Nathan: 1413 books
The National Joker
Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Satire
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
Abraham Lincoln’s sense of humor proved legendary during his own time and remains a celebrated facet of his personality to this day. Indeed, his love of jokes—hearing them, telling them, drawing morals from them—prompted critics to dub Lincoln “the National Joker.” The political cartoons...
The Glass Wives
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Evie and Nicole Glass share a last name. They also shared a husband.
When a tragic car accident ends the life of Richard Glass, it also upends the lives of Evie and Nicole, and their children. There's no love lost between the widow and the ex. In fact, Evie sees a silver lining in all this...
Human Errors
A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections that make us human
We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution’s greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often—two hundred times...
Reasons We Believe (Foreword by John MacArthur): 50 Lines of Evidence That Confirm the Christian Faith
50 Lines of Evidence That Confirm the Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Reasons We Believe will reinforce your personal faith and will provide you with a clear, concise, evangelistic tool to help you share that faith with others.
In an age of cynics and skeptics, Christianity is constantly under attack. Believers need resources that defend the veracity of their...
The Islamophobia Industry - Second Edition
How the Right Manufactures Hatred of Muslims
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
This is a disturbing account of the campaign to promote fear and hatred of Muslims in the United States and Europe, from the 'War on Terror' to Trump's travel ban.*BR**BR*Nathan Lean takes us through a world of conservative bloggers, right-wing talk show hosts, evangelical religious leaders and politicians,...
Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice
From Loncheras to Lobsta Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Aspects of the urban food truck phenomenon, including community economic development, regulatory issues, and clashes between ethnic authenticity and local sustainability.
The food truck on the corner could be a brightly painted old-style lonchera offering tacos or an upscale mobile vendor serving...
by Lisa Locascio, Nathan Deuel, Rita Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The reviews selected for this month’s Digital Edition, Foreign Lands, Invisible Cities,” are a sampler of the places we readers of fiction visited this year. From the flood-prone hills of Haiti to the common courtyards of Queens, New York, fiction reminds us that everywhere we go we find humans...
by Michael Frizell, Nathan Webb, Nathan Webb
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
“Donald Trump and the Average Joe.” Amidst the chaos of a crowded field of hopeful Republicans, media mogul Donald J. Trump declares his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. One by one, his opponents fall to the will of the voters who see Mister Trump as the savior of a country where...
by Nathan Allen
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2015
It’s the most important day of Farouk Ba’asher Bin Abdulraheem’s life, and he’s about to learn some valuable lessons.Suicide bombing isn’t as easy as it looks.God has a twisted sense of humor.Martyrdom ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.Always read the fine print.
The Only Language They Understand
Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
In a myth-busting analysis of the world's most intractable conflict, a star of Middle East reporting, "one of the most important writers" in the field (The New York Times), argues that only one weapon has yielded progress: force.
Scattered over the territory between the Jordan River...
The Boxer's Story
Fighting for My Life in the Nazi Death Camps
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
Before 1940, Nathan Shapow, a young Latvian, had nothing more on his mind than enjoying his teenage years and becoming a champion boxer. But the Nazis’ systematic extermination of the Jews quickly put paid to his dreams. Soon he was to face a different sort of fight, where the prize for victory...
by Nathan Devine
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
How do I design the perfect logo? Even the best designers can fall flat when it comes to logo design. Striking the right balance between graphic design and typography can make or break your brand identity, and creating a recognisable symbol for your website and advertising is extremely important....
Sex and God at Yale
Porn, Political Correctness, and a Good Education Gone Bad
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
To glimpse America's future, one needs to look no further than its college campuses. Of those institutions, none holds more clout than Yale University, the hallowed "cradle of presidents." In Sex and God at Yale, recent graduate Nathan Harden undresses perversity among the Ivy and ideology...
A View from the Buggy
True and Inspiring Stories of the Amish Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Most of us want a simpler life, and there’s no better example of the simple life than found among the Amish. But what is it really like to be Amish?
In this delightful compilation of stories by more than 30 Amish men and women, you’ll get the inside story on the daily life of Amish families....