Jason Hill: 18 books
American Hill
THE SOCIAL HILL SERIES, #3
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
American Hill is the third and last installment in The Social Hill Series by Jason Hill. Following the adventures of Tony after he loses his family, we find him now in a new place with a new love. Still, all is not ideal...he faces legal troubles and continued hardship. His children, back in Texas,...
Prospect Hill
THE SOCIAL HILL SERIES, #2
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
Prospect Hill by Jason Hill is the sequel to Social Hill and a delightful romp that follows the life of Tony. Told in a mesmerizing, unique, and humorous tone, this novel is, in the narrator's own words, a "tale of a king with a titled crown. My slumdog opera." Without his family and wife,...
by Jason Hill, Elizabeth Roesch
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
From the moment he was born, everyone knew Corky was a very special little clown. His nose beamed beautifully, and his hair was the richest orange imaginable. Even Mrs. McConkie knew Corky was destined for greatness, and everyone in the funny little town of Funnyvale respected Mrs. McConkies opinion.
Now...
Becoming a Cosmopolitan
What It Means to Be a Human Being in the New Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
As a Jamaican immigrant arriving in the United States at the age of twenty, Jason Hill noticed how often Americans identified themselves in terms of race and ethnicity. He observed, for example, the reluctance of West Indians to joins 'black causes' for fear of losing their identity. He began to ask...
We Have Overcome
An Immigrant’s Letter to the American People
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
It has been more than fifty years since the Civil Rights Act enshrined equality under the law for all Americans. Since that time, America has enjoyed an era of unprecedented prosperity, domestic and international peace, and technological advancement. It’s almost as if removing the shackles of enforced...
Beyond Blood Identities
Posthumanity in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2009
Beyond Blood Identities uncovers the social psychology of those who hold strong blood identities. In this highly original work, Jason D. Hill argues that strong racial, ethnic and national identities, which he refers to as 'tribal identities,' function according to a separatist logic that does irreparable...
by Hill, Joe; Ciaramella, Jason; Malhotra
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
Private Mallory Grennan had done terrible things as an Abu Ghraib prison worker. After being discharged from the army, Mal thought she was leaving her sins behind to start a new life back home. But some things can't be left behind -- some things don't want to be left behind. By Joe Hill and Jason Ciaramella,...
Compulsory Voting
For and Against
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
In many democracies, voter turnout is low and getting lower. If the people choose not to govern themselves, should they be forced to do so? For Jason Brennan, compulsory voting is unjust and a petty violation of citizens' liberty. The median non-voter is less informed and rational, as well as more...
by Hill, Joe; Ciaramella, Jason; Howard
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
Every little boy dreams about putting on a cape and soaring up, up, and away... but what if one day that dream were to come true? Eric was like every other eight-year-old boy, until a tragic accident changed his life forever. THE CAPE explores the dark side of power, as the adult Eric - a confused and...
by Hill, Joe; Ciaramella, Jason; Daniel
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Its 1969 and the war in Vietnam rages on. Captain Chase, a Medevac helicopter pilot for the US Army, is shot down over enemy territory. He and his crew are in a fight for their lives as they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Vietcong. We soon learn that machine guns and grenades arent the...
by John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, Marc Lamont Hill
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Gentrifier opens up a new conversation about gentrification, one that goes beyond the statistics and the clichés, and examines different sides of a controversial, deeply personal issue. In this lively yet rigorous book, John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont Hill take a close look at...
The Civil War in Georgia
A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
Southeastern Grasslands
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data
Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...
The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow
Staking Claims in the American Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
The Fluid Boundaries of Suffrage and Jim Crow: Staking Claims in the American Heartland engages in an important conversation about race relations in the twentieth century and significantly extends the historical narrative of the Civil Rights Movement. The essays in this collection examine instances...
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