Knight: 2012 books

In February 1862, after defeats at Bull Run and at Wilson's Creek in Missouri, the Union army was desperate for victory on the eve of its first offensive of the Civil War. The strategy was to penetrate the Southern heartland with support from a new "Brown Water"? navy. In a two-week campaign plagued...

Come with storytellers Xanthe and Robin on a journey throughout Sussex and meet some of the strange and magical creatures that live here. Did you know that if you’re walking the cliff tops you may spot a fiery-eyed stranger? Or that if you’re dancing in the forest and hear a singing in the wind,...

Joseph M. Forshaw, one of the world’s leading authorities on parrots, calls attention to the threats they face: they are one of the most endangered groups of birds, with a growing number of species nearing extinction. The main threats arise from habitat loss through deforestation and agricultural development...

The fi eld of cosmology may be on the verge of a signifi cant paradigm shift, as there is an increasing awareness that scientists have missed something fundamental as they carry on in their quest for a theory of everything and a theory that unites general relativity with quantum mechanics. Knight...

Knight, una autoridad en historia de América Latina, presenta una de las más completas historias sobre la etapa armada de este movimiento, tomando en cuenta las variantes regionales, los distintos niveles de la política y la diplomacia. Partiendo del análisis del Porfiriato, analiza los factores...

In the tiny lakeside community of Banayim, Galilee, the villagers long for the promised Messiah to save them from poverty and Roman rule. Meanwhile their work, quarrels, and gossip go as usual. Young Dan, the motherless son of Shepherd Ammiel, is confused. Who is the Messiah? When will he come? And...

Krishna Kanta's Will by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay TRANSLATED BY MIRIAM S. KNIGHT, WITH INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY AND NOTES BY J. F. BLUMHARDT, M.A. Pages - 176 In presenting to the English public another of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's tales, I have only to express a hope that the spirit of the...

When Deborah Knight Eaton met Dr. Jonas Salk in 1990, his remarks changed her life: I know what you are; youre a visionary, and its people like you who hold the vision so that other people can walk into it. Going Deep: My Transcendent Journey into Theta Consciousness takes you into Deborahs...

I AM I, the light and power throughout Creation, and reside within every element and life form across time, space and all dimensions. Therefore, I do not ask you to give up, deny, or cast favor over anyone or anything, because in truth, each faith, religion, color, creed, and language of man desires...

Please remember, I do not ask you to give up, or even deny your current beliefs, for every faith and religion, and all colors, creeds and languages of man, in truth … wish you to bask within the completeness and glory of ‘God’. I promise you this, the road ahead will become much easier,...

You and I are ‘one’ … just like a wave, which cannot be separated or ever divided from the ocean called Love. Of this, there can be no doubt, but should you require additional proof, where can you find the answers that you seek? Please understand, these further lessons of spiritual guidance...

A distinguished group of scholars explores compromise in contemporary affairs Do lawmakers have a greater ethical responsibility to compromise than ordinary citizens? How does one rectify what is at stake when lawmakers concede to compromise for the sake of reaching resolution? Is compromise...

Alphonso W. Knight Sr., is a retired architectural engineer, teacher, and college administrator. He served as superintendent of buildings and grounds at Fessenden Academy in Martin, Florida and at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia. He taught in the public school system is St. Louis,...

Este volumen está conformado por cinco ensayos escritos a propósito del centenario del comienzo de la Revolución mexicana que estudian diversos aspectos y enfoques de la lucha armada de 1910. En ellos Alan Knight realiza una revisión del desarrollo de la historiografía sobre la Revolución mexicana;...