Mapp: 23 books
Frock Coats and Epaulets
The Men Who Led the Confederacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
The passion of Robert E. Lee and the puritan streak in cavalier J. E. B. Stuart are only two of the surprises in Alf J. Mapp Jr.'s highly regarded psychological analysis of Confederate military and political leaders. In this beautifully written book, Mapp also brings to life the defensively genteel...
Chance or Circumstance?
A Memoir and Journey Through the Struggle for Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2016
When it comes to issues of race and color of ones skin, ignorance and racism persist to this day. Its necessary to make connections from the past to erase the veil of ignorance. In Chance or Circumstance?, author James R. Mapp offers an account of the history of race relations and the road to desegregation...
by John A. Mapp Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
To Christians, Jesus of Nazareth is the pivotal figure in human history. The entire Bible is about Him. Passages in the Old Testament forecast His life. In some Scriptures, references to Jesus are clear. In others, biblical writers relied on symbolism to foretell Jesuss time on earth.
In his...
Summer
The Matchmaker Chronicles, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Margaritas and meddling mommas create an intoxicating mix of romance and fireworks. Best friends Rina and Maggie decide it's time to help their not-even-looking-for-love children find their happily ever afters!
Ander Thorn will do a lot to keep his mother Rina happy--except get married. Besides,...
Winter
The Matchmaker Chronicles, #3
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2019
She was his first love, the one who walked away.
Rico Edison found the perfect for him woman when he was a teenager.
He was the high school heartthrob. She was the Brainiac nerd next door.
A misunderstanding derailed their romance.
Over a decade later, he's hoping help...
A Match on Dry Grass
Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
The persistent failure of public schooling in low-income communities constitutes one of our nation's most pressing civil rights and social justice issues. Many school reformers recognize that poverty, racism, and a lack of power held by these communities undermine children's education and development,...
African Americans and the Oscar
Decades of Struggle and Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2008
At the 2007 Academy Awards® ceremony, an unprecedented number of Black performers received acting nominations, and two of the statues awarded that evening went to Forest Whitaker and Jennifer Hudson. Indeed, since 2000, more African Americans have received Oscars than in the previous century. While...
by Paul W. Mapp
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
A truly continental history in both its geographic and political scope, The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 investigates eighteenth-century diplomacy involving North America and links geographic ignorance about the American West to Europeans' grand geopolitical designs. Breaking...
Autumn
The Matchmaker Chronicles, #2
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Margaritas and meddling mommas create an intoxicating mix of romance and fireworks. Best friends Maggie Barnes and Rina Thorn are fresh off a successful matchmaking venture, when they are tasked with finding love for two new couples.
Allegra Highland didn’t ask to be matched. Raised by her...
by Susan C. Mapp
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Human trafficking is a thriving business around the world. Although attention had been focused initially on those who were trafficked over international borders for sexual exploitation, awareness has slowly increased of the trafficking of US citizens within its own borders, including its children....
Three Golden Ages
Discovering the Creative Secrets of Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and America's Founding
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 1998
In this intriguing book, best-selling author Alf Mapp, Jr. explores three periods in Western history that exploded with creativity: Elizabethan England, Renaissance Florence, and America's founding. What enabled these societies to make staggering jumps in scientific knowledge, develop new political structures, or create timeless works of art?
The Golden Dragon
Alfred the Great and His Times
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
King Alfred. Everybody knows that he is called “the Great,” but few remember why. Forgetfulness is strange, for few men have led lives so full of physical, mental, and spiritual adventure, or influenced in so many ways the lives of people in every part of the globe. The Golden Dragon is his fascinating...
Colonial North America and the Atlantic World
A History in Documents
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
A comprehensive collection of primary documents for students of early American and Atlantic history, Colonial North America and the Atlantic World gives voice to the men and women¿Amerindian, African, and European¿who together forged a new world.These compelling narratives address the major themes...
by S. Chris Edmonds, MHROD and Lisa Zigarmi, MAPP
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Work is a good thing yet its not always a positive thing. Its not always gratifying or enriching because people spend a majority of their waking life in organizations that dont create wellness. A positive workplace provides a constructive environment that fulfills our needs for autonomy, connection,...
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