Anthony: 6598 books
Babylon's Ark
The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city center and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat and uncontrolled looting had killed nearly all the animals...
The Enlightenment
And Why It Still Matters
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS
One of our most renowned and brilliant historians takes a fresh look at the revolutionary intellectual movement that laid the foundation for the modern world.
Liberty and equality. Human rights. Freedom of thought and expression....
Exiled In Paradise
German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America from the 1930s to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Exiled In Paradise: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America from the 1930s to the Present by Anthony Heilbut (Second, 1997 revised edition; 173,000 words)
The fascinating story of émigré intellectuals, writers, artists, scientists, movie directors, and scholars — including Bertolt...
by Anthony Hecht
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anthony Hecht (1923–2004) was known not only for his masterful control of form and language but also for his wit and humor.
With the help of Helen Hecht, the poet’s widow, Jonathan F. S. Post combed through more than 4,000 letters to produce an intimate look...
The Rise of Athens
The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history’s most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian
Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens celebrates...
by Anthony Trollope
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Christmas Summary Classics This series contains summary of Classic books such as Emma, Arne, Arabian Nights, Pride and prejudice, Tower of London, Wealth of Nations etc. Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. One who wants to get joy of book reading especially...
by Anthony Trollope
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Commentaries of Caesar’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Anthony Trollope’.
Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually...
The Admirable Adventures and Strange Fortunes of Master Anthony Knivet
An English Pirate in Sixteenth-Century Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
This is the first critical edition of the original 1625 travel account by Anthony Knivet, an Englishman who spent nine years in Brazil in the last decade of the sixteenth century. His is the oldest extensive account of Brazil written by an Englishman, but despite its historical, geographical, and...
by Anthony Hecht
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
THE VENETIAN VESPERS (1979)
“In its clear-eyed mercy toward human weakness, Anthony Hecht’s poetry goes from strength to strength. The Venetian Vespers is at once an intense corroboration and an ample extension of his subtle, supple talents. Nothing humane is alien to him… There is a...
Faith
Finding Answers in the Holy Ghost
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
In the book Finding Answers in The Holy Ghost, author Anthony D. Montgomery presents a detailed illustration of the various ways the Holy Ghost enable the Christian to overcome any trial. Too often has God been placed in a one sided view to appease the followers of a movement; however you will see...
Out of the Darkness
The transformation of one of Scotland's most violent prisoners
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
When still young, someone said of Anthony Gielty 'He's gonnae end up in the nick.' And he did - at the age of 17, he was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to ten years, some of which was spent in solitary confinement. At 19, he was placed in the most violent prison in Scotland. Anthony Gielty...
by Anthony Trollope
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
This collection contains all forty-two of Trollope’s known short stories which range over every continent from The West Indies to the shores of New Zealand.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was born in London to a bankrupt barrister father and a mother who, as a well-known writer, supported...
Economic Sense and Nonsense
Reflections from Europe, 2008–2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Economic Sense and Nonsense comprises a collection of sixty essays written by Anthony de Jasay for his monthly column “Reflections from Europe,” on Liberty Fund’s Library of Economics and Liberty website. The articles span the years 2008 to 2012 and focus on economic issues of topical concern...
by Anthony de Jasay
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 1998
The State is a brilliant analysis of modern political arrangements that views the state as acting in its own interest contrary to the interests of individuals and even of an entire society. As Nobel laureate James Buchanan has observed, Jasay subjects the state to a “solid, foundational analysis,...