Church History: An Essential Guide (Abingdon Essential Guides)
ISBN: 0687016118 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Justo L Gonzalez Publisher: Abingdon Press Number of Pages: 95
One of the chief difficulties in studying the history of Christianity is the lack of prior exposure to the subject that students often bring with them Struggling to keep up with the large numbers of names dates and places presented to them it is easy for students to lose sight of the "big picture" the broad sweep of movement and change that instructors most wish to communicate Justo Gonzalez has written this book to help students gain just such a quick and basic grasp of the main periods and issues in the history of Christianity Drawing upon his own extensive experience and that of others he contends that having been introduced to the essentials of church history in a brief and accessible form students arefar better able to understand and appreciate what they encounter in more detailed lectures and reading Gonzalez provides a comprehensive opening chapter that summarizes major issues and concerns of each of the principal eras of church history Subsequent chapters focus on the ancient church the Christian empire the Middle Ages the Reformation the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries and the twentieth century and the end of modernity
48 Liberal Lies About American History: (That You Probably Learned in School)
ISBN: Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Larry Schweikart Publisher: Sentinel Trade Number of Pages: 336
A historian debunks four-dozen PC myths about our nations past
Over the last forty years history textbooks have become more and more politically correct and distorted about our countrys past argues professor Larry Schweikart The result he says is that students graduate from high school and even college with twisted beliefs about economics foreign policy war religion race relations and many other subjects
As he did in his popular A Patriots History of the United States Professor Schweikart corrects liberal bias by rediscovering facts that were once widely known He challenges distorted books by name and debunks forty-eight common myths A sample:
The founders wanted to create a wall of separation between church and state Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation only because he needed black soldiers Truman ordered the bombing of Hiroshima to intimidate the Soviets with atomic diplomacy Mikhail Gorbachev not Ronald Reagan was responsible for ending the Cold War Americas past though not perfect is far more admirable than you were probably taught
ISBN: 0470446544 Binding: Paperback Edition: 2 Author(s): Peter Haugen Publisher: For Dummies Number of Pages: 408
Now updated Your personal tour guide to the history of the worldWant to know more about global history This concise guide explains in clear detail all the major players and events that have made the world what it is today Covering the entirety of human history this comprehensive resource highlights important developments in everything from religion and science to art and war giving you an understanding of how the 21st-century world came to be
Begin to connect with the past label the eras as you meet the Neanderthals home in on Homer raise Atlantis and preserve Pharaohs
Find strength in numbers trace the growth from ancient civilizations to today's global community and discover what makes societies succeed or fail
Discover the impact of thought explore the rise of religion the roots of philosophy and the advance of science and how our feelings and beliefs continually redefined us
Know the global consequences of war ride with the Greeks and the Romans arm yourself with the cavalry dig the trenches and follow the paths humans took to wage modern war
Meet the movers and shakers from great leaders and courageous revolutionaries to ruthless tyrants and unsung heroes
Examine significant events of the 21st century from 911 and the Afghanistan and Iraq wars to climate change Hurricane Katrina and the economic rise of China India and BrazilOpen the book and find:
A detailed overview of history
The development of the world's religions
Reviews of essential historical documents from the Bible to the Bill of Rights
The invention of writing and art
Scientific developments that revolutionized the world
Capsule biographies of people who changed history and a few who were changed by it
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: 3 Author(s): Mark David Ledbetter Publisher: Mark David Ledbetter Number of Pages:
History is written by the victors But do the victors in Americas forgotten debate really have it right Do they even think about whether it is Americas destiny to be both a nanny state and garrison state Americans Forgotten History questions standard understanding from a constitutionalist point of view This the first of five volumes looks at the English Civil War fought between Puritans and Cavaliers It then follows Puritans as they flee Cavalier power to Massachusetts and later Cavaliers as they flee Puritan power to Virginia Puritans and Cavaliers allied against the mercantilism of England to form a new system based on the Magna Carta the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the English Bill of Rights and the Enlightenment philosophy of Locke and Montesquieu They would maintain their uneasy alliance until they fought another civil war on a new continent After the American Revolution parties formed around Jefferson and Hamilton that would frame Americans philosophical debate until the collapse of Jeffersonianism at the Democratic convention of 1896 The debate so important in the 19th century and so important if America is to rediscover itself is ignored by the victors of the debate those who give us standard American history Modern historians extol activist war-like presidents high taxes super government and aggressive international militarism The Constitution as it was written and intended makes all that impossible This volume Part One of Americans Forgotten History covers English roots the colonial period the Revolution the Constitution and the first four presidential administrations those of Washington Adams Jefferson and Madison
The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War
ISBN: 030759386X Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): Peter Englund Publisher: Knopf Number of Pages: 560
In this masterly highly original narrative history Peter Englund takes a revelatory new approach to the history of World War I magnifying its least examined most stirring component: the experiences of the average man and womannot only the tragedy and horror but also the absurdity and even at times the beauty
The twenty people from whose journals and letters Englund draws are from Belgium Denmark and France; Great Britain Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire; Italy Australia and New Zealand; Russia Venezuela and the United States There is a young man in the British army infantry who had been considering emigrating until the war offered him its grand promise of change and a middle-aged French civil servant a socialist and writer whose faith simply crumbled at the outbreak of war There is a twelve-year-old German girl thrilled with the news of the armys victories because it means that she and her classmates are allowed to shout and scream at school There is an American woman married to a Polish aristocrat living a life of quiet luxury when the war begins but who will be moved ultimately to declare: Looking Death in the eyes one loses the fear of Him From field surgeon to nurse to fighter pilot some are on the Western Front others in the Balkans East Africa Mesopotamia Two will die one will never hear a shot fired; some will become prisoners of war others will be celebrated as heroes But despite their various war-time occupations and fates genders and nationalities they will be united by their involvementwitting or otherwisein The Great and terrible War
A brilliant mosaic of perspectives that moves between the home front and the front lines The Beauty and the Sorrow reconstructs the feelings impressions experiences and shifting spirits of these twenty particular people allowing them to speak not only for themselves but also for all those who were in some way shaped by the war but whose voices have been forgotten rejected or simply remained unheard
ISBN: Binding: Kindle Edition Edition: Author(s): John Clark Craig, EJ Thornton Publisher: Books To Believe In Number of Pages: 23
Most modern UFOlogists look back to the Roswell era (1947) as the beginning of the UFO phenomenon although unexplained events have been occurring all throughout history The ancient astronaut theorists point back to Stonehenge Easter Island or even the Mayans and their legends telling of beings from the sky but there doesnt seem to be much documentation about UFOs or aliens among us in the Old West Or perhaps there is
If you look there are interesting accounts of lights in the sky decades before planes were invented and there are legends involving little people in almost every culture of the world including in the United States wild west territories and states There are actually many stories handed down from one generation to the next about unexplained events
This book series is intended to ask more questions than it answers but its sources are real and the interpretation will be left open to the reader We hope you enjoy reading about Aliens in American History
Book I takes us to South Dakota in the 1700's where a 'tribe' of 'little people' kept other local tribes at bay These sightings were documented in US History by none other than Lewis and Clark in 1804
American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
ISBN: 0062082353 Binding: Hardcover Edition: First Edition Author(s): Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice Publisher: William Morrow Number of Pages: 400
He is the deadliest American sniper ever called the devil by the enemies he hunted and the legend by his Navy SEAL brothers From 1999 to 2009 US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109) but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan (the devil) and placed a bounty on his head Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs Marines and US Army soldiers whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions Gripping and unforgettable Kyles masterful account of his extraordinary battlefield experiences ranks as one of the great war memoirs of all time A native Texan who learned to shoot on childhood hunting trips with his father Kyle was a champion saddle-bronc rider prior to joining the Navy After 911 he was thrust onto the front lines of the War on Terror and soon found his calling as a world-class sniper who performed best under fire He recorded a personal-record 2100-yard kill shot outside Baghdad; in Fallujah Kyle braved heavy fire to rescue a group of Marines trapped on a street; in Ramadi he stared down insurgents with his pistol in close combat Kyle talks honestly about the pain of warof twice being shot and experiencing the tragic deaths of two close friends American Sniper also honors Kyles fellow warriors who raised hell on and off the battlefield And in moving first-person accounts throughout Kyles wife Taya speaks openly about the strains of war on their marriage and children as well as on Chris Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell
The Mental Floss History of the United States: The (Almost) Complete and (Entirely) Entertaining Story of America
ISBN: 0061928232 Binding: Paperback Edition: Reprint Author(s): Erik Sass, Will Pearson, Mangesh Hattikudur Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Number of Pages: 432
Smarter than your old history teacher funnier than the Founding Fathers and more American than Betty Crocker cradling an apple pie Do you still think of Honest Abe as a heroic defender of liberty That the late 60s were a groovy time of peace and love That the United States has always been dependent on foreign oil Well you shouldnt In this delightful tour through Americas knotty past mental_floss offers something new: a refreshingly honest history thats guaranteed to set things straight Peppered with trivia charts timelines and yes plenty of history The mental_floss History of the United States includes the juiciest tales of political intrigue serial killers mobsters Puritans rum witches potato chips and more Here at last is the true American Dream: an insightful accurate and wholly entertaining history thats 100 percent made in the U S of A
ISBN: Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Elisha Benjamin Andrews Publisher: Fili-Quarian Classics Number of Pages: 98
History of the United States Volume 2 is presented here in a high quality paperback edition This popular classic work by Elisha Benjamin Andrews is in the English language and may not include graphics or images from the original edition If you enjoy the works of Elisha Benjamin Andrews then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection
