Asa: 124 books

Are Americans obsessed with shopping? Shop 'til You Drop is a lively look at our consumer culture and its role in our everyday lives and society. Is the United States different from other first-world nations in the amount of time we spend shopping or in our attitudes toward consumption? Are we one...

Asa Gray is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His Darwiniana was also considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive. A prolific writer of books, he was instrumental in unifying the taxonomic knowledge of the plants of North America.

Love becomes desire without form, lust without flesh, desperation controls reality in the desire of a damaged soul. In the style of Poe, follow Estophel, a young lover, through the labyrinth of hell, such is unrequited love. This play takes us into the faith of the faithless, the cold destructive power of love, self loathing, the only cure becomes insanity.

In Blind Men and Elephants, Arthur Asa Berger uses case histories to show how scholars from different disciplines and scholarly domains have tried to describe and understand humor. He reveals not only the many approaches that are available to study humor, but also the many perspectives toward humor...

The retreat of the Byzantine army from Syria in around 650 CE, in advance of the approaching Arab armies, is one that has resounded emphatically in the works of both Islamic and Christian writers, and created an enduring motif: that of the Islamic-Byzantine frontier. For centuries, Byzantine and Islamic...

Is television a cultural wasteland, or a medium that has brought people more great art, music, dance, and drama than any previous media? How do we study and interpret television? What are the effects of television on individuals and society, and how do we measure them? What is the role of television...

Famed educator, pastor, and abolitionist Asa Mahan wrote his classic book The True Believer as a response to the question: What are the true character, duties, and privileges of a child of God in this life? In it, Mahan addresses such topics as… The confidence of the believer Attaining the...

The twenty-two women in this honest and empowering work prove that affirmations may be the most influential tools we have to make our dreams into realities. As selected by bestselling author and founder of Genius Academy™, Asa Leveaux, these narratives explore a variety of issues that face women...

This book is the story of Changa Asa Ramu, but there are many young men who walk in the same shoes and have experienced the same journey. Too often do young African-American men learn from their own experiences when they should have been mentored, educated, and prepared for life struggles as an African...

The world knows her as a porn star. . . but it's her way with words that will touch you again and again. Asa Akira's perceptive, funny, and straightforward writings on love, sex, death, marriage and celebrity come together in a surprising book of essays. Personally revealing as well as universal, Dirty Thirty marks the coming of age of a new literary star.

A murder, just four hours before the Royal Duchess is scheduled to sail for Alaska, and inspector Solomon Hunter and his assistant, Talcott Weems, are summoned to investigate this latest mystery. This delightful whodunit textbook by Arthur Asa Berger is the perfect tool to introduce students to cultural...

Doctor Isley is a man of science, not myth, magic, witchcraft or the fiction that is the bible. Vicar tries to convince Isley to examine the facts around the legend of Yorgan the Hellhound and Sven the Zombie that is the master of Yorgan.When Science became the new God, then Satan became the...

Historical action adventure - Fast paced, easy read.As the world transitions from arrows to guns in 1200 a kingdom deals with changes in power of rulers. This is a monarchy in all of its traitorous glory.Starting during end of the crusades where - Treasure or plunder depended on whether...

A Poem about suicide of a young girl, so much to live for now gone. A fallen angel unable to cope, hold on, understand life. Trespass of our dreams and desires gone forever.