David M : 1401 books
The Eusebians
The Polemic of Athanasius of Alexandria and the Construction of the `Arian Controversy'
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2006
A historical and theological re-evaluation of the polemical writings of Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-73), who would become known to later Christian generations as a saint and a champion of orthodoxy, and as the defender of the original Nicene Creed of 325 against the `Arian heresy'. For much...
by David M. Stillman, Ronni L. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Practice your way to a bigger vocabulary and better French skills
If you want to expand your language skills, French Vocabulary Drills is filled with the information and practice you need to reach optimum results. Written by bestselling language-teaching experts David M. Stillman and Ronni L. Gordon,...
When Titans Clashed
How the Red Army Stopped Hitler
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
On first publication, this uncommonly concise and readable account of Soviet Russia's clash with Nazi Germany utterly changed our understanding of World War II on Germany's Eastern Front, immediately earning its place among top-shelf histories of the world war. Revised and updated to reflect recent...
Hometown Religion
Regimes of Coexistence in Early Modern Westphalia
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
The pluralization of Christian religion was the defining fact of cultural life in sixteenth-century Europe. Everywhere they took root, ideas of evangelical reform disturbed the unity of religious observance on which political community was founded. By the third quarter of the sixteenth century, one...
America's West
A History, 1890–1950
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
The American West has influenced important national developments throughout the twentieth century, not only in the cultural arena, but also in economic development, in political ideology and action, and in natural resource conservation and preservation. Using regionalism as a lens for illuminating...
Youth and Empire
Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
This is the first study of its kind to provide such a broadly comparative and in-depth analysis of children and empire. Youth and Empire brings to light new research and new interpretations on two relatively neglected fields of study: the history of imperialism in East and South East Asia and, more...
Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination
From Patriots to Victims
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
When we hear the term “child soldiers,” most Americans imagine innocent victims roped into bloody conflicts in distant war-torn lands like Sudan and Sierra Leone. Yet our own history is filled with examples of children involved in warfare—from adolescent prisoner of war Andrew Jackson to Civil...
Myths of the Rune Stone
Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
What do our myths say about us? Why do we choose to believe stories that have been disproven? David M. Krueger takes an in-depth look at a legend that held tremendous power in one corner of Minnesota, helping to define both a community’s and a state’s identity for decades.
In 1898, a Swedish...
The Goths
Lost Civilizations
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
The Goths are truly a “lost civilization.” Sweeping down from the north, ancient Gothic tribes sacked the imperial city of Rome and set in motion the decline and fall of the western Roman empire. Ostrogothic and Visigothic kings ruled over Italy and Spain, dominating early medieval Europe. Yet...
Diplomacy at the Brink
Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden in the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
A groundbreaking new study of Anglo-American relations during the Cold War, Diplomacy at the Brink argues for a reevaluation of Dwight D. Eisenhower's foreign policy toward allies and enemies alike. Contrary to his reputation as a level-headed moderate, the Eisenhower who emerges in David M. Watry's...
People of Plenty
Economic Abundance and the American Character
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty—a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundance. In this important book, David M. Potter breaks new ground both in the study of this phenomenon and...
by David M. Delo
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Edith leaves home for Carter Station to teach. Martin's position as a clerk for a store in Bear River City ends when the town is destroyed by a riot. He ends up working for Judge Carter at Carter Station. Martin and Edith reunite. Her background as a suffragette helps South Pass City's women get the...
Britain and World Power since 1945
Constructing a Nation's Role in International Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
?Though Britain’s descent from global imperial power began in World War II and continued over the subsequent decades with decolonization, military withdrawal, and integration into the European Union, its foreign policy has remained that of a Great Power. David M. McCourt maintains that the lack...
Invisible Agents
Spirits in a Central African History
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Invisible Agents shows how personal and deeply felt spiritual beliefs can inspire social movements and influence historical change. Conventional historiography concentrates on the secular, materialist, or moral sources of political agency. Instead, David M. Gordon argues, when people perceive spirits...