John Okada was born in Seattle, Washington in 1923. He attended the University of Washington and Columbia University. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II, wrote one novel and died of a heart attack at the age of 47. John Okada died in obscurity believing that Asian America had rejected his work.
As fans of teen spy Alex Rider know, nothing is more fun or mind-boggling than the gadgets that help free him from tight spots. Now, for the first time, readers can glimpse the secret files and blueprints that detail each gadget. Philomel
Carly, Thomas J., and Harvey are unwanted kids who have all had hard knocks until they find themselves in the same foster home. One battered, one run over by a car, and one emotionally lost, they all are determined to find hope in their new home and in each other.
John Aubrey (1626-1697) was the Bystander of his age, a hanger-on and hanger-out at great houses, a country gentleman of lively intellectual curiosity and unsteady character who left not a book to history but a random, sprawling collection of notes, anecdotes, scribbles and morsels of gossip that have been looted and quoted by scholars ever since. ...
There's a new genre rising from the underground. Its name: BIZARRO. For years, readers have been asking for a category of fiction dedicated to the weird, crazy, cult side of storytelling that has become a staple in the film industry (with directors such as David Lynch, Takashi Miike, Tim Burton, and Lloyd Kaufman) but has been largely ignored in ...
John Lawson's amazingly detailed yet lively book is easily one of the most valuable of the early histories of the Carolinas, and it is certainly one of the best travel accounts of the early eighteenth-century colonies. An inclusive account of the manners and customs of the Indian tribes of that day, it is also a minute report of the soil, climate, ...
This introduction to the early horn provides a historical account of the instrument's development during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as a practical guide to playing techniques and principles of interpretation. The book aims to help performers to play in an historically appropriate style and to guide listeners towards a clearer ...
"Effective as a fantasy, stirring as an adventure story, touching as a plea for love and peace, but most impressive for the beauty of its writing". -- Zena Sutherland, Saturday Review.
Lawson, a naturalist, writer and explorer left England arriving in the Carolinas in 1700. He set out from Charleston and traveled over 600 miles taking careful notes on what he saw. His descriptions of the Indian tribes and the natural environment in the area are quite detailed. On a later expedition he was captured tortured and killed. This ...
In this study in devotion, the author attempts to explain the motives, influences, and arguments which brought him back to faith in God, the Bible, immortality and the Christian religion. Contents: from faith to rationalism; in the wilderness of rationalism; the awakening; searching for the light (the existence of God) the moral law; immortality; ...
This book is the outcome of work undertaken in Greece during Mr. Lawson's two years' tenure of the Craven Studentship from 1898 to 1900. The scheme of the work originally proposed was the investigation of the customs and superstitions of modern Greece in their possible bearing upon the life and thought of ancient Greece. Partial Contents: survival ...
Includes Belief in God, The Jesus of History, The Word of the Cross, The Power and the Wisdom, The Spirit of the Lord, The People of God, The Means of Grace, The Written Word, The Double Cure, and The Hope of Glory.
"The has been told many times--a lone boy's quest for his identity--but never quite as it is told here. For the child who loves anything with a touch of magic". -- The Horn Book.
The application of ecological theory and conservation biology to agricultural ecosystems has become an important and growing research field and undergraduate course component in recent years. This book is both an academic textbook and practical guide to farm conservation, and has evolved from the authors' extensive teaching experience. It covers ...
Do we really want a god who is Made in Our Image? Pastor Steve Lawson shows how there is no substitute for a reality-based picture of God in our minds, homes, and churches.
This volume represents the first publication in book form of the report of President Bill Clinton's Commission on Race Initiative. Although the document was originally released in 1998, its important contents were overshadowed by crises that diverted the president's and the media's attention. The commission's report contains the first ...
This text aims to provide engineers with practical methods of data collections, analysis, and interpretation that will be useful in real life and on the job,
Since 9/11/2001, there has been a dramatic increase in research activity for anti-terrorism and homeland defense. Much of this research activity has been in the detection and mitigation of chemical, biological, and nuclear (CBN) materials related to explosives and weapons of mass destruction. New detection systems are necessary because current ...
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