Cox: 1982 books
Dreaming of Dixie
How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
From the late nineteenth century through World War II, popular culture portrayed the American South as a region ensconced in its antebellum past, draped in moonlight and magnolias, and represented by such southern icons as the mammy, the belle, the chivalrous planter, white-columned mansions, and...
Common Prayers
Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey Through the Jewish Year
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2002
Harvey Cox, the eminent Christian theologian and scholar of religion, offers an intimate tour through the Jewish year certain to inform and enlighten Jews and non-Jews alike. As a member of an interfaith household, Cox has had ample opportunity to reflect upon the essence of Judaism and its complex...
by Caroline Cox
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers...
Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India
Moonset on Sunrise Mountain
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r.1070–1120) as the ruler of the imperial Chola dynasty. By focusing on this complex event and its ramifications...
by Harvey Cox
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
“A beautiful book and a Cox classic….Readers will be grateful that they joined him on his journey.” —E.J. Dionne Jr., author of Souled Out
“Insightful, provocative, and inspiring—I even found myself uttering a hearty evangelical ‘Amen!’” —Richard Mouw, President, Fuller...
Alex Cox's Introduction to Film
A Director's Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Emerging filmmakers need to know the basics of their art form: the language of the camera, and lenses, the different crew roles, the formats, the aspect ratios. They also need to know some bare-bones theory: what an auteur is, what montage is, what genres are. But, even more urgently, young filmmakers...
The Elixir of Immortality
A Modern-Day Alchemist's Discovery of the Philosopher's Stone
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2009
A modern-day quest that echoes the ancient alchemists’ work to discover the elixir of life
• Provides an overview of alchemical practices in the ancient world--from Europe to China
• Reveals the alchemical secrets for creating this elixir in clear scientific language
In...
No Innocent Deposits
Forming Archives by Rethinking Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2003
The public increase of interest in the past has not necessarily brought with it a greater understanding about how archives are formed. To this end, Richard Cox takes a serious look at archival repositories and collections. Cox suggests that archives do not just happen, but are consciously shaped (and...
South with the Sun
Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.
A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant...
How to Write Faster Than Anyone Better, and Better Than Anyone Faster
A Practical Guide to More Profitable Word Production
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Writing for a living is a business. In business, time is money. As a writer, if you’re able to increase your hourly output without sacrificing quality, you’re increasing your potential income. How to Writer Faster Than Anyone Better, and Better Than Anyone Faster by Kerry Cox is a practical, immediately...
by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
The proven rewards of a gender-balanced business.
Scores of studies have shown the benefits to the bottom line of gender-balanced organizations. A handful of smart companies have tapped into the opportunities of today’s female consumer base and talent pool-yet too many companies still struggle...
Time of the Rangers
Texas Rangers: From 1900 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2009
Following up on his magnificent history of the 19th century Texas Rangers, Mike Cox now takes us from 1900 through the present. From horseback to helicopters, from the frontier cattle days through the crime-ridden boom-or-bust oil field era, from Prohibition to World War II espionage to the violent...
by Josephine Cox
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
The new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Josephine Cox – the master storyteller. With her family’s fate resting on her shoulders, Evie learns her lessons in life fast. It’s going to take a woman’s courage to find a new beginning… One night, after her father gambles everything away,...
Born Bad
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
“Cox’s talent as a storyteller never lets you escape the spell.”
—Daily Mail (London)
One of Great Britain’s most adored writers, #1 international bestseller Josephine Cox returns to our shores with *Born Bad—*a poignant and unforgettable story of hard life, lost...