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Surgeon Pius Kamau describes caring for patients regardless of their racial views in "A Duty to Heal", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lively and spirited book' DOUGLAS MURRAY 'A paean to the freedom and dignity that many in the West take for granted' PETER BOGHOSSIAN 'A cool, steady but urgent message that we should value and protect what we have' SPIKED 'Kisin's book [has] a powerful moral...

From the invention of interest in Mesopotamia and the origin of paper money in China, to the creation of mutual funds, inflation-indexed bonds, and global financial securities, here is a sweeping survey of financial innovations that have changed the world. Written by a distinguished group of experts - including Robert Shiller, Niall Ferguson, Valerie Hansen, and many others - The Origins of Value traces the evolution of finance through 4,000 years of history.

In this classic essay, which has been edited and updated for a modern audience, theologian Stephen Charnock explains the doctrine of immutability. Comparing God's unchangeability to the inconstancy of all creatures, Charnock helps listeners see the foolishness of relying on a perishing world rather than an eternal and perfect God.

Aqui trouxemos a biografia de duas grandes figuras da nobreza da Europa Oriental, Vlad III, o Empalador, e Elizabeth Báthory, a Condessa de Sangue, que alcançaram a fama não apenas por seus títulos ou por suas riquezas, mas pela sua crueldade e sadismo. Essas figuras alimentaram os contos populares e tradicionais do Leste Europeu sobre vampiros, inspirando Bram Stoker e Sheridan Le Fanu, entre outros autores de literatura vampírica

Short, sometimes sweet and often strange, here are seven great stories by some of the best writers from around the world... Anne Enright Yoko Ogawa David Szalay Nadifa Mohamed Andrey Kurkov Yael van der Wouden and Roddy Doyle The Booker Prizes celebrate the world’s best fiction. In this book...

‘Expertly crafted’ AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG ‘A beautiful siren song to anyone who has ever felt ashamed of their own taste’ SCARLETT CURTIS 'An ode to both fearless critique and visceral fandom’ BILLIE JD PORTER A deep dive into the joy and power of personal pleasures, quirks, obsessions...

This book brings together a wealth of readings on the metaphor of the "New Negro," charting how generations of thinkers debated its meaning and seized on its potency to stake out an astonishingly broad and sometimes contradictory range of ideological positions. It features dozens of newly...

The Founding Fathers series includes: George Washington by James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn In this thoughtful and incisive biography, Burns and Dunn dissect the strengths and weaknesses of Washington's presidential leadership, from his lasting foreign and economic policies to his polarizing...

Askanius, junger Student für Archäologie, zieht durch Europa und Nordafrika, während er von Visionen geplagt wird, in denen ein Satyr versucht mit ihm Kontakt aufzunehmen. Vielleicht hat Askanius ihn aber auch mit seiner ersten Vision erweckt? Während Askanius versucht, dem Mysterium auf den...

At a cafe in Budapest, Oswald, a British ambassador in his thirties, meets the young, handsome Imre, a Hungarian military officer. The two develop a strong friendship through their shared interest in art, but as their relationship grows more serious, they begin spending hours upon hours sharing...

Fifteen suspenseful tales from the Golden Age of the mystery genre. The art of the suspense story is incredibly varied. Rarely classified as whodunits, these narratives can be more accurately described as "when-will-it-be-dones." From hungry tigers stalking their prey to jealous lovers plotting...

Global Voices on Global Mission Global mission has moved into a new era when it is no longer just "from the West to the rest" but rather "from everywhere to everywhere." But too often mission workers have not partnered well with local communities, hurting Christian witness and ministry efforts...

Bem-vindo a um mundo de sombras e enigmas, onde os felinos vagueiam pelas páginas, trazendo consigo mistérios e arrepios. Felinos e Macabros é uma coletânea fascinante de contos, cada um escrito por um mestre do suspense e do mistério. Nesta obra, você encontrará um desfile de felinos em todas as suas facetas enigmáticas e perturbadoras. Edgar Allan Poe - "O Gato Preto": Poe nos leva a uma jornada pelos recantos mais sombrios da mente humana, onde a loucura se entrelaça com a obscuridade e a morte. Um conto que arrepia até o mais destemido dos ouvinte.

In School Rethink 2.0, editors Frederick M. Hess, Michael B. Horn, and Juliet Squire gather leaders immersed in the nuts-and-bolts work of educational reinvention to present ten promising education improvements and ways to implement them. Contributors explain what it takes to reinvent schooling...

Many churches today face worry and concern over their collective future. One tragic consequence is that growing anxiety can turn inward on communities of faith. A subtle distancing and dividing can occur, often happening along generational lines. Us-versus-Them thinking morphs into...

Sonny Rollins is one of the towering masters of American music, a virtuoso of the saxophone, and an unequaled improviser whose live performances are legendary and who has reshaped modern jazz over the course of a career lasting more than sixty years. A turning point in that legendary career came...

An American Girl Anthology: Finding Ourselves in the Pleasant Company Universe turns American Girl dolls―and the ever-growing ecosystem surrounding them―inside out. Editors Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith, along with an expansive list of contributors, explore Pleasant Company...

Humans – who are we? Physically, we’re unremarkable in the animal world – a hairless ape. But somehow, in combination, our characteristics make us remarkable. How can our ears listen to this audiobook with such precision, differentiating each specific word? How can we understand the...

Leo Tolstoy is one of the most celebrated novelists of all time. As well as writing literary classics such as Anna Karenina and War and Peace he was also the author of some hugely influential critical and philosophical works. First published in 1898 his book length essay What is Art? has lost...