Kenneth: 4007 books
The Everything Guide to Understanding Philosophy
Understand the basic concepts of the greatest thinkers of all time
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Complex ideas explained in everyday language!
Is there life after death? Are euthanasia, suicide, or stem cell research ethical acts? Does the use of performance enhancers in sports constitute cheating?
These are the types of philosophical questions people face today. Philosophy is not...
Strange Love
Or How We Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Market
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2001
As Junk Bond felon Michael Milken attempts to transform public education on the model of the HMO, he is hailed in the mainstream press as having "done more to help mankind than Mother Theresa." Even as BP Amoco, a notorious U.S. polluter, is charged with funding and arming paramilitaries...
by Kenneth Minogue
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2000
In this provocative but balanced essay, Kenneth Minogue discusses the development of politics from the ancient world to the twentieth century. He prompts us to consider why political systems evolve, how politics offers both power and order in our society, whether democracy is always a good thing,...
Family of Freedom
Presidents and African Americans in the White House
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Barack Obama is the first African American President, but the history of African Americans in the White House long predates him. The building was built by slaves, and African Americans have worked in it ever since, from servants to advisors. In charting the history of African Americans in the White...
by Kenneth W Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
This is a story of a true Christian who believed for nearly three decades, having grown up the son of evangelical missionary parents, later becoming a missionary himself. Yet he slowly lost his faith and now no longer holds it. In this part-autobiography, part-exposé, Ken traces his journey from...
Saving Nelson Mandela:The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa
The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
When South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow in 1963, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during his trial not only saved his life, but also enabled...
Journey of Hope
The Back-to-Africa Movement in Arkansas in the Late 1800s
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2005
Liberia was founded by the American Colonization Society (ACS) in the 1820s as an African refuge for free blacks and liberated American slaves. While interest in African migration waned after the Civil War, it roared back in the late nineteenth century with the rise of Jim Crow segregation and disfranchisement...
Preachers of Hate
Islam and the War on America
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Like no book before it, Preachers of Hate uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The “new” anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general. It targets our values, our lifestyle, and our freedoms. It is the single...
Churchill and the King
The Wartime Alliance of Winston Churchill and George VI
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
For fans of The King's Speech, the intriguing bond between monarch and prime minister and its crucial role during World War II
The political and personal relationship between King George VI and Winston Churchill during World War II is one that has been largely overlooked throughout history,...
by John Kenneth Galbraith
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
In his memoirs, John Kenneth Galbraith recalls amusingly, even brilliantly, the important and low moments in his life, the men and women he met who were great, only interesting, entertaining or even absurd.
Galbraith studied agriculture in his native Canada and agricultural economics at UC-Berkeley....
Still Seeing Red
How The Cold War Shapes The New American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
In Still Seeing Red, John Kenneth White explores how the Cold War molded the internal politics of the United States. In a powerful narrative backed by a rich treasure trove of polling data, White takes the reader through the Cold War years, describing its effect in redrawing the electoral map as we...
Illinois Justice
The Scandal of 1969 and the Rise of John Paul Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Illinois political scandals reached new depths in the 1960s and ’70s. In Illinois Justice, Kenneth Manaster takes us behind the scenes of one of the most spectacular. The so-called Scandal of 1969 not only ended an Illinois Supreme Court justice’s aspirations to the US Supreme Court, but also...
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2015
Chapter 1CardiomyopathyMy mother had cardiomyopathy; so did her mother and brother both of whom died from heart failure.My brother also had aortic regurgitation which had been treated but still has heart failure.When I was 12 and down with mumps, I remembered my mother...
Wait Time
A Memoir of Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
When poet and essayist Kenneth Sherman was diagnosed with cancer, he began keeping a notebook of observations that blossomed into this powerful memoir. With incisive and evocative language, Sherman presents a clear-eyed view of what the cancer patient feels and thinks. His narrative voice is personal...