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Among Fulton J. Sheen's thousands of converts were celebrities such as Clare Booth Luce and Henry Ford II, and former communists Louis Budenz and Elizabeth Bentley. Reeves discusses these conversions and Sheen's close friendship with J. Edgar Hoover, and details for the first time the struggle between Sheen and his chief rival, Francis Cardinal Spellman, a battle of ecclesiastical titans that led all the way to the Pope and to Sheen's final hu...

This books seeks an answer too the question: What on EARTH was Jesus trying to do? He expended a great deal of effort to teach his disciples and send them out with a definite message to his people. What message? What goal did jesus strive to accomplish?

Written exclusively by Black scholars on behalf of, and in collaboration with local communities, the book looks at the commonalities and differences among Black speech communities in Africa and the Diaspora. Topics include: * the OJ Simpson trial * language issues in Southern Africa and Francophone West Africa * the language of Hip Hop * the language of the Rastafaria in Jamaica With a foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, this is essential reading f...

In 1975, Ian Andersen left the mundane world of corporate America to play high-stakes blackjack. He described his conquests in the classing Turning the Tables on Las Vegas (Vanguard Press). Now, after 25 more years in the casino trenches, Andersen has written his long-awaited sequel, which describes his personal program for success in blackjack and poker. The new edition of Andersen's classic book on casino comportment is revised, updated, and...

When George Garrett wrote of Robert Winship's The Brushlanders, "Robert Winship has an abiding and powerful sense of place and, even better, compassion for and curiosity about people--the inhabitants, " he might well have been writing about Flannery's Crossing, which set also in West Texas, focuses on one Arthur Flannery, an aging cowboy, who finds himself resident in a fleabag hotel in Pecos. When Paul Markham, proprietor of the Courtney, beg...

After English, Japanese is the most widely used language on the Internet. This is the first book to analyze the different applications and uses of the Internet in Japan. Introductory chapters focus on the development of the Internet in Japan, the online dynamics of Japanese language use and the differing ways in which broad groups such as men, women and students use the Internet. Other chapters look at Net use by specific subcultures including...

Carla Kelly wants to tell the truth, to discard myths about the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars. This collection of nine stories set in the era of the frontier army gives an entertaining and educational glimpse into a world not often explored in fiction. "Kathleen Flaherty's Long Winter" weaves a tale of an Irish woman who has no choice but to marry a man she barely knows after the death of her husband leaves her penniless. She struggles with...

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Two sisters explore, in essay and fiction, the common experiences and frustrations of growing up in a small town, and the mystical worlds that provide an escape from the ordinary. Stroll through our haunted forests, learn exactly what seems so odd about a new neighbor, strive against repression and receive blessings, discover sanctuary in the most unlikely places, allow a bluesman to heal you with his music and a touch of his magical hands, fi...

The story starts in a town in the eastern USA where a poor man dreams to become rich and famous by the simple expedient of robbing the heart of a rich woman. This leads the story to the underworld with its violence and intrigues.

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The history of my people is written in blood." So begins this rich and personal epic drama of three generations of the Koljenovic family and their influence on the history of Montenegro, the Balkans, and the world. Like the tiny blood red ruby in the great gearworks of nations, Montenegro has borne the weight and has been the center of the movements of the mighty. In this hard and most beautiful land, a fine and proud people have grown. This i...

Johns Hopkins brain researcher Avery Z. Conner provides a list of one hundred pressing questions facing the field of psychiatry. If these questions are answered, treatment of mental illness will improve substantially. The subjects addressed in the book include: brain neurotransmitter systems, depression and mania, other mental illnesses and addictions, personality, mechanisms of existing drugs, and new drugs needed.

Dragon Skies is the dark and magical history of northern Britain in the late sixth century. The series blends myth, legend, and history into a vibrant and powerful retelling of the events that led to the birth of Northumbria and the collapse of the Romano-British kingdoms that comprised Y Gogledd. One lonely man, fated by the gods to walk the battlefields and witness the events, will become legend. This is the history of Lailoken, known as Myr...

Thirteen ancient tales of War, Witchcraft, and Conquest in the wintry realm of Thula. A dark universe of forests, seas and mountains, inhabited by trolls, magicians and adventurers. "Once upon a time is coming.

Scientists in the news speak out from opposite sides of the fence on the question of DNA testing for researching family history and ancestry. How do you interpret your own DNA test results? How do you work with or research oral history?

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This is a collection of short stories written over the last ten years. There are no essays extolling fly fishing as a healer of mind and body. Neither will you find dry how to/where to details and you won't find a secret fly pattern guaranteed to catch fish on every cast. Instead there are anecdotes, tall tales, and fictional adventures. Some of the stories are humorous. A couple have more in common with science fiction and Mad Magazine than f...

For centuries, man has sought to see the future. For Billy Garrett and his friends, knowing the future is a curse.