James Daniel Ross: 10 books

History, invention, the power of deduction…Clockwork Chaos is more than goggles and gears. It is about order and structure and timing striving for mechanical perfection. But in an era where mass production does not yet exist, the unique machinery brought forth into the world is at times bound to fall...

Mercenaries in the 27th century are said to be pragmatic, crafty, and even callous. Yet there are some things they hold above all else. The first must be the lockbox, for every man who fights must be paid. The second is the integrity of the commander, for none wish to be sent to die needlessly to...

They Say You need three things: Honor, integrity, & Courage. What you really need is the nerve to fly half a billion light years, touch down on alien soil, and fight in a major land war...every other week. Welcome to the world of The Radiation Angels. Follow this team of crack mercenaries as they are beset, beleaguered, and betrayed.

It’s 2652 and to fight rebellions, put down revolutions, quell civil disturbance, and battle enemy ground troops, planetary governments reach out over the quantum net to hire mercenaries. Forget glory. Forget adulation. What occupies the mind of a mercenary soldier is survival. One day Todd Rook...

Captain Todd Rook is called to meet with a revolutionary leader to foment open rebellion. It is a just cause, an honest cause, a righteous cause. It is simply one he does not believe can win. He must meet in the rebel camp and tell them the truth. And hopefully, teach these slaves that there is more...

People forget, far too often. Religion can be a beautiful thing. It can bind communities into pillars of generosity and spirit. It can teach the great to support the wretched. It can allow for humility and understanding, inspire justice and fair play. It can armor a heart against fear. As long...

When the richest man in the galaxy finds out his estranged daughter was born on the worst cesspool colonized by man, he will hire the Radiation Angels. Lieutenant Todd Rook is Tapped for the mission, one that will haunt him for the rest of his days, and burn into everyone's mind one word: Restavek....

How to rebuild higher education from the ground up for the twenty-first century. Higher education is in crisis. It is too expensive, ineffective, and impractical for many of the world's students. But how would you reinvent it for the twenty-first century—how would you build it from the ground...

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with Commonweal magazine, presents the second of two volumes in the groundbreaking series, American Catholics in the Public Square, a project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Essays by scholars, journalists, lawyers, business and labor leaders, church administrators...

Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...