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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The founder and CEO of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and columnist for the Atlantic describes how white Protestant Christians have declined in influence and power since the 1990s and explores the effect this has had on America,"--NoveList.
America is no longer a majority white Christian nation. In this book, leading scholar Robert R Jones explains how this seismic change has profoundly altered the politics and social values of the United...
Author
Pub. Date
1960
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
There Have Been At Least 34,000 volumes written on the Civil War, and the approaching centennial of that awesome event will insure the outpouring of many more. In this most explored facet of American history, it is curious that there still remain areas to examine, and people and events to reconsider, re-evaluate, and reinterpret. One of the neglected areas is the northwestern frontier. The problem is unusual, for there two turbulent streams of history,...
10) Annals of Astoria: the headquarters log of the Pacific Fur Company on the Columbia River, 1811-1813
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
xxx, 256 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
16 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Explains how the different sights and sounds in church during the Easter season--from a cross draped in purple to the choir singing "Alleluia"--reflect the different stages in the story of Jesus's passion and resurrection, and offers Bible verses that retell the events of Holy Week and Easter.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older mana fellow slaveseeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation. As the nation grapples with demographic changes and the legacy of racism in America, Christianity's role as a cornerstone of white supremacy...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 387 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The story of three locations in the United States--in Mississippi, Minnesota, and Oklahoma--where the indigenous people were driven out by European colonists, where vicious racial killings took place in the last century, and how these places are coming to terms with the past, creating new organizations dedicated to racial repair and reconciliation as they aspire to a more inclusive, more promising future"--Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A practical handbook for those investigating an Internet crime explains how to extract clues from a variety of sources, how culprits attempt to cover their tracks, and tricks that developers can use to uncover the facts and protect a system in the future.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the year 1833, two young brothers journey into the Wild West to seek their fortune; little do they know they're embarking on the adventure of their lives. Expecting to stumble upon riches as they make their way westward, sixteen-year-old Dillon Griffith and his older brother, Owen, instead encounter hardship after hardship in the form of Indian raids, bloodthirsty villains, robbery, and kidnapping. With the help of a Shawnee hunter, a runaway...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Frank and Lindsay meet on a way to a destination wedding, they soon discover they have a lot in common: they both hate the bride, the groom, the wedding, themselves, and most especially each other. As the weekend's events continually force them together, and their cheerlessness immediately isolates them from the other guests, Frank and Lindsay find that if they verbally spar with someone long enough, anything can happen.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their fun outing turns into heart-stopping fear when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. As they swim deeper into the claustrophobic labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean.
