Heretic Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion
Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald delivers a stunning account of Elizabeth I that focuses on her role in the Wars on Religion—the battle between Protestantism and Catholicisim that tore apart Europe in the 16th Century
Design Your Life: The Pleasures and Perils of Everyday Things
Design Your Life is a series of irreverent and realistic snapshots about objects and how we interact with them. By leading design thinker Ellen Lupton and her twin sister Julia Lupton, it shows how design is about much more than what’s bought at high-end stores or the modern look at IKEA. Design is critical thinking: a way to look at the world and wonder why things work, and why they don’t.
In this groundbreaking history of Ireland, Neil Hegarty presents a fresh perspective on Ireland’s past. Comprehensive and engaging, The Story of Ireland is an eye-opening account of a nation that has long been shaped by forces beyond its coasts.
Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics
A factual and conscientious argument against materialism’s vehement denial of psi phenomena - Explores the scandalous history of parapsychology since the scientific revolution of the 17th century - Provides reproducible evidence from scientific research that telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis are real - Shows that skepticism of psi phenomena is based more on a religion of materialism than on hard science
I Believe In Yesterday: My Adventures in Living History
In 1989, Tim Moore moved into the last house in Chiswick with an outside toilet. Intrigued by a subsequent encounter with an elderly former resident, he finds himself inspired to travel back to the land before now, experiencing the hardships and pleasures enjoyed and endured by Moores gone by.