Max: 3227 books

“Racy two-volume military memoirs of the brilliant mind that conceived the operational plan for Tannenberg, Germany’s triumph on the eastern front in 1914. Hoffmann was the strong man in the east for the rest of the war. Max Hoffmann was Chief of Staff to Von Prittwitz, the aristocratic General...

“Racy two-volume military memoirs of the brilliant mind that conceived the operational plan for Tannenberg, Germany’s triumph on the eastern front in 1914. Hoffmann was the strong man in the east for the rest of the war. Max Hoffmann was Chief of Staff to Von Prittwitz, the aristocratic General...

Unquiet Women is an exquisitely crafted patchwork of the forgotten lives of some of the most remarkable women in history. Wynflæd was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who owned male slaves and badger-skin gowns; Egeria a Gaulish nun who toured the Holy Land as the Roman Empire was collapsing; Gudrid...

A cultural exploration of the Dark Age landscapes of Britain that poses a significant question: Is the modern world simply the realization of our ancient past? The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain and the death of Alfred the Great have left few voices save a handful of chroniclers,...

Eight different stories from the elderly capture the heart and mind as Max Fuhrmann, Ph.D. clinical psychologist, steps from behind the professional mask to impart what he has learned from his elderly psychotherapy clients. Despite his extensive training and experience in this field, he is not prepared...

Ever had the thought that your favorite pet is trying to talk to you? Are you like everyone else and talk back when no one’s around? Can you imagine what message it’s trying to send? Maybe even something intriguing that humans can’t tune into.  In Rover the Cat, Max Oberon, beloved Australian...

This book opens with a quotation from Albert Einstein, stating the case for socialism. Einstein, like almost every great mind of the 20th century who concerned himself or herself with the welfare of the working people, wanted common ownership and a democratic planned economy. But Einstein was stumped...

The end of eighteenth century is often regarded as the watershed between the feudal Europe of the Middle Ages and the modern Europe of the nineteenth century and beyond. The chronology covered in this title, first published in 1954, is vast, but covers an intellectually stimulating and exciting period...

The rise of international jihad and Western ultra-nationalism In the Management of Savagery, Max Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America’s dealings with the world and shows how the extremist forces that now threaten peace across the globe are the inevitable flowering of America’s...

In 1995, the People’s Republic of China resurrected a Qing-era law mandating that the reincarnations of prominent Tibetan Buddhist monks be identified by drawing lots from a golden urn. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to limit the ability of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile to...

This compilation of material concerning the health and healing of the human organism as considered from the occult viewpoint affords those interested in attaining and maintaining health a treasure chest of valuable information. Max Heindel, a trained clairvoyant and investigator of the super-physical...

These essays are mainly concerned with the development of some of Max Gluckman's ideas about African politics. He regarded frequent rebellions to replace incumbents of political offices (as against revolutions to alter the structure of offices) as inherent in these politics. Later he connected this...

Uma organização treina jovens talentosos para controlar a mente e o comportamento das pessoas usando combinações específicas de palavras. Os iniciados deixam suas verdadeiras identidades para trás e passam a usar nomes de poetas.Identificada como um prodígio na arte da persuasão, Emily Ruff,...

The Dhammapada Translated from the Pâli by F. Max Müller The Dhammapada (Pāli; Prakrit: Dhamapada; Sanskrit Dharmapada) is a versified Buddhist scripture traditionally ascribed to the Buddha himself. It is one of the best-known texts from the Theravada canon. The Dhammapada consists...