B Smith: 277 books
The Decision Was Always My Own
Ulysses S. Grant and the Vicksburg Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
The Vicksburg Campaign, argues Timothy B. Smith, is the showcase of Ulysses S. Grant’s military genius. From October 1862 to July 1863, for nearly nine months, Grant tried repeatedly to capture the Confederate river city. He maneuvered and adapted numerous times, reacting to events and enemy movements...
Mississauga Portraits
Ojibwe Voices from Nineteenth-Century Canada
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
The word “Mississauga” is the name British Canadian settlers used for the Ojibwe on the north of Lake Ontario – now the most urbanized region in what is now Canada. The Ojibwe of this area in the early and mid-nineteenth century lived through a time of considerable threat to the survival of...
Mississippi in the Civil War
The Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
In Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front, Timothy B. Smith examines Mississippi's Civil War defeat by both outside and inside forces. The invading Union army dismantled the state's political system, infrastructure, economy, and fighting capability. The state saw extensive military operations,...
Grant Invades Tennessee
The 1862 Battles for Forts Henry and Donelson
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
When General Ulysses S. Grant targeted Forts Henry and Donelson, he penetrated the Confederacy at one of its most vulnerable points, setting in motion events that would elevate his own status, demoralize the Confederate leadership and citizenry, and, significantly, tear the western Confederacy asunder....
Deceived on Purpose: The New Age Implications of the Purpose Driven Church
The New Age Implications of the Purpose Driven Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Christian author Warren Smith's book Deceived on Purpose warns about the serious New Age implications of Pastor Rick Warren s book The Purpose Driven Life. Smith takes the reader into the inner workings of today s evangelical world as he explores the questionable interconnections of several of its...
Mississippi in the Civil War
The Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
In Mississippi in the Civil War: The Home Front, Timothy B. Smith examines Mississippi's Civil War defeat by both outside and inside forces. From without, the Union army dismantled the state's political system, infrastructure, economy, and fighting capability. The state saw extensive military operations,...
Changing Visions of East Asia, 1943-93
Transformations and Continuities
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Ralph Smith was a highly respected historian who, at the time of his death in December 2000, had nearly completed a manuscript chronicling changes in the East Asia region since 1943. This fascinating work, completed and edited by Chad Mitcham, one of Ralph Smith’s former students, himself a specialist...
Before I Forget
Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer's
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
**“A powerful portrait of Alzheimer’s…marked by strong emotions and often bleak honesty.”
—The Washington Post
“The vulnerability, courage, and honesty in Before I Forget are heart-opening. Fear can be paralyzing…yet B. and Dan beautifully demonstrate that there is a different...
Shiloh
Conquer or Perish
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
A critical moment in the Civil War, the Battle of Shiloh has been the subject of many books. However, none has told the story of Shiloh as Timothy Smith does in this volume, the first comprehensive history of the two-day battle in April 1862—a battle so fluid and confusing that its true nature has...
by B. B. Smith, H. C. Heartland, Rex Reason
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Two-Minute Tales is a fast-paced collection of flash fiction and short stories. H. C. Heartland is a master of the short story. She captures emotion and heart in Father of a Bricklayer and Happy Hearts. She gives us a look into missionary life in Radio Walk. Ever wonder what happens when the lights...
Athletes of the Bible
B. Deane Brink - Paul Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Athletes of The Bible was written in 1914 as a teaching aid for boys in the YMCA. The book has been updated with additional information by former Coach Emmett Smith, who regularly used the original book in his Fellowship of Christian Athletes meetings.
Muses, Madmen, and Prophets
Hearing Voices and the Borders of Sanity
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2007
An inquiry into hearing voices-one of humanity's most profound phenomena
Auditory hallucination is one of the most awe-inspiring, terrifying, and ill- understood tricks of which the human psyche is capable. In the age of modern medical science, we have relegated this experience to nothing more...
The Light That Was Dark
From the New Age to Amazing Grace
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2011
The Light That Was Dark is a sober warning to the world and to the Church. Author Warren B. Smith learned some hard lessons as a spiritual seeker. Concerned that today's Church is being seduced by the same false techings and the same false Christ that drew him into the New Age, Smith shares his story...
Watering the Greyhound Garden
Stories from the Streets of San Francisco
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
In Watering the Greyhound Garden, Warren B. Smith recounts his job as a Travelers Aid social worker at the San Francisco Greyhound Bus Terminal. In fifty-one heartfelt stories, Smith describes some of the many people he encountered at the depot and on the streets of San Francisco. Meet Banjo Bobby...