Bertram: 314 books

In The Battlefield and Beyond leading Civil War historians explore a tragic part of our nation's history though the lenses of race, gender, leadership, politics, and memory. The essays in this strong collection shed new light on the defining issues of the Civil War era. Orville Vernon Burton, Leonne...

The lives of three men who made the Russian Revolution possible—Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin—are the focus of this biographical account of the rise of socialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bertram Wolfe, a political scientist and historian of Russia, knew Trotsky and Stalin personally,...

Bertram Sidney Thomas was an English civil servant who is the first documented Westerner to cross the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). He was also a scientist who practiced craniofacial anthropometry. He was born in Pill near Bristol and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. After working for the...

Throughout her history, the Church has had to combat a number of recurring beliefs and ideas which misunderstood and distorted the Faith passed down from the Apostles. Fr Bertram runs through the five main heresies and their various manifestations from Arianism to Modernism, and explains how they were and are being resisted and overcome.

This book is about faithful witnesses -- from the Reformation to South African apartheid to Bonhoeffer -- to the promise of Jesus Christ. Even in the midst of trials, these faithful followers have testified that the gospel is authority enough for the church's life and unity. Significantly, this is...

The presidency of Barack Obama seeks major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy....

Pipe-smoking, action-loving spaceship commander Lieutenant John Grimes (think Captain Kirk with more of a navy, salty attitude) moves out of the Federation navy and finds his true calling adventuring along the spaceways of the galactic rim. Number five in the collected adventures of the legendary...

Number six in the collected adventures of the legendary John Grimes of the Galactic Rim series. Contains Chandler classic novels and collections The Gateway to Never, The Dark Dimensions, and The Way Back.Pipe-smoking, action-loving spaceship commander Lieutenant John Grimes (think Captain Kirk with...

Number six in the collected adventures of the legendary John Grimes of the Galactic Rim series. Contains Chandler classic novels and collections The Gateway to Never, The Dark Dimensions, and The Way Back. Pipe-smoking, action-loving spaceship commander Lieutenant John Grimes (think Captain...

Samantha, a college student falls in love with a handsome, young, visiting, Mexican, baseball team player. She runs away from home to be with him dreaming of romance and marriage.. He takes her to Cozumel where he drugs her, and he and his friend rape and abuse her. She escapes and meets David, an...

Fly Caribou is a story about the men and women who designed and built the de Havilland Caribou. An airplane that saved the North American defenses against Russian ICBM's during the cold war, yet almost drove the company into bankruptcy. The Caribou was built to US Army specifications, taken over...

Professor Dexter, a young professor who teaches business ethics also covers personal relationships. Love. But he has never been in love. When challenged about his ignorance he determines to study the subject. He asks female studednt to take part in an experiment to explain what love is. One young...

When Jamie agrees to accompany a wealthy widow, Lydia Myers, to Miami he thinks he is going to lay in the sun, relax and admire the bikini clad women,But alas Jamie, can't even drive a new car without being arrested for auto theft. In jail he is transformed from a milksop into the image of a...

Extinction awaits will make you realize that that our life on earth could end at any moment. That the untamed forces of nature could change our world.These stories tell how it could happen. You won't like them and you will hope that none of these fictional events come true.