The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the Present
10 best books like The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the Present (William I. Hitchcock): City of God, The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism, The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living, Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness, How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now, Witches and Neighbors: The Social and Cultural Context of European Witchcraft, My Name is Eva, The Best of Subterranean, History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier, The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
| Author | Augustine of Hippo |
| ISBN | 0140448942 |
This is a truly COLOSSAL book!
You know, there are two ways of getting answers in the world... there’s getting the world’s answers (and that’s sometimes doublethink) and there’s getting TRANSCENDENTAL answers!
Sub specie aeternitatis, transcendental answers are the...
| Author | Daniel C. Matt |
| ISBN | 0062511637 |
I first read this book several years ago for a course I took while working on my master’s degree. As I decided to incorporate weekly meditations in my world religion course, I wanted to revisit some of the mystical writings of each tradition I cover. This is mostly selections of Kabbalistic writings,...
| Author | Joseph Telushkin |
| ISBN | 0609603302 |
In The Book of Jewish Values, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin has combed the Bible, the Talmud, and the whole spectrum of Judaism's sacred writings to give us a manual on how to lead a decent, kind, and honest life in a morally complicated world. Telushkin speaks to the major ethical issues of our time, issues that...
Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness
| Author | Roger Penrose |
| ISBN | 0195106466 |
A New York Times bestseller when it appeared in 1989, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind was universally hailed as a marvelous survey of modern physics as well as a brilliant reflection on the human mind, offering a new perspective on the scientific landscape and a visionary glimpse of the possible...
As soon as it appeared, How to Read the Bible was recognized as a masterwork, “awesome, thrilling” (The New York Times), “wonderfully interesting, extremely well presented” (The Washington Post), and “a tour de force...a stunning narrative” (Publishers Weekly). Now in its tenth year...
| Author | Robin Briggs |
| ISBN | 0140144382 |
Witches and Neighbors is a remarkable interpretation of the course and causes of the fear and persecution of witches that bedeviled Europe for centuries. Robin Briggs draws on the latest research into the local realities underlying the phenomenon. In particular, he employs his own extensive work...
You can pay a terrible price for keeping a promise…
Evelyn Taylor-Clarke sits in her chair at Forest Lawns Care Home in the heart of the English countryside, surrounded by residents with minds not as sharp as hers. It would be easy to dismiss Evelyn as a muddled old woman, but her lipstick is...
From its launch in 2005 to its final issue in 2014, Subterranean magazine published stories by the leading lights of science fiction and fantasy literature. From Hugo and Nebula winners to Pulitzer and Booker Prize finalists to New York Times bestsellers, this anthology collects 30 pieces of Subterranean’s...
History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier
| Author | Deborah E. Lipstadt |
| ISBN | 0060593776 |
In her acclaimed 1993 book Denying the Holocaust, Deborah Lipstadt called putative WWII historian David Irving "one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial." A prolific author of books on Nazi Germany who has claimed that more people died in Ted Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick than...
The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
| Author | Benjamin Carter Hett |
| ISBN | 1250162505 |
A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen
Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler...
