Leland: 295 books
Uncommon Ground
Archaeology and Early African America, 1650-1800
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Winner of the Southern Anthropological Society's prestigious James Mooney Award, Uncommon Ground takes a unique archaeological approach to examining early African American life. Ferguson shows how black pioneers worked within the bars of bondage to shape their distinct identity and lay a rich foundation...
How to Read the Bible as Literature
. . . and Get More Out of It
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Why the Good Book Is a Great Read If you want to rightly understand the Bible, you must begin by recognizing what it is: a composite of literary styles. It is meant to be read, not just interpreted. The Bible’s truths are embedded like jewels in the rich strata of story and poetry, metaphor and...
by Leland Ryken
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
To truly understand God’s Word, we must know both what it says (content) and how it says it (form). This accessible guide features over 250 alphabetically arranged entries explaining common literary forms found in the Bible. Each entry contains a succinct definition, helpful illustrations, and a...
William Knox
The Life and Thought of an Eighteenth-Century Imperialist
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Colonial expert and pamphleteer William Knox has received attention in virtually every major study of the American Revolution, yet this is the first biography of Knox ever written. Knox is best known as undersecretary of state in the American Department of the British government from 1770 to 1782. A...
Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937-1945
Volume 1: Tactical Organization of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy Ground Forces
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937-1945 is the first nuts-and-bolts handbook to utilize both the voluminous raw allied intelligence documents and postwar Japanese documentation as primary sources. This first volume covers the tactical organization of Army and Navy ground forces during the...
Fusang
Or, The discovery of America by Chinese Buddhist Priests in the Fifth Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
This book, first published in 1875 and reissued in 1973, analyses the limited evidence from the works of early Chinese historians that explorers from China had discovered a country they called Fusang – possibly western America, and in all probability Mexico. The original document on which Chinese...
Tattoo: The Awakening
Sisterhood of the Tattoo, #1
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Danielle Clark never dreamed she’d spend her senior year in a hick school full of farmers. Still reeling from the shock of her parents’ separation and the move to a new school, Danielle discovers that being neither black nor white in a small rural town makes her a prime target for bullies. When...
Insight into Two Biblical Passages
Anatomy of a Prohibition I Timothy 2:12, the TLG Computer, and the Christian Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
This work comprises new insights into two Biblical passages. The first study, titled 'The Anatomy of a Prohibition,' uses the TLG computer database to offer a new interpretation of I Timothy 2:12. The author provides insight that the TLG computer, with its data selections from 200 BC/BCE to 200 AD/CE,...
Rainbow Body
A History of the Western Chakra System from Blavatsky to Brennan
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
If you’ve ever had questions about the inconsistencies between chakra systems or wondered where the names, colors, locations, and other associations came from—you’ll find the answers here, along with 24 tables and 28 black-and-white illustrations showing how the Western chakra system developed...
American Airline's Secret War in China
Project Seven Alpha, WWII
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
In late 1941, President Roosevelt agonized over the rapid advances of the Japanese forces in Asia; they seemed unstoppable. He foresaw their intentions of taking India and linking up with the two other Axis Powers, Germany and Italy, in an attempt to conquer the Eastern Hemisphere. US naval forces...
Facing the Consequences
Using TIMSS for a Closer Look at U.S. Mathematics and Science Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Facing the Consequences presents a perspective on US mathematics and science education that is developed from data gathered as part of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). TIMSS is the most extensive and far-reaching cross-national comparative study of mathematics and science...
by Charles Godfrey Leland
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Way!
Access to Glory
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
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