Alexander James: 141 books
by Alexander James McIvor-Tyndall
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The chief difference between the religions and the philosophies of the Orient and those of the Occident, lies in the fact that the Oriental systems, methods, and practices, emphasize the assumption that the goal of these efforts, is attainable at any moment, as it were. That is, Oriental religion—speaking...
by Alexander James McIvor-Tyndall
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2009
No phase of civilization can rise to the highest possibilities as long as the average mental attitude toward the most vital, the most important and the most sacred function of our being, is one of shame, sinfulness, lust and uncleanness. Even among those who are conscientiously trying to establish better...
Ribbon of Sand
The Amazing Convergence of the Ocean and the Outer Banks
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1992
Wind, currents, tides, and sand. Kingsnakes and rice rats. The disappearance of the Lost Colony, the raids of the pirate Blackbeard, and the Wright brothers' first attempts at flight. The Outer Banks is a place like no other.
Marathons of the World, Updated Edition
Complete Guide to More Than 50 Events on Seven Continents
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Here is the ultimate guide to 50 of the world's best marathons. If you're a long-distance runner looking for a new challenge, or a marathon novice with a spirit of adventure, this informative guide will help you choose the perfect course. The marathons included here embrace far flung corners of the...
Godly Love
Impediments and Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Godly Love: Impediments and Possibilities examines the theory of “Godly Love,” understood as including a vertical axis denoting the love of God and a horizontal axis involving the love of others, is at the core of a new field of research that studies how divine love influences the love of others...
Anti-nuclear Protest in Post-Fukushima Tokyo
Power Struggles
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
This book explores the politics of anti-nuclear activism in Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011. Analyzing the protests in the context of a longer history of citizen activism in Tokyo, it also situates the movement within the framework of a global struggle for democracy, from...
What Women Want
Pentecostal Women Ministers Speak for Themselves
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
Pentecostal women ministers have been silenced in official conversations about their place in church leadership. What do women ministers believe about family life? Have they been influenced by liberal feminism? Do they really want to be equal ministry leaders with men? What Women Want answers these...
Zones of Control
Perspectives on Wargaming
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts.
Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...
Who Built Scotland
25 Journeys In Search Of A Nation
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
‘a fine picture of our strange and varied country’ Scotsman
‘edifying and revelatory’ Herald
‘an epic love story to Scotland’ Courier
‘by turns inspiring and fascinating … a book that gives context to the Scotland we see around us today’ Undiscovered Scotland
‘a...
by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
* Contains thousands of pages of Hamiltons writings, including classic American documents such as the Federalist Papers, the Constitution, and the Articles of Confederation. *Includes all of Hamiltons personal correspondence, including hundreds of letters and speeches. * Illustrated with over a dozen...
Sign-Talker
The Adventure of George Drouillard on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
“A cracking good yarn . . . sheer storytelling power . . . James Alexander Thom is one of the finest historical novelists writing today. . . . Anyone who thinks there’s nothing left to be said about the Lewis and Clark expedition should read this book.”—John Sugden, author of Tecumseh: A Life
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Harvard Classics Volume 40
English Poetry 1: Chaucer To Gray
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Contents: 1. Use Preview To See Table of Contents Inside Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)
Panther in the Sky
A Novel based on the life of Tecumseh
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
Rich, colorful and bursting with excitement, this remarkable story turns James Alexander Thom's power and passion for American history to the epic story of Tecumseh's life and give us a heart-thumping novel of one man's magnificent destiny—to unite his people in the struggle to save their land and...
by James Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Matt Griggs is a talented young man seeking to take his fledgling music career to the next level. With the reassurance of his father Jeff, he enlists the assistance of a slick manager who books him to perform at a music festival in three short weeks. With a ton of schoolwork to finish and a new band...