SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. ?In Wind Rider’s Oath, Bahzell became a wind rider—the first hradani wind rider in history. And, even if Bahzell is the War God’s champion, because the wind riders are the elit
From the conquistadores in Central and South America to the Jesuits in China, Edmondo Lupieri traces the consequences of European war and conquest for global cultural identities from the age of explor
The revolutionary war launched by Shining Path, a Maoist insurgency, was the most violent upheaval in modern Peru’s history, claiming some 70,000 lives in the 1980s–1990s and drawing widespread inte
In 1834, Lord Melbourne spoke the words that epitomized the British government's attitude towards its own involvement in the arts: "God help the minister that meddles with Art." One hundred years late
The final and most personal work from Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant—discovered thirty-two years after his death—is a message of insight for everyone who has sought meaning in
The final and most personal work from Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor and historian Will Durant-discovered thirty-two years after his death-isa message of insight for everyone who has sought meaning in l
The final and most personal work from Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor and historian Will Durant-discovered thirty-two years after his death-isa message of insight for everyone who has sought meaning in l
Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world,Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of one of the world’s greatest minds, a man with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. Over the course of Durant’s career he received numerous letters from “curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate.” WithFallen Leaves, his final book, he at last accepted their challenge.In twenty-two short chapters, Durant addresses everything from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art.Fallen Leaves is “a thought-provoking array of opinions” (Publishers Weekly), offering elegant prose, deep ins
From Karachi to Islamabad, Dr. Pfau fights to heal leprosy, criss-crosses wild mountain ranges, operates in 100 degrees, and risks friendship where the world drops bombs.
Right-Wing Spain in the Civil War Era explores the lives of the leading Spanish conservatives in the turbulent period 1914-1945. The volume is a collection of biographies of the most important figures
Reads L to R (Western Style), for audiences. The forces of the God of Light and the Goddess of Darkness have waged a ruthless war across the land of Toyoashihara for generations. But for 15-year-old S
Faith, War, and Violence analyzes the age-old links between religion and violence perpetrated in the name of God, and the role religion performs in politically infusing the state with romantic spiritu
A tremendously vivid historical encounter becomes a larger-than-life canvas for this brilliant saga. The year is 1522. Two great leaders, twenty-five-year-old Suleiman the Magnificent, the absolute r
Let God Arise draws upon an extensive array of archival sources to present the first modern account in English entirely devoted to the rebellion and war of the Camisards. Combining traditional narrati
ARMAGEDDON IS NOT IN OUR LIFETIME. SATAN DECIEVED CHRISTIANS. JESUS HIMSELF IN MATHEW CHPT 13 SAID THERE WILL BE NO WAR BEFORE THE SECOND COMING. GOD IN ISAIAH 27:8 SAID HE WILL STOP HIS CHRISTIAN JIH
