Davis: 5083 books
The Story of the Matthew Bible
That Which We First Received
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
After centuries of neglect, at last we have a popular yet well-sourced account of the Matthew Bible and the men who gave it to us. Ruth M. Davis gives a vivid and passionate account of the heroes who struggled and suffered to produce our seminal English Bible in 1537 – not only of the giant William...
Calamity in Carolina
The Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville, March 1865
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Robert E. Lee gave Joseph E. Johnston an impossible task.
Federal armies under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had rampaged through Georgia on their “March to the Sea” and now were cutting a swath of destruction as they marched north from Savannah through the Carolinas. Locked in a desperate...
Texas Literary Outlaws
Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
At the height of the sixties, a group of Texas writers stood apart from Texas’ conservative establishment. Calling themselves the Mad Dogs, these six writers—Bud Shrake, Larry L. King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Dan Jenkins, and Peter Gent—closely observed the effects of the Vietnam...
by Katie Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
This book has tips on how to write and publish a book for kids and advice on writing children's books. It has been compiled and edited by Katie Davis, Director of the Institute for Writers and the associated Institute of Children’s Literature. These two schools have taught over 404,000 students...
When Jesus Was a Green-Eyed Brunette
Loving People Like God Does
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
When Jesus Was a Green-Eyed Brunette weaves heartwarming and miraculous stories of Jesus showing up in ordinary people, revealing that He knows us and is fully present in our everyday circumstances, especially in our difficulties. As best-selling author Max Davis puts it, "When we are born again,...
by Freddy Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
What Does the World Look Like to You?
This is a very confusing world. There are so many beliefs being hawked in the public square that it is hard to even keep track. Things used to be so much simpler. Up until two to three generations ago, almost everyone at least believed in God – most even...
The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves
How Feminism Travels across Borders
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
The book Our Bodies, Ourselves is a feminist success story. Selling more than four million copies since its debut in 1970, it has challenged medical dogmas about women’s bodies and sexuality, shaped health care policies, energized the reproductive rights movement, and stimulated medical research...
Head Scratchers
When the Words of Jesus Don't Make Sense
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Sometimes Jesus says things that make you scratch your head. Much of what Jesus has to say is uplifting or inspiring. But let’s face it: Sometimes Jesus says things that are confusing, perplexing, or even offensive. In Head Scratchers, Talbot Davis leads you to understand some of these difficult...
Enforcing Normalcy
Disability, Deafness, and the Body
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
In this highly original study of the cultural assumptions governing our conception of people with disabilities, Lennard J. Davis argues forcefully against “ableist” discourse and for a complete recasting of the category of disability itself.
Enforcing Normalcy surveys the emergence of...
Arbitrary Justice
The Power of the American Prosecutor
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
What happens when public prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions instead of justice? Why are cases involving well-to-do victims often prosecuted more vigorously than those involving poor victims? Why do wealthy defendants frequently enjoy more lenient...
Proteinaholic
How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
An acclaimed surgeon specializing in weight loss delivers a paradigm-shifting examination of the diet and health industry’s focus on protein, explaining why it is detrimental to our health, and can prevent us from losing weight.
Whether you are seeing a doctor, nutritionist, or a trainer,...
Teaching Design
A Guide to Curriculum and Pedagogy for College Design Faculty and Teachers Who Use Design in Their Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
An Expertly Written Guidebook to Teaching Design at All Levels
Teaching Design provides a practical foundation for teaching about and through design. The exploding interest in design and design thinking calls for qualified faculty members who are well prepared for a variety of institutional settings...
Forbearance
A Theological Ethic for a Disagreeable Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Offers a faithful, constructive way to deal with dissent
What happens when we approach disagreement not as a problem to solve but as an opportunity to practice Christian virtue?
In this book James Calvin Davis reclaims the biblical concept of forbearance to develop a theological ethic...
by Michael Davis
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
This is by any standards an unusual story.The writer has lifted the blanket on an area of human survival not contemplated by most people until it strikes them personally.It is not a sin to grow old. The alternative is pretty final. At the age of seventy-seven Michael Davis managed to...