Feet of Clay

Author: Anthony Storr
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780006384236
Category : Authoritarianism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

Hearts of Iron, Feet of Clay

Author: Gary Inrig
Publisher: Chicago : Moody Press
ISBN: 9780802434876
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Readers will discover the great principles God reveals about His work in His people through the book of Judges.

Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay

Author: Pranab Bardhan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691156409
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
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.

Feet Of Clay

Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407035029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
'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.

Feet Of Clay

Author: Anthony Storr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684834952
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Towers of Gold, Feet of Clay

Author: Walter Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
An uncomplicated look at Canadian banking from the days of its early practitioners to its current captains of finance.

Small Gods

Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473541255
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
'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.

Feet of Clay

Author: Ffyona Campbell
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description

Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by Members of the Detection Club

Author: Martin Edwards
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008380147
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 544

Book Description
Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book.

Feet of Clay

Author: Roddy Wright
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780002740173
Category : Catholic ex-bishops
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In October 1996 the national newspapers began to report the disappearance of the Bishop of Argyll who had been missing for ten days. He eventually reappeared in the North of England supported by a woman with whom he had been having a relationship. When the news broke another woman disclosed that she too had been involved with the bishop and had given birth to his child. Roddy Wright is the first Roman Catholic bishop to have resigned in Britain under such circumstances.