James Watkins: 16 books
Southern Selves
From Mark Twain and Eudora Welty to Maya Angelou and Kaye Gibbons--A Collection of Autobiographical Writing
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The memoirist seek to capture not just a self but an entire world, and in this marvelous anthology thirty-one of the South's finest writers—writers like Kaye Gibbons and Reynolds Price, Eudora Welty and Harry Crews, Richard Wright and Dorothy Allison—make their intensely personal contributions...
Art as Spiritual Perception
Essays in Honor of E. John Walford
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Making a critical contribution to the field of art history, this reader covers everything from sixth-century icons to contemporary art from a Christian perspective. Written by experts around the world, this book reflects the work of noted scholars, most especially John Walford and Hans Rookmaaker,...
Imitation of Christ
Classic Devotions in Today's Language
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
The timeless classic, The Imitation of Christ, is updated into modern English and arranged topically for daily devotions.
by James Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Fundamental Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise is an engaging and comprehensive introductory textbook that explains biomechanical concepts from first principles, showing clearly how the science relates to real sport and exercise situations.
The book is divided into two parts. The first provides...
by James Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Laboratory and Field Exercises in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics is the first book to fully integrate practical work into an introduction to the fundamental principles of sport and exercise biomechanics.
The book concisely and accessibly introduces the discipline of biomechanics and describes...
Kentucky Rising
Democracy, Slavery, and Culture from the Early Republic to the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Kentucky's first settlers brought with them a dedication to democracy and a sense of limitless hope about the future. Determined to participate in world progress in science, education, and manufacturing, Kentuckians wanted to make the United States a great nation. They strongly supported the War of...
Ich suche dich
Die wahre Geschichte einer Liebe im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Language: German
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Eine Liebe, die alle Grenzen überwindet. Als die Gestapo den jungen ungarischen Diplomaten Julius verschleppt, beschließt seine 20-jährige Verlobte Olga, ihn zu suchen. Damit beginnt eine verzweifelte Odyssee, die die junge Frau Tausende Kilometer durch das von den Nazis besetzte Europa führt,...
Let Nobody Turn Us Around
An African American Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable...
Organizing for Community Controlled Development
Renewing Civil Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2003
"This book is both important and timely. Written by practitioners who are also academics, the book combines solid research, observation and practical experience that speak forcefully to the need for both local place-based development and greater citizen involvement. The examples they give of...
Columbus
The Musical Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2008
Columbus has long been known for its musicians. Unlike New York, San Francisco, Kansas City, Nashville, or even Cincinnati, however, it has never had a definable �scene.� Still, some truly remarkable music has been made in this musical crossroads by the many outstanding musicians who have called...
Kentucky Women
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times introduces a history as dynamic and diverse as Kentucky itself. Covering the Appalachian region in the east to the Pennyroyal in the west, the essays highlight women whose aspirations, innovations, activism, and creativity illustrate Kentucky’s role in political...
by Olga Watkins, James Gillespie
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
The true story of a woman's incredible journey into the heart of the Third Reich to find the man she loves. When the Gestapo seize 20-year-old Olga Czepf's fiance she is determined to find him and sets off on an extraordinary 2,000-mile search across Nazi-occupied Europe risking betrayal, arrest and...
Africana Race and Communication
A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film, Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History, Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection, interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture....
Hispanic and Latino New Orleans
Immigration and Identity since the Eighteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Often overlooked in historic studies of New Orleans, the city’s Hispanic and Latino populations have contributed significantly to its development. Hispanic and Latino New Orleans offers the first scholarly study of these communities in the Crescent City. This trailblazing volume not only explores...
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