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"Detailed full-color guide introduces active travelers to some of the 63 best trails in Great Britain, with history, cultural, and literary highlights, ecological and geological tidbits"-- Provided by publisher.
Forced into exile by the breakup of Yugoslavia, Tanja Lucic seeks sanctuary in the Department of Slavonic Language at the University of Amsterdam, where she and her fellow displaced students struggle to confront memories of their homeland.
Describes the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, dispelling the myth that the event was spurred on in part by the close relationship between George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev.
"A collection of essays from Judith Thurman, a writer "blessed with intellectual curiosity, a sharp wit and unwillingness to receive opinions" (The New York Times)"-- Provided by publisher.
The past decade has seen homosexual scandals in the Catholic Church becoming ever more visible, and the Vatican's directives on homosexuality becoming ever more forceful, begging the question Mark Jordan tries to answer here: how can the Catholic...