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Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 22.00From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization , a fascinating look at how medieval thinkers created the origins of modern intellectual movements. After the long period of decline known as the Dark Ages, medieval Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of... more...
Pope John XXIII
Penguin Group US 2008; US$ 13.00Thomas Cahill combines his remarkable insight and knowledge to portray this legendary and beloved pontiff. In rich, passionate prose Cahill follows the pope's life from his peasant roots to the landmark Second Vatican Council, with its emphasis on worldwide social justice, which marked the beginning of a true shift in the Catholic Church and its relationship... more...
A Saint on Death Row
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 14.00Bestselling author Thomas Cahill tells the absorbing, heartbreaking tale of the hard life and tragic death of Dominique Green?wrongly accused, then executed in Huntsville, Texas?and shines a light on our racist and deeply flawed criminal justice system. Green, an extraordinary young man from the urban ghettos of Houston, was utterly failed by every... more...
The Gifts of the Jews
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 16.00The author of the runaway bestseller How the Irish Saved Civilization has done it again. In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today. The Gifts of the Jews reveals the critical... more...
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 15.95The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history... more...
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 16.00In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea , his fourth volume to explore ?the hinges of history,? Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining?and historically unassailable?journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago. In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands,... more...
Desire of the Everlasting Hills
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 16.00From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews , his most compelling historical narrative yet. How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civilization? Did his influence in fact change the world? These are the questions Thomas Cahill addresses... more...
How The Irish Saved Civilization
Hodder & Stoughton 2011; US$ 22.64Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed, Ireland became 'the isle of saints and scholars' that enabled the classical and religious heritage to be saved. In his compelling and entertaining narrative, Thomas Cahill... more...
How The Irish Saved Civilization
Hodder & Stoughton 2011; Not AvailableIreland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed, Ireland became 'the isle of saints and scholars' that enabled the classical and religious heritage to be saved. In his compelling and entertaining narrative, Thomas Cahill... more...
Jesus' Little Instruction Book
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 9.00Jesus' teachings have reached across two millenia, inspiring, informing, and uplifting people from all walks of life. In this elegant little volume, a noted religious publisher and biblical student has collected Jesus' key messenges, culled from the Gospels. Organized thematically, Jesus' words speak directly to contemporary lives and convey a man... more...









