Daniel R: 403 books

“No nation can win a battle without faith,” Steve Biko wrote, and as Daniel R. Magaziner demonstrates in The Law and the Prophets, the combination of ideological and theological exploration proved a potent force. The 1970s are a decade virtually lost to South African historiography. This...

Of all the things we can know about J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor and Christmas Oratorio, the most profound come from things we can hear. Listening to Bach explores musical style as it was understood in the early eighteenth century. It encourages ways of listening that take eighteenth-century musical...

Today technology has created a world of dazzling progress, growing disparities of wealth and poverty, and looming threats to the environment. Technology: A World History offers an illuminating backdrop to our present moment--a brilliant history of invention around the globe. Historian Daniel R. Headrick...

The bank job went bad, and only five of the six members of that wild bunch of robbers managed to ride out of town. Cold-hearted Clance and his men are wounded and on the run, fleeing the federales that already claimed one of his men's lives. As they race deeper into the wilderness, they soon discover...

Haiyu has sworn to plant his lord's station in the heart of this strange, alien world. As he pursues this quest, he faces dangers, devils, and damnation dispatched by the terrible masters of the monstrous oni-worlds . . . Haiyu's steel is always ready to slash his enemies to ribbons, but in "Damnation's...

This land can be unforgiving and cruel . . . The bodies of two young boys lay at the edge of a swamp. Their killer waits within, relentless, cunning and inhuman. Only Haiyu, the samurai sworn to the Lord of Hell, can stop it, but can he do so alone? A mysterious woman who dwells within the...

An exploration of the modern European novel from a renowned English literature scholar Reading the Modern European Novel since 1900 is an engaging, in-depth examination of the evolution of the modern European novel. Written in Daniel R. Schwarz’s precise and highly readable style, this critical...

Jount is the deadliest man with a blade in fable-shrouded Cayro. A killer for the cenobites of the black altar, he has long relied upon his own skills to carry out Nuet's dread tasks. Tonight, his world will come unhinged when a task for a skilled assassin becomes a matter for amateurs. Tonight, Jount...

She came to him in dreams. A mystery. An obsession. Now, the ronin Haiyu will go on a very peculiar quest. Leaving behind a world of shame and stasis, Haiyu will descend into an alien land of hellish wonder and mystery. Danger awaits him, as does the opportunity to redeem himself and restore...

A story doesn't have to be long for it to be engaging and fun. In this collection short stories, Daniel R. Marvello shares fantasy pieces that vary from the dark tension of 'The Rune' to the excitement of brewing a potion in 'Final Exam.' The next time you are resisting the idea of wading into another thousand-page tome, treat your imagination to these short doses of fantasy adventure.

In the Rhinelund, stands a mysterious pyramid known as the Silberne Einfassung. Its silver walls have called many brave seekers to their doom, and tonight it summons Nerud and Gerard, rogues and spellweavers. This pair's journey will bring them face to face with otherworldly beings and secrets best...

In The Broken Village, Daniel R. Reichman tells the story of a remote village in Honduras that transformed almost overnight from a sleepy coffee-growing community to a hotbed of undocumented migration to and from the United States. The small village—called here by the pseudonym La Quebrada—was...

The ill girl asked if he was cowboy, and though he says no, Jim Sargent is much, much more. A balladeer is a man possessed by song and who is compelled to share that song. Jim Sargent is a special balladeer: he uses his possession to relieve the supernatural harms in the world.  ...

The second pulse pounding issue of Pulptastic Adventures Quarterly presents a trio of action packed stories that explore thrilling storytelling. This issue explores interceptions, back-and-forth transfers of power between equal adversaries. In this issue: A pickup delivers an unsuspecting Good...