William H : 870 books

This is the eighth book by William White and like the rest of his books, it is an excellent read-one you will have trouble putting down. For those who love ghost stories this book contains an excellent account of a newly deceased young man and his desperate attempts to communicate with his family members....

Since prehistoric times, Andean societies have been organized around the ayllu, a grouping of real or ceremonial kinspeople who share labor, resources, and ritual obligations. Many Andean scholars believe that the ayllu is as ancient as Andean culture itself, possibly dating back as far as 6000 B.C.,...

Darwin Hastings is seventeen and his dying aunt sends him from Pittsburgh to New York to a new guardian, a famous wealthy football player. He expects to recapture the love he knew with his parents before they died and become a doctor like his father. But in his new home of celebrities, crooks, untrustworthy...

Un roman fantastique s'épanouissant dans un décor irlandais"Rares sont les écrivains qui peuvent égaler Hodgson lorsqu’il ébauche le dessein des forces sans nom et de monstrueuses entités toutes proches, au moyen d’allusions fortuites et de détails sans importance, ou bien lorsqu’il communique...

La profecía, la historia y lo que ambas nos enseñan sobre el tiempo del fin.   ¡Daniel! El mero nombre de este héroe de Dios evoca vívidas imágenes en nuestra mente. Ningún libro del Antiguo Testamento se compara con Daniel y sus sueños sobre imperios mundiales, sus estatuas...

The 2016 elections took place under intense political polarization and uncertain economic conditions, to widely unexpected results. How did Trump pull off his victory? Political Behavior of the American Electorate, Fourteenth Edition, attempts to answer this question by interpreting data from...

True and authentic stories of Indians and Pioneers, including “Kid” Wade, “Doc” Middleton, Frank Hart, and many others, having their locale in western South Dakota and Nebraska, that picturesque area of “wide open spaces”, pine-clad canyons and hills, and badlands that had such a colorful...

The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human...

IT is a wonderful fact in the swift expansion of mechanical knowledge and appliances of the last hundred years that while for unknown ages the wind was the only propelling force used for purposes of navigation, apart from the rude application of power through oars worked by men, the whole scheme of steam...

The role of lay ecclesial ministers—professionally prepared laity who serve in leadership roles—is becoming critically more important in the life of the Catholic church. In Lay Ecclesial Ministry, theologians and pastoral leaders from diverse disciplines provide a deeper understanding, envision...

The often-stereotyped belles and matrons of the nineteenth-century South emerge as diverse personalities in this compelling account of three generations of women from a South Carolina family whose fate rose and fell with the fortunes of the state. Through vivid, interwoven life stories, the book offers...

Leo Strauss's connection with Martin Heidegger and Carl Schmitt suggests a troubling proximity to National Socialism but a serious critique of Strauss must begin with F. H. Jacobi. While writing his dissertation on this apparently Christian opponent of the Enlightenment, Strauss discovered the tactical...

The first African American fraternities and sororities were established at the turn of the twentieth century to encourage leadership, racial pride, and academic excellence among black college students confronting the legacy of slavery and the indignities of Jim Crow segregation. With a strong presence...

4 Stars An excellent teaching and reference atlas that presents a comprehensive, integrated approach to diagnostic thyroid cytopathology. Overall, this atlas is an excellent reference with beautiful images and multidisciplinary correlates that provides comprehensive coverage of thyroid malignancies...