Cole: 1825 books

An assassination plot that could end the Civil War, and a hidden enemy that could destroy a secret league of unsung heroes …   Daniel Cumberland, born free in Massachusetts, studied law with dreams of helping his people—dreams that died the night he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Daniel...

Ever wondered why we find something funny or why we laugh? You might be surprised by the reason. Have you ever wondered how people make up jokes? Would you like to be able to do so?A theory of humor is arrived at through the analysis of more than eighty fine jokes. Study has never been so much fun.

Can you mend a broken heart and begin to love again? Can you remain calm in an ever-changing world? Discover who you really are ? a peaceful soul ? and what your true purpose in life is. We all experience grief, loss or sadness at some time in our lives. Through spiritual lessons, meditations...

This is a detailed account of The America First Committee, with information on their efforts, organisation, notable members and events, contemporary politics, and more. The America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into...

Dirty Work explores the lives and work of recent immigrants from Africa, Asia, and elsewhere to the southern Italian region of Sicily. Using extensive research, Cole and Booth focus on the experiences of foreigners employed in domestic service, prostitution, and agriculture. Investigation of these...

Some of us have been here before. Many people living today in America and around the world have direct experience with countries where an autocrat has seized control. Others have seen charismatic, populist leaders come to power within democracies and dramatically change the rules of the road for the...

We’ve been living in 1984 since 1941. That was the year the Justice Department first authorized the wiretapping of Americans. “We shudder to think of what its agents will do with this new authorization,” The Nation warned in an editorial that year. Ever since then, our writers have investigated,...

Jim Cole has spent years tramping into the depths of places like Alaska, Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park in search of grizzlies, seeing these magnificent, powerful and reclusive animals at their most unguarded—foraging, fishing, caring for cubs, or simply lying in the backcountry...

Micah hates small talk, shooting the breeze, and most forms of human contact in general. He feigns clinical depression in order to convince his doctor that he needs shock treatment; he wants to be numb to the world. Micah doesn't know what his new life will look like, but he's ready to see. Micah is finally, finally ready to find it.

Bundled with the Fear Psychology thesis is a review paper entitled “A Century of Psychoanalysis”, which discusses an old psychology that has not yet expired. It introduced ideas that were radical and alarming at a time when sexual matters were not for public discussion, but what was probably more...

Whether you’re considering a religious vocation or simply trying to lead a Christ-centered life, Franciscan friar Casey Cole has news: Christian life doesn't end with a profession of faith or hearing of God's call. That's when it begins. While the trappings of a professed Franciscan’s life...

In this collection of flash fiction, Rachel Elizabeth Cole explores who we are, where we're going, and what makes us each unique. In "Is This Seat Taken?" two strangers connect briefly in a bus station. In "Sneaking Around" a woman having an affair thinks she's about to be caught....

The violence and radicalism connected with the Industrial Workers of the World textile strike of 1912 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, left the popular impression that Lawrence was a slum-ridden city inhabited by un-American revolutionaries. Immigrant City is a study of Lawrence which reveals that the...

A Jewish woman’s unconventional quest to find Jesus in modern Israel  With candor and an intimate knowledge of the Land and its people, Bobbie Ann Cole takes you on some intriguing time travel to Israel such as to the ceremonial slaughtering of Passover lambs in the nearby temple, as Jesus...