Books

20+ results found

Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Seeking enlightenment-- hat by hat	Nevada Barr	A refreshingly honest spiritual exploration from the New York Times bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon novels.A refreshingly honest spiritual exploration from the New York Times bestselling author…	OL134407W
A death at the Rose Paperworks	Miriam Zellnik	"The hustle and bustle of 1890s Portland, Oregon makes it the perfect place to start a new life, as beautiful, unconventional Libby Seale knows all too well. As a seamstress for the prominent Rose fa…	OL16068238W
The Devil in disguise	Mark Knights	The Devil in Disguise illuminates the impact of the two British revolutions of the seventeenth century and the shifts in religious, political, scientific, literary, economic, social, and moral cultur…	OL16116469W
Liberating medicine, 1720-1835	Tristanne J. Connolly,Clark, S. H.	"During the eighteenth century medicine became an autonomous discipline and practice. Surgeons justified themselves as skilled practitioners and set themselves apart from the unspecialized, hack 'bar…	OL16939783W
Hume and the Enlightenment	Craig Taylor,Stephen Buckle	While Hume remains one of the most central figures in modern philosophy his place within Enlightenment thinking is much less clearly defined. Although historically an Enlightenment figure, this ident…	OL16988088W
Finance Masters	Olivier Coispeau	This book is a short economic history of International Financial Centers (IFC) in the last Millenium, from the first medieval international fairs to contemporary IFCs. It explains how finance practic…	OL17367758W
The dark side of the enlightenment	John V. Fleming	In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment, generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstitio…	OL17835832W
Spiritual dimensions of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-i nur	Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabiʻ	"The Nur community is one of the most significant religious and social movements in contemporary Turkey, with millions of adherents and a strong institutional and educational system throughout the co…	OL18598499W
Boswell's enlightenment	Robert Zaretsky	"In 1763, the young James Boswell left Great Britain for a 'Grand Tour' of the Continent. The tour was a tradition among British and Scottish youths; by visiting the great historical sites, especiall…	OL19996801W
This gulf of fire	Mark Molesky	"On All Saints Day of 1755, the tremors from a magnitude 8.5 earthquake swept furiously from its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean toward the Iberian Peninsula. Nowhere was it felt more than in Lisbon,…	OL20012539W
The Enlightenment	Robertson, John	A foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers, scholars and opinion-formers. To many it remains the inspiration…	OL20048106W
La vida de guarnición en las ciudades americanas de la Ilustración	Juan Marchena Fernández	"Thorough examination of 18th-century Spanish defensive preparations and military construction is based on extensive archival research. Includes appropriate illustrations and maps, and extensive disc…	OL2401229W
Olśnienia	Magdalena Rybak	Personal stories of life changing events by people from a variety of backgrounds.	OL26434693W
Enlightenment	Kim Sloan,Andrew Burnett	The Enlightenment was a period of intense activity devoted to discovery and learning about the natural world, the past and other civilizations.	OL27973069W
Human Nature and the French Revolution	Xavier D. Martin	"What view of man did the French Revolutionaries hold? Anyone who purports to be interested in the "Rights of Man" could be expected to see this question as crucial and yet, surprisingly, it is rarel…	OL3369820W
Placing the Enlightenment	Charles W. J. Withers	The Enlightenment was the age in which the world became modern, challenging tradition in favor of reason, freedom, and critical inquiry. While many aspects of the Enlightenment have been rigorously s…	OL4623186W
Young Charles Sumner and the legacy of the American Enlightenment, 1811-1851	Anne-Marie Taylor	"An outspoken abolitionist, a founder of the Free Soil and Republican parties, and a leading member of the U.S. Senate for more than twenty years, Charles Sumner (1811-1874) has always figured promin…	OL6212212W
El País Valenciano en el siglo de la Ilustración	Jorge F. Benavent Montoliu	El siglo XVIII fue para los valencianos una época de cambios: en lo económico, lo social, lo cultural y lo político. También fue un siglo de esperanzas que llegó con retraso, tras más de tres décadas…	OL7816044W
A Poisoned Chalice	Jeffrey Freedman	"A Poisoned Chalice tells the story of a long-forgotten criminal case: the poisoning of the communion wine in Zurich's main cathedral in 1776. The story is riveting and mysterious, full of bizarre tw…	OL8327339W
Legitimacy and Power Politics	Mlada Bukovansky	"This book examines the causes and consequences of a major transformation in both domestic and international politics: the shift from dynastically legitimated monarchical sovereignty to popularly leg…	OL8328156W