Patrick Baker: 12 books

This important study takes a new approach to understanding Italian Renaissance humanism, based not on scholarly paradigms or philosophical concepts but on a neglected yet indispensable perspective: the humanists' understanding of themselves. Through a series of close textual studies, Patrick Baker...

In Monument Valley, John Wayne's iconic status as a tough cowboy, Hollywood star, and American hero is forever tilted after a Navajo movie actor is fired for refusing to die on set. In Sherwood, Arizona, the Duke's reputation is put on trial when history comes to collect its debts after a new sheriff...

A guide to 33 day walks on the Ochils, Campsie Fells and Lomond Hills. The book offers a mixture of routes, including many popular peaks such as Ben Cleuch, Meikle Bin and West Lomond, as well as areas that are well off the beaten track. The walks have been chosen to reflect the diverse landscape...

Louis is a fourth grader who is moving into his grandmother’s house and is starting his first day at a new school. Louis’ father is absent from his life because he is in prison. Louis’ denial and disappointment in his father’s absence is displayed by his series of imaginative lies about his...

Fuzzy and his friends were enjoying a night fire when a storm came and put the animals to a test. It was not just any test. It was a test of teamwork, friendship, and care. Fuzzys friends were completing a task far more difficult than one animal could do. Their teamwork, friendship, and caring hearts came together to save the day.

This book is a way for me to show kids that helping one another and not being a bully can go a long way. So if you need help or you are in a bad situation and the only person there is the person that you have picked on, dont you think they might not help you? So make good choices and help stop bullying.

Jouth #4 continues the zine's unafraid look at modern issues through the lens of science fiction. In "The Cult of Sri Devi," Erin Lale explores a future cult that has rediscovered dangerous bio-chemistry of our modern era - and how it might "treat" Sad Mind. Patrick Baker shows...

We have some wonderful short stories and novellas form steampunk to military science fiction. I hope you enjoy all the stories.

The High Line, an innovative promenade created on a disused elevated railway in Manhattan, is one of the world’s most iconic new urban landmarks. Since the opening of its first section in 2009, this unique greenway has exceeded all expectations in terms of attracting visitors, investment, and property...

Lights in the sky. Strange visitors. Clashes between the FBI and a mysterious group of men clad in black. For as far back as history goes, there has been one unanswered question that just won’t seem to go away: What are those unidentifiable flying objects in the sky? And furthermore, who...

A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data   Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...

Oglala Chief Red Cloud is quoted as saying, "The white man made many promises to us, but he kept only one; he promised to take our land and he took it." Initially the method of taking Indian land was through treaties, a legitimate and acceptable agreement between Indian nations and...