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The official nonfiction companion to History’s dramatic series Texas Rising® (produced by the same team who made the award-winning ratings blockbuster Hatfields & McCoys), acclaimed Texas historian Stephen L. Moore’s definitive new narrative account tells the full, thrilling story of the Texas Republic, from revolution to independence and its years as a sovereign nation. Moore vividly recounts the journey of General Sam Houston and his small b...

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The history of Texas is usually told in terms of its "giants" such as Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Here, instead, is a history of Texas told by one of its lesser giants, William Turner Sadler (1797-1884), whose biography becomes the framework for an exciting view of Texas History. Sadler, one of the leading pioneers of nineteenth-century Texas, participated in most of the major events of the period. He migrated to Texas from Georgia in 1...

President Obama has declared that the standard by which all policies and policy outcomes are judged is fairness. He declared in 2011 that "we've sought to ensure that every citizen can count on some basic measure of security. We do this because we recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us, at any moment, might face hard times, might face bad luck, might face a crippling illness or a layoff." And that, he says, i...

What does any seventeen-year-old do when his mother tells him she only has two months to live-and his dad is to blame? In Caden Cahill's case, he will do anything to stay away from his abusive father. But after his mother's death, Caden travels a self-destructive path littered with sex and drugs, becoming lost in this seedy world and using his older boyfriend to gain access to the local nightclub. Logan Fox leads a much happier life at home wi...

What does any seventeen-year-old do when his mother tells him she only has two months to live-and his dad is to blame? In Caden Cahill's case, he will do anything to stay away from his abusive father. But after his mother's death, Caden travels a self-destructive path littered with sex and drugs, becoming lost in this seedy world and using his older boyfriend to gain access to the local nightclub. Logan Fox leads a much happier life at home wi...

Part of the "Savage Frontier" series, this work focuses on the evolution of the Texas Rangers and frontier warfare in Texas during the years 1840 and 1841. It covers the Battle of Plum Creek and other engagements in detail. It provides a view of life as a frontier fighter in the Republic of Texas.

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Fossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Before the Industrial Revolution, humanity depended on burning wood and candle wax. But with the ability to harness the energy in oil and other fossil fuels, quality of life and capacity for progress increased exponentially. Thanks to incredible innovations in the energy industry, fossil fuels are as promising, safe, and clean an energy resource as has ever existed in history. Yet, highl...

What might the resulting interdisciplinary field, commonly termed animality studies, mean for theology, biblical studies, and other cognate disciplines? Is it possible to move from animal theory to creaturely theology? This volume presents an attempt to grapple centrally with these questions.

This volume is the first full-length attempt from within the fields of theological and biblical studies to grapple with "the turn to the animal" currently underway in the humanities, a turn catalyzed in part by the animality theory that has issued from such thinkers as Jacques Derrida and Donna Haraway.

Vieles spricht gegen Privatdetektiv Tony Aarons (Liam Neeson). Die Mutter eine Straßenhure. Polizeilaufbahn leichtfertig verspielt. Schürzenjäger. Das Detektivbüro fast pleite. Doch was ist das gegen den Verdacht der Polizei: Ein Doppelmörder zu sein. Aus purer Habgier. Ein grausamer Schlächter an Frau und Klienten. Kein Zweifel, fähig wäre Tony zu allem... Unter Verdacht, Mörderische Intrigen, schmutzige Liebe, schockierendes Ende.

Deeply researched and well written....By far the most detailed account of USS Enterprise's dive-bombers and their decisive role at the Battle of Midway."*Sunday, December 7, 1941, dawned clear and bright over the Pacific.... But for the Dauntless dive-bomber crews of the USS Enterprise returning to their home base on Oahu, it was a morning from hell. Flying directly into the Japanese ambush at Pearl Harbor, they lost a third of their squadron ...

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Rogrig Wishard is a killer, a liar and a thief.

Aaron Stephen Moore is Assistant Professor of History at Arizona State University.