A Davis: 198 books
by Rev. Nicholas A. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Presbyterian minister Nicholas A. Davis joined the Fourth Regiment of Texas Volunteers as chaplain in 1861. Soon after, the unit moved to Virginia, where they fought in the Seven Days Campaign, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg. Rev. Davis wrote his memoir two years into battle, drawing...
by Richard A. Davis Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Much of the world’s population lives within thirty miles of a coast, and beaches are perhaps the most popular tourist destinations worldwide. The Gulf of Mexico is no exception: Millions of people make their homes nearby, and many of them spend considerable time at the beach, joined by millions...
by David A. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
Winner of the 2018 Eudora Welty Prize
When the United States entered World War I, parts of the country had developed industries, urban cultures, and democratic political systems, but the South lagged behind, remaining an impoverished, agriculture region. Despite New South boosterism, the culture...
The Intangibles of Leadership
The 10 Qualities of Superior Executive Performance
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
It's the Subtleties that Matter!
What is the real difference between competent leader and extraordinary executive? Is it pedigree, experience, intelligence? The answer is yes...and much more. Exceptional leadership hinges on a complex interaction between individual psychology and unique business...
Music Along the Rapidan
Civil War Soldiers, Music, and Community during Winter Quarters, Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
In December 1863, Civil War soldiers took refuge from the dismal conditions of war and weather. They made their winter quarters in the Piedmont region of central Virginia: the Union’s Army of the Potomac in Culpeper County and the Confederacy’s Army of Northern Virginia in neighboring Orange County....
Making Disciples Across Cultures
Missional Principles for a Diverse World
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Culture affects how we make disciples. We often unconsciously bring our own cultural assumptions into ministry and mission, not realizing that how we think and operate is not necessarily the best or only way to do things. In today's global environment, disciplemaking requires the cultural humility...
by Peter J. Brockwell, Richard A. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
This edition contains a large number of additions and corrections scattered throughout the text, including the incorporation of a new chapter on state-space models. The companion diskette for the IBM PC has expanded into the software package ITSM: An Interactive Time Series Modelling Package for the...
by Victor A. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
When two children sneak into a candy factory to steal sweets, they risk capture by the dreaded superintendent, the Candy Man. In the title story, Gingerbread, Victor A. Davis brings all the force of the contemporary literary short story to bear on this reimagining of Peter Rabbit. In this and other...
by Victor A. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
(COLLECTION) In this beautifully lyrical collection, Victor A. Davis delivers twelve emotionally charged short stories exploring the depths of his imagination. A peasant discovers true wealth in a field of clovers… The paths of a pizza delivery boy, a snowman, and an iceman cross in unexpected ways…...
Lightning Strike
The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
This is the story of the fighter mission that changed World War II. It is the true story of the man behind Pearl Harbor---Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto---and the courageous young American fliers who flew the million-to-one suicide mission that shot him down.
Yamamoto was a cigar-smoking, poker-playing,...
The Kansas City Barbeque Society Cookbook: 25th Anniversary Edition
25th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Kansas City Barbeque Society is proud to serve up The Kansas City Barbeque Society Cookbook, 25th Anniversary Edition by Ardie Davis, Paul Kirk, and Carolyn Wells.Featuring more than 200 all-new, mouthwatering recipes (many from award-winning KCBS members...
The Last Man on the Moon
Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The basis of the 2014 award-winning feature-length documentary! A revealing and dramatic look at the inside of the American Space Program from one of its pioneers.
Eugene Cernan was a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of spaceflight....
The Spalding Enigma
Investigating the Mysterious Origin of the Book of Mormon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Readers' Edition
Where did The Book of Mormon come from? Who was Solomon Spalding and what connection did his manuscript have with Joseph Smith? To answer these questions, this book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century Mormon history...
The Spalding Enigma
Investigating the Mysterious Origin of The Book of Mormon
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Expanded Scholars' Edition
Where did The Book of Mormon come from? Who was Solomon Spalding and what connection did his manuscript have with Joseph Smith? To answer these questions, this book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century...