Oliver: 3228 books

Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands--their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin and Wallace. Drawn...

**Now in paperback: a #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s gripping chronicle of “two doctors . . . bringing light to those in darkness” (Time) The publisher will donate a portion of its proceeds on the sale of this book to the Himalayan Cataract Project.**   Second Suns is the unforgettable...

In her second book Leila Oliver White expands on the information in her first book, Pendulum Dowsing and the Spirit Connection, about making dowsing pendulums, and provides an alphabetical chart similar to a typewriter key board with instructions for spelling out messages from the other side. When...

From November 2012 - December 2014 I commuted from Cambridge to London Kings Cross. Every day I spent four hours of my day travelling. If I could shave even a few extra minutes off of my travel time to get home to my family or make my journey more comfortable I would do it. This is when I started...

A gripping, first-hand account of the harrowing decisions and uplifting encounters experienced by the authors in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. Co-author Oliver Johnson received an OBE following his work in Sierra Leone, with both authors being well connected in NGO and global health...

'You know you're in for a treat when you open a Jenny Oliver book' Debbie Johnson Welcome to Cherry Pie Island – once you step on to the island, you’ll never want to leave! Socialite Emily Hunter-Brown has just bought the old manor house on Cherry Pie Island – and her friends think she’s gone...

The relationship of texts and maps, and the mappability of literature, examined from Homer to Houellebecq. Literary authors have frequently called on elements of cartography to ground fictional space, to visualize sites, and to help readers get their bearings in the imaginative world of the...

This book outlines the process of entering into a relationship with those who are dying. Although the focus of attention is on Hospice Volunteering, it can be read and used by anyone caring for someone involved in the care of a dying loved one. As you read these pages, you will find yourself connecting...

NOW UPDATED FOR POPE FRANCISFor at least five centuries scholars have puzzled over a document known as The Papal Prophecies that were ascribed to St Malachy, an Irish cleric who died in 1148. The Prophecies clearly state that both Rome and the Papacy will be destroyed at some date in the early...

Oliver Bishop presents a lighthearted romp through 80 plus years in the life of a son of the soil, from the gritty depression years to the present, to include the bucolic farm and ranch years, the competitive military years, to include a tour of Missile Combat Crew Commander. Then to the demanding...

Luke, Earl of Frayne, is determined to recover Frayne Caste, even if it means marrying the present owner, Damaris Hallem, a girl he has never met. Luke's father, an inveterate gambler, lost the Castle fifty years earlier to Damaris's grandfather, an innkeeper. As it is the first estate his family...

For many centuries it was accepted almost without discussion that the priesthood, and pastoral work more generally, was exclusively a male domain. Women had a role within the Christian Church, as nuns or lay workers, but the giving of the sacraments was seen as a male preserve. And yet for centuries...

Essays and interviews illuminate the cinematic world of the Swedish master.   An Artist’s Journey brings together the best of what the greatest minds and celebrities of world cinema have written and said about Ingmar Bergman. Featuring interviews with Liv Ullmann and Lasse Bergstrom, essays by...

The House of Night is no ordinary school—and not just because it's for vampyres. It's a place where magic, religion, folklore, and mythology from multiple traditions merry meet and meld to create something incredible and new.In Nyx in the House of Night—a 2-color illustrated companion to the House...