David Scott: 346 books

The Catholic faith is not a set of rules or a body of doctrines, but is a way of life, writes David Scott. It's a lived faith that contains convincing, intellectually coherent, and spiritually fulfilling answers to the biggest questions: Who is God? Who is Jesus? Why are we here? Where are we going?...

Growing up on either side of the Iron Curtain, David Scott and Alexei Leonov experienced very different childhoods but shared the same dream to fly. Excelling in every area of mental and physical agility, Scott and Leonov became elite fighter pilots and were chosen by their countries' burgeoning...

At this stalled and disillusioned juncture in postcolonial history—when many anticolonial utopias have withered into a morass of exhaustion, corruption, and authoritarianism—David Scott argues the need to reconceptualize the past in order to reimagine a more usable future. He describes how, prior...

'I was 13 when I decided what I wanted to do in life was travel and have adventures, be of some use to other people, and have a family. Life worked out pretty much as I hoped.' Born into middle-class poverty in the 1920s, David Scott was on course for a corporate career until his uncle, Father...

Stuart Hall’s Voice explores the ethos of style that characterized Stuart Hall’s intellectual vocation. David Scott frames the book—which he wrote as a series of letters to Hall in the wake of his death—as an evocation of friendship understood as the moral and intellectual medium in which...

Omens of Adversity is a profound critique of the experience of postcolonial, postsocialist temporality. The case study at its core is the demise of the Grenada Revolution (1979–1983), and the repercussions of its collapse. In the Anglophone Caribbean, the Grenada Revolution represented both the...

As the two billion YouTube views for “Gangnam Style” would indicate, South Korean popular culture has begun to enjoy new prominence on the global stage. Yet, as this timely new study reveals, the nation’s film industry has long been a hub for transnational exchange, producing movies that put...

Get ready to experience a visual masterpiece! This book is one for all ages. Breathtaking water colors will whisk you away to share the shore with the lives of a family on their first beach vacation. Hot sand on your toes, seagulls dancing over head, and the wind sweeping Peter’s kite away as he...

Part love story, part adventure mystery, part travel guide for the soul, the award-winning novel The Longest Distance is a meditation in traveling from our heads to our hearts, and an awakening to what lies within. Shaken by tragedy in the wilds of Africa, Jeremy Braddock sets off in search of the...

From amidst the clutter of lead generation tactics--both old and new--this strategic guide teaches marketers how to make the many available lead generation tactics work together to produce the maximum number of quality leads. Marketing expert David T. Scott identifies the seven most successful tactics--including...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: A-level Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Ensure your students get to grips with the core practicals and develop the skills needed to succeed with an in-depth assessment-driven approach that builds and reinforces understanding;...

A wicked funny collection of short stories eminent of the best work of humorists like Jean Shepard and James Thurber.The stories are written  purely to amuse and entertain and it is fact that most people who read them laugh.They are by turns eccentric, erratic and ridiculous. There is parody and...

Why did Spenser write his epic, The Faerie Queene, in stanzas instead of a classical meter or blank verse? Why did he affect the vocabulary of medieval poets such as Chaucer? Is there, as centuries of readers have noticed, something lyrical about Spenser's epic style, and if so, why? In this accessible...

Lovable yorkie puppies Louie and Lilly are very sleepy after playing all morning, so they set out on a quest to find the best place to nap. With beautiful illustrations and a fun, alternating rhyme scheme, this is an adorable children's book to read aloud for nap time, bedtime or any time. Preschoolers...