B B Smith: 277 books

The trusted and proven Governing States and Localities guides you through the contentious environment of state and local politics and focuses on the role that economic and budget pressures play on issues facing state and local governments. With their engaging journalistic writing and crisp storytelling,...

The Mississippi Secession Convention is the first full treatment of any secession convention to date. Studying the Mississippi convention of 1861 offers insight into how and why southern states seceded and the effects of such a breech. Based largely on primary sources, this book provides a unique...

High Creek, Texas. A small Southern town was reeling from a tragic shooting that left a swath of destruction of pain in its path at the annual Cook-Off. Luckily, the quick response of both law enforcement and brave townsfolk mitigated a greater loss of life. Following the shooting, the town dealt...

Rural communities share an intimate culture that can be experienced anywhere in the Small Town, U.S.A. Everybody knows your parents, varsity football players get a free pass and nothing is as greased as the rumor mill. So, when a curve-ball is thrown into the mix, things tend to get out of hand.Texas...

Going beyond even the expertise of archaeologists and historians, world-class engineer Craig B. Smith explores the planning and engineering behind the incredible Great Pyramid of Giza. How would the ancient Egyptians have developed their building plans, devised work schedules, managed laborers, solved...

Many church leaders believe that Antichrist is alive and well in the world today. But what is being left out of the discussion is how this coming false "Christ" has already mainstreamed his New Age Gospel and New Spirituality into the world and into the church. Just as Hitler telegraphed...

A signal. From deep space. Emanating from a rocky planet orbiting a star similar to our sun. It broadcasts for mere seconds before terminating, but within those seconds is buried a tantalizing and familiar message. Rae Francis was only a little girl when Earth’s telescopes detected The Signal...

Renowned international experts Peter B. Smith, Mark F. Peterson, and David C. Thomas, editors of the The Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management, have drawn together scholars in the field of management from around the world to contribute vital information from their cross-national studies to this innovative,...

I am the product of MaeAlice, given her name—the one I changed because it conjured too much discontent. Required too much of me to overcome, and now refuses me to forget. My grandmother and I were close, but it was closeness born of bitterness and despair. Hers came now from her date with death;...

Aubrie grows up along the shore of a small New England village not knowing who her mysterious benefactor was. Every year on her Birthday a special gift appears in her room, but she never sees who delivers it. Join her, and see if she finds out what her future will be before it's too late!

This remarkable true story relates the conflicts of a young man seeking truth and freedom in central London in the early 2000s. Set against a fast-paced dialogue between wildly diverse cultures—American, English, and Russian—it tells how the subtle deceptions of evil can eventually destroy a life. When...

     JOHN B. SMITH, Sc.D.     New Brunswick, N.J. April 1906      EXPLANATORY.

Semi Dual Abdul Omar aka Semi Dual was a psychologist, telepath, mystic and astrologer (not to mention a prince) who worked as a private investigator. He strongly believed in the "many other esoteric angles of thought and the application of higher laws of force," and that astrology...

Semi Dual Abdul Omar aka Semi Dual was a psychologist, telepath, mystic and astrologer (not to mention a prince) who worked as a private investigator. He strongly believed in the "many other esoteric angles of thought and the application of higher laws of force," and that astrology...