Aikman: 15 books
The Delusion of Disbelief
Why the New Atheism is a Threat to Your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
The last few years have seen a great assault upon faith in the publishing world, with an influx of books denouncing religious belief. While attacks on faith are not new, what is notable about these books—several of which have hit the bestseller charts—is their contention that belief in God is...
Billy Graham
His Life and Influence
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
IF THERE WERE SUCH A JOB AS THE NATION’S PASTOR, IT WOULD GO TO BILLY GRAHAM
Graham wasn’t born with a mandate to become the face of modern evangelism. Growing up, he wasn’t much different from other boys in his town. Billy was more interested in going to the movies than the moving of...
Saturday Night Widows
The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Six marriages, six heartbreaks, one shared beginning.
In her forties – a widow, too young, too modern to accept the role – Becky Aikman struggled to make sense of her place in an altered world. In this transcendent and infectiously wise memoir, she explores surprising new discoveries about...
Off the Cliff
How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
A lively and revealing behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of history's most controversial and influential movies, drawing on exclusive interviews with the cast and crew.
“You’ve always been crazy,” says Louise to Thelma, shortly after she locks a police officer in the trunk...
The Mirage of Peace
Understand The Never-Ending Conflict in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Morning headlines announce renewed violence and fresh calls for peace negotiations, while pundits on talk radio and cable TV shout conflicting opinions at anyone who will listen. Between perplexing contradictions and inflammatory rhetoric, it is often difficult to find out what's really going on in...
A Man of Faith
The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2004
More than any other world leader in recent times, George W. Bush is a man of faith…a conservative Christian who has brought the power of prayer and the search for God's will into the Oval Office. His faith has proven to be a bedrock of strength and resolve during two of the most tumultuous years...
by Aikman,William
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
The Future of the Colored Race in America is a treatise by William Aikman that was published as an article in the Presbyterian Quarterly Review of July, 1862. The book comments on the state of the Negro slaves in America and the course of first year of the Civil War. The book also presents the author's...
When Prime Brokers Fail
The Unheeded Risk to Hedge Funds, Banks, and the Financial Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
An informative primer on the new landscape of leading prime brokers
Before the recent financial crisis, both regulators and market participants disregarded the complex and dangerous nature of the relationship between prime brokers (the banks) and their clients (the funds). In When Prime Brokers...
by William Aikman
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Travel back in time to the midst of Civil War-torn America and get a first-hand glimpse into how progressive American thinkers were conceptualizing race relations and grappling with the issue of how African-Americans would fare in the aftermath of the war. This thought-provoking essay from writer and pastor William Aikman is a compelling document of a turbulent period in U.S. history.
One Nation without God?
The Battle for Christianity in an Age of Unbelief
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Christianity in America is under siege. From litigation over coaches starting games with prayer to expulsion from college for refusing to endorse beliefs at odds with the Christian faith, hardly a week goes by without news of the declining influence that Christianity has in the public square. Can...
Jesus in Beijing
How Christianity Is Transforming China And Changing the Global Balance of Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
This book details the great unreported story of the Chinese giant, its enormously rapid conversion to Christianity, and what this change means to the global balance of power.
Juicy Drinks
Fresh fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies, cocktails and more
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
No store-bought carton boasts juices as fresh, flavorful, and nutritious as those you create in your own home. With today’s high-powered extractors and blenders, you can make all kinds of delicious drinks with just the flop of a switch. Looking for a quick energy boost? Drink in the health benefits...
by David Aikman
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Kidnapped in Gaza is a fast-paced thriller set in Israel and Gaza. The hero is Richard Ireton, the Jerusalem bureau chief for Epoch Magazine, an American weekly newsmagazine. He is eyewitness at the beginning of the story to a shooting incident in the West Bank involving Israeli soldiers and Palestinian...
by Alexander B. Aikman
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
The Art and Practice of Court Administration explores the context in which court administration is practiced and identifiesthe qualities and skills court administrators need.
Divided into two major parts, part one covers the history of the field
and how courts are organized, environmental...
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