Patterson: 1617 books

Long considered a highly distinctive English writer, Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) has not been treated as the significant historian he was. Fuller's The Church-History of Britain (1655) was the first comprehensive history of Christianity from antiquity to the upheavals of the Protestant and Catholic...

The Short Story by W. Patterson Atkinson, A.M.

Annabel Patterson tackles the hottest topic in literary studies today - `the Great Books debate - providing a superbly formulated moderate stance between the Western canon's radical oppponents and its zealous protectors.

The revised edition of A Theology for the Church retains its original structure, organized under these traditional theological categories: revelation, God, humanity, Christ, the Holy Spirit, salvation, the church, and last things. Each chapter within these sections contains answers to the following...

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Through a Glass Darkly is a collection of essays by scholars who argue that Baptists are frequently misrepresented, by outsiders as well as insiders, as members of an unchanging monolithic sect.   In contemporary discussions of...

Ten-year-old Angie is a Mouse – a person in her family who is unable to wield magic. To give her the best chance at a normal life, her parents move them to Atlanta in the early 1980s, when opportunities were opening up for Blacks. Instead of making her feel safe, however, the darkness covering the...

This e-book is designed for use by teenagers and young adults in their English composition courses. It deals with the literary - as opposed to the literal - side of writing. Most course syllabi use the label Creative Writing to name courses in which this e-textbook would be appropriate. I prefer the...

278 pp., bibliography, index, 2 appendixes, editors Emily E. Auger and Janet Brennan Croft, cover illus. by Patrick H. Wynne, inside illus. by Sarah Beach and Bonnie Callahan, and numerous illus. of Tarot cards. Essays include "The Triumph of Love: Interpretations of the Tarot in Charles Williams's...

Americans during the first decades of the 21st century have enjoyed a very high standard of living; even though we may vary greatly in wealth, few people in this country actually go hungry. Most enjoy adequate nutrition and shelter and medical care and transportation and communication services; many...

In ancient Greece, interstate relations, such as in the formation of alliances, calls for assistance, exchanges of citizenship, and territorial conquest, were often grounded in mythical kinship. In these cases, the common ancestor was most often a legendary figure from whom both communities claimed...

The First World War was an epic event of huge proportions that lasted over four years and involved the armies of more than twenty nations, resulting in 30 million casualties, including more than 8 million killed. Set against the backdrop of this massive carnage, The Search for Negotiated Peace is...

This book is designed for use in English composition courses. It focuses on the generally accepted practices by those writers who attempt to present the unvarnished truth. Unlike the literary writer, one who writes on a literal level does not wish to suspend reality but rather to present his thoughts...

Live long and live well! Strong Brains, Sharp Minds unlocks the mysteries of “Qualongevity” (longevity with quality-of-life) by synthesizing, organizing and explaining a wealth of current science on brain health and creative aging. The single most startling insight from emerging brain science...

Despite rhythm and blues culture’s undeniable role in molding, reflecting, and reshaping black cultural production, consciousness, and politics, it has yet to receive the serious scholarly examination it deserves. Destructive Desires corrects this omission by analyzing how post-Civil Rights era...