J Davis: 274 books
by Nancy J. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Beyond Proof
by Nancy J. Davis
Beyond Proof follows the life of Dr. John Martin, a cardiothoracic surgeon.
Born as a child genius in the field of medicine, John is plagued throughout his life by recurring and very realistic dreams.
These dreams suggest...
by Lennard J Davis
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Shortly before his father's death, Lennard Davis received a cryptic call from his uncle Abie, who said he had a secret he wanted to tell him one day. When finally revealed, the secret--that Abie himself was Davis's father, via donor insemination--seemed too preposterous to be true. Born before the...
The Unmaking of the President 2016
How FBI Director James Comey Cost Hillary Clinton the Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
The first comprehensive account that proves that James Comey threw the 2016 election to Donald Trump. “Compelling criticism…lapsed Trump supporters might well open their minds to this attorney’s scholarly, entirely convincing proof of the damage done” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
During...
Truth to Tell
Tell It Early, Tell It All, Tell It Yourself: Notes from My White House Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 1999
On a November afternoon in 1996, Lanny Davis got a phone call that would change his life. It was from a top aide at the White House, asking him if he was interested in joining the president's senior staff. Within a few short weeks he had signed on as special counsel to the president. Fourteen months...
Enforcing Normalcy
Disability, Deafness, and the Body
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
In this highly original study of the cultural assumptions governing our conception of people with disabilities, Lennard J. Davis argues forcefully against “ableist” discourse and for a complete recasting of the category of disability itself.
Enforcing Normalcy surveys the emergence of...
Arbitrary Justice
The Power of the American Prosecutor
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
What happens when public prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions instead of justice? Why are cases involving well-to-do victims often prosecuted more vigorously than those involving poor victims? Why do wealthy defendants frequently enjoy more lenient...
Crisis Tales
Five Rules for Coping with Crises in Business, Politics, and Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
TELL IT ALL, TELL IT EARLY, TELL IT YOURSELF
Nobody ever calls Lanny Davis to give him good news. As a legal crisis manager, he’s the man public figures such as Bill Clinton, Martha Stewart, U.S. representative Charlie Rangel, and companies such as Whole Foods, among many others, rely on...
Fleet Fire
Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
The electric revolution, which eclipsed the Industrial Revolution by the end of the 19th century and continues to this day, changed our world forever. FLEET FIRE tells us how it all began. In an engaging and entertaining narrative, L. J. Davis fields a cast of both prominent and forgotten characters,...
by Stephen J. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Monasticism is a social and religious phenomenon which originated in antiquity and which still remains relevant in the twenty-first century. But what, exactly, is it, and how is it distinguished from other kinds of religious and non-religious practice? In this Very Short Introduction Stephen J. Davis...
Enabling Acts
The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
The first significant book on the history and impact of the ADA—the “eyes on the prize” moment for disability rights
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging and most comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the United States, and it has become...
by L.J. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2010
L.J. Davis’s 1971 novel, A Meaningful Life, is a blistering black comedy about the American quest for redemption through real estate and a gritty picture of New York City in collapse. Just out of college, Lowell Lake, the Western-born hero of Davis’s novel, heads to New York, where he plans to...
by Laura J. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Step back in time and experience the life of Christ through the eyes of His mother. Come to Me offers the reader an intimate glimpse into the lives of Jesus and His family in a way that brings them to life. The theme of trusting God and surrendering to Him are evident throughout this remarkable story....
Black Politics Today
The Era of Socioeconomic Transition
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The late 1980s ushered in a new era of black politics, the socioeconomic transition era. Coming on the heels of the protest era and politics era, the current stage is characterized by the emergence of a new black middle class that came of age after the Civil Rights struggle. Although class still isn’t...
Defining Culinary Authority
The Transformation of Cooking in France, 1650-1830
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, French cooks began to claim central roles in defining and enforcing taste, as well as in educating their diners to changing standards. Tracing the transformation of culinary trades in France during the Revolutionary era, Jennifer J. Davis argues that the...