John Hicks: 30 books
by Mark Allison, Laura Beer, Michael Bentley
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
That Thomas Carlyle was influential in his own lifetime and continues to be so over 130 years after his death is a proposition with which few will disagree. His role as his generation’s foremost interpreter of German thought, his distinctive rhetorical style, his approach to history via the “innumerable...
Nightmare Magazine, Issue 80 (May 2019)
Nightmare Magazine, #80
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror.
This month, Mimi Mondal plays with a classic Bengali trope about ghosts in her new short story...
by John Mackinnon, Nigel Hicks
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
A compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide for any nature watcher on a visit to China, one of the world's top destinations for watching birds. A total of 252 species is described here in detail, from the magestic Black-crowned Night Heron to the striking Large Niltava. All of these birds are...
Building a Roll-Off Roof Observatory
A Complete Guide for Design and Construction
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Almost every amateur astronomer who has taken the pursuit to its second level aspires to a fixed, permanent housing for his telescope, permitting its rapid and comfortable use avoiding hours of setting-up time for each observing session. A roll-off roof observatory is the simplest and by far the most...
Building a Roll-Off Roof or Dome Observatory
A Complete Guide for Design and Construction
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Almost every practical astronomer eventually aspires to have a fixed, permanent observatory for his or her telescope. A roll-off roof or dome observatory is the answer for the most popular home observatory design. Building a Roll-Off or Dome Observatory will help you decide whether to embark on the...
Countering Coercion in Maritime Asia
The Theory and Practice of Gray Zone Deterrence
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
In the past decade, tensions in Asia have risen as Beijing has become more assertive in maritime disputes with its neighbors and the United States. Although taking place below the threshold of direct military confrontation, China’s assertiveness frequently involves coercive elements that put at...
Down in the River to Pray, Revised Ed.
Revisioning Baptism as God's Transforming Work
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Combining careful Bible study with enlightening historical survey and practical suggestions, this book provides a rich resource for deepening and renewing a central practice of the Christian faith.
Planning for Community Resilience
A Handbook for Reducing Vulnerability to Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
How can we plan and design stronger communities? From New Orleans to Galveston to the Jersey Shore, communities struck by natural disasters struggle to recover long after the first responders have left. Globally, the average annual number of natural disasters has more than doubled since 1980. These...
by Johnnie Howell "John Howell Hicks, Jr."
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Simon, a child of a black slave, is born on the same night as the son of his Jewish master. Both boys grow up together, but live very different lives. Although Simon becomes a proselyte to the Jewish faith, he is betrayed and forced to fight in the arena as a gladiator. Eventually, all the events...
by Samuel Bostaph, Ph.D., Bryan Caplan
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Ayn Rand wrote and lectured on economic concepts and topics. This volume addresses the economic and business aspects of her writings. The authors of this anthology are from a variety of fields and all of them are enthusiastic supporters of her ideas.
Surrendering to Hope
Guidance for the Broken
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Broken trust is not the end.
Have you ever felt like Job, watching God cure, calm, and care for others, while you remain crumpled on the floor looking for God in the darkness?
In Surrendering to Hope, you’ll find fifteen stories of heartbreak and tragedy told with unflinching honesty—brutal deaths...
U.S.-India Security Cooperation
Progress and Promise for the Next Administration
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
The U.S.-India relationship has fluctuated from mutual suspicion to the current high-water mark of cooperation embodied in the seemingly close relationship between U.S. president Barack Obama and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. This study seeks to identify the opportunities to deepen security...
Meeting God at the Shack
A Journey into Spiritual Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
How can wounded people come to believe that God deeply loves them?
Many have enjoyed William Young's The Shack, even if they puzzled over the book's actual meaning and theology. While some were quick to dismiss it as fiction, The Shack isn't really fiction at all. It's a modern day parable.
Meeting...
A Gathered People
Revisioning the Assembly as Transforming Encounter
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
As a companion volume to Come to the Table and Down in the River to Pray, this book completes a trilogy on the three "ordinances" of the Stone-Campbell Movement. A Gathered People is an in-depth biblical, historical, and theological study of the Christian assembly or Lord’s Day. It examines Hebrew...