J David: 1790 books
Kentucky and the Great War
World War I on the Home Front
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
From five thousand children marching in a parade, singing, "Johnnie get your hoe.... Mary dig your row," to communities banding together to observe Meatless Tuesdays and Wheatless Wednesdays, Kentuckians were loyal supporters of their country during the First World War. Kentucky had one...
Red Brethren
The Brothertown and Stockbridge Indians and the Problem of Race in Early America
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
New England Indians created the multitribal Brothertown and Stockbridge communities during the eighteenth century with the intent of using Christianity and civilized reforms to cope with white expansion. In Red Brethren, David J. Silverman considers the stories of these communities and argues that...
At The Helm: Volume 3: A Sci-Fi Bridge Anthology
At The Helm, #3
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined.
Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this third collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at...
by David J. Murray
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
An Apology For all the irritations Ive caused you,
Im sorry; in a mirror,
My eyes might glisten with tears of fear and remorse.
For being an onerous burden upon you,
Im sorry; in a drama,
Id movingly exit, the back of my hand on my brow ...
It is no secret...
by David J. Lovato
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Two people meet, fall in love, fall out, and fall apart, left wondering what to do with the pieces that remain. A collection of narrative poetry.
Nazi Policy on the Eastern Front, 1941
Total War, Genocide, and Radicalization
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and events on the Eastern Front that same year were pivotal to the history of World War II. It was during this year that the radicalization of Nazi policy -- through both an all-encompassing approach to warfare and the application of genocidal...
A War of Frontier and Empire
The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
It has been termed an insurgency, a revolution, a guerrilla war, and a conventional war. As David J. Silbey demonstrates in this taut, compelling history, the 1899 Philippine-American War was in fact all of these. Played out over three distinct conflicts—one fought between the Spanish and the allied...
Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam
Or, How Not to Learn from the Past
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Essays by Christian G. Appy, Andrew J. Bacevich, John Prados, and others offer “history at its best, meaning, at its most useful.” —Howard Zinn
From the launch of the “Shock and Awe” invasion in March 2003 through President George W. Bush’s declaration of “Mission Accomplished”...
Jews in American Politics
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2003
Joseph Lieberman's Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role in American government since the early 1800s at least, and in view of the 2004 election, there is no...
Black Banners of ISIS
The Roots of the New Caliphate
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
A medieval Islam historian’s incisive portrait of ISIS, revealing the group’s deep ideological and intellectual roots in the earliest days of Islam With tremendous speed, the Islamic State has moved from the margins to the center of life in the Middle East. Despite recent setbacks, its ability to...
The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.
From "Solo" to Memphis
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
The author of Bearing the Cross, the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr., exposes the government’s massive surveillance campaign against the civil rights leader
When US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy authorized a wiretap of Martin Luther King Jr.’s phones by...
Key States, High Stakes
Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, and the 2010 Elections
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
The 2010 elections were one of the most highly anticipated midterm elections in our nation's recent history. After the historic 2008 election, in which America elected its first black president, Sarah Palin's involvement and the emergence of the Tea Party in the 2010 congressional elections had the...
by David J. Whittaker
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2006
Examining a number of case studies, including Palestinian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees, David J. Whittaker’s book provides a balanced introduction to this very controversial subject.
Fuelled by extensive coverage in the media, the issue of asylum seekers and refugees is one of the most talked...
Can Bacteria Cause Cancer?
Alternative Medicine Confronts Big Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1997
Growing numbers of cancer patients are exploring diet, food supplements, herbs, and nontoxic immunotherapies like bacterial vaccines as a means of therapy. Yet most cancer research organizations refuse to even evaluate these alternatives. Can Bacteria Cause Cancer? argues convincingly that unless...