Hunt: 1407 books

Helen Hunt Jackson’s passionate crusade for Indian rights comes to life in this collection of more than 200 letters, most of which have never been published before. With Valerie Sherer Mathes’s helpful notes, the letters reveal the behind-the-scenes drama of Jackson’s involvement in Indian reform,...

Robert Hunt examines how Union veterans of the Army of the Cumberland employed the extinction of slavery in the trans-Appalachian South in their memory of the Civil War. Hunt argues that rather than ignoring or belittling emancipation, it became central to veterans’ retrospective understanding of...

A centuries-old belief system is put to the test as two prominent authors examine and debate the subject of Calvinism from opposing viewpoints. James White, author of The Potter's Freedom, takes the Calvinist position. Dave Hunt, author of What Love Is This, opposes him. The exchange is lively and...

In July 2006, Martin Hunt was a successful software sales professional with a wife, two sons, a happy life in Seattle, and a commitment to the U.S. Army that he was not sure he’d ever be called on to fulfill. A year later he was a resident of Camp Ramadi, a dusty outpost at the epicenter of Operation...

A simple question lurks amid the considerable controversy created by recent U.S. policy: what road did Americans travel to reach their current global preeminence? Taking the long historical view, Michael Hunt demonstrates that wealth, confidence, and leadership were key elements to America's ascent....

In A Nervous State, Nancy Rose Hunt considers the afterlives of violence and harm in King Leopold’s Congo Free State. Discarding catastrophe as narrative form, she instead brings alive a history of colonial nervousness. This mood suffused medical investigations, security operations, and vernacular...

Suppose you took your car to a mechanic who greeted you in about an hour and said, "You'll be pleased to know that I replaced your dead battery and added 250 unnecessary parts." Just as unnecessary parts would ruin a car engine, so unnecessary words, phrases, and elements can do damage to...

In this book distinguished theorist and author Shelby D. Hunt analyzes the major controversies in the "philosophy debates" raging throughout the field of marketing. Using an historical approach, Hunt argues against relativism and for scientific realism as a philosophy for guiding marketing...

On July 12, 2009, 23 youth and adult sponsors from First Baptist Church in Shreveport, La., were involved in a tragic bus accident, leaving two dead and others seriously injured. Rev. Gregory Hunt suddenly found himself leading a congregation in crisis. From that grueling experience, Hunt has crafted...

'Spitfire!' concerns an elderly and rich World War II fighter ace and a bizarre bet he has with his son, whilst in the other story 'Sancho' has a heart attack whilst playing cricket in a game involving many nationalities - but is everything as it seems?These two humorous yarns come from the great collection...

In 'Taller Toni' an evil-minded mechanic tries to murder the woman who once sent him to jail, whilst in the second story a bright young English girl seeks revenge against the crook who fleeced her Spanish grand-mother. These two poignant tales of evil-doers getting their just desserts come from the great...

In 'Inferno' a young pyromaniac gets his kicks starting a woodlands fire, affecting many other lives, whilst in 'A Miracle at Sant' Llorenc' an elderly American woman and a Spaniard fell in love when they were young, then lost touch with each other.These two poignant yarns come from the great collection...

In 'Juan-Miguel..... ', a comedy, three young girls get more than they bargain for in a trip on a Spaniard's yacht, whilst in the other (love) story a young girl who shot to fame in Ibiza, but lost the boy she loved, now realises that money doesn't buy everything.These two yarns come from the great...

'An Ibicencan Meal ' concerns a young German chef and his English girlfriend being shown how to cook a meal with local ingredients - or are they? 'The Man from Santa Gertrudis' involves a young English couple who find a handsome Australian wants to come between them.These two comedy yarns come from the...