepäästjast, sõjaväljale sattunud setterist, jõulisest hundikoerast, kes aitab võita määratu panusega kihlveo, oma peremehe päästnud lambakoerast, väikesest vahvast bulterjerist, mineeritud kaevanduskoerast, silmakirjalikust foksterjerist, […]
“Lydia’s Impatient Sisters”
A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity. “Lydia’s Impatient Sisters” offers a social history of the everyday life of women, setting common experiences of labor, money, illness, and resistance in the context of the Roman imperial society.Luise Schottroff relates this history to important theological topics in New Testament, such as the revelation of God and […]
“M.I.L.K Friendship”
Good times made better and bad times forgotten due to the healing magic of friendship. – Maeve Binchy
“Making Time. Why Time Seems to Pass at Different Speeds and How to Control It”
Why does time seem to speed up as we get older or when we’re having fun, or drag when we’re bored or anxious? This eye-opening book gives an astounding insight into why our perception of time changes – and how we can take charge of it in our own lives.
“Manana Manana. One Mallorcan Summer”
Having battled and succumbed to the manana pace of rual Mallorca, spring sees Peter Kerr and his family relaxing into a supposedly simpler way of life, growing oranges on their little farm, Ca´s Mayoral. However, even after the trials, tribulations, and triumps of their initation. Spain has not yet finished with them. Embarrasing subtleties of […]
“Mannerheim. President, soldier, spy”
Gustaf Mannerheim was one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. As a young Finnish officer in Russian service he witnessed the coronation of the last Tsar and was both reprimanded for his foolhardiness and decorated for his bravery in the Russo-Japanese war. He spent two years undercover in Asia as an agent in […]
“Mansi Mythology. Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies”
The Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies offers a basis for the study of the roots and present character of Finno-Ugrian and Samoyedic ethnic religions, mythologies and folklore. Mythology is understood here in the broad sense, including not only myths proper but also the field of ethnic religion, by including beliefs and connected rituals, magic practices and […]
“Manual for Planetary Leadership”
Here at last is an indispensable book that has been urgently needed in these uncertain times. The book lays out, in an orderly and clear fashion, the guidelines for leadership in the world and in ones’ own life. All the areas of our society and personal life that need discipline and leadership are pointed out. […]
“Mesopotamia. Civilization Begins”
Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq, was home to the remarkable ancient civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. From the rise of the first cities around 3500 BCE, through the mighty empires of Nineveh and Babylon, to the demise of its native culture around 100 CE, Mesopotamia produced some of the most powerful and captivating art […]
“Metro 2034”
The basis of three bestselling computer games Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, and Metro: Exodus. The much-anticipated sequel to the million-copy selling cult international hit. In the ruins of the apocalypse mankind fights for survival in the Moscow Metro.
“Mexico. From the Olmecs to the Aztecs”
Mexico arrives in its eighth edition with a new look and the most recent discoveries. This is the story of the pre-Spanish people of Mexico, who, with their neighbors the Maya, formed some of the most complex societies north of the Andes. Revised and expanded, the book is updated with the latest developments and findings […]
“MI6 The History of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1909-1949”
Britain’s Special Intelligence Service, commonly called MI6, is not only the oldest and most storied foreign intelligence unit in the world – it is also the only one to open its archives to an outside researcher. The result, in this authorized history, is an unprecedented and revelatory look at an organization that essentially created, over […]
“Mice”
Some secrets just won’t stay buried. It had to be wuiet. It had to be private. We were “mice” after all. We weren’t looking for home. We were looking for a place to hide. Sixteen-year-old Shelley has been badly bullied at school. And her mum has been left reeling by her recent divorce from Shelley’s […]
“Millennium”
In AD 900, few would have guessed that he splintering kingdoms of Europe were candidates for future greatness. Hemmed in by implacable enemies and an ocean, there were many who feared taht they were nearing the time when the Antichrist would appear, heralding the world´s end. Instead there emerged a new civilization. It was the […]
“Mind Is a Myth”
Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U. G. “When the questions you have resolve into just one question – your question – then that question must detonate, explode, and disappear entirely, leaving behind a smoothly functioning biological organism, free of the distortion and interference of the separative thinking structure.” – U. G. Krishnamurti ” Here […]
“Mission to China. Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East”
In the sixteenth century, the vast and sophisticated empire of China lay almost entirely unknown to Western travellers. As global trade expanded, this land of reputedly boundless wealth, pale-faced women, and indecipherable tongues began to feed the fantasies of European merchants and adventurers. The Catholic Church, meanwhile, saw in this great people millions of souls […]
“Mister Teacher”
It’s 1978, and Jack Sheffield begins his second year as headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. There are three letters on his desk – one makes him smile, one makes him sad and one is destined to change his life forever. This is from nine-year-old Sebastian, suffering from leukaemia in the […]
“Moral Combat: A History of World War II”
In this panoramic history of World War II, pre-eminent historian Michael Burleigh investigates the profound ethical implications of the crucial decisions that shaped the twentieth century´s defining conflict. Exploring the moral sentiments of both individuals and entire societies in the grip of total war, he examines what led some to enthusiastically embrace evil, and others […]