Jenkins: 1299 books
by Murray Leinster, William F. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
The Fourth Murray MEGAPACK® explores the works of Murray Leinster (the pseudonym used by William F. Jenkins for much of his genre work). If you’ve made it this far in the series, we assume you have already read the intros in previous volumes about Jenkins/Leinster and know how prolific he was,...
Sports Makes You Type Faster
The Entire World of Sports by One of America's Most Famous Sportswriters
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2019
Sports Makes You Type Faster presents a remarkable new collection of essays by one of America’s best-known and best-loved sportswriters. Served up with the acerbic wit that is Dan Jenkins’s hallmark, the essays range over the whole world of sports, taking aim at owners, players, fans, and franchises...
by Melissa Shields Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
During a period when the idea of fatherhood was in flux and individual fathers sought to regain a cohesive collective identity, debates related to a father’s authority were negotiated and resolved through competing documents. Melissa Shields Jenkins analyzes the evolution of patriarchal authority...
Vampire Forensics
Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Mark Jenkins’s engrossing history draws on the latest science, anthropological and archaeological research to explore the origins of vampire stories, providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of immortal beings who defy death by feeding on the lifeblood of others. From the...
by Emily Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
"But what Emily Jenkins and Chris Appelhans’ lyrical collaboration is really about is the intoxicating thrill of friendship, and boundless joy of play..." –The New York Times
A “merry read-aloud.” –The Wall Street Journal
Winner of the 2018 Zena Sutherland Award for Best Text
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by Steve Jenkins, Robin Page
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Caldecott Honor–winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore form, color, and pattern, and capture the very unique nature of frogs in this brilliantly illustrated picture book. Perfect for fans of The Beetle Book, and young readers looking for nonfiction about this perennially fascinating animal.
Long...
Dream Catchers
How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
In books such as Mystics and Messiahs, Hidden Gospels, and The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins has established himself as a leading commentator on religion and society. Now, in Dream Catchers, Jenkins offers a brilliant account of the changing mainstream attitudes towards Native American spirituality,...
The Cold War at Home
The Red Scare in Pennsylvania, 1945-1960
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
One of the most significant industrial states in the country, with a powerful radical tradition, Pennsylvania was, by the early 1950s, the scene of some of the fiercest anti-Communist activism in the United States. Philip Jenkins examines the political and social impact of the Cold War across the...
The 2012 Story
The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
On December 21, 2012, the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, a 5,125-year cycle calendar system pioneered by the Maya, will come to an end. At the same time, the earth, the sun, and the center of the galaxy will come together in an extremely rare cosmic alignment. More and more people believe that...
At the Limits of History
Essays on Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
"Why bother with history? Keith Jenkins has an answer. He helps us re-think the "end of history", as signalled by postmodernity. Readers may disagree with him, but he never fails to provoke debate about the future of the past."
Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck...
A Wakeful Faith
Spiritual Practice in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2000
In the harried, expect-the-unexpected flow of everyday life, faith seems far away for many people. Something in the car dies. The bills are due. The kids need school supplies. The business report remains unwritten. In A Wakeful Faith, Jenkins asserts that living awake to God in all of our daily affairs...
Scandalon
Running from Shame & Finding God's Scandalous Love
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
In this vivid and transparent memoir, Susan takes us on a fascinating journey into the streets and homes of modern China. The travel memoir is interspersed with Susan's personal story of emotional and spiritual sabotage and shame. Running away from scandal, she left the San Francisco Bay Area to teach...
by Robin Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Introduced by Margery Palmer McCulloch. In writing Just Duffy, a novel set amidst the urban decay of Lanarkshire, Robin Jenkins has created a modern-day Confession of a Justified Sinner. Convinced of his own rectitude, appalled at the moral squalor around him, Duffy declares war on society. Ridiculous,...
by Karin Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
There are so many “perks” that accompany menopause—hot flashes, mood swings, night sweats, depression, dry skin, digestive issues, and the dreaded billy goat chin hair. Those are just a few of the symptoms women bring to the party as we travel through the aging process. In her guide to aging...