L James: 962 books
Money Thief
The Life and Times of a Master Till-Tapper. a Self-Portrait of a Former Thief and Drug Addict
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Money Thief traces my path from the age of twelve to sixty-five, through numerous prison terms, heroin addictions, several marriages, and finally, to redemption. Each chapter, or mini-story, chronicles some significant event in my life. While each event did in fact occur, their chronological sequences...
From Primitive to Indigenous
The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
The academic study of Indigenous Religions developed historically from missiological and anthropological sources, but little analysis has been devoted to this classification within departments of religious studies. Evaluating this assumption in the light of case studies drawn from Zimbabwe, Alaska...
by James L. Huffman
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
A sweeping work of original scholarship, Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan examines the daily lives of Japan’s hinmin (poor people), particularly urban slum-dwellers, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. James Huffman draws on newspaper articles, official surveys, and reminiscences to recreate for...
by James L. Neibaur
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Harry Langdon was a silent screen comedian unlike any other. Slower in pace, more studied in movement, and quirkier in nature, Langdon challenged the comic norm by offering comedies that were frequently edgy and often surreal. After a successful run of short comedies with Mack Sennett, Langdon became...
Early Charlie Chaplin
The Artist as Apprentice at Keystone Studios
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Charlie Chaplin produced some of the greatest films of all time, including The Gold Rush, The Circus, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator. Before making a name for himself as an undisputed master of cinema, however, Chaplin first developed his acting, writing, and directing skills at...
by James L. Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2003
Exploring the life and leadership of Populist Marion Butler (1863-1938), James Hunt offers new insight into the challenges of American reform politics.
The son of North Carolina farmers and a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Butler displayed an early proclivity for agrarian reform....
by James L. Emch
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
On a cold wet May day in 1813, during the War of 1812, Colonel William Dudley led a green regiment of Kentucky militia against the British and their Indian allies in an effort to relieve the siege of Fort Meigs. Their effort to capture the British cannons on the shore opposite Fort Meigs proved to...
Nature's Compass
The Mystery of Animal Navigation
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2012
We know that animals cross miles of water, land, and sky with pinpoint precision on a daily basis. But it is only in recent years that scientists have learned how these astounding feats of navigation are actually accomplished. With colorful and thorough detail, Nature's Compass explores the remarkable...
by James L. Ferrell
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
As incredible as it may sound, much of the sadness and frustration we feel in mortality is actually created by our well-meaning efforts to find happiness. Relief from this predicament can be found through a divine gospel paradox that rescues us from failed roads and puts us on the surprising path to...
A Century of Controversy
Constitutional Reform in Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This timely examination of Alabama’s severely criticized state constitution will serve as an indispensable guide for legislators and citizens considering reform of the outdated document.
Alabama’s present constitution, adopted in 1901, is widely viewed as the source of many, if not most,...
Freud's Russia
National Identity in the Evolution of Psychoanalysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Freud's lifelong involvement with the Russian national character and culture is examined in James Rice's imaginative combination of history, literary analysis, and psychoanalysis. 'Freud's Russia' opens up the neglected "Eastern Front" of Freud's world--the Russian roots of his parents,...
The Great Shift
Encountering God in Biblical Times
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
A world-renowned scholar reveals how a pivotal transformation in spiritual experience during the biblical era made us who we are today
A great mystery lies at the heart of the Bible. Early on, people seem to live in a world entirely foreign to our own. God appears to Abraham and Sarah, Jacob...
by James K. Feibleman, Paul G. Morrison, Andrew J. Reck
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The year 1959 has been called The Centennial Year in view of the anniversary of the publication of The Origin of SPecies and the centenary of the births of many who later contributed much to the philosophy of the recent past, such as Samuel Alexander, Henri Bergson, John Dewey and Edmund Husser!'...
Africana Social Stratification
An Interdisciplinary Study of Economics, Policy, and Labor
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This study seeks to critically examine the field and function of social stratification, with emphasis on Africana phenomena. Phrased another way, this edited volume attempts to study and focus on who gets what and why, with regard to resources and structural application of support. The John Henrik...