Thom: 353 books
15 Months in SOG
A Warrior's Tour
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
"When we cross the border: no ID, and it's kiss yourself good-bye if Charlie gets ahold of you."
In Vietnam, the Military Assistance Command's Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) fielded small recon teams in areas infested with VC and NVA. Because SOG operations suffered extraordinary...
Literary Philadelphia
A History of Poetry & Prose in the City of Brotherly Love
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
“Peppered with many . . . unexpected literary treasures . . . A wonderful introduction to/overview of [Philadelphia’s] abundant literary heritage” (Philly.com).
Since Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin put type to printing press, Philadelphia has been a haven and an inspiration for...
by Thom Gossom, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
From Walk-On, to starting wingback, to Billion Dollar Man...
Thom Gossom Jr. did not set out to be a groundbreaker. He did not apply to Auburn University with the goal of being the first black athlete to graduate from the almost all-white college. He just knew that he wanted to play football...
Unequal Protection
How Corporations Became ""People"" -- and How You Can Fight Back
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
NEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATED Unequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal control of the media, unequal access to natural resources—corporations have gained these privileges and more by exploiting their legal status as persons. How did something so illogical and...
Follow the River
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “It takes a rare individual not only to see that history can live, but also to make it live for others. James Thom has that gift.”—The Indianapolis News
Mary Ingles was twenty-three, happily married, and pregnant with her third child when Shawnee Indians invaded...
Long Knife
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2010
A legend. A warrior. A hero. A classic American epic.
Two centuries ago, with the support of the young Revolutionary government, George Rogers Clark led a small but fierce army west from Virginia to conquer all the territory between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He battled the British, forged...
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Revised and Updated Third Edition
The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
While everything appears to be collapsing around us – ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water shortages, global famine, wars – we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our children’s children. The inspiration for...
Autopsy of a Deceased Church
12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
No one wants to see a church die. And yet, far too many churches are dying. For more than twenty-five years, Dr. Thom Rainer has helped churches grow, reverse the trends of decline, and has autopsied those that have died. From this experience, he has discovered twelve consistent themes among those...
by Thom Wheeler
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Travelling across the former Soviet Union is a challenge at the best of times – but in a dilapidated VDub… that’s got to be plain daft... hasn’t it?
A chance job offer at a timber yard in Estonia gives Thom and his old pal Jo a taste for the unknown. So when Uncle Tony asks them to...
De onderwaterzwemmer
roman
Language: Dutch
Release Date: April 24, 2015
'De onderwaterzwemmer' van P.F. Thomése gaat over de veertienjarige Tin van Heel, die bij de nachtelijke oversteek naar bevrijd gebied in het laatste oorlogsjaar zijn vader kwijtraakt. Een nacht en een dag en een avond blijft de jongen in de uiterwaard waken, turen, zoeken, maar zijn vader komt niet...
Rebooting the American Dream
11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
America does not need an “upgrade.” For years the Right has been tampering with one of the best political operating systems ever designed. The result has been economic and environmental disaster. In this hard-hitting new book, nationally syndicated radio and television host and bestselling author...
Counterstrike
The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Inside the Pentagon's secretive and revolutionary new strategy to fight terrorism--and its game-changing effects in the Middle East and at home
In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. But...
Raven Walks Around the World
Life of a Wandering Activist
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2017
In 1970, twenty-two-year-old Thom Henley left Michigan and drifted around the northwest coast, getting by on odd jobs and advice from even odder characters. He rode the rails, built a squatter shack on a beach, came to be known as "Huckleberry" and embarked on adventures along the West Coast...
Flight Ways
Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flight Ways...