James D : 1091 books
The Historical Jesus
Five Views
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
The scholarly quest for the historical Jesus has a distinguished pedigree in modern Western religious and historical scholarship, with names such as Strauss, Schweitzer and Bultmann highlighting the story. Since the early 1990s, when the Jesus quest was reawakened for a third run, numerous significant...
Ship of Ghosts
The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Son, we’re going to Hell."
The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize...
Courage to Execute
What Elite U.S. Military Units Can Teach Business About Leadership and Team Performance
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
How to build a culture of high performance within your organization
The U.S. military in general, and its many elite organizations in particular, possesses a culture of high performance. Courage to Execute outlines the six basic principles that operate at the foundation of high performance,...
Combat Chaplain
A Thirty-Year Vietnam Battle
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
In 1967 Chaplain James D. Johnson chose to accompany his men, unarmed, on their daily combat operations, a decision made against the recommendations of his superiors. During what would be the final days for some, he offered his ministry not from a pulpit but on the battlefields—in hot landing zones...
All Claims Great and Small
The Trails and Tribulations of a Lost Adjuster
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
ALL CLAIMS GREAT AND SMALL !Set in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Cyprus and The Lebanon, this book follows the story from the early 1960’s until 1977 of the young Loss Adjuster, James D Buchanan, in his investigation of insurance claims, which include a domestic theft with a difference, a...
DNA
The Secret of Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
Fifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just twentyfour, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time. Now, with unique authority and sweeping vision, he gives us the first full account of the genetic revolution—from Mendel’s garden to the double helix to the sequencing of the...
Paul and Jesus
How the Apostle Transformed Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
In this “compulsively readable exploration of the tangled world of Christian origins” (Publishers Weekly), religious historian James Tabor illuminates the earliest years of Jesus’ teachings before Paul shaped them into the religion we know today.
This fascinating examination of the earliest...
by James D. Macdonald, Debra Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
"So cool! Sort of like if the Pope and Aleister Crowley had written James Bond."
-- Rosemary Edghill
Contains:
"Stealing God"
The Holy Grail has vanished and it's up to Peter Crossman to get it back.
"Selling the Devil"
A headless corpse, a holy sword, and...
by James D. Quiggle
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
The Holy Spirit knows that not every Christian will be able to understand Paul’s logic or respond to John’s mysticism. The Spirit had Pastor Peter write to those who needed a more direct approach to Christian doctrine and God’s rules for godly living. Peter’s first epistle is his manifesto...
The Ultimate RPG Gameplay Guide
Role-Play the Best Campaign Ever—No Matter the Game!
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
Improve your RPG campaign with this comprehensive and interactive guide to making the most out of your gaming experience.
Whatever RPG game you play, from D&D to Call of Cthulu to licensed games like Star Wars, every detail is important. From setting the scene to choosing the right music or...
Linking Rings
William W. Durbin and the Magic and Mystery of America
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
“So how to tell of the life of a magician whose vocation was politics? A simple biography was out of the question. All of the hard research led to an idea. Why not travel back in time for one night to meet the old wizard himself in a car ride that actually did take place at the end of his life?...
by James D.R. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
What happens to the hero of a classic role-playing game once his adventure is over: given he has no education, job training, or peace-time skills?
One year after defeating the demon king and saving the world, the aptly named Hero Generic is now jobless, homeless, and has a rap sheet longer...
C.S.S. Shenandoah
The Memoirs of Lieutenant Commanding James I. Waddell
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
The last shot of the Civil War was fired, not on an obscure battlefield, but in the ice-locked Sea of Okhotsk off Siberia seven months after Lee’s surrender.
The last armed Confederate cruiser was the C.S.S. Shenandoah, a beautiful but dangerous vessel which scattered and burned the New Bedford...
Three Sisters
A Charlie Moon Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Colorado rancher and tribal investigator Charlie Moon is taking a night off to play some poker with his best friend, Scott Parris, Granite Creek's chief of police, when Scott's dispatcher cuts in with an emergency call. It seems a man was on the phone with his wife when their call was interrupted...