Scott Smith: 94 books
Lifting the Silence
A World War II RCAF Bomber Pilot Reunites with his Past
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
At a time of great sacrifice in Canadian history, we are welcomed into the homes, the hearts, and the minds of mothers, sons, fathers, and friends as we follow Syd Smith and his high-school brotherhood of 13 when they answer the call to duty in 1941. Written with his son, David, Lifting the Silence...
Suffer the Children
How We Can Help Improve the Lives of the World’s Impoverished Children
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
We all say that we care about children. We all know that millions of children around the world, including in the United States, are suffering physically, materially, and emotionally and are unable to reach their full potential. Moreover, their material deprivation and physical ills often prevent them...
by Cherie Priest, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
In shadowy back alleys, crumbling brownstones, and gleaming skyscrapers, cities harbor unique forms of terror. Here lie malicious ghosts, cursed buildings, malignant deities, and personal demons of every kind.
Twenty of today’s most talented writers bend their skills toward the darkness,...
by Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2006
Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine.Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation–sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they...
by Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2006
“Spectacular. . . . Ten shades blacker and several corpses grimmer than the novels of John Grisham. . . . Do yourself a favor. Read this book.” —Entertainment Weekly
Two brothers and their friend stumble upon the wreckage of a plane–the pilot is dead and his duffle bag contains four...
by Jason Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
During the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal carried out a program of dramatic reform to counter the unprecedented failures of the market economy exposed by the Great Depression. Contrary to the views of today's conservative critics, this book argues that New Dealers were not 'anticapitalist'...
by Ken Scott Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
“All folklore is based on some remnants of truth, the Bible is no exception… The Horsemen are very real, they are immortal, and their only goal is to feed on mankind’s suffering and enslave humanity.”
An elementary school full of kids destroyed by a tornado… A soldier makes it home from...
Western Anti-Communism and the Interdoc Network
Cold War Internationale
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Interdoc was established in 1963 by Western intelligence services as a multinational effort to coordinate an anti-communist offensive. Drawing on exclusive sources and the memories of its participants, this book charts Interdoc's campaign, the people and ideas that lay behind it and the rise and fall of this remarkable network during the Cold War.
Reclaiming the Center
Confronting Evangelical Accommodation in Postmodern Times
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2004
"When evangelicals confuse an improper passion for novelty witha proper pursuit of academic and pastoral relevance, the resultscan be distressing. I cannot express how grateful I am for thewell-formed wisdom with which this book points to the abiding anddecisive relevance for future route-finding...
Machining Dynamics
Frequency Response to Improved Productivity
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2008
"Machining dynamics: Frequency response to improved productivity" will train engineers and students in the practical application of machining dynamics, with a particular focus on milling. The book is arranged such that the steps required to improve machining productivity through chatter...
The Naturalness of Belief
New Essays on Theism’s Rationality
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Despite its name, “naturalism” as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty,...
Christian Physicalism?
Philosophical Theological Criticisms
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional...
Transnational Anti-Communism and the Cold War
Agents, Activities, and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
How was anti-communism organised in the West? This book covers the agents, aims, and arguments of various transnational anti-communist activists during the Cold War. Existing narratives often place the United States – and especially the CIA – at the centre of anti-communist activity. The book instead opens up new fields of research transnationally.
Interprofessional Education in Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Implications from Complex Adaptive Systems Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
This book discusses the application of complex adaptive systems theory to the design and evaluation of patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). The three defining goals of PCMHs are to spread patient-care roles among healthcare team members, focus on disease prevention and include the patient in...