Bantam presents the bestselling political thriller about a secret military plot to overthrow the U.S. government, available for the first time in five years--a timely Contra-Gate reissue and an always terrific read!
The return of the classic 'shared world' fantasy series created by Philip Jose Farmer, award-winning author of the RIVERWORLD saga. In THE VALLEY OF THUNDER, Clive Folliot and his fellow captives face a new death daily. Against dinosaurs and cave creatures, giant worms and shark people, the group battles for their lives. Torn between continuing ...
A sweeping novel in the tradition of James Michener and Edna Ferber that captures America as it struggles to transform itself from its agrarian roots into an industrial power. The Land Was Ours is also a magnificent saga of men and woemn who battle impossible odds to claim their fair share of America's bounty.
Irreverent cartoon illustrations bring key social studies concepts to life in this delightful series. Fun text and humorous artwork make learning a breeze, whether it's about American institutions or crucial concepts in American life. Just in time for the 2008 presidential election!
This study focuses on creation myths, the conflict between good and evil, and on legends of heroes, prophets and holy men. These folk-tales and fables are taken from Greek, Norse, African, Polynesian, Hebrew, Indian, Chinese and American Indian sources.
This title provides articles on the technical, organizational and policy aspects of library automation, emphasizing the information/policy needed by librarians for informed decisions on automated systems and network services, to maximize the positive effects of these technologies on library organizations.
The purpose of this volume is to make easily available a representative selection of Charles-James N. Bailey's views on linguistic theory. Several previously published papers have been extensively revised and updated for the collection, which also contains two new chapters. The collection is flanked by a new Prologue and Epilogue, and the whole is ...
What is it like to be sued for medical malpractice? Bad medical outcomes traumatize patients but they also traumatize physicians. The litigation that often follows is a profoundly human, rather than just a legal experience. Although every physician's case is different, this book shows how each case goes through the same judicial stages of ...
For undergraduate and graduate network security courses. This book aims to provide comprehensive knowledge of network security to students without a technical background who will need this knowledge to be effective managers.
Each book of the New Testament is introduced and investigated with scholarship and biblical faithfulness. Includes all the information usually found in a Bible handbook - author, date, historical background, purpose, outline - but it goes much further. The authors provide an exposition of every passage in the New Testament, written in ...
1920. With Maps and Illustrations. From the Preface: No chapter in human history is more thrilling than that which records the long struggle of the Hebrews for independence, for a home, for power, for their religious and social ideals and for the perpetuation of their institutions. It begins with their grinding industrial enslavement by Egypt and ...
In a matter of seconds, author Charles L. Bailey, Jr.'s childhood innocence was destroyed. At the tender age of ten, Bailey became a victim of continuous sexual abuse by his family's Roman Catholic priest. In the Shadow of the Cross: The True Account of My Childhood Sexual and Ritual Abuse at the Hands of a Roman Catholic Priest details Bailey's ...
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