Scott Christopher: 74 books
by Michael Connelly, Robert Ferrigno, Janet Fitch
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Akashic Books Noir Series is selling great; nearly every title has gone into multiple printings. Whole series to be promoted at major trade conferences and mystery conferences. Major media push: print, radio, television.
Everyone's An Artist (or At Least They Should Be)
How Creativity Gives You the Edge in Everything You Do
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Can a Canali-clad million-dollar banker learn anything from a paint-stained artist? Definitely. Especially now.
Clearly, succeeding in business is an art form. We’ve informally labelled activities and pursuits as “the art of management,” “the art of marketing” or even “the art of...
Writing the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
The Ecological Awareness of Early Scribes of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
The nineteenth-century roots of environmental writing in American literature are often mentioned in passing and sometimes studied piece by piece. Writing the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Literature: The Ecological Awareness of Early Scribes of Nature brings together numerous explorations...
The Lively Experiment
Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
The Lively Experiment chronicles how Americans have continually demolished traditional prejudices while at the same time erecting new walls between belief systems. Nearly four hundred years after Roger Williams' 1633 Rhode Island colony, the "lively experiment" of religious tolerance remains...
Key States, High Stakes
Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the...
Stem Cell Now
A Brief Introduction to the Coming of Medical Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2006
THE STEM CELL IS SET TO DOMINATE POPULAR AWARENESS OF SCIENCE LIKE THE ATOM BOMB DID A GENERATION AGO. No area of science holds such immediate promise for treating disease and improving human lives as stem cell research. But no area of science also causes such fundamental ethical concern and such ferocious political conflict.
Water in Kentucky
Natural History, Communities, and Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Home to sprawling Appalachian forests, rolling prairies, and the longest cave system in the world, Kentucky is among the most ecologically diverse states in the nation. Lakes, rivers, and springs have shaped and nourished life in the Commonwealth for centuries, and water has played a pivotal role...
by Christopher R. J. Holmes, Michael Allen, Scott R. Swain
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Who is the Holy Spirit and how does the Spirit come to be in relation to the Father and the Son? What is the mission of the Spirit and where does it come from? Chris Holmes takes up the questions surrounding the Spirit’s procession and mission with the help of three of the church’s greatest teachers—Augustine,...
An Ocelot in an Underwear Drawer
Adventures of a Profoundly Imperfect and Intensely Happy Man
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Chris took a long time to learn something wonderful . . .
In an honest and intimate storytelling style, Chris relives triumphs, catastrophes, and plenty of moments that fell somewhere in between. With a friendly and nostalgic voice, he unfolds his adventures and misadventures one by one, has...
The Maligned Militia
The West Country Militia of the Monmouth Rebellion, 1685
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Despite its failure to unseat King James II, the Monmouth Rebellion had a profound influence upon English politics. In particular, it reignited the debate about whether the country should rely on a professional army under direct royal control or local country militias made up of part-time soldiers....
by F. Scott Scribner, Roseanne Giannini Quinn, Christopher Adamo
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
The phrase "beat generation" -- introduced by Jack Kerouac in 1948 -- characterized the underground, nonconformist youths who gathered in New York City at that time. Together, these writers, artists, and activists created an inimitably American cultural phenomenon that would have a global...
by Scott Calef, Dan Dinello, Don Fallis
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
The Who were one of the most memorable and influential of the 1960s British Invasion bands—memorable because of their loudness and because they destroyed instruments during performances, and influential because of their success in crafting “Power Pop” singles like “My Generation” and “I...
by Christopher Scott
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2006
This paperback edition of this seminal new study of a key battle of the Civil Wars re-examines one of England's most mysterious battlefields at Edgehill, and it combines the work of three outstanding military historians. Each is an expert in the areas of battlefield interpretation, military equipment...
Enlightenment and Secularism
Essays on the Mobilization of Reason
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Enlightenment and Secularism is a collection of twenty eight essays that seek to understand the connection between the European Enlightenment and the emergence of secular societies, as well as the character or nature of those societies. The contributors are drawn from a variety of disciplines including...