A Smith: 616 books
by E.A. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 1999
This engrossing biography of George IV, king of England from 1820 to 1830, gives a full and objective reassessment of the monarch’s character, reputation, and achievement. Previous writers have tended to accept the unfavorable verdicts of the king’s contemporaries that he was a dissolute, pleasure-loving...
The Great Coharie
Stories of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
The Great Coharie River, named for an Indian tribe, became a place of retreat and solitude for author James A. Smith. This was where he felt at ease and could become one with nature. It was the place where he was accepted without criticism. And it was his safe place, away from beatings he had come...
Discipleship in the Present Tense: Reflections on Faith and Culture
Reflections on Faith and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In this accessible, insightful book, noted Christian scholar and award-winning author James K. A. Smith gathers together a range of his writing for popular audiences. Working at the intersection of faith and culture, past and present, church and world, Smith offers both incisive cultural criticism...
Filibusters and Expansionists
Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
This compelling narrative demonstrates the passionate interest the
Jeffersonian presidents had in wresting land from less powerful foes and
expanding Jefferson's "empire of liberty."
The first two decades of the 19th century found many Americans
eager to move away from the crowded...
Forgotten Disease
Illnesses Transformed in Chinese Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Around the turn of the twentieth century, disorders that Chinese physicians had been writing about for over a millennium acquired new identities in Western medicine—sudden turmoil became cholera; flowers of heaven became smallpox; and foot qi became beriberi. Historians have tended to present these...
Awaiting the King (Cultural Liturgies Book #3)
Reforming Public Theology
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
In this culmination of his widely read and highly acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project, James K. A. Smith examines politics through the lens of liturgy. What if, he asks, citizens are not only thinkers or believers but also lovers? Smith explores how our analysis of political institutions would...
Herping Texas
The Quest for Reptiles and Amphibians
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Coiled beneath discarded trash or rocky slabs, basking along river edges, and tucked into rock cuts beside the highway, reptiles and amphibians constantly surround us. While many people go out of their way to avoid snakes or shudder at the thought of touching a toad, herpers take to the field armed...
"No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar"
Sherman's Carolinas Campaign from Fayetteville to Averasboro, March 1865
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
“Smith and Sokolsky have firmly established themselves within the highest echelon of 1865 Carolinas Campaign historians.” —Civil War Books and Authors
Gen. William T. Sherman’s 1865 Carolinas Campaign receives scant attention from most Civil War historians. Career military officers...
by Terry A. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
This is an uplifting collection of sermons written by the Rev. Dr. Terry A. Smith, encompassing lessons about life, death, love, marriage, divorce, forgiveness, and entertainment, to name a few. After his death, his son, Michael A. Smith, found in his father's effects the results of a forty year...
by Katherine A Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Third in the Northnest Saga, "Hearthsraven" follows Vor, a young mage introduced in book 2. Orphaned on the streets of a conquered city, Vor's fledgling mage powers kept her alive, but also drew the attention of the conquering lord, Altare Dhordirh, who took her for his apprentice. Now,...
The Fall of Interpretation
Philosophical Foundations for a Creational Hermeneutic
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In this provocative book James K. A. Smith, one of the most engaging Christian scholars of our day, offers an innovative approach to hermeneutics. The second edition of Smith's well-received debut book provides updated interaction with contemporary hermeneutical discussions and responds to criticisms.
How (Not) to Be Secular
Reading Charles Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
How (Not) to Be Secular is what Jamie Smith calls "your hitchhiker's guide to the present" -- it is both a reading guide to Charles Taylor's monumental work A Secular Age and philosophical guidance on how we might learn to live in our times.
Taylor's landmark book A Secular Age (2007)...
Desiring the Kingdom (Cultural Liturgies)
Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans--as Augustine noted--are "desiring agents," full of longings and passions; in brief, we are what we love.
James K. A. Smith focuses on the themes of liturgy...
Making the Case for Leadership
Profiles of Chief Advancement Officers in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The advancement industry has experienced tremendous growth in breadth and depth over the last few decades. Driving this growth is the chief advancement officer; however, as a relatively new position on most college and university campuses, little is formally known about the role and the people who...