Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “stephen humphreys”
Skip side bar filters

  • Mu'awiya ibn abi Sufyan

    From Arabia to Empire

    by Stephen Humphreys ...
    Series series Makers of the Muslim World
    In this accessible study, Stephen Humphreys introduces the most elusive of the early caliphs, Mu'awiya ibn abi Sufyan (602-680). Notoriously guarded about his thoughts, motives and emotions, Mu’awiya was universally known as a figure of immense political acumen. Beyond this, opinions are deeply divided. Throughout history, some have accused him of being the first caliph to diverge from Muhammed’s ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Harold and the Mermaid

    A Harold and Charlie adventure story

    by Stephen Humphreys ...
    Illustrated by Molly Barrett ...
    When Harold and Charlie go on holiday all Harold wants to do is go searching for a mermaid rather than teach Charlie how to swim. All goes well until Charlie starts flying a kite and gets blown off the boat and into the water. Can Harold save Charlie before he sinks too deep? And who is the mysterious lady who comes in to the rescue? Could it really be a mermaid? ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Islamic History

    A Framework for Inquiry - Revised Edition

    by R. Stephen Humphreys ...
    This book will be immensely helpful to those who wish to orient themselves to what has become a very large body of literature on medieval Islamic history. Combining a bibliographic study with an inquiry into method, it opens with a survey of the principal reference tools available to historians of Islam and a systematic review of the sources they will confront. Problems of method are then examined ... Read more

    $51.89 USD

  • Bogart: In Search of My Father

    by Stephen Humphrey Bogart ...
    For countless millions, Humphrey Bogart’s screen performances and real-life persona merged to make him one of the world’s most fabled figures—a legend of mythic proportions. Or, as his Sam Spade would have put it—the stuff that dreams are made of. But for his only son, Stephen, eight years old in 1957 when his father died of lung cancer, Humphrey Bogart’s giant shadow was a burden he carried until ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Theatre of the Rule of Law

    Transnational Legal Intervention in Theory and Practice

    by Stephen Humphreys ...
    Series Book 73 - Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
    Theatre of the Rule of Law presents a sustained critique of global rule of law promotion - an expansive industry at the heart of international development, post-conflict reconstruction and security policy today. While successful in articulating and disseminating an effective global public policy, rule of law promotion has largely failed in its stated objectives of raising countries out of poverty ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Human Rights and Climate Change

    Edited by Stephen Humphreys ...
    As the effects of climate change continue to be felt, appreciation of its future transformational impact on numerous areas of public law and policy is set to grow. Among these, human rights concerns are particularly acute. They include forced mass migration, increased disease incidence and strain on healthcare systems, threatened food and water security, the disappearance and degradation of ... Read more

    $127.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Bogart

    In Search of My Father

    by Stephen Humphrey Bogart ...
    Narrated by Barrett Whitener ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 47 min

    Here is Humphrey Bogart: the pro’s pro on the set and the Hollywood renegade off it; the man’s man, the ladies’ man, the hard worker, and the man who liked to drink too much; the husband in three roller-coaster marriages and finally one perfect match; the proud father and absentee parent; the good friend and even better enemy.Writing with the encouragement of his famous mother, Lauren Bacall, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • After the Prophet

    The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

    by Lesley Hazleton ...
    In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam.“Fascinating. . . . Lively and engaging. . . . Anyone seeking to understand today’s Middle East can learn from this book."—Seattle TimesEven as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic nation had begun, ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Angels Dance and Angels Die - The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison

    by Patricia Butler ...
    Revised for 2007! This softcover edition examines the turbulent relationship between legendary Doors front man Jim Morrison and his common-law wife Pamela Courson tracing the lives of Courson and Morrison before their fateful meeting in 1965 their lives together until Morrison's death in 1971 and Courson's life without Morrison including her fight to gain the rights to his estate until her death ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Destiny Disrupted

    A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

    by Tamim Ansary ...
    “A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world” (San Francisco Chronicle)We in the West share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed through the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • All That Heaven Allows

    A Biography of Rock Hudson

    by Mark Griffin ...
    "Paints a vivid portrait of a man who lived a double life in order to maintain his status as a movie star. . . . Candid but credible...a real page-turner." —Leonard Maltin, author of Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film FandomThe inspiration for the HBO® Original Documentary, Rock Hudson: All that Heaven Allowed.Rock Hudson was the ultimate movie star. The embodiment of ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Easy Riders Raging Bulls

    How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock 'N Roll Generation Save

    by Peter Biskind ...
    A dazzling, no-holds-barred chronicle of the wild 1970s that transformed Hollywood, capturing the sex, drugs, genius, and chaos that ignited a cinematic revolution and changed movies forever.In 1969, a low-budget biker movie, Easy Rider, shocked Hollywood with its stunning success. An unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll, Easy Rider heralded a decade in which a rebellious wave of ... Read more

    $16.99 USD