Holmes: 1214 books

Book cover of Our Hundred Days in Europe (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011

In 1886, exhausted and mourning the death of his youngest son, Holmes and his daughter, Amelia, traveled to England and France, where they visited various friends, distinguished writers, and where Holmes received a number of honorary doctorates. This memoir is an elegantly composed travelogue of their trip.
Book cover of The Symptom and the Subject

The Symptom and the Subject

The Emergence of the Physical Body in Ancient Greece

by Brooke Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2010

The Symptom and the Subject takes an in-depth look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self. Beginning with Homer, moving through classical-era medical treatises, and closing with studies of early ethical philosophy and Euripidean...
Book cover of D-Day

D-Day

A Concise History

by Richard Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

D-Day is a landmark in history. The late Richard Holmes, one of the worlds most eminent military historians, tells the compelling story of historys biggest amphibious invasion and the successful Normandy campaign, which proved to be ta turning point in the Second World War. From the Allied planning and...
Book cover of Sidetracks

Sidetracks

Explorations of a Romantic Biographer

by Richard Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007

With this collection of short and fascinating biographical pieces*,* the award-winning biographer of Coleridge and Shelley offers a fascinating glimpse into the mysterious art of biography. When researching, Richard Holmes has often become captivated by figures peripheral to his main subject,...
Book cover of In The Footsteps of Churchill
by Richard Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009

One of the most admired political leaders of all time, Winston Churchill remains an icon four decades after his death. Here, the eminent military historian Richard Holmes offers a remarkable reappraisal of Churchill by examining the early influences that shaped his character. Drawing on sources such...
Book cover of Stillwater Shores

Stillwater Shores

: a Stillwater Bay prequel

by Steena Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014

Fans of Jodi Picoult and Elin Hilderbrand will fall in love with this series from New York Times bestselling author Steena Holmes. Before the first shots are fired within the walls of Stillwater Elementary School, life went on as normal for five women who were close friends. Their monthly...
Book cover of Corruption: A Very Short Introduction
by Leslie Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015

Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. It is thought to be one of the principal causes of poverty around the globe. Its significance in the contemporary world cannot be undervalued....
Book cover of Think Your Troubles Away
by Ernest Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2010

Have you wondered how you can use your mind to experience fewer problems and more joy? The majority of the difficulties people encounter are ones they have created by what they think-consciously or unconsciously. What has been created by one kind of thought can be changed by an opposite thought. In...
Book cover of How to Change Your Life

How to Change Your Life

An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library

by Ernest Holmes, Michael Beckwith
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

Ernest Holmes’s rational, lucid explanation of why our thoughts have power will instruct readers on how they can change their lives by changing their thinking. "The wisdom of God is within you, and you can use it to improve your life." How to Change Your Life presents: ideas on life and God...
Book cover of Prayer

Prayer

How to Pray Effectively from the Science of Mind

by Ernest Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2007

Combining the most essential principles about prayer with the dozens of prayers and meditations from Ernest Holmes's classic text, The Science of Mind, this new book, Prayer, is a simple introduction for anyone who wants to learn how to pray effectively. "What does one do when he prays?"...
Book cover of The Creed of Buddha
by Edmond Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018

Edmond Holmes, a Pantheist, reviews Buddhist theology and critiques Western conceptions (or misconceptions) of fundamental concepts such as Nirvana. In this book Holmes attempts to get back to the core of what Buddha taught, not necessarily what is considered orthodox.
Book cover of The Path of the Law
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009

The Path of the Law is a short essay by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. A cornerstone of his jurisprudential philosophy was the prediction theory of law, believing the law should be defined specifically as a prediction...
Book cover of The Politics Of Humanity

The Politics Of Humanity

The Reality of Relief Aid

by John Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

John Holmes was the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs from 2007 until 2010. His work took him to some of the most troubled areas of the world: to Sri Lanka, Darfur, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among other places, and exposed him to the harsh realities of humanitarian...
Book cover of This Thing Called You
by Ernest Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2007

The beloved classic that has awakened generations to the power within. One of Ernest Holmes’s cornerstone works, This Thing Called You is an intimate guide through which readers learn the important lesson of how they are an immutable part of the flow of life, and how they may fulfill the longing,...
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