Kidd: 291 books
by Bruce Kidd
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 1996
Canadian sports were turned on their head during the years between the world wars. The middle-class amateur men's organizations which dominated Canadian sports since the mid-nineteenth century steadily lost ground, swamped by the rise of consumer culture and badly battered and split by the depression....
Patrick Henry
First Among Patriots
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Most Americans know Patrick Henry as a fiery speaker whose pronouncement Give me liberty or give me death!” rallied American defiance to the British Crown. But Henry's skills as an orator-sharpened in the small towns and courtrooms of colonial Virginia-are only one part of his vast, but largely...
Peking Story
The Last Days of Old China
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
For two years before and after the 1948 Communist Revolution, David Kidd lived in Peking, where he married the daughter of an aristocratic Chinese family. "I used to hope," he writes, "that some bright young scholar on a research grant would write about us and our Chinese friends before...
Union and Unionisms
Political Thought in Scotland, 1500–2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008
Although the dominant political ideology in Scotland between 1707 and the present, unionism has suffered serious neglect. One of the most distinguished Scottish historians of our time looks afresh at this central theme in Britain's history, politics and law, and traces the history of Scottish unionist...
by Thomas S. Kidd
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In the mid-eighteenth century, Americans experienced an outbreak of religious revivals that shook colonial society. This book provides a definitive view of these revivals, now known as the First Great Awakening, and their dramatic effects on American culture. Historian Thomas S. Kidd tells the absorbing...
Baptists in America
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
The Puritans called Baptists "the troublers of churches in all places" and hounded them out of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Four hundred years later, Baptists are the second-largest religious group in America, and their influence matches their numbers. They have built strong institutions, from...
The Cheese Monkeys
A Novel in Two Semesters
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2002
A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man.
"Um...so what exactly is a Cheese Monkey?"
Good question. But strictly off-limits. We can tell you that The Cheese Monkeys is a witty and effervescent coming-of-age novel about headless waterfowl, fake...
OtherWorlds
How to Imagine, Paint and Create Epic Scenes of Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
Go where no artist has ever gone before.
Bizarre terrains, enchanted forests, futuristic metropolises, ornate palaces ... these are the places where adventure dwells. In this fun and fiercely original book from celebrated fantasy artist Tom Kidd, you'll learn how to set the scene for epic tales...
Freud in Oz
At the Intersections of Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Children’s literature has spent decades on the psychiatrist’s couch, submitting to psychoanalysis by scores of scholars and popular writers alike. Freud in Oz turns the tables, suggesting that psychoanalysts owe a significant and largely unacknowledged debt to books ostensibly written for children....
Understanding Career Counselling
Theory, Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2006
`[This] is an exciting book, written in clear, accessible style. It's an informative guide for anyone wishing to explore career counselling as a topic and process' – Professional Manager
'This is an excellent book - practical yet scholarly. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand...
American Colonial History
Clashing Cultures and Faiths
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Thomas Kidd, a widely respected scholar of colonial history, deftly offers both depth and breadth in this accessible, introductory text on the American Colonial era. Interweaving primary documents and new scholarship with a vivid narrative reconstructing the lives of European colonists, Africans, and...
by Bruce Kidd
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
During more than forty years, Bruce Kidd has combined careers as an internationally ranked athlete, coach, sports administrator, professor and dean with critical scholarly and popular writing about sport, often on the issues in which he has been directly involved. Frequently calledthe conscience of...
Williams-Sonoma: Weeknight Fresh & Fast
Simple, Healthy Meals for Every Night of the Week
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Weeknight Fresh & Fast shows how to put a delicious, wholesome meal on the table every night of the week. Reflecting author Kristine Kidd’s practical and flavorful approach to cooking, it offers quick, easy, and healthy dinner ideas for any time of the year, with dozens of choices for poultry, meat,...
by Thomas S. Kidd
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
American History volume 2 gives a wide overview of America’s history from the end of the Civil War era, to the political and cultural struggles of contemporary times. Thomas S. Kidd employs lessons learned from his own scholarly expertise and history classes to weave together a compelling narrative...