David W : 792 books
by David W. Hall
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2003
In this provocative study, David W. Hall argues that Calvinism had a greater influence on America's founders than contemporary scholars, and perhaps even the founders themselves, have understood. Calvinism's insistence that human rulers tend to err played a significant role in the founders' prescription...
by Mark Lord, David W. Landrum, Rob McClure Smith
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2014
Alt Hist is the new magazine of Historical Fiction and Alternate History. Lovers of historical fiction for too long have been denied outlets for short pieces of fiction, as the number of print and online magazines for historical short fiction is very limited compared to the popularity of fiction set...
The Courage to Grieve
My Story of Love, Loss, Grief, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Author David W. Ingram met his future wife, Kimberly, when she sixteen years old. When he was seventeen, Ingram convinced her to date him. They eventually married and lived a loving life together for thirty years. It all came crashing down when Kimberly was diagnosed with colon cancer and waged a...
The University of Oklahoma
A History, Volume 1: 1890–1917
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
This book, the first in a projected three-volume definitive history, traces the University’s progress from territorial days to 1917. David W. Levy examines the people and events surrounding the school’s formation and development, chronicling the determined ambition of pioneers to transform a seemingly...
Marriage and the Family: Biblical Essentials
Biblical Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2012
The recent rulings on gay marriage and debates on family-related issues have placed marriage and family at the forefront of the public eye. More so than at any point in history, we are now confronted with the need to carefully define the meaning of marriage and family.
Professor Andreas Köstenberger...
by David W. Lange, Mary Jo Mead
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
In conjunction with the American Numismatic Association, author David W. Lange and researcher Mary Jo Meade present a fascinating look into the history of the United States Mint. From its roots in the pre-colonial eras, through independence and confederation, the intriques, tribulations, and triumphs...
Astrology and Cosmology in Early China
Conforming Earth to Heaven
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
The ancient Chinese were profoundly influenced by the Sun, Moon and stars, making persistent efforts to mirror astral phenomena in shaping their civilization. In this pioneering text, David W. Pankenier introduces readers to a seriously understudied field, illustrating how astronomy shaped the culture...
Whiz Mob
A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1964
Whiz Mob is David W. Maurer's classic study of the world of pickpockets. Similar to his best-known work, The Big Con, in Whiz Mob Maurer explains the colorful expressions and vivid words used by pickpockets and uses them to provide a window into the life and experiences of the professional criminal....
Changing Worlds
Vietnam's Transition from Cold War to Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
Throughout the entire Cold War era, Vietnam served as a grim symbol of the ideological polarity that permeated international politics. But when the Cold War ended in 1989, Vietnam faced the difficult task of adjusting to a new world without the benefactors it had come to rely on. In Changing Worlds,...
by David W. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Nahum's prophecy of Nineveh's coming destruction. Habakkuk's probing dialogue with the Lord of Israel. Zephaniah's warning to Jerusalem's last great king. The texts of these minor but important prophets receive a fresh and penetrating analysis in this introduction and commentary. David W. Baker considers...
Lincoln Mediated
The President and the Press Through Nineteenth-Century Media
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Lincoln Mediated provides new information about a historical figure everyone thinks they know. It describes how Abraham Lincoln worked with the press throughout his political career, beginning with his service in Congress in the late 1840s, and detailing how his ties to newspapers in Illinois, New...
by David W. Irvin
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2002
Escape or Evade is a true depiction of the Author Colonel David W. Irvin, Jr. being shot down on France on November 19, 1943. He recounts the events of his capture by the Nazis, his escape and arduous journey to Sweden and return to his unit in England.
by David W. Tschanz
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2012
Petra: A Brief History is an easy to read, popular history of Petra, “the rose red city, half as old as time” and the mysterious Nabataeans who carved into from the living rock.
The author, with a dramatic flair, explains how geography and geology made the eventual site of Petra the most...
Foundations of an African Civilisation
Aksum and the northern Horn, 1000 BC - AD 1300
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Focuses on the Aksumite state of the first millennium AD in northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea, its development, florescence and eventual transformation into the so-called medieval civilisation of Christian Ethiopia. This book seeks to apply a common methodology, utilising archaeology, art-history,...