Robin: 3786 books
Rock the Casbah
Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
A decade after the 9/11 attacks, this groundbreaking book takes readers deep into rebellions against both autocrats and extremists that are redefining politics, culture, and security threats across the Islamic world. The awakening involves hundreds of millions of people. And the political transformations—...
Dreams and Shadows
The Future of the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008
The transformation of the Middle East is an issue that will absorb-and challenge-the world for generations to come; Dreams and Shadows is the book to read to understand the sweeping political and cultural changes that have occurred in recent decades. Drawing on thirty-five years of reporting in two...
Inventing Africa
History, Archaeology and Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Inventing Africa is a critical account of narratives which have selectively interpreted and misinterpreted the continent's deep past.Writers have created alluring images of lost cities, vast prehistoric migrations and golden ages of past civilisations. Debates continue on the African origins of humankind,...
by Robin Waterfield
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization—one with great resonance for American society today.
Socrates’ trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. In 399 BCE, the great philosopher stood before an Athenian jury on...
by Robin Osborne
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Greece in the Making 1200–479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our...
by Robin Wood
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2003
This classic of film criticism, long considered invaluable for its eloquent study of a problematic period in film history, is now substantially updated and revised by the author to include chapters beyond the Reagan era and into the twenty-first century. For the new edition, Robin Wood has written...
Christianity in Roman Africa
The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
In-depth, illustrated exploration of how early North African Christians lived out their faith
Using a combination of literary and archeological evidence, this in-depth, illustrated book documents the development of Christian practices and doctrine in Roman Africa -- contemporary Libya, Tunisia,...
Murderers' Row
An International Murderers' Who's Who
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
Criminologist Robin Odell has complied this gruesome gallery of cases from all over the world, revealing the growth in serial slayings, contract killings and middle-class murders and investigating what motivates people to commit the ultimate crime. As well as gangsters and ordinary felons, "Murder:...
Ripperology
A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2002
Ripperology, the sometimes obsessive interest in studying the crimes of Jack the Ripper, is a subject of timeless interest that has suffered from confusion, exaggeration, and hyperbole for over a century. Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time...
by Robin George Collingwood, Corrado Ocone
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Pensatore vivace e poliedrico, che ai molteplici interessi univa una profonda conoscenza dell’esperienza umana, Robin George Collingwood è stato autore di numerosi scritti di filosofia ed estetica, nonché di contributi importanti alla storia e all’archeologia romana. Pubblicata nel 1939, pochi...
Whispers
Book 2 in the Glenbrooke Series
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2012
Teri meets three incredible men in Maui...but which one is the man of her dreams?
Teri Moreno went to Maui hoping to start one special relationship. But romance takes a complicated twist when the Spanish teacher from Glenbrooke, Oregon, finds herself enjoying the attentions of three men: the...
Will's Story
A No Place to Fall Novella
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Will McKinney is a bad boy. At least, he used to be. After nearly getting arrested for some poor decisions involving prescription drugs, Will has been trying to turn over a new leaf. Well, it’s that or suffer the wrath of his father, the judge. Will's starting to get his life in Sevenmile, North...
Making Room for Mr. Right
How to Attract the Love of Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
Making Room for Mr. Right is for women who are ready to go beyond wishing and hoping for the man of their dreams. Here is a concrete, time-tested way to draw him into your life. Making Room for Mr. Right introduces actions and principles you can do now to make your most cherished dream come true.
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by Robin Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Updated and expanded third edition!
Grab your sombrero and follow along on this wild ride through Mexico as the author pet-sits for four different homeowners in four small villages over five months. From the cool, misty mountains of Central Mexico to the hot, humid beaches of the Mexican Riviera,...