John Bowman: 26 books
Ireland: The Autobiography
One Hundred Years of Irish Life, Told by Its People
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Ireland in its own words: a dazzling compendium
Over the past hundred years, Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the Irish genius for observation and storytelling, invective and self-scrutiny. Ireland: The Autobiography...
by Joseph John Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
John 3:16 is the most well-known verse in the Bible. God has used it in the salvation of many precious souls. This verse is the most concise statement of the love of God for us and the way He made so that we can get to Heaven. Martin Luther called it “The gospel in a nutshell.” It tells us that...
Heaven
My Celestial Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
This book is about a place that everyone wants to go to but where is not everyone is going. Its Biblical name is Heaven. The book differentiates between the atmospheric Heaven, the starry Heaven, and Heaven the abode of God. Heaven is a perfect place where there is no sin and sorrow. There is absolute...
Heaven
My Celestial Home
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
This book is written to describe the “After-Life” with God. Everyone hopes, and many assume, that this home will be theirs. The author uses references from God’s holy book, the Bible. The book differentiates between the atmospheric Heaven, the starry Heaven, and Heaven the abode of God. Heaven...
by Michael Golay, John S. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
A comprehensive, highly readable reference
This is an authoritative, one-stop resource for essential information on the exploration of North America, from alleged pre-Columbian explorers to polar expeditions in the twentieth century. Completely up-to-date in content and historical approach,...
Capitalisms Compared
Welfare, Work, and Business
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
*How different would Americans’ lives be if they had guaranteed access to health care, generous public pensions, paid family leave, high-quality public pre-school care, increased rights at work, and a greater say in how corporations are run? *This one-of-a-kind book emphasizes that differences...
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
Bluegrass Renaissance
The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792-1852
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Originally established in 1775 the town of Lexington, Kentucky grew quickly into a national cultural center amongst the rolling green hills of the Bluegrass Region. Nicknamed the "Athens of the West," Lexington and the surrounding area became a leader in higher education, visual arts, architecture,...
Choosing Forgiveness
Turning from Guilt, Bitterness and Resentment Towards a Life of Wholeness and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Sin and forgiveness are not exciting or happy issues to think about, and most people try to avoid dealing with them whenever possible.
John and Paula Sandford explain how ego and pride are involved in hurtful situations and how, in the world’s eyes, it would be natural to seek revenge. But...
by John L. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
This is a book about the nature of law and its proposition is law should embody justice-but it does not. It does not because there exists a jurisprudential tug of war today between natural and normative law based on morality and non-natural and descriptive law that claims law is simply a social fact....
by John L. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2002
Selected Topics in Philosophy is an eclectic mix of various topics in philosophy including the nature of language, epistemology, ethics, the nature of religion and literature, metaphysics, existentialism and transcendentalism.
Some particularly interesting issues discussed in the book include...
by John J. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Don't Play on the Trestle is the author's first book, a memoir recounting his formative years and the people and events important in his rite of passage.
A Reference Guide to Stoicism
A Compilation of the Principle Stoic Writings on Various Topics
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Stoicism is a 2,300 year-old Greek and Roman philosophy that addressed human happiness. This book is a compendium of principal Stoic philosophers Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius writings arranged by topic. On escape Seneca wrote whatever your destination you will be followed by your...
by John L. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted a " species of oppression [with] which democratic nations are menaced unlike anything which ever before existed in the world " It was a despotism that " would be more extensive and would degrade men without tormenting them." It would be...
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