Thomas R : 646 books
by Steven J. Rubenzer; Thomas R. Faschingbauer
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Personality, Character, and Leadership in the White House is the first book-length work to present truly scientific personality evaluations of the American presidents. This benchmark work dramatically improves the state-of-the-art in classifying presidents and predicting performance in the White House....
A Spiritual Economy
Gift Exchange in the Letters of Paul of Tarsus
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Thomas Blanton sheds light on the philosophy surrounding gift giving in Paul’s letters and on modern theories of gift exchange through the lens of religion. The exchange of gifts is a fundamental part of society and a foundational element in Greco-Roman religions. Combining theories of gift exchange,...
Jago Pakistan / Wake Up, Pakistan
The Report of The Century Foundation International Working Group on Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Pakistan is at a crossroads. While the threat from al-Qaeda has been diminished, militancy is still a critical, evolving, and growing threat. Pakistan lags behind most of its neighbors in many economic and human development indicators, while its democratic institutions are undercut by recurring civil-military...
by Thomas R. Skidmore
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
They never knew the battle that was coming would be ALL OUT WAR!In the distant star system of Gerandra, the Dark Queen named Syrinx plots her ultimate ambition: the annexation of the Solar System, and the systematic subjugation of all humanity. To this end, she commands her team of specialists...
by Thomas R Brown
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Nineteen to the Nineteenth power millennium years ago, before there was a universe, before there was a single molecule, before there was Adam, and after God became lonely, God created the angels to keep his company.Colossians 1:16-7“For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on...
God Is Here to Stay
Science, Evolution, and Belief in God
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
God Is Here to Stay offers new insights into one of humankind's most profound questions: Does God exist? During the past ten years, theists and new atheists have argued to prove or disprove God's existence. Examining the pros and cons of each side leads to one overarching conclusion: The existence...
Elephants and Kings
An Environmental History
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations—such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization, and China—kings used elephants for royal sacrifice, spectacular hunts, public display of live captives, or the...
Die Erfindung Gottes
Eine Reise zu den Quellen des Monotheismus
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Wie konnte ein Gott unter vielen zu "dem Gott" werden? Das ist die Grundfrage, die Thomas Römer in seiner Untersuchung zu den Ursprüngen des Monotheismus beantwortet. Woher stammt dieser Gott? Was waren seine Attribute und wie lautete sein Name, bevor dieser zum unaussprechlichen Tabu wurde? In...
The Last Years of Saint Thérèse
Doubt and Darkness, 1895-1897
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
For over a century, the Carmelite Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (1873-1897) has been revered as Catholicism's foremost folk saint of modern times. Universally known as "the Little Flower," she has been a source of consolation and uplift, an example of everyday sainthood by...
No Color Is My Kind
The Life of Eldrewey Stearns and the Integration of Houston
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
No Color Is My Kind is an uncommon chronicle of identity, fate, and compassion as two men—one Jewish and one African American—set out to rediscover a life lost to manic depression and alcoholism. In 1984, Thomas Cole discovered Eldrewey Stearns in a Galveston psychiatric hospital. Stearns, a fifty-two-year-old...
by Thomas R. Gray
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Nathaniel "Nat" Turner (October 2, 1800 November 11, 1831) was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 56 white deaths and over 55 black deaths. He gathered supporters in Southampton County, Virginia -- Turner started with a few trusted...
Simone Weil
Portrait of a Self-exiled Jew
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Over fifty years after her death, Simone Weil (1909-1943) remains one of the most searching religious inquirers and political thinkers of the twentieth century. Albert Camus said she had a "madness for truth." She rejected her Jewishness and developed a strong interest in Catholicism, although...
by Thomas R. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This compact, comprehensive, and generously illustrated history of ancient Greece takes us from the Stone Age roots of Greek civilization to the early Hellenistic period following the death of Alexander the Great.
Designed for nonspecialist readers, it will be a welcome and needed resource...
by Thomas R Verny, M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
How does a mother's tone of voice affect her unborn child? What kind of music, if any, should a child be exposed to in the womb? Can parents influence the predispositions of their child to traits like depression, or something as elusive as basic goodness? Thanks to revolutionary discoveries in neuroscience...