“People Like Us. Misrepresenting the Middle East”
In 1998, Joris Luyendijk was stationed just outside of Cairo. It wasn’t for his journalism skills. It was because he was fluent in Arabic. What followed—from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the post 9/11 war in Iraq—would be literal trial-by-fire for the young untested reporter. What he had going for him was his ability to communicate. […]
“Persian Fire”
The First World Empire and The Battle for The West “It is a testament to Holland´s superlative powers as a narrative historian that he brings this tumultuous, epoch-making period dazzlingly to life” – William Napier, Independent on Sunday In the fifth century BC, a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what […]
“Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100”
In Physics of the Future, Michio Kaku – the New York Times bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible – gives us a stunning, provocative, and exhilarating vision of the coming century based on interviews with over three hundred of the world´s top scientists who are already inventing the future in their labs. The result […]
“Pirita Convent”
The history of the construction and research This book is comprehensive study of the ruins of Pirita Convent – on of the best-known architectural monuments of Estonia. The focus here is on the construction of this structurally complex building and on the foundation of a double house (nuns and monks living in separate convents), highly […]
“Plain truth”
The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn’s mother, took the child’s life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney, comes […]
“Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia”
Translated and introduced by N. K. Sandars The Babylonian Creation, the first of these Ancient Mesopotamian poems, was probably composed in the twelfth century BC. Comparable with the Book of Genesis, it opens in watery chaos and sings of the foundation of the world and its centre, the fabulous golden city of Babylon. A hymn […]
“Poems”
Compiled by Evgeny Pasternak Luuletused kõrvuti vene ja inglise keeles. Boris Pasternak is one of the most brilliant Russian poets. The son of a famous artist and a talented pianist, Pasternak drank in an atmosphere of music and colour from childhood. Among the frequent guests to the Pasternak home were Lev Tolstoy, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei […]
“Politics and the English Language”
Biographer Michael Shelden called Orwell’s Politics and the English Language “his most important essay on style”. First published in 1946, the essay exploded the language trends of the time and served as an inflection point in the debate about communication in the 20th century. Politics and the English Language Review of Mein Kampf Vihik.
“Politics in Eastern Europe. 1945-1992”
The communist experience in Central and Eastern Europe has been one of the most extraordinary political experiments of the twentieth century. Its long-term effects, moreover, will continue to be felt within its countries for many years to come, as they struggle to return to democracy. In this book, George Schöpflin provides an exceptional analysis of […]
“Pope Joan”
A Novel “Pope Joan has all the elements one wants in a historical drama—love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets. Cross has written an engaging book.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In this international bestseller and basis for the 2009 movie of the same name, Donna Woolfolk Cross brings the Dark Ages to life in all […]
“Pranic Healing”
Using breathing with healing mantras. The Greatest book on self Healing. Life is Breath and Sound is Energy which can elevate the energy level of our body through resonance with certain specific words. These healing words also stimulate various endocrine glands in our body to strengthen our immune system, to keep it fighting fit against […]
“Prejudices. A Philosophical Dictionary”
A great moralist and social thinker illuminates the most vexing issues of our time―war, old age, racism, abortion, boredom, crime and punishment, sociobiology, and seventy odd others―in a dazzling book that is by turns hilarious and somber but always vigorous and stimulating. Upon each subject Robert Nisbet offers piercing and often unexpected insights. Joining the […]
“Prelude to Foundation”
The Foundation novels This daring story of humanity´s future introduces one of great masterworks of science fiction: the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov. Unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, bold ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of people to save civilization from a relentless tide of darkness […]
“Priceless”
Charlie Daniels started her career as a streetwalker when she was a seventeen-year-old single mother. Since she had virtually no qualifications, the streets seemed to offer the best way to get a comfortable and exciting life. Eventually she was forced to hand her over daughter to her own foster mother, just as she herself was […]
“Profit Over People. Neoliberalism and Global Order”
Why is the Atlantic slowly filling with crude petroleum, threatening a millions-of-years-old ecological balance? Why did traders at prominent banks take high-risk gambles with the money entrusted to them by hundreds of thousands of clients around the world, expanding and leveraging their investments to the point that failure led to a global financial crisis that […]
“Project Smoke”
How to smoke everything, from appetizers to desserts! A complete, step-by-step guide to mastering the art and craft of smoking, plus 100 recipes—every one a game-changer –for smoked food that roars off your plate with flavor. Here’s how to choose the right smoker (or turn the grill you have into an effective smoking machine). Understand […]
“Prolonging the Agony : How the Anglo-American Establishment Deliberately Extended WWI by Three-And-A-Half Years.”
The fact that governments lie is generally accepted today, but World War I was the first global conflict in which millions of young men were sacrificed for hidden causes. They did not die to save civilization; they were killed for profit and in the hopes of establishing a one-world government. By 1917, America had been […]
“Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain”
Probably the most aggravating thing – to both authors and readers – in any publisehd work, is that an introduction should turn out to be a review. A preface is where the authors can sound off on any rankling questions brought on by their editors; and an epilogue is where they can take a final […]
“Pure White and Deadly”
A Telegraph Top 10 Diet Book, Pure White and Deadly by John Yudkin is a must-read for those concerned with how much sugar we consume every day. Sugar. It’s killing us. Why do we eat so much of it? What are its hidden dangers? In 1972, when British scientist John Yudkin first proved that sugar […]
“Pyramid of Fire: The Lost Aztec Codex”
Spiritual ascent at the end of time. Mesoamerican Studies / Metaphysics “Ancient Mexico lives again in this amazing retrieval of an Aztec pictorial and oral tradition. Marty and John lead reader to places undiscovered by archaeologists and ethnologists.” – Bruce Scofield, author of Day-Signs: Native American Astrology From Ancient Mexico “The Pyramid of Fire is […]
