John Ashton: 41 books
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Collection of 14 Works of John Ashton
A Righte Merrie Christmasse
Chap-books of the Eighteenth Century
Curious Creatures in Zoology
Eighteenth Century Waifs
English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume I
English Caricature...
Scotland's Shame
Lockerbie 25 Years On - Why It Still Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was one of the most notorious acts of terrorism in recent history. Its political and foreign policy repercussions have been enormous, and twenty-five years after the atrocity in which 270 lost their lives,...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
One of the most challenging questions facing New Testament scholars—how did Christianity emerge from Judaism?—is often addressed in general and indirect terms. The question becomes acute, however, when we turn to the Fourth Gospel, which, like the Judaism from which it presumably sprang, affirms...
Looking Back
A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier with Feature Stories, Items from Ashton Hester’S “Observations & Meditations” Column, and Highlights for the Years 1966–1968
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
This book consists three sections: first, feature stories about various local area people and events taken from old issues of the Keowee Courier; second, items from an editorial-page column written by the books author, Ashton Hester, during a forty-four-year period from 1974 to 2017; and third, week-to-week...
Evolution Impossible
12 Reasons Why Evolution Cannot Explain the Origin of Life on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2012
There is scientific evidence proving evolution cannot be responsible for life on Earth.
It is time to question what biology text books and nature documentaries claim about our origins. Even Darwin admitted, “I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything; and to...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
The very warm cover suggests a seasonable book, A Righte Merrie Christmasse, by John Ashton, who, fancying that some of its customs and privileges might be forgotten, collects all that has been done or could be done at this annual event. Some of ye anciente goinges on make one wonder whether feasts...
Unwrapping the Pharaohs
How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
"THE PYRAMIDS ARE THE OLDEST MONUMENTS OF CIVILIZATION ON THE EARTH. THESE STRUCTURES AND THE RELICS THEY CONTAIN ARE THE MOST TANGIBLE PHYSICAL LINKS WITH OUR ANCIENT PAST AND PROVIDE IMPORTANT CLUES TO OUR ORIGINS."
-From the Introduction
Mummies, pyramids, and pharaohs! The culture...
Looking Back
A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier with Feature Stories, News Stories, Sports Stories, a History of Oconee County Government, and Highlights from the Years 1973–1980
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
This book consists of six sections: first, feature stories about various local area people and places; second, news stories; third, sports stories; fourth, a history of Oconee County government; fifth, stories by Ashton Hester about his experiences with the US Army during the Vietnam War; and sixth,...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Universal Belief in the Personality of the Devil, as portrayed by the British Artist—Arguments in Favour of his Personality—Ballad—‘Terrible and Seasonable Warning to Young Men’
CHAPTER...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, lights, the baby Jesus, and, of course, presents. Instantly, well known Christmas carols ring in your ears, or maybe you even picture nutcrackers or Scrooge and Tiny Tim. Christmas...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
“Travellers see strange things,” more especially when their writing about, or delineation of, them is not put under the microscope of modern scientific examination. Our ancestors were content with what was given them, and being, as a rule, a stay-at-home race, they could not confute the stories...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Before going into the history, &c., of playing cards, it may be as well to note the serious application that was made of them by some persons: and first, we will glance at the two sermons of Latimer’s on cards, which he delivered in St Edward’s Church, Cambridge, on the Sunday before Christmas Day...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Why would any educated scientist with a PhD advocate a literal interpretation of the six days of creation? Why, indeed, when only one in three Americans believes "the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word" according to a recent Gallup poll.
Science...
by John Ashton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Fair as this looks to the eye, British statesmen could not even then, in those early days, implicitly trust Napoleon, without some material guarantee. True, all was not couleur de rose with the French army and navy. The battle of the Nile, and Acre, still were in sore remembrance. Italy had emancipated...