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A Time That Was
Christmas in Newfoundland
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
A collection of true Christmas stories by Gary Collins, Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite storyteller! Gary Collins invites us to live again the gone forever. These stories embody the soul of Christmas in outport Newfoundland, and each one carries a message that rings true every time: all roads...
At the Broken Places
A Mother and Trans Son Pick Up the Pieces
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
In this collaborative memoir, a parent and a transgender son recount wrestling with their differences as Donald Collins undertook medical-treatment options to better align his body with his gender identity.
As a parent, Mary Collins didn’t agree with her trans son’s decision to physically...
Classic Epistolary Works (Golden Deer Classics)
Dracula, The Woman In White, Fanny Hill, Lady Susan...
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents are sometimes used. The word epistolary is derived from Latin from the Greek word ἐπιστολή epistolē, meaning a letter . This Golden Deer...
When They Go Low, We Go High
Speeches That Shape the World and Why We Need Them
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
When First Lady Michelle Obama approached the podium at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, nobody could have predicted that her rousing and emotional “When they go low, we go high? speech would go on to become the motto for the political left and an anthem for opponents of oppression worldwide....
by John Churton Collins
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
John Churton Collins was described by the New York Times as a “man of great knowledge and of strong convictions” and “a brilliant writer.” Collected here are thirteen of his essays, most originally delivered as lectures on Shakespeare, Burke, Arnold, Johnson, Tennyson, and Browning, among others.
Banvard's Folly
Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, Famous Anonymity, and Rotten Luck
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
The historical record crowns success. Those enshrined in its annals are men and women whose ideas, accomplishments, or personalities have dominated, endured, and most important of all, found champions. John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists, and Samuel Johnson's...
Post-transitional Justice
Human Rights Trials in Chile and El Salvador
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Latin America is still dealing with the legacy of terror and torture from its authoritarian past. In the years after the restoration of democratic governments in countries where violations of human rights were most rampant, the efforts to hold former government officials accountable were mainly conducted...
Paleopoetics
The Evolution of the Preliterate Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Christopher Collins introduces an exciting new field of research traversing evolutionary biology, anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, and literary study. Paleopoetics maps the selective processes that originally shaped the human genus millions of years ago and...
by Collins
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
This handy, pocket-sized guide is essential reading for anyone who owns, or is thinking of investing in, an aquarium. It’s packed with colour photographs and provides all the information you need in a concise and accessible format. This compact guide is full of helpful information and expert advice...
Blessed Are the Meek, the Humble, and the Bold
Memoir of a Remarkable Life Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Elsie Collins is not your normal, everyday college professor in America. In her youth, she started out as Kissia descendent of African slaves, living in Wilsons Mill, North Carolina. Her upbringing brought her face-to-face with racism and discrimination, both subtly and overtly. The lines dividing...
by Collins
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
The only guide you need for choosing, planting and caring for beautiful trees in your garden. Filled with helpful photography and easy-to-follow tips, this essential book will make a successful gardener out of any complete beginner. Trees display wonderful foliage that can liven up any garden, but...
The Apocalyptic Imagination
An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
One of the most widely praised studies of Jewish apocalyptic literature ever written, The Apocalyptic Imagination by John J. Collins has served for over thirty years as a helpful, relevant, comprehensive survey of the apocalyptic literary genre.
After an initial overview of things apocalyptic,...
John Wesley
A Theological Journey
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
John Wesley: A Theological Journey has been nominated for a Wesleyan Theological Society Book Award. Abingdon Press would like to congratulate Kenneth Collins on this honor.
John Wesley remains a seminal figure, not only for "the people called Methodist, " but also within the larger...
by Collins
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
This Gem provides a guide to the lives of the most popular saints – who they were, how they became saints and for whom they have a particular importance. This guide to saints contains brief biographies, saint’s days and lists of patron saints as well as a general introduction to how someone becomes...