Feet Of Clay

Author : Anthony Storr
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780006384236
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feet of Clay written by Anthony Storr and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening investigation of charismatic "gurus" from Jesus to Freud to David Koresh, by the author of "Solitude: A Return to the Self". In "Feet of Clay", eminent psychologist Anthony Storr uncovers the personality traits that link these men and explores the incredible power they have wielded over their fanatical followers. 11 photos.

Author : Gary Inrig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781572931657
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearts of Iron, Feet of Clay written by Gary Inrig and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular author Gary Inrig brings you one of the most insightful and complete examinations of the book of Judges. This often-overlooked book of the Bible is full of cultural imagery and unexplained characters, but Inrig helps to bring it up-to-date and make it relevant for today's world. You'll find yourself identifying again and again with these biblical characters as this ancient text comes to life!

Author : Pranab Bardhan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691156409
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay written by Pranab Bardhan and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention. Yet, many of the views regarding their market reforms and high growth have been tendentious, exaggerated, or oversimplified. Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay scrutinizes the phenomenal rise of both nations and demolishes the myths that have accumulated around the economic achievements of these two giants in the last quarter-century. Exploring the challenges that both countries must overcome to become true leaders in the international economy, Pranab Bardhan looks beyond short-run macroeconomic issues to examine structures, and current general performance. Full of valuable insights, Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay provides a nuanced picture of China and India's complex political economy at a time of startling global reconfiguration and change.

Author : Terry Pratchett
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407035029
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feet Of Clay written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'IT WASN'T BY ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU GOT AT THE TRUTH, HOWEVER IMPROBABLE; IT WAS BY THE MUCH HARDER PROCESS OF ELIMINATING THE POSSIBILITIES.' Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is used to trouble. There's always trouble in Ankh-Morpork. But this is new: people are being brutally murdered and there's no evidence of anything alive having been at the crime scene. At the same time, the most powerful man in the city has been poisoned and is clinging on to life by a thread. It's a conundrum of a case. With the help of Captain Carrot, the only watchman who knows the law inside-out; Corporal Cheery Littlebottom, an unconventional dwarf with an eye for forensics; and Constable Angua, a werewolf with an excellent sense of smell, Vimes tries to solve the mystery. But time is of the essence, for something extremely dangerous is loose in the city, its red eyes glowing in the night ... 'Fantastical, inventive . . . laughter waiting to be uncovered on each page' Observer Feet Of Clay is the third book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

Author : Terry Pratchett
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473541255
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Gods written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Just because you can't explain it, doesn't mean it's a miracle.' In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: 'Hey, you!' This is the Discworld, after all, and religion is a controversial business. Everyone has their own opinion, and indeed their own gods, of every shape and size, and all elbowing for space at the top. In such a competitive environment, it's certainly not helpful to be reduced to appearing in the form of a tortoise, a manifestation far below god-like status in anyone's book. In such instances, you need an acolyte, and fast: for the Great God Om, Brutha the novice is the Chosen One – or at least the only One available. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please... Now adapted into graphic novel form with new artwork by Ray Friesen.

Author : Anthony Storr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501122088
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feet Of Clay written by Anthony Storr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do gurus get their power? Gurus are extraordinary individuals who attract fanatical followers and wield incredible and at times destructive control over them. In this remarkable study, Anthony Storr, the acclaimed author of Solitude and Music and the Mind, examines why we are so enthralled with these dogmatic figures who satisfy our need for certainty. Taking as his examples such diverse figures as Jesus, Sigmund Freud, Ignatius Loyola, and David Koresh, Storr traces the typical patterns—often involving psychotic illness—that shape the guru’s development, and reveals how certain gurus become monsters while others become spiritual beacons.

Author : Walter Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towers of Gold, Feet of Clay written by Walter Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An uncomplicated look at Canadian banking from the days of its early practitioners to its current captains of finance.

Author : Millie Diaz
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 0875657958
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feet of Clay written by Millie Diaz and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1950s, a Mexican American man named Gus has become a top Texas civil rights attorney—a climb that has been bedeviled by his competing obsessions with the law, la raza, the ladies, and Chivas Regal whisky. On the day he learns his failed marriage has rendered him homeless, Gus hastily takes on a new client, a man accused of shooting and killing a man outside a bar in Edna. The case becomes one about equal representation when his associates uncover a disturbing fact: no minority or person of color has sat on a Jackson County jury in at least twenty-five years. Without funds, without political support, Gus and his team courageously pursue a demanding course that forces them to battle the system at every turn. The case and Gus himself are targeted by Symmetry, an elitist, ultraconservative secret society bankrolled by Texas oil barons. A representation of the many extant southern white supremacist groups of the day, the group engages Gus’s longtime nemesis to stop the progression of the case using schemes of persuasion and bribery. Gus finds occasional solace when he begins a relationship with the world’s first female bullfighter, but his unresolved past threatens his well-being. The story also introduces a young Mexican American girl who learns the complications of being shades darker than her sister and struggles to find her voice.

Author : Ffyona Campbell
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feet of Clay written by Ffyona Campbell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1991 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Freda Utley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415218245
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japan's Feet of Clay written by Freda Utley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2000 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.