Jay M Smith: 9 books

Book cover of Cheated

Cheated

The UNC Scandal, the Education of Athletes, and the Future of Big-Time College Sports

by Jay M. Smith, Mary Willingham
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015

In 2010 allegations of an utterly corrupt academic system for student-athletes emerged from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus, home of the legendary Tar Heels. As the alma mater of Michael Jordan, Larry Brown, Marion Jones, Lawrence Taylor, Rashad McCants, and many others; winner...
Book cover of Interpreting the New Testament Text

Interpreting the New Testament Text

Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis

by Daniel B. Wallace, J. William Johnston, Jay E. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2006

With the explosive increase in availability of English Bible translations, the question can easily be asked, "Why bother with the hard work of biblical exegesis?" Computers can translate foreign languages and our English texts can take us very close to the original meanings, so why exegete? Answer:...
Book cover of Heroic Tales

Heroic Tales

A Collection Of 19 Great Tales- Novels, Novella, And Short Stories

by Simon Stanton, Stefon Mears, N.W. Moors
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017

Imagine: you are seated about a blazing campfire, your and the other bards. Tales of Achilles, Beowulf, Alexander, Odysseus, Conan, Tarzan, Joan of Arc and other heroes are told, along with new ones that carry on with the Jungian archetypes so central to our very nature. Men and women who brave the...
Book cover of Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack #2
by H. Beam Piper, Andre Norton, Harry Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2016

More than 25 of the greatest Science Fiction stories ever written—many in eBook form for the very first time. More than four hundred pages of top flight fiction selected by the editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com, including 'Ticking' by Allen M. Steele; 'All Cats are Gray' by Andre...
Book cover of Engaging Nature

Engaging Nature

Environmentalism and the Political Theory Canon

by Sheryl D. Breen, Özgüç Orhan, Francisco Seijo
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014

Essays that put noted political thinkers of the past—including Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Wollstonecraft, Marx, and Confucius—in dialogue with current environmental political theory. Contemporary environmental political theory considers the implications of the environmental crisis for...
Book cover of Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times
by Andrew Fear, Brian Sandberg, Jay Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018

Great statesmen and gentlemen, men of honor and rank, seem to be phenomena of a bygone Aristocratic era. Aristocracies, which emphasize rank, and value difference, quality, beauty, rootedness, continuity, stand in direct contrast to democracies, which value equality, autonomy, novelty, standardization,...
Book cover of Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…

by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018

This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Book cover of Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election

Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election

Her Political and Social Discourse

by Diane M. Blair, A. Fletcher Cole, Farris Lee Francis
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton and the 2016 Election: Her Political and Social Discourse is anedited collection that demonstrates the ways in which Clinton has used political rhetoric and discourse to provide and assert her right to leadership in her many roles as First Lady, Senator from New York, and Secretary...
Book cover of Narrating Midlife

Narrating Midlife

Crisis, Transition, and Transformation

by Jay Baglia, Koji Fuse, Barbara Jago
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019

Narrating Midlife: Crisis, Transition, and Transformation is rooted in a discussion about why it is important to address the midlife years in ways that challenge and interrogate the myths that surround this phase of life. Although readers are free to construct their own meaning after reading each...
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