Davis: 5083 books

In this classic power-packed treatise re-issued from the 1970s, legendary bodybuilder Steve Davis, known for his statuesque symmetry and blazing definition, reveals his unique program for developing sensational calves!No longer does this hard-to-develop muscle group have to languish anymore,...

           "Up on the Roof and Other Short Stories" is a unique collection of nineteen humorous and serious short stories that explores the lives and relationships of the young and old.             A grizzled, old farmer, Pop, climbs up on his farmhouse roof to...

'This is the most lucid and engaged account of Stuart Hall's work. Meticulously, and with an exemplary generosity, Helen Davis patiently unravels the threads of Hall's intellectual history. The result is a most useful and thoughtful book, which could prove to be indispensable for students of cultural...

Philip Davis tells the story of Bernard Malamud (1914-1986), the self-made son of poor Jewish immigrants who went on to become one of the foremost novelists and short-story writers of the post-war period. The time is ripe for a revival of interest in a man who at the peak of his success stood alongside...

Despite all recent challenges to stage-oriented histories, the idea of a division between a "medieval" and a "modern" period has survived, even flourished, in academia. Periodization and Sovereignty demonstrates that this survival is no innocent affair. By examining periodization...

The series of memoirs recalled and compiled by Carolyn Gill Davis (Baird/Jackson) spans seventy years. And although much of her character was formed by the people, places, things, and images of childhood, other stumbling blocks also helped to fortify her beliefs Her book, The Fall of My Beginning,...

Not many young farmers of the early nineteenth century left diaries that have come down to us, still fewer from Shropshire, at a time when country life continued much as it had since long before the Industrial Revolution. In June 1835, twenty-three-year-old Peter Davis set out from his home in the...

David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award--and he has been universally praised for his prodigious research, his brilliant analytical skill,...

This is a compilation of the personal memoirs of Richard Harding Davis. The book spans his life from early childhood to his last days. It is a complete account of the ups and downs, the joys and strife of his life as well as how the events influenced his works and personality.

For weeks in 1902 it commanded headlines. All of Wyoming and much of the West followed the trial of Tom Horn for the murder of a fourteen-year-old boy. John W. Davis’s book, the only full-length account of the trial, places it in perspective as part of a larger struggle for control of Wyoming’s...

Sisters Freddie Davis Noti and Naomi Davis Blackwell were avid readers of the classics. Naomi was a devoted lover of Charlotte Brontë, especially the celebrated novel Jane Eyre. In her adult years she began composing her long narrative poem The Rime of Jane and Mr. Rochester. She spent several years...

In this important book, Richard Davis looks at the issue of ‘responsibility’ in public services – on both the government’s part and that of the users. While government wrestles with how to cut the cost of services, Davis shows that government can provide responsible, sustainable and effective...

Stephen Davis retrace en détail l’histoire palpitante de ce groupe qui, des trottoirs de Sunset Strip, s’est hissé jusqu’au sommet, et est devenu le groupe le plus grand et le plus polémique de la planète. On apprend tout de la naissance de Guns N’Roses jusqu’à leur entrée dans le panthéon...

The Bible warns that in the last days there will be wars and rumors of wars. Author, pastor, and Bible teacher Alfred B. Davis compares events transpiring in the Mideast today with ancient Bible prophecies in order to make sense of the turbulent times in which we live. Davis examines specific prophecies,...