James Boyd: 38 books
When Words Lose Their Meaning
Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Through fresh readings of texts ranging from Homer's Iliad, Swift's Tale of a Tub, and Austen's Emma through the United States Constitution and McCulloch v. Maryland, James Boyd White examines the relationship between an individual mind and its language and culture as well as the "textual community"...
by James Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
John Fraser lived with his mother and father in the backwoods of North Carolina. Squire Fraser, a strict but kind Scotsman, was determined that his son should have a gentleman’s education, and so he sent John to the coastal town of Edenton to be tutored by Dr. Clapton, an English clergyman. ...
by James Boyd White, H. Jefferson Powell
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
The authors of this book share a concern for the state of law and democracy in our country, which to many seems to have deteriorated badly. Deep changes are visible in a wide array of phenomena: judicial opinions, the teaching of law, legal practice, international relations, legal scholarship, congressional...
by James Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
At age 35, Tracy found herself tragically widowed with three small children to raise. Join her on this compelling journey as she takes you through the miraculous road of healing. Everyone, at one time or another, will experience some type of loss, whether it be the loss of a loved one, the loss of...
Living Speech
Resisting the Empire of Force
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. The language of race objectifies those it touches, and propaganda disables democracy. Advertising...
Connecting to the Gospel
Texts, Sermons, Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2010
How can we connect the Gospels--the fundamental texts of Christian faith--to our own experience of inner and outer life? This is the question that animates Connecting to the Gospel. In it James Boyd White presents a series of Gospel passages, together with the sermons he gave on these passages as...
by James Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
This is the first collection in book form of a number of Boyd's short stories. These stories are as particularly southern as their subject, the small southern community. They emphasize dialogue rather than description and illustrate the economy of the skilled writer who discards false ornaments of...
by James Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Leonard James is on an extraordinary quest: to be a man of value. The outcast of a dysfunctional family, Leonard is perplexed and incensed by life's injustices, beginning with the untimely death of cousin Butch. Leonard vows to overcome the adversity in his life. However, he resorts to alcohol and...
The Gospel as Conversation
Texts, Sermons, and Questions for Reflection: A Study Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
How are we to read the Gospels and bring them into our lives? The idea of this book is that the Gospels are not merely rules for life, or stories illustrating moral lessons, or statements of theological doctrine, but invitations to thought and conversation. The Gospels are full of problems, uncertainties,...
by James Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2019
On this day in 1871, journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous search through Africa for the missing British explorer Dr. David Livingstone.
In the late 19th century, Europeans and Americans were deeply fascinated by the “Dark Continent” of Africa and its many mysteries.
This...
by James McKimmey, Jr., H. B. Fyfe
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
Worlds of If was a three time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. Worlds of If discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the third in our Worlds of If series with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. ‘The Yillian Way’...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Teacher's Pet
Lessons Outside the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Nine Stories of Lessons Outside the Classroom
By Virtue Fall by Kashmira Majumdar – The rules have changed…and so have the consequences for breaking them.
Striking Gold by S.A. James – Sometimes when we think we have no choice, life brings something brighter.
Full Marks...
The Must-Read Novels for Christmas Time (Illustrated Edition)
The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Christmas Angel, The Little City of Hope, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2017
Presenting our best ever and biggest ever collection of hand-picked Christmas classics for a wonderful holiday enjoyment. Our editions are meticulously crafted to give the absolute reading pleasure and that happy festive smile. So, what are you waiting for? Just come along... Life and Adventures of...