Allen: 4751 books
Midway Submerged
An Analysis of American and Japanese Submarine Operations at the Battle of Midway, June 1942
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Scholarly studies on the Battle of Midway are prolific, yet few have examined the pivotal role American and Japanese submarines played. Fewer still have challenged the prevailing wisdom held among historians that US airstrikes on vulnerable Japanese fleet carriers marked a turning point in the war,...
A Decent, Orderly Lynching
The Montana Vigilantes
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers.
Combing through original...
A Narrative of Ethan Allen's Captivity
Containing His Voyages and Travels
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
The well-known patriot and leader of the Green Mountain Boys was arrested by the British in 1775 during a failed attempt to capture Montreal. Imprisoned aboard Royal Navy ships, paroled in New York City, and finally released in a 1778 prisoner exchange, Ethan Allen offers a stirring firsthand account of the early years of the Revolutionary War.
by Mary Allen
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
"A love story, a memoir, a haunting tale of grief and healing. This book is all that and more." --Chicago Tribune
In the tradition of Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted and Caroline Knapp's Drinking: A Love Story, Mary Allen tells a riveting love story that explores the uncharted...
The Ethical Poetic of the Later Middle Ages
A decorum of convenient distinction
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1982
This study of the definition of literature in the late medieval period is based on manuals of writing and on literary commentary and glosses. It defines a method of reading which may now profitably explain medieval texts, and identifies new primary medieval evidence which may ground and guide new...
by James Allen
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
First published in 1903, James Allen’s As a Man Thinketh has never been out of print and continues to find new legions of fans in the digital age. Described by Allen as "A book that will help you to help yourself," it is in many ways the first self-help book.
This new digital edition...
Max Weber
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2004
Max Weber is one of the founding fathers of sociology. He is often referred to as a sophisticated 'value-free' sociologist. This new critical introduction argues that Weber’s sociology cannot be divorced from his political standpoint. Weber saw himself as a ‘class conscious bourgeois’ and his...
As a Man Does
Morning and Evening Thoughts
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
One of the first great modern writers of motivational and inspirational books, James Allen has influenced millions around the world through his classic work As a Man Thinketh. In the same way, As a Man Does: Morning and Evening Thoughts presents beautiful and insightful meditations to feed the mind...
by Grant Allen
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This file includes: An African Millionaire, The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories, Biographies of Working Men, The British Barbarians, Charles Darwin, Early Britain, Falling In Love, The Great Taboo, Hilda Wade, Michael's Crag, Miss Cayley's Adventures, Philistia, Post-Prandial Philosophy, Recalled to...
Opus Dei
An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
The first serious journalistic investigation of the highly secretive, controversial organization Opus Dei provides unique insight about the wild rumors surrounding it and discloses its significant influence in the Vatican and on the politics of the Catholic Church.
Opus Dei (literally “the...
by Roland Allen
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
If it were once believed that the freedom of churches should be restricted to bring greater control to missions, Roland Allen sets out to overturn this conception. Warning against the danger of imposing greater limits on churches, the Author advocates that all members of the church, 'natives' and...
Somewhere in the Bible
Understanding Bible Scriptures and Creation
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
For all who have found the Bible difficult to read and science hard to understand, this author did too! Wouldnt it be wonderful if someone would take the time to study things such as difficult verses? Also, would it be helpful if somebody wrote it in a book?
Have we really found real truth...
The Extent of the Atonement
A Historical and Critical Review
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
The extent of Christ’s atoning work on the cross is one of the most divisive issues in evangelical Christianity. In The Extent of the Atonement: A Historical and Critical Review, David L. Allen makes a biblical, historical, theological, and practical case for a universal atonement. Through a comprehensive...
Against the Tide
The Radical Leadership of Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Pope Francis has fascinated the world with his humility, his compassion, and his radical vision for the Church. He has welcomed the homeless into the Vatican, embraced people with diseases, and shaken a complacent hierarchy. Shepherds, he said, should acquire the smell of the sheep.
John L....