A Douglas: 260 books

Book cover of Native Americans and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman
by Brian Hosmer, Frederick E. Hoxie, Ken Hechler
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

Harry S. Truman oversaw the beginning of a dramatic shift in the relationship between the U.S. government and Native Americans. Not generally associated with Native Americans or Native American affairs, Truman’s presidency marked the end of the Indian New Deal begun under the Roosevelt administration...
Book cover of 50 Classic Christmas Stories Maxipack: 100+ Authors, 200 Novels, Novellas, Stories, Poems & Carols (Golden Deer Classics)
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018

This ebook comprises the 4 volumes of our series named "50 Classic Christmas Stories". All 4 volumes are also available separately in the shop. This edition includes bonus streaming links to our album called "35 essential christmas songs (guitar arrangements)" (Spotify, Apple Music,...
Book cover of Antidemocracy in America

Antidemocracy in America

Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk

by Michelle Wilde Anderson, Lisa Wade, Thomas J. Sugrue
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019

On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election’s consequences...
Book cover of The Weighty Word Book
by Paul M. Levitt, Douglas A. Burger, Elissa S. Guralnick
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009

"[The Weighty Word Book] will appeal to kids who want to sound as smart as they are. It offers a clever, funny way to introduce new words into the vocabulary. . . . There's one word for every letter of the alphabet--wait until you see what they do with dogmatic, juxtapose and zealot."--The Gazette...
Book cover of The Ultimate Christmas Library: 100+ Authors, 200 Novels, Novellas, Stories, Poems and Carols
by Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2018

This holiday, we proudly presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: Works by Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter,...
Book cover of A World Engraved

A World Engraved

Archaeology of the Swift Creek Culture

by Rebecca Saunders, Alan Marsh, Buddy Calvin Jones
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009

This major summary of the current state of archaeological research on the Swift Creek culture is the first comprehensive collection ever published concerning the Swift Creek people. The Swift Creek people, centered in Georgia and surrounding states from A.D. 100 to 700, are best known from...
Book cover of Free Speech On Trial

Free Speech On Trial

Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions

by Richard A. Parker, Susan J. Balter-Reitz, Mary Elizabeth Bezanson
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011

Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them. At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
Book cover of New Directions in Contemporary Sociological Theory
by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Jack A. Goldstone
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002

Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical...
Book cover of A Matter of Words

A Matter of Words

21 Short Stories

by Brian Paone, S.M., Randy Blazak
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015

From Scout Media comes A Matter of Words—the first volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world. In this first installation, no limits were set on genre, allowing the authors to lead the reader to destinations unknown. From the outer limits of...
Book cover of The Philosophy of the Western
by Jennifer L. McMahon, B. Steve Csaki, Shai Biderman
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010

The western is arguably the most iconic and influential genre in American cinema. The solitude of the lone rider, the loyalty of his horse, and the unspoken code of the West render the genre popular yet lead it to offer a view of America's history that is sometimes inaccurate. For many, the western...
Book cover of Techno-Orientalism

Techno-Orientalism

Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media

by David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, Greta A. Niu
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015

What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism...
Book cover of The Cat and the Toaster

The Cat and the Toaster

Living System Ministry in a Technological Age

by Douglas A. Hall, Judy Hall
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

Living system ministry is an approach to Christian ministry in the Western world that recognizes the differences between cats, the world God created, and toasters, the world we create using our technology and our capacities, limited as they are. The church is the Body of Christ, a living system. Neighborhoods,...
Book cover of In/visible War

In/visible War

The Culture of War in Twenty-first-Century America

by Nina Berman, Nina Berman, David Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017

In/Visible War addresses a paradox of twenty-first century American warfare. The contemporary visual American experience of war is ubiquitous, and yet war is simultaneously invisible or absent; we lack a lived sense that “America” is at war. This paradox of in/visibility concerns the gap between...
Book cover of Theatre History Studies 2016, Vol. 35
by Sara Freeman, Jennifer Douglas, Karen Bamford
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016

Essays in part one of Theatre History Studies, Vol. 35 address theatrical production in very specific historical contexts, among them German theatre “from the rubble of Berlin” and German nationalist mass spectacles. Essays in part two are devoted to the theme of “Rethinking the Maternal”...
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