Title: Presidential Transition in Higher Education Author: James Martin, James E. Samels, Genre: Education Publisher: JHU Press Release Date: November 30, 2005 Pages: 288 "No one to my knowledge has brought the thinking on presidential transitions together in a scholarly work that equals this volume... This insiders' view is enlightening, useful, and well worth the …
Memory: Fragments of a Modern History
Title: Memory: Fragments of a Modern History Author: Alison Winter Publisher: University Of Chicago Press Release Date: September 11, 2013 Pages: 330 Thought-provoking book. A good historical treatment of psychology’s pursuit of what memory means. Enjoyed having some of my unexamined assumptions kicked in the butt.
The Gospel Ministry
Title: The Gospel Ministry Author: Thomas Foxcroft Genre: Religion Publisher: Soli Deo Gloria Ministries Release Date: June 1, 2008 Pages: 90 Originally published: A practical discourse relating to the gospel-ministry. Boston: Printed for Nicholas Buttolph, 1718. Good, sturdy soul food for ministers.
Writing the Christian Romance
Title: Writing the Christian Romance Author: Gail Gaymer Martin Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines Publisher: Writer's Digest Books Release Date: December 20, 2007 Pages: 240 Writing the Christian Romance provides readers with detailed instruction for creating a storyline that is reflective of Christian values without being preachy, and developing virtuous and principled characters who dont …
The New Testament, American Standard Version
Title: The New Testament, American Standard Version Author: The Holy Spirit Publisher: Amazon Digital Release Date: 2014 Of course you don’t evaluate Scripture when you are done reading through it the way you can do with other books. But you can evaluate translations. My base translation is the KJV, but I frequently alternate with other …
The Last Kingdom
Title: The Last Kingdom Author: Bernard Cornwell Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: January 3, 2006 Pages: 368 In the middle years of the ninth-century, the fierce Danes stormed onto British soil, hungry for spoils and conquest. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the ruthless invaders until but one realm remained. And suddenly the fate …
Is Administrative Law Unlawful?
Title: Is Administrative Law Unlawful? Author: Philip Hamburger Genre: Law Publisher: University of Chicago Press Release Date: May 27, 2014 Pages: 645 Is administrative law unlawful? This provocative question has become all the more significant with the expansion of the modern administrative state. While the federal government traditionally could constrain liberty only through acts of …
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Title: Eichmann in Jerusalem Author: Hannah Arendt Genre: History Publisher: Penguin Release Date: 1963 Pages: 312 Hannah Arendt's authoritative report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann includes further factual material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A sober …
Authorisms
Title: Authorisms Author: Paul Dickson Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA Release Date: April 22, 2014 Pages: 240 Sorting through the neologisms of such literary greats as Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott and William Shakespeare, this celebration of the English language presents the stories behind hundreds of words and phrases that have …
The Experience of God
Title: The Experience of God Author: David Bentley Hart Genre: Religion Publisher: Yale University Press Release Date: September 24, 2013 Pages: 376 Despite the recent ferocious public debate about belief, the concept most central to the discussion—God—frequently remains vaguely and obscurely described. Are those engaged in these arguments even talking about the same thing? In …