Esther: 1033 books

Paulo Coelho ha construido una suerte de piezas que permiten armar un curioso rompecabezas, cuyo resultado final es buena parte de su pensamiento, acerca de cuestiones de fundamental importancia para la humanidad: la política, la muerte, Dios, lo femenino, el sexo, la educación y la libertad. La...

Short poems depicting the darkness of the heart and mind. An exploration looking for simplicity and casualness of life. Four plus one poems reflects some issues faced by a growing teenager and the inner tension experienced within a confused mind.

This book is the first history of YIVO, the original center for Yiddish scholarship. Founded by a group of Eastern European intellectuals after World War I, YIVO became both the apex of secular Yiddish culture and the premier institution of Diaspora Nationalism, which fought for Jewish rights throughout...

Il Libro di Enoch è un testo apocrifo, e cioè non riconosciuto dalla Chiesa Cattolica come appartenente al canone delle scritture sacre, anche se viene attribuito al patriarca antidiluviano Enoch, padre di Matusalemme e bisnonno di Noè. Il Libro di Enoch è un’opera...

TV personality, founder of Childline, writer and broadcaster, Esther Rantzen has spent her life tirelessly campaigning on behalf of children and mental health sufferers. In this personal and anecdotal handbook, she turns her attention to the baby boomer and shows how, ultimately, reaching your fifties...

In Stil in mij. Overleven bij de nonnen vertellen tientallen vrouwen hun schokkende verhaal van seksueel misbruik en fysiek en psychisch geweld door nonnen binnen de Rooms-Katholieke Kerk. Auteurs Esther Verhoef en Daniëlle Hermans interviewden tientallen slachtoffers om hun persoonlijke ervaringen...

What does it mean to be competitive? What is the origin of competitiveness? Is being competitive part of God’s plan for us? How did bible characters successfully cope with or enact competitiveness? Can we find purpose or lasting blessings through competitiveness? Should a Christian be competitive?...

We find ourselves lost and struggling to thrive in this World. Every day we question if what we are doing is right and for the betterment of ourselves and our family. A sharing of a person's journey in finding faith in God using the Bible and personal experience. The articles may end with unresolved and act as a brief introspection of God's intention for the person. A series of collection

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” ― Abraham Lincoln. Recollections of life on a plantation pre-Civil War, a thrilling slave escape story, Fifty Years in Chains by Charles Ball, a famous essay on Slavery and...

The challenge of maintaining dictatorial regimes through control, co-optation and coercion while upholding a façade of legitimacy is something that has concerned leaders throughout the Middle East and beyond. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Syria ruled by the Asads, both Hafiz and his son...

In the past fifty years, the study of indigenous and pre-Columbian art has evolved from a groundbreaking area of inquiry in the mid-1960s to an established field of research. This period also spans the career of art historian Esther Pasztory. Few scholars have made such a broad and lasting impact...

During the 1920s, a visit to the movie theater almost always included a sing-along. Patrons joined together to render old favorites and recent hits, usually accompanied by the strains of a mighty Wurlitzer organ. The organist was responsible for choosing the repertoire and presentation style that...

Esther Lutzer spent years serving in the missions field in Gabon. She writes, "I thank God for His patience with me as He led me to Gabon and then home again. “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light to shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge...

College kids wielding a haunted Ouija board create poltergeist chaos! Stan knows he's cheating his way through life, though so far it's gotten him into the Ivy League. When he finds the moldy Ouija board in the basement of his student dorm, he and his friends get a new, phantom roommate --...