Nick: 3195 books
Supernatural Sherlocks
Stories from The Golden Age of the Occult Detective
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
The ghost of a poor Afghan returns to haunt the doctor who once amputated his hand. A mysterious and malignant force inhabits a room in an ancestral home and attacks all who sleep in it. A man who desecrates an Indian temple is transformed into a ravening beast. A castle in the Tyrol is the setting...
by Nick Nafsak et. al.
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
The battle of the sexes has been raging for centuries. It is a battle that has never been won, will probably never be won and yet, it continues. It can certainly be argued that along the way, men and women have learned to get along, to develop flourishing and remarkable relationships but most importantly,...
Intersubjectivity
The Fabric of Social Becoming
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 1996
This clearly written and broad-ranging text introduces and explains the notion of intersubjectivity as a central concern of philosophy, sociology, psychology and politics. The main purpose of the book is to provide a coherent framework for this important concept against which the various and contrasting...
James Fenimore Cooper
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was America’s first novelist, celebrated for his masterpiece, /The Last of the Mohicans/. Over a prolific career he created a national mythology that endures to this day. According to Daniel Webster, “We may read the nation’s history in his life.” Yet Cooper...
Freedom Through Love
The Search for Meaning in Life: Rudolf Steiner's Philosophy of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
What does it mean to be human? What is knowledge? What is freedom? Philosophy offers answers to these questions, but are its rarefied arguments relevant to people today, or just abstractions? Are we not more preoccupied with day-to-day survival and the unending problems surrounding human relationships?
Yet...
If These Walls Could Talk: Dallas Cowboys
Stories from the Dallas Cowboys Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Known simply as “America’s Team,” the Dallas Cowboys are one of football’s most storied franchises and always begin each season with a legitimate chance to add another Super Bowl title to their existing five. Author and Cowboys employee Nick Eatman, through interviews with current and past...
Subcommander Marcos
The Man and the Mask
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2007
Subcommander Marcos made his debut on the world stage on January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect. At dawn, from a town-hall balcony he announced that the Zapatista Army of National Liberation had seized several towns in the Mexican state of Chiapas in rebellion...
by Nick Flynn
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
"A beautiful, intelligent book that renders pain both ordinary and extraordinary into art."—Susanna Sonnenberg, San Francisco Chronicle
In 2007, during the months before Nick Flynn’s daughter’s birth, his growing outrage and obsession with torture, exacerbated by the Abu Ghraib...
Birmingham Foot Soldiers
Voices from the Civil Rights Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Reverends Martin Luther King Jr., Andrew Young and Fred Shuttlesworth are iconic names associated with the Birmingham campaign of the civil rights movement. Credit also is due to many local residents who risked their lives for the cause. Myrna Carter Jackson holds no shame in the police record she garnered...
Becoming a Citizen Activist
Stories, Strategies & Advice for Changing Our World
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
From post-inauguration rallies to #NoDAPL and the Black Lives Matter movement to the global Women’s March on Washington, the people are exercising their power through protest and community organizing in a way that hasn’t been seen in years. For those looking to organize for the first time or for...
Citizenship and Democracy
A Case for Proportional Representation
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1997
This book is part of the Towards the New Millennium Series, featuring the works of thoughtful Canadians who are profoundly interested in the future of Canada and the world.
Most democracies do not use Canada’s "first past the post" voting system. To give a party more seats than...
Lion of the Senate
When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
An insider’s look at the two years when Senator Ted Kennedy held at bay both Newt Gingrich and his Republican majority: “For those who love politics and care about policy—and those looking for an account of how Washington used to work, Lion of the Senate is pure catnip” (USA TODAY).
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by Nick Flynn
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
A literary tour de force about the making of a film and representation from a master of the memoir form.
For Nick Flynn, that game we all play—the who-would-play-you-in-the-movie-of-your-life game—has been resolved. The Reenactments chronicles the surreal experience of being on set during...
by Nick Lane
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
“One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years.” —The Economist
The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there’s a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the...