History Books

Are religion and science really at war with one another? Not according to David F. Noble, who argues that the flourishing of both religion and technology today is nothing new but rather the continuation of a 1,000-year-old Western tradition.The Religion of Technology demonstrates that...

For many, the word 'pleasure' conjures associations with hedonism, indulgence, and escape from the life of the mind. However little we talk about it, though, pleasure also plays an integral role in cognitive life, in both our sensory perception of the world and our...

Can animals be persons? To this question, scientific and philosophical consensus has taken the form of a resounding, 'No!' In this book, Mark Rowlands disagrees. Not only can animals be persons, many of them probably are. Taking, as his starting point, John Locke's classic...

A study not of the institution of the Church but of Christianity itself, this book explores the Christian people, their beliefs, and their way of life, providing a new understanding of Western Christianity at the time of the Reformation. Bossy begins with a systematic...

An inquiry into the origins, dissemination, and consequences of the modern belief that humans can solve any problem and overcome any difficulty, given time and resources enough.Author: David W. EhrenfeldISBN-10: 0195028902ISBN-13: 9780195028904Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/05/1981Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 7.92h x 6.26w...

Pulitzer Prize-winner David Brion Davis here provides a penetrating survey of slavery and emancipation throughout world history--from ancient times to the 20th century. He demonstrates that slavery, once regarded as a form of human progress, played a crucial part in the expansion of the...

For nearly eighteen centuries, two fundamental spatial plans dominated Christian architecture: the basilica and the central plan. In the 1880s, however, profound socio-economic and technological changes in the United States contributed to the rejection of these traditions and the developmentof a radically new worship...

This engaging study returns to a truly remarkable year, the year in which both Ulysses and The Waste Land were published, in which The Great Gatsby was set, and during which the Fascisti took over in Italy, the Irish Free State was born, the...

Millions of people have listened to John H. Lienhard's radio program The Engines of Our Ingenuity. In this fascinating book, Lienhard gathers his reflections on the nature of technology, culture, and human inventiveness. The book brims with insightful observations. Lienhard writes that thehistory of...

This volume contains a close translation, suitable for students without a knowledge of Greek, of the seventh and eighth books of Aristotle's Metaphysics, together with a thorough and careful philosophical commentary. In these difficult books, which are central to his metaphysical system, Aristotle discusses...

An intriguing combination of myth, fiction, and storytelling that demonstrates the continuing power and range of Momaday's creative vision....These are magical words. Listen. --Washington PostPulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet N. Scott Momaday shapes the ancient Kiowa myth of a boy who turned into a...

Praise for Strategic Capitalism "Richard D'Aveni understands that managing competition between the United States and China--and their quite different forms of capitalism--will occupy leaders on both sides of the Pacific for decades to come and will shape the first half of the 21st century...

The Kingdom That Never Came offers a startling new look at Christian beginnings that is bound to stir up controversy and debate for years to come. Historians, philosophers, religious writers and cultural critics have never solved an age-old question: How could the radical, otherworldly...

In his new book, economist Dean Baker debunks the myth that conservatives favor the market over government intervention. In fact, conservatives rely on a range of "nanny state" policies that ensure the rich get richer while leaving most Americans worse off. It's time for...

The Canadian Rockies - Pioneers, Legends, and True Tales tells of the larger-than-life pioneer trappers, mountaineers, guides, outfitters, and early visitors to the Rockies. Many of these played a major part in firmly creating the true tales and the enduring legends of the Banff,...

Autobiography of a World War Two Tailhooker chronicles many experiences from the early days of my youth, and continues on through the years I served as naval aviator. The narrative spans several decade in times of both war and peace. It tells of many...

Strong views of antagonists Washington and Rush, key founders, upset that their product is not recognizable today. Gives their views on war, peace, the war on drugs, medical theories and the Revolution.Author: Eric CoxISBN-10: 1412065356ISBN-13: 9781412065351Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2005Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.00h...

Donald Schuman - a rather ordinary sounding name, but this is no ordinary man. A descendant of German immigrants and growing up in rural South Dakota, Donald was an all-American teen when he joined the fight against the tyranny of Nazi Germany in WWII....

As an epilogue, Norm tells of working for the Marx Brothers after the war and how they helped him start a new life.Author: Norman Achen, Lee SmartISBN-10: 1412068746ISBN-13: 9781412068741Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2006Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31dAward: San Diego Book...

The transformation of a college student to Army pilot. His letters while flying unarmed transport planes over jungle, and ocean, in New Guinea, the Philippines and on into Japan.Author: Frank G. HathawayISBN-10: 1412200989ISBN-13: 9781412200981Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/09/2001Pages: 272Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...