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"Money dominates the third of Jason Berry&rsquo;s important books about the Catholic Church. Render Unto Rome probes deeply into the culture of the church. To painful questions about money and sex, Berry finds, the response of the church is always the same &ndash; secrecy and silence."&#160;--Thomas Powers"The Catholic Church wants us to believe that it can reform itself from within. This book shows that it simply can&rsquo;t. If you are an entrenched member of the hierarchy, you are not going to like this book. If you are a Catholic who believes that truth will lead to change &ndash; and that the Vatican needs to change, and change fast &ndash; Render unto Rome is your catechism."&#160;--James Carville"A captivating read, Render to Rome is an astounding revelation of the church's financial system, and required reading for those who donate to the church or are interested in the ongoing effort to restore the credibility of the church and its hierarchy." --Sister Joan Chittister, OSB"Once again Jason Berry is ahead of the curve when it comes to writing about the Catholic Church. Nothing about this book is superficial. This is a prodigiously researched work that looks at the church with both breadth and depth, and it is fascinating."&#160;--John M. Barry, author of Rising Tide and The Great Influenza"As a writer, Jason Berry has the jeweler&rsquo;s eye for significant detail that combines with the novelist&rsquo;s art in telling a story; as a reporter and researcher, Berry is thorough, compelling, and complete." --George Fish

The Secret Life of Money in the Catholic Church

Render Unto Rome

Theory and Practice

Approaches to Jewish-Arab Interreligious Dialogue and Peacebuilding

&ldquo;Young and lovesick, Lee Martin's low-rent heroines live the stuff of country music.&#160; Earnest and innocent, they get caught up in trailer park romances and what Alice Hoffman called practical magic. Break&#160;the Skin is&#160;a gossipy, rollicking Witches of Wal-Mart.&rdquo;--Stewart O'Nan, author of The Speed Queen&#160;&ldquo;I was worried for these characters as I'd worry for my own friends. The women want normal things--connection, stability--but get in their own way of finding peaceful lives. This is a suspenseful, engaging book.&rdquo;--Alice Elliott Dark&ldquo;Mr. Martin is a top-notch craftsman&hellip;what is most remarkable about BREAK THE SKIN is its restrained tone and the author&rsquo;s generosity toward his very needy characters. His sympathies for them rarely seem to wane, even when they are harboring criminals, conjuring hexes or plotting murder.&rdquo;- The New York Times&ldquo;South of Scandinavia, there are fewer icicles and serial killers, but no lack of sinister intrigue. Pulitzer Prize finalist Lee Martin&rsquo;s latest, Break the Skin, is a Lucinda Williams ballad of a small-town love affair&mdash;a teenage dropout, a nameless stranger&mdash;gone horribly wrong.&rdquo; &ndash; Vogue.com&ldquo;Martin&hellip;gets the  claustrophobia of small town life just right. With their oh-what-might-have-been  voices, these women win our hearts.&rdquo;- The Plain Dealer&ldquo;Martin, whose kidnap novel The Bright Forever (2005) was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, expertly applies shades of James Cain&ndash;like noir tomodern story that might have been inspired by one of the Lucinda Williams songs on this book's soundtrack. Black magic, daughters cursed by the loss or absence of their fathers, post traumatic stress syndrome, small-town secrecy and lies, pre-teen voyeurism: Welcome to life 'on the other side of right thinking.'&#160; An intoxicating small-town thriller that quickly gets under your skin.&rdquo;--Kirkus Reviews"What we really want from our summer reading is a chance to escape ourselves, to disappear for a while into the lives of other people. Break the Skin allows us to do that, while delivering a fast, suspenseful read." &ndash; Blogcritics.com"Disaffected teenager Laney has no one in the world but the older Delilah, whom she clings to like a raft. Then the police start asking Laney questions that link her to the sadder-but-wiser Miss Baby, who thinks she&rsquo;s finally found true love with a gentle man who can&rsquo;t remember his own name, and the story of a wrenching crime emerges."--Library&#160;Journal&ldquo;Provocative&hellip; Crackling with dark deeds and bad intentions, Martin snakes through the lives of the desperate without casting pity.&rdquo;--Publishers Weekly&ldquo;Carrying an almost  archetypal resonance, this well-crafted tale of romantic desperation feels as  sad and inevitable as an old murder ballad and should have an appeal beyond  readers of serious fiction.&rdquo; &ndash; Library Journal

A Novel

Break the Skin

“Sitchin’s fans will find this an interesting, though inconclusive read. As for the inevitably skeptical majority, they will take a certain amount of entertainment from wondering what each new chapter will bring: Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by a nuclear bomb? Solomon’s Temple built on top of a spaceport? Muslim minarets simulating rockets ready for launch? Wow.”

Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return

The End of Days

Essay on Literature into Film. "A Streetcar Named Desire" from Tennessee Williams

Knock at Venture

A Novel of the Earth's Last Days

Left Behind

&#8220;The Queen of the Tearling is destined to be a fantasy classic. Johansen&#8217;s writing is assured, confident and thrilling. I can&#8217;t wait for the next book.&#8221;

The Queen of the Tearling

of the seventeenth century

Humour, Wit & Satire

"Nunn&#8217;s U.S. debut is an engaging, dual-period narrative that unravels slowly, tracing Esther&#8217;s journey toward healing and wholeness as well as Rachel&#8217;s attempts to move beyond her wanderlust and unwillingness to commit to a home, job, or relationship. The romance is unexpected yet authentic, and the ending highlights the enduring power of love and forgiveness. Ideal for readers of Lucinda Riley and Sarah Jio."

The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant

Indie Next List, October 2010"THE BELLS&#160;does for the ears what Perfume did for the nose. A novel&#160;to engage the senses as well as tickle the mind."&mdash;Sarah Dunant, international bestselling author of Sacred Hearts&#160;"Harvell has written an entertaining and eye-opening aria of a book."&#160;&mdash;Washington Post"Richard Harvell's first novel is a marvel of sound woven through the tale of an extraordinary life."&mdash;Fredericksburg Freelance Star"When I look at my copy of&#160;The Bells&#160;sitting in front of me, I cannot believe it lies there immobile and lifeless...During the time I spent entranced with this story, my body rang like the bells within its pages...Harvell&rsquo;s magical prose gives sound to Moses&rsquo; life: the bells, the arias, and the uneven breath of true love." &mdash;Historical Novels Review "Harvell has fashioned an engrossing first novel ringing with sounds; a musical and literary treat."&mdash;Booklist"Harvell's debut is saturated with sound...A poignant and acutely told storey of the human spirit."&mdash;Library Journal&ldquo;Astonishing&#160;in its originality, epic in its scope, luminous in its richness, The Bells is a novel to be savored page by&#160;glorious page.&rdquo;&mdash;Cathy Marie Buchanan,&#160;New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Falls Stood Still&#160;&ldquo;I was mesmerized from first page to the last by this haunting and seductive novel. Long after I finished, the characters and their heartbreaking tale of love, loss, and obsession resonated with me still. Readers, here is a book you&rsquo;ll find impossible to resist. Bravo andencore!&rdquo;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &mdash;M.J. Rose, international bestselling author of The Reincarnationist

The Bells

Greek and Etruscan in the British Museum

Terracotta Sarcophagi

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Interview with Marty Schwartz: Champion Trader

Market Wizards, Disc 8

'Could a future design of international development goals which strongly integrates human rights principles and standards be more powerful, in its impact for people, than the current framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? The contributors to this book provide a wide range of perspectives on this question, drawing on experience since the 2000 Millennium Declaration and with the setting of a post-2015 Development Agenda in mind. These scholars and analysts provide well-timed lessons from the 'MDG era' and detailed proposals for ways in which a new global agenda could more clearly and consistently reflect the obligation of nations to pursue and respect the rights of all people, particularly those who are most disadvantaged and deprived.' Richard Morgan, Senior Advisor on Post-2015, UNICEF

Past, Present and Future

The Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights

"Barretta opens this sensitive biography on a moment of triumph as Carver overcomes the scorn of a roomful of white congressmen in 1921... Through myriad lush garden scenes and impressive portraiture by Morrison, Carver emerges as a generous figure, a &#8220;living folk hero,&#8221; able to do whatever he set out to and &#8220;always ready to serve humanity.&#8221;"

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

"This is a book that will grab you and hold you in its grip, and break your heart even as it inspires you. Frances Kuffel's memoir is so real, so alive with honesty and clarity, you will never forget it. It is a Pilgrim's Progress toward the holy city of thin. Kuffel is our confessional poet of fatness, and the struggle toward fitness, beauty, love. She is entertaining and tough, vivid and funny, in a story of victory that will delight every single reader."--Robert Morgan, author of Brave Enemies "Frances Kuffel set out on a true adventure, navigated the dangers, endured, and emerged transfigured. What makes her tale intriguing is that the terrain in question was her own body and its tyrannies. This is a story for our times from a writer with the language, courage and experience to tell it."--Deidre McNamer, author of Rima in the Weeds and My RussianThis book is simply riveting. There is not a woman who's ever carried more than her share of body weight, who won't identify with every word that Frances Kuffel has written. Kuffel's journey is rich in wit and wisdom. Her book is a jewel and a must have for anyone who's ever contemplated improving their body as well as their mind."--Pam Peeke MD, MPH, Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism, Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine, Author of Fight Fat After Forty, NBC Today Show Medical Expert

Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self

Passing for Thin

A Biography of Yorkshire

Now Then

&ldquo;Exceptionally engaging. . . . A significant milestone [that] will no doubt do much to determine how the war is understood for years to come.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post&ldquo;Stunning. . . . The best single-volume history of the war. . . . Assembled from a multitude of overlapping voices, American and Vietnamese, [The Vietnam War] tells the long story from every conceivable angle, from veterans and protesters to draft-dodgers and prisoners of war to politicians and grunts.&rdquo; &mdash;Mark Bowden, Philadelphia Inquirer&ldquo;Captivating.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &#160; &ldquo;Exquisitely written.&rdquo; &mdash;The Guardian

The Vietnam War

Toward an Evangelical Ecclesiology

The Community of the Word

Ten Years of Successes and Challenges: Proceedings of a Workshop

Crisis Standards of Care

Trainingsprogramm zur Bildung von Schreibkompetenz im 6. Schuljahr

Fünf-Minuten-Diktate / 6. Schuljahr zum gezielten Rechtschreibtraining

Collection of Old and Contemporary Prints, Etchings, Engravings and Drawings

How the EU Affects Domestic Actors, Patterns and Systems

Europeanisation and Party Politics

Les Fractions, l'Extraction Des Racines, Le Système Métrique

Nouveau Traité d'Arithmétique Décimale: Contenant Toutes Les Opérations Ordinaires Du Calcul 42e Éd

A Tragedy (1754)

Constantine

The Path of Lord Jaguar

“Resonant. . . . vivid and compassionate. . . . A timely, disquieting reflection on mortality, war and the startling dichotomy between the affluent West and the impoverished Third World.”

Right of Thirst

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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title "Required Reading . . . Gray does an admirable job of collecting facts. . . . Enjoyable."&mdash;New York Post &#160; "Splendid . . . Reluctant Genius is a winner . . . Bell emerges from Ms. Gray&rsquo;s fine book as a brilliant but disorganized inventor whose creations reached the world largely because of the marketing skill of Mabel and her father."&mdash;Washington Times &#160; "Gray has the knack for making famous people come alive in her biographies, and she has succeeded once again with this illuminating portrait. . . . This biography of this ingenious celebrity is not the first, but it may be the most fascinating to read. . . . The rich text is enhanced by many black-and-white photographs, drawings, a very useful index, and discussion of the references. Highly recommended."&mdash;Choice &#160; "Combining the household history of the Bells with that of Alexander&rsquo;s successive enthusiasms . . . Gray fairly portrays the attractions and exasperations of Bell&rsquo;s life."&mdash; Booklist &#160; "This is a major biography, it contains original research and understanding into his life combined with an excellent writing style that brings his life to life."&mdash;Books-on-Line.com &#160; "A new book by Charlotte Gray is always worth celebrating. She not only loves history, but she is a superb writer."&mdash;Calgary Herald &#160; "Charlotte Gray has a knack for making . . . history come alive."&mdash;Toronto Star &#160;

The Reluctant Genius and His Passion for Invention

Alexander Graham Bell

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