The world is a varied place and communication matters. This book will show you what happens when cultures collide and people do business. Richard Lewis - world famous lecturer on intercultural issues and best-selling author of WHEN CULTURES COLLIDE - has collected... Lees meer.

This book examines the renowned portrait collection assembled by C. P. E. Bach J. S. Bach s second son. One of the most celebrated German composers of the eighteenth century C. P. E. Bach spent decades assembling an extensive portrait collection of some four hundred... Lees meer.

Kingsley Amis was a mimic jester father husband atheist pseudo-socialist and clubland Tory boozer with a limitless taste for adultery Philip Larkin a glum misanthrope who lived in self-imposed solitude. And yet after meeting at St John s Oxford in 1941 this unl... Lees meer.

Take Me With You by bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde is a moving thought-provoking story that fans of Jodi Picoult Susan Lewis Mitch Albom and Alice Sebold will love - the perfect read for those looking for something special to curl up with. Hyde gives her cha... Lees meer.

Infidel. Atheist. Rationalist. Agnostic. Occultist Aleister Crowley soldier J. F. C. Fuller and poet Victor Neuburg embraced these labels as active contributors and participants in the British secularist movement at the dawn of the twentieth century. Rebelling against... Lees meer.

Richard Lewis - world famous lecturer on intercultural issues and best-selling author of WHEN CULTURES COLLIDE - has collected 50 unique critical cross-cultural incidents during his encounters in 135 countries around the globe. Some of these anecdotes are humorous som... Lees meer.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution Gale initiated a revolution of its own. digi... Lees meer.

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Two friends a lifetime of letters and an intimate look at a literary icon Carl Sandburg first encountered Kenneth Dodson through a letter written at sea during World War II. Though Dodson wrote the letter to his wife Letha Sandburg read it in tears and told her I... Lees meer.

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While the revelation of God s name is a central theological topic its ethical and political significance are often overlooked. In a world filled with violence committed in the name of God how can invoking God s name enable peace and hope. This book argues that the r... Lees meer.

Author Richard Hulses best friend Baines Spivington lived a life that leaned away from convention. That is not to say he did not live an ordinary life he just had his own way of doing things. He was passionate and unselfish when it came to helping and caring for fam... Lees meer.

In Leigh Hunt s A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla readers are immersed in a collection of Hunt s essays that celebrate the beauty of nature the power of poetry and the importance of friendship. Hunt s prose is elegant and evocative reminiscent of the Romantic literar... Lees meer.

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Richard Hovey s Seaward. An Elegy on the Death of Thomas William Parsons is a poignant and heartfelt poetic tribute to his friend and fellow poet. Written in elegiac style the book explores themes of friendship loss and the beauty of nature. Hovey s lyrical langua... Lees meer.