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The Guardian of Mercy

How an Extraordinary Painting by Caravaggio Changed an Ordinary Life Today

de Terence Ward ...

Now celebrated as one of the great painters of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606 to escape retribution for killing a man in a brawl. Three years later he was in Naples, where he painted The Seven Acts of Mercy. A year later he died at the age of thirty-eight under mysterious circumstances. Exploring Caravaggio's singular masterwork, in The Guardian of Shadows and ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

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Now celebrated as one of the great painters of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606 to escape retribution for killing a man in a brawl. Three years later he was in Naples, where he painted The Seven Acts of Mercy. A year later he died at the age of thirty-eight under mysterious circumstances. Exploring Caravaggio's singular masterwork, in The Guardian of Shadows and
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The Wahhabi Code

How the Saudis Spread Extremism Globally

de Terence Ward ...

An Eye-Opening, Concise Look at the Source of the Current Wave of Terrorism, How it Spread, and Why the West Did NothingLifting the mask of international terrorism, Terence Ward reveals a sinister truth. Far from being “the West’s ally in the War on Terror,” Saudi Arabia is in reality the largest exporter of Wahhabism—the severe, ultra-conservative sect of Islam that is both Saudi Arabia’s ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

An Eye-Opening, Concise Look at the Source of the Current Wave of Terrorism, How it Spread, and Why the West Did NothingLifting the mask of international terrorism, Terence Ward reveals a sinister truth. Far from being “the West’s ally in the War on Terror,” Saudi Arabia is in reality the largest exporter of Wahhabism—the severe, ultra-conservative sect of Islam that is both Saudi Arabia’s
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À la recherche d'Hassan

Une odysée américaine en Iran

de Terence Ward ...

Traducido por Sophie Azuelos ...

Choc des cultures entre le Moyen-Orient et l'AmériqueL’odyssée de la famille Ward en Iran à la recherche d’un être cher ressemble à un rêve éveillé. Avec pour seuls indices une photo jaunie, un nom propre et le nom d’un village déformé par le temps, ce petit groupe traverse un pays, une culture, une histoire que d’aucuns voudraient opposer au reste du monde. Chemin faisant, ces Américains ... Leer más

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Choc des cultures entre le Moyen-Orient et l'AmériqueL’odyssée de la famille Ward en Iran à la recherche d’un être cher ressemble à un rêve éveillé. Avec pour seuls indices une photo jaunie, un nom propre et le nom d’un village déformé par le temps, ce petit groupe traverse un pays, une culture, une histoire que d’aucuns voudraient opposer au reste du monde. Chemin faisant, ces Américains
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Searching for Hassan

A Journey to the Heart of Iran

de Terence Ward ...

The “astonishing and deeply poignant” (The Washington Post) memoir of one man’s search for a beloved family friend explores the depth of Iranian culture and the sweep of its history, and transcends today’s news headlines to remind us of the humanity that connects us all.Growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan, the family’s cook, housekeeper, and ... Leer más

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The “astonishing and deeply poignant” (The Washington Post) memoir of one man’s search for a beloved family friend explores the depth of Iranian culture and the sweep of its history, and transcends today’s news headlines to remind us of the humanity that connects us all.Growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan, the family’s cook, housekeeper, and
... Leer más

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Emilio Pucci

The Astonishing Odyssey of a Fashion Icon

de Terence Ward, Idanna Pucci ...

"Graceful." —New York Times**"Reads like a spy novel, but in this case the truth is stranger than fiction." —VogueThe Drama of War and Postwar Italy Through the Life of One of Its Most Celebrated IconsWhen people think of fashion designer Emilio Pucci, it is of his bright, swirling colors and easy, freeing fabrics, and everyone from Sophia Loren to Jackie Kennedy donning the eye-c... ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

"Graceful." —New York Times**"Reads like a spy novel, but in this case the truth is stranger than fiction." —VogueThe Drama of War and Postwar Italy Through the Life of One of Its Most Celebrated IconsWhen people think of fashion designer Emilio Pucci, it is of his bright, swirling colors and easy, freeing fabrics, and everyone from Sophia Loren to Jackie Kennedy donning the eye-c...
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Searching for Hassan

A Journey to the Heart of Iran

de Terence Ward ...

Narrado por Gibson Frazier ...

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13 hora 3 minutos

The “astonishing and deeply poignant” (The Washington Post) memoir of one man’s search for a beloved family friend explores the depth of Iranian culture and the sweep of its history, and transcends today’s news headlines to remind us of the humanity that connects us all.Growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan, the family’s cook, housekeeper, and ... Leer más

$29.99 USD

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The “astonishing and deeply poignant” (The Washington Post) memoir of one man’s search for a beloved family friend explores the depth of Iranian culture and the sweep of its history, and transcends today’s news headlines to remind us of the humanity that connects us all.Growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan, the family’s cook, housekeeper, and
... Leer más

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Guardian of Mercy, The

How an Extraordinary Painting by Caravaggio Changed an Ordinary Life Today

de Terence Ward ...

Narrado por Fred Stella ...

Completo

6 hora 11 minutos

Now celebrated as one of the great painters of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606 to escape retribution for killing a man in a brawl. Three years later he was in Naples, where he painted The Seven Acts of Mercy. A year later he died at the age of thirty-eight under mysterious circumstances. Exploring Caravaggio's singular masterwork, in The Guardian of Mercy ... Leer más

$35.99 USD

Disponible también en: eBook

Now celebrated as one of the great painters of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606 to escape retribution for killing a man in a brawl. Three years later he was in Naples, where he painted The Seven Acts of Mercy. A year later he died at the age of thirty-eight under mysterious circumstances. Exploring Caravaggio's singular masterwork, in The Guardian of Mercy
... Leer más

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The Bone and Sinew of the Land

America’s Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality

de Anna-Lisa Cox ...

Narrado por Elizabeth Wiley ...

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8 hora 13 minutos

The long-hidden truth about America’s black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for a better nationThe American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early pioneers who settled the wilderness as courageous, independent—and white.This version of history is simply wrong. Starting in our nation’s earliest years, thousands of free African ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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The long-hidden truth about America’s black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for a better nationThe American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early pioneers who settled the wilderness as courageous, independent—and white.This version of history is simply wrong. Starting in our nation’s earliest years, thousands of free African
... Leer más

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Infamy

The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II

de Richard Reeves ...

Narrado por James Yaegashi ...

Completo

10 hora 11 minutos

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICEBestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II“Highly readable … [A] vivid and instructive reminder of what war and fear can do to civilized people.”—Evan... ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

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A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICEBestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II“Highly readable … [A] vivid and instructive reminder of what war and fear can do to civilized people.”—Evan...
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Everybody Behaves Badly

The True Story Behind Hemingway’s Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises

de Lesley M. M. Blume ...

Narrado por Jonathan Davis ...

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11 hora 11 minutos

**“Brimming, addictive . . . In Everybody Behaves Badly, the party has just begun and the taste of fame is still ripe . . . The Lost Generation [is] restored to reckless youth in living black and white.” — James Wolcott, Vanity Fair*“*An essential book . . . a page-turner. Blume combines the best aspects of critic, biographer and storyteller . . . and puts the results together with the skill of an ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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**“Brimming, addictive . . . In Everybody Behaves Badly, the party has just begun and the taste of fame is still ripe . . . The Lost Generation [is] restored to reckless youth in living black and white.” — James Wolcott, Vanity Fair*“*An essential book . . . a page-turner. Blume combines the best aspects of critic, biographer and storyteller . . . and puts the results together with the skill of an
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City of Scoundrels

The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago

de Gary Krist ...

Narrado por Rob Shapiro ...

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9 hora 34 minutos

When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into “the Metropolis of the World.” But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city’s highest ambitions were suddenly under attack by the same unbridled energies that had given birth to them in ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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When 1919 began, the city of Chicago seemed on the verge of transformation. Modernizers had an audacious, expensive plan to turn the city from a brawling, unglamorous place into “the Metropolis of the World.” But just as the dream seemed within reach, pandemonium broke loose and the city’s highest ambitions were suddenly under attack by the same unbridled energies that had given birth to them in
... Leer más

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Thomas Cromwell

The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant

de Tracy Borman ...

Narrado por Gareth Armstrong, Paul Mendez, Sandra Duncan ...

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15 hora 10 minutos

Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As King Henry VIII’s right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation; secured Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and plotted the downfall of his second wife, Anne Boleyn; and was fatally accused of trying to usurp the king himself. But in this engrossing new ... Leer más

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Thomas Cromwell has long been reviled as a Machiavellian schemer who stopped at nothing in his quest for power. As King Henry VIII’s right-hand man, Cromwell was the architect of the English Reformation; secured Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and plotted the downfall of his second wife, Anne Boleyn; and was fatally accused of trying to usurp the king himself. But in this engrossing new
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