ISBN: 0718025539 Binding: Paperback Edition: 3rd Author(s): Bruce L. Shelley Publisher: Thomas Nelson Number of Pages: 540
With more than 275000 copies sold this is the story of the Church for today's readers This third edition improves the most engaging and readable single-volume history of the Church by bringing the story into the twenty-first century Faced with some astonishing changes in the Islamic world a global resurgence of Roman Catholicism the decline of Christianity in the West coupled with the rapid growth of evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in the southern and eastern hemispheres readers need a current explanation with intellectual substance that will provide historical context and update readers on all these new developments The new edition of Church History in Plain Language does that in a stimulating manner and it promises to be the new standard for readable Church History Features include:
Includes contemporary developments such as the growth of Christianity in China and the rise of global Islam
ISBN: 0060930349 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Paul M. Johnson Publisher: Harper Perennial Number of Pages: 1104
"The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures" begins Paul Johnson's remarkable new American history "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind" Johnson's history is a reinterpretation of American history from the first settlements to the Clinton administration It covers every aspect of US history--politics; business and economics; art literature and science; society and customs; complex traditions and religious beliefs The story is told in terms of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character Wherever possible letters diaries and recorded conversations are used to ensure a sense of actuality "The book has new and often trenchant things to say about every aspect and period of America's past" says Johnson "and I do not seek as some historians do to conceal my opinions" Johnson's history presents John Winthrop Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson Cotton Mather Franklin Tom Paine Washington Adams Jefferson Hamilton and Madison from a fresh perspective It emphasizes the role of religion in American history and how early America was linked to England's history and culture and includes incisive portraits of Andrew Jackson Chief Justice Marshall Clay Lincoln and Jefferson Davis Johnson shows how Grover Cleveland and Teddy Roosevelt ushered in the age of big business and industry and how Woodrow Wilson revolutionized the government's role He offers new views of Harding Coolidge and Hoover and of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and his role as commander in chief during World War II An examination of the unforeseen greatness of Harry Truman and reassessments of Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson Nixon Reagan and Bush follow "Compulsively readable" said Foreign Affairs of Johnson's unique narrative skills and sharp profiles of people This is an in-depth portrait of a great people from their fragile origins through their struggles for independence and nationhood their heroic efforts and sacrifices to deal with the organic sin' of slavery and the preservation of the Union to its explosive economic growth and emergence as a world power and its sole superpower Johnson discusses such contemporary topics as the politics of racism education Vietnam the power of the press political correctness the growth of litigation and the rising influence of women He sees Americans as a problem-solving people and the story of America as "essentially one of difficulties being overcome by intelligence and skill by faith and strength of purpose by courage and persistenceLooking back on its past and forward to its future the auguries are that it will not disappoint humanity" This challenging narrative and interpretation of American history by the author of many distinguished historical works is sometimes controversial and always provocative Johnson's views of individuals events themes and issues are original critical and admiring for he is above all a strong believer in the history and the destiny of the American people
Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
ISBN: 0060083824 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Kenneth C. Davis Publisher: HarperCollins Number of Pages: 678
Who really discovered America What was "the shot heard 'round the world" Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: Did he or didn't he From the arrival of Columbus through the bizarre election of 2000 and beyond Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than 500 years of American history In this updated edition of the classic anti-textbook he debunks recounts and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history
ISBN: 030014332X Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): E. H. Gombrich Publisher: Yale University Press Number of Pages: 304
In 1935 with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers Amazingly he completed the task in an intense six weeks and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fr junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success and is now available in seventeen languages across the worldToward the end of his long life Gombrich embarked upon a revision and at last an English translation A Little History of the World presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time Superbly designed and freshly illustrated this is a book to be savored and collectedIn forty concise chapters Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests grand works of art and the spread and limitations of science This is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of mankinds experience across the centuries a guide to humanitys achievements and an acute witness to its frailtiesThe product of a generous and humane sensibility this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history (20051125)
Major Problems in American History, Volume II: Since 1865
ISBN: 0618678336 Binding: Paperback Edition: 2 Author(s): Elizabeth Cobbs-Hoffman, Jon Gjerde Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Number of Pages: 464
Designed to encourage critical thinking about history the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in US history This collection serves as the primary anthology for the introductory survey course covering the subject's entire chronological span Comprehensive topical coverage includes politics economics labor gender culture and social trends The Second Edition features integrated coverage of women in Volume I as well as a streamlined chronology in Volume II Key pedagogical elements of the Major Problems format have been retained: 14 to 15 chapters per volume chapter introductions headnotes and suggested readings
ISBN: 0131955411 Binding: Paperback Edition: 3rd Author(s): Marilyn Stokstad Publisher: Prentice Hall Number of Pages: 608
This book an introduction to the history of art that features excellent scholarship takes a global approach with an emphasis on the Western tradition in art It reflects new interests and issues expanding the topic to include women and minorities and showing media and techniques other than painting sculpture and architecture Written in clear standard English without art historical or aesthetic jargon Art: A Brief History is visually appealing as well as intellectually stimulating This comprehensive survey of world art is based on the most recent scholarship and includes coverage of arts inspired by all the major religions the contribution of women and minorities and contains discussions of all the arts including ceramics glass metal enamel and the fiber arts This book serves as an introduction to the history of art and a ready reference for people working in the arts including museum docents and art gallery employees owners and managers
ISBN: 1445508184 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): T. R. Glover Publisher: Kent Press Number of Pages: 230
Many of the earliest books particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive We are republishing these classic works in affordable high quality modern editions using the original text and artwork
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
ISBN: 0316022365 Binding: Paperback Edition: Revised Author(s): Ronald Takaki Publisher: Back Bay Books Number of Pages: 560
Upon its first publication A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past Beginning with the colonization of the New World it recounted the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States--Native Americans African Americans Jews Irish Americans Asian Americans Latinos and others--groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture
Now Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even more relevant and important Among the new additions to the book are:
--The role of black soldiers in preserving the Union --The history of Chinese Americans from 1900-1941 --An investigation into the hot-button issue of "illegal" immigrants from Mexico --A look at the sudden visibility of Muslim refugees from Afghanistan
This new edition of A Different Mirror is a remarkable achievement that grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American
ISBN: 0884895300 Binding: Paperback Edition: 3 Author(s): Thomas Zanzig Publisher: Saint Mary's Press Number of Pages:
Who is Jesus Christ really What was his life about Our thorough full-color revision of the popular Jesus of History Christ of Faith invites students to explore the life of Jesus through a Christological study of the New Testament The student text for ninth and tenth graders first considers the New Testament as a whole particularly the Gospels and explains the Jewish historical religious and cultural world into which Jesus was born Using the Gospels as the primary source the text explores Jesus' birth early life and ministry; then it focuses on the scriptural accounts of his death the Resurrection the Ascension and Pentecost and on their central significance for the Church's understanding of Jesus as the Christ the Son of God Award:Jesus of History Christ of Faith won the 1999 Certificate of Merit for the Premier Print Award from the Printing Industries of America Chosen from thousands of entries the Premier Print Award goes to those firms who demonstrate a unique ability to create visual masterpieces
Social Welfare: A History of the American Response to Need (7th Edition)
ISBN: 0205522157 Binding: Paperback Edition: 7 Author(s): June Axinn, Mark J. Stern Publisher: Allyn & Bacon Number of Pages: 384
Social Welfare - Seventh Edition describes and analyzes the ideas that have shaped the history of social welfare--from the Colonial Period to the present day--by using original documents from each respective period through the current Bush Administration Coverage of economic developments the impact of volunteerism and the impact of privatization in the text helps students understand the context of social welfare movements and policies New materials on trends in the justice system address the immigration debate and the issue of homosexuality and the lawThetext also includesnew material on Medicare prescription drug legislation welfare reform Hurrican Katrina and social security privatization
