A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA sweeping and powerful novel, Sisi tells the little-known story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary, the Princess Diana of her time, in an enthralling work of historical fiction that is also a ...
A narrative originally dictated to a journalist following the Civil War chronicles the experiences of a former slave who became an abolitionist
Iconoclast David F. Noble traces the evolution and eclipse of the biblical mythology of the Promised Land, the foundational story of Western Culture.
Raised by a child psychologist who was himself the author of numerous self-help books, as an adult Jessica Lamb-Shapiro found herself both repelled and fascinated by the industry: did all of these books, tapes, weekend seminars, groups, ...
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It was Bruce Hornsby's rolling piano and soft, sad voice. This is no fond farewell. You can be sure I could wish it was no farewell at all. I tried to remember the title, cursed my own failed memory. Then the music told me anyway.
The book also exposes the hidden lives of "virtually free" slaves, who maintained close relationships with whites, maneuvered within the system, and gained a large measure of autonomy.
Retells the Biblical story of Joshua who, in succeeding Moses as the leader of the Israelites, masterminded the conquest of Canaan, the Promised Land.
Can it ever be resolved? If so, how? These are the basic questions addressed in a new and substantially revised fifth edition of this highly acclaimed book.
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