This first full-length account of the Darby School of Art overturns Philadelphia's long-held unwarranted reputation and demonstrates that Philadelphia was a hub of avant-garde painting in the early twentieth century. This first full-length account of the Darby School of Art overturns Philadelphia's long-held unwarranted reputation as artistically stodgy—unwilling and unable to embrace Impressionism, post-Impressionist, and abstract art—and demonstrates that Philadelphia was more avant-gard...

As we approach the bicentennial, in 2017, of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, there is considerable debate and confusion as to what he may, or may not have, contributed to American life and culture. Almost every American has heard of Thoreau, but only a few are aware that he was deeply engaged with most of the important issues of his day, from slavery to “Manifest Destiny” and the rights of the individual in a democratic society. Many of these issues are still affecting us today, as we mo...

Many of us give up on prayer when we don't get the answer we want WHEN we want it.For nearly two decades, Saint Monica prayed for her wayward son. Years and years of prayers, seemingly unanswered. Countless tears shed with no relief. Yet she would not give up.That very act of persistent prayer blessed the entire Church, for we have all benefitted from the conversion of her son, Augustine, who became one of the most revered saints of all time.Parents of any ...

From the acclaimed author of the bestselling Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes Outlaw, "A true juggernaut . . . pure adrenaline in print . . . a Jason Bourne for the new millennium." —James RollinsWhile conducting top-secret negotiations aboard a tanker in the South China Sea, the U.S. Secretary of State and the foreign ministers of China and India are kidnapped, and the tanker they are on is hijacked. The "Sons of Prophecy" take responsibility and issue an ultimatum: I...

From the best selling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes "A true juggernaut of a thriller, pure adrenaline in print." —James RollinsMark Sullivan's propulsive, compelling thriller. Rogue, is one part Bourne Identity and one part Mission: Impossible.Robin Monarch was a top level CIA operative—perhaps the best they had. Then one day, in the middle of an operation, with his team around him in the field, Monarch walked away, leaving his old ...

Featuring a hero who has been called "a Jason Bourne for the new millennium," a thriller about a master thief who must protect a powerful secret (James Rollins, #1 New York Times– bestselling author of The Sigma Force series).Robin Monarch has been a soldier, a CIA agent, a freelance operative but first and foremost, Monarch is a thief of the highest order. Orphaned at twelve, Monarch originally stole for survival, then h...

El chico que se convirtió en espía por amor en uno de los momentos más oscuros de la historia.La novela basada en la verdadera y épica historia de un héroe olvidado de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Pino Lella no quiere saber nada de la guerra ni de los nazis. Es un adolescente italiano obsesionado con la música y las chicas, pero, en la Milán de 1943, sus días de inocencia están contados. Cuando la casa de su familia es destruida por los bombar...

O autor bestseller de Sob Um Céu Escarlate e O Último Vale Verde regressa com mais uma impactante história inspirada em factos verídicos.No Uganda, na década de 1990, Anthony Opoka e Florence Okori estão a caminho de atingir a maioridade. São boas pessoas, de valores, estudantes de excelência. Acabam, porém, raptados e forçados a integrar o fanático Exército de Resistência do Senhor.Na legião de recrutas, e aproximando-se cada vez mais do poderoso senhor d...

A narrativa épica e triunfante da incrível coragem de um jovem durante um dos períodos mais sombrios da história.Sob um Céu Escarlate é um romance baseado na história real de Pino Lella, um dos muitos heróis desconhecidos da Segunda Guerra Mundial. É emocionante, chocante, comovente e, finalmente, inspirador.Sullivan mostra-nos a guerra como ela realmente é, com todas as suas complexidades, lealdades conflituantes e questões não resolvidas, mas, acima de tudo, traz...

Em março de 1944, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, os Martel, uma família de agricultores de ascendência alemã na Ucrânia há várias gerações, têm de tomar uma terrível decisão: enfrentar a opressão das tropas soviéticas e correr o risco de deportação para a Sibéria, ou aceitar, beneficiando do seu “sangue puro”, a proteção dos oficiais nazis das SS numa fuga para Oeste?O problema dos Martel é que odeiam tanto uns quanto os outros.Apanhados entre os desvairos de Estaline e ...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, a love letter or a poem speaks a thousand more... Even in this age of e-mail, faxes, and instant messaging, nothing has ever replaced the power of a love letter or that of a poem. LIST OF POEMS: 1. Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Rob...

AN ENEMY EMERGING FROM THE EAST.The US Secretary of State is abducted while conducting secret negotiations aboard a tanker in the South China Sea. 'Seven days' is her captors' warning. Seven days before she is beheaded, live on the internet. Seven days for Robin Monarch to save her.A TREACHERY TRACING TO THE TOP.The CIA asset and master thief journeys into the underworld of Southeast Asia to locate and extract his target. But as he ...