“The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader”
The “Great Truth” about the “Lost Cause” Most Americans hold basic misconceptions about the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the actions of subsequent neo-Confederates. For example, two thirds of Americans–including most history teachers–think the Confederate States seceded for “states’ rights.” This error persists because most have never read the key documents about the Confederacy. These […]
“The Cosmic Code”
The Earth Chronicles VI The groundbreaking, bestselling series—millions of copies sold worldwide! A classic of ancient human history—and one of the inspirations behind the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens—Zecharia Sitchin’s Earth Chronicles series is the revelatory and deeply provocative masterwork that forever altered humankind’s view of our history and our destiny. Many thousands of years ago, […]
“The Could Six Thousand”
Dallas, November 22nd, 1963. Wayne Tedrow Jr. has arrived to kill a man. The fee is 6.000USD. He finds himself instead in the middle of the cover-up following JFK´s assassination. There follows a hellish five-year ride through the sordid underbelly of public policy via Las Vegas, Howard Hughes, Vietnam, CIA dope dealing, Cuba, sleazy showbiz, […]
“The Courage to Stand Alone”
“He turns everything upside down … There is some compelling purity about him, some way in which he captures a kind of longing that we all seem to have for a genuinely wise human being. A paradox, a wonder, a marvel …” – Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson author of The Assault on Truth and My Father´s […]
“The Death of Grass”
A post-apocalyptic vision of the world pushed to the brink by famine, John Christopher’s science fiction masterpiece The Death of Grass includes an introduction by Robert MacFarlane in Penguin Modern Classics. At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and […]
“The Deniable Darwin”
David Berlinski, a senior fellow at Discovery Institute, writes about three profound mysteries: the existence of the human mind, the existence and diversity of living creatures, and the existence of matter. His other books include: The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions, Newton’s Gift, and A Tour of the Calculus.
“The Devil´s Delusion. Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions”
Militant atheism is on the rise. In recent years Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have produced a steady stream of best-selling books denigrating religious belief. These authors are merely the leading edge of a larger movement that includes much of the scientific community. In response, mathematician David Berlinski, himself a secular […]
“The Divine Pymander. And Other Writings of Hermes Trismegistus”
Within these pages lies a gold mine of wisdom. The author, Hermes Trismegistus, may not have been a single personage, but the information here is both illuminating and highly relevant. These teachings have been often referred to by the greatest philosophers of Greece and the Church Fathers of Christianity. Tertullian and Justin Martyr once stated […]
“The Dyatlov Pass. Post Mortem”
Full autopsy reports of the members of tragically perished Dyatlov group. Translation from Russian by Svetalana Oss. Pl be aware: It is not a book by itself, it is a companion volume to “Don’t Go There” book by the same author.
“The Dying Game”
On the remote island of Isola, seven people have been selected to compete in a 48-hour test for a top-secret intelligence position. One of them is Anna Francis, a workaholic with a nine-year-old daughter she rarely sees, and a secret that haunts her. Her assignment is to stage her own death and then observe, from […]
“The Dying of the Light”
By the bestselling author of Dirty Tricks and Cabal One of England’s most acclaimed younger mystery writers, the creator of Detective Aurelio Zen, gives us a brilliant and haunting variation on the classic drawing-room murder novel. The setting is Eventide Lodge, where the guests have gathered for tea. Colonel Weatherby is reading by the fire. […]
“The Ebony Tower. Eliduc. The Enigma”
Джон Фаулз – один из крупных британских прозаиков, произведения которого за два последних десятилетия завоевали популярность в Англии и за ее пределами. Он пишет о нерасторжимой связи жизни и искусства (“Башня из черного дерева”), о любви, победившей предрассудки времени (“Элидюк”), сатирически рисует нравы английской буржуазной верхушки (“Загадка”). Издание сопровождается вступительной статьей и комментариями к тексту, […]
“The End of Days”
Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Hans Fallada Prize, The End of Days, by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five “books,” each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist. How could it all have gone differently?―the narrator asks in the intermezzos. The first chapter […]
“The End of Days”
Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return – Earth Chronicles, 7 The groundbreaking, bestselling series-millions of copies sold worldwide! A classic of ancient human history-and one of the inspirations behind the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens-Zecharia Sitchin’s Earth Chronicles series is the revelatory and deeply provocative masterwork that forever altered humankind’s view of our history and our […]
“The End of Mr. Y”
A cursed book. A missing professor. Some nefarious men in gray suits. And a dreamworld called the Troposphere? Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists—especially Thomas Lumas and The End of Mr. Y, a book no one alive has read. When she mysteriously uncovers a copy at a used bookstore, Ariel is launched into […]
“The English Civil Wars: A Beginner´s Guide”
A king beheaded. A monarchy abolished. And a commoner leading a republic by military rule set in their place. The wars that tore through the country in the mid-seventeenth century – splitting government, communities and families alike – were a true watershed in English history. But how, with Queen Elizabeth I´s Golden Age still in […]
“The Enneads”
Penguin Classics “Strive to bring back the god in yourselves to the Divine in the universe” Regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism, Plotinus (ad 204-70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing works that proved in many ways a precursor to Renaissance thought. Plotinus was convinced of the existence of a state of supreme […]
“The Everything Guide to Codependency: Learn to recognize and change codependent behavior”
Break free of codependency and embrace your true self Are you codependent? Do you make other people´s problems your own? Do you find it hard to set boundaries and take care of your own needs? In this reassuring guide, Dr Jennifer Sowle helps you learn how to identify your own destructive behavior, regain, self-esteem, and […]
“The Fall of Gondolin”
Edited by Christopher Tolkien With illustrations by Alan Lee In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, […]
“The Fallen”
Amos Decker, David Baldacci’s unique special agent with the gift of a remarkable memory, returns in The Fallen. Small towns which have seen better times are not unusual. But the mysterious events in Baronville, Pennsylvania, are raising the highly-tuned antennae of agent Amos Decker and his FBI partner, Alex Jamison. What was supposed to be […]
