Alford: 128 books
Reel Power
Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2010
Hollywood is often characterised as a stronghold of left-liberal ideals. In Reel Power, Matthew Alford shows that it is in fact deeply complicit in serving the interests of the most regressive US corporate and political forces.*BR**BR*Films like Transformers, Terminator: Salvation and Black Hawk Down...
Nazi Millionaires
The Allied Search for Hidden SS Gold
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2007
During the final days of World War II, German SS officers crammed trains, cars, and trucks full of gold, currency, and jewels, and headed for the mountains of Austria. Fearful of arrest and determined to keep the stolen loot out of Allied hands, they concealed their treasures and fled. Most of these...
Beyond the Great Wall
Recipes and Travels in the Other China
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
WINNER OF THE 2009 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD
WINNER OF THE 2009 IACP BEST INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK AWARD
A bold and eye-opening new cookbook with magnificent photos and unforgettable stories.
In the West, when we think about food in China, what usually...
by Tyler Bridges, Jeremy Alford
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
A Soldier, A Senator, A Serious SinOnly in a state whose politics are notoriously wild could a United States senator best known for his involvement in a sex scandal still be considered the odds-on favorite for governor. And only in Louisiana could a small-town lawmaker flip that script with the...
Permanent State of Emergency
Unchecked Executive Power and the Demise of the Rule of Law
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
In the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States launched initiatives that test the limits of international human rights law. The indefinite detention and torture of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, targeted killing, and mass surveillance require an expansion of executive authority...
8 Is Enough
A True Story of Life, Death, Faith, Hope
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
When the five Schwartz children tragically lost both parents in three years, their aunt Shannon Alford learned the true meaning of living worship. With three kids of their own, Shannon and her husband, Sion, became the guardians of all five grieving children, leaving their home bursting at the seams...
by Alford, Kenneth L., Esplin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
In 1847 the Prophet Joseph Smith's plans for Zion were transported more than 1,200 miles west when the Saints established the City of the Great Salt Lake. Much of the history of Salt Lake City is grounded in the revelations, visions, and plans of the Prophet Joseph regarding Zion, and many of the...
After the Holocaust
The Book of Job, Primo Levi, and the Path to Affliction
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
The Holocaust marks a decisive moment in modern suffering in which it becomes almost impossible to find meaning or redemption in the experience. In this study, C. Fred Alford offers a new and thoughtful examination of the experience of suffering. Moving from the Book of Job, an account of meaningful...
by C. Fred Alford
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
This book examines the social contexts in which trauma is created by those who study it, whether considering the way in which trauma afflicts groups, cultures, and nations, or the way in which trauma is transmitted down the generations. As Alford argues, ours has been called an age of trauma. Yet,...
by Cedric Alford
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
The under-representation of women in IT leadership roles is an alarming statistic that has the potential for global implications.Written in a clear and concise manner, this book is the culmination of Dr. Cedric Alford’s dissertation research on this greatly unexplored phenomenon, and identifies...
Leadership
Achieving Life-Changing Success from Within
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
"Take one look at him, listen to him speak, watch him act, and you'll follow him. Why? Because throughout his life and military career, Sergeant Major Al McMichael has proven himself to be a visionary who develops and nurtures ideas to fruition.... Anyone who is charged with leading, teaching,...
The Watchers
A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
In a Europe aflame with wars of religion and dynastic conflicts, Elizabeth I came to the throne of a realm encircled by menace. To the great Catholic powers of France and Spain, England was a heretic pariah state, a canker to be cut away for the health of the greater body of Christendom. Elizabeth's...
Edward VI (Penguin Monarchs)
The Last Boy King
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII, became king at the age of nine and died wholly unexpectedly at the age of fifteen. All around him loomed powerful men who hoped to use the child to further their own ends, but who were also playing a long game - assuming that Edward would long outlive them and...
by Roger Alford
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Only The Black Spectre has the power to save a woman from the electric chair. But should he?
As a wealthy, high-ranking member of Terminal City society, Brent Gregor has been invited to witness many executions. But this is the only one that he’s actually considered. First, because it’s...