Smith: 13242 books
Adam Smith and the Origins of American Enterprise
How America's Industrial Success was Forged by the Timely Ideas of a Brilliant Scots Economist
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2004
Adam Smith was a Scottish professor of moral philosophy. He published his classic The Wealth of Nations in 1776, the year the American Revolution began. Smith became widely known for his ideas of free markets, laissez-faire commerce, and the "invisible hand." Yet English politicians, landed...
by MarkE. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
Over the years, The Fall have given me more pleasure than any other band and, when people ask me why I always say, 'they are always different, they are always the same' John Peel.
The first ever authorised biography of this most inscrutable of bands! Together music writer Mick Middles and Fall...
Death Row Chaplain
Unbelievable True Stories from America's Most Notorious Prison
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
From a former criminal and now chaplain for the San Francisco 49ers and the Golden State Warriors, comes a riveting, behind-the-bars look at one of America’s most feared prisons: San Quentin. Reverend Earl Smith shares the most important lessons he’s learned from years of helping inmates discover...
by Daniel A. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2013
“A stunning novel and a joy to read” Helen Hollick, Managing Editor - Historical Novel Society (Editor’s Choice)
“Smith writes fluidly, and the society he depicts is intriguingly complex.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Steeped in immediacy and vivid detail.” D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer - Midwest...
Gospel Doctrine
Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
President Joseph F. Smith incidentally stated on one occasion that when he should pass away, unlike many of his brethren, he would leave no written work, by which he might be remembered. It was his modest way of viewing his own ministry and literary labors, for President Smith would live in the hearts...
Silent Gesture
The Autobiography of Tommie Smith
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
n 1968, Tommie Smith and his teammate John Carlos won the gold and silver medals, respectively, for the 200 meter dash. Receiving their medals on the dais, they raised their fists and froze a moment in time that will forever be remembered as a powerful day of protest. In this, his autobiography,...
Talk to Me
Listening Between the Lines
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2001
Anna Deavere Smith, the award-winning playwright and actor, has spent a lifetime listening—really listening—to the people around her. As a child in the segregated Baltimore of the early 1960s, Smith absorbed the words of her parents, teachers, neighbors—even train conductors—and realized that...
by Huston Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
For more than sixty years, Huston Smith has not only written and taught about the world’s religions, he has lived them. This Reader presents a rich selection of Smith’s writings, covering six decades of inquiry and exploration, and ranging from scholarship to memoir. Over his long academic career,...
Mr. Smith Goes to Prison
What My Year Behind Bars Taught Me About America's Prison Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The fall from politico to prisoner isn't necessarily long, but the landing, as Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith learned, is a hard one.
In 2009, Smith pleaded guilty to a seemingly minor charge of campaign malfeasance and earned himself a year and one day in Kentucky's FCI Manchester. Mr....
by Smith Wigglesworth
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Legendary evangelist Smith Wigglesworth dramatically changed the world with his passionate messages. The essence of his dynamic ministry is relived through the complete volume of his life teachings.Sermons have been gathered from archives around the world to create this unequaled treasure. Discover...
by Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2017
George Oliver Smith (1911–1981) (not to be confused with George H. Smith) was an American science fiction author. Smith was an active contributor to Astounding Science Fiction during the Golden Age of Science Fiction in the 1940s. His collaboration with the magazine’s editor, John W. Campbell,...
by Stevie Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
The essential edition of one of modern poetry’s most distinctive voices
Stevie Smith is among the most popular British poets of the twentieth century. Her poem “Not Waving but Drowning” has been widely anthologized, and her life was celebrated in the classic 1978 movie Stevie. This new...
by Sheila Kaye-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Sheila Kaye-Smith (4 February 1887 – 14 January 1956) was an English writer, known for her many novels set in the borderlands of Sussex and Kent in the English regional tradition. Her 1923 book The End of the House of Alard became a best-seller, and gave her prominence; it was followed by other...
by Paul Chaat Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
In this sweeping work of memoir and commentary, leading cultural critic Paul Chaat Smith illustrates with dry wit and brutal honesty the contradictions of life in “the Indian business.”
Raised in suburban Maryland and Oklahoma, Smith dove head first into the political radicalism of the...