Real Vs. Rumor
Author : Keith A. Erekson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2021-05-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781629729091
Author : Keith A. Erekson
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2021-05-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781629729091
Author : Jake Arnott
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 19,85 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0544077792
A dazzling, decades-spanning novel that features fictional characters and actual historical figures making their way through a labyrinth that connects WWII spycraft, the occultism of Aleister Crowley, the Jonestown massacre, pulp science fiction, Latin American revolutionaries, and new wave music.
Author : Ralph L. Rosnow
Publisher : New York : Elsevier
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : Wendy Shalit
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 25,42 MB
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1476765170
Updated with a new introduction, this fifteenth anniversary edition of A Return to Modesty reignites Wendy Shalit’s controversial claim that we have lost our respect for an essential virtue: modesty. When A Return to Modesty was first published in 1999, its argument launched a worldwide discussion about the possibility of innocence and romantic idealism. Wendy Shalit was the first to systematically critique the "hook-up" scene and outline the harms of making sexuality so public. Today, with social media increasingly blurring the line between public and private life, and with child exploitation on the rise, the concept of modesty is more relevant than ever. Updated with a new preface that addresses the unique problems facing society now, A Return to Modesty shows why "the lost virtue" of modesty is not a hang-up that we should set out to cure, but rather a wonderful instinct to be celebrated. A Return to Modesty is a deeply personal account as well as a fascinating intellectual exploration into everything from seventeenth-century manners to the 1948 tune "Baby, It’s Cold Outside." Beholden neither to social conservatives nor to feminists, Shalit reminds us that modesty is not prudery, but a natural instinct—and one that may be able to save us from ourselves.
Author : Richard Lyman Bushman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199839964
Beginning with a handful of members in 1830, the church that Joseph Smith founded has grown into a world-wide organization with over 12 million adherents, playing prominent roles in politics, sports, entertainment, and business. Yet they are an oddity. They are considered wholesome, conservative, and friendly on one hand, and clannish, weird, and self-righteous on the other. Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction explains who Mormons are: what they believe and how they live their lives. Written by Richard Lyman Bushman, an eminent historian and practicing Mormon, this compact, informative volume ranges from the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the contentious issues of contemporary Mormonism. Bushman argues that Joseph Smith still serves as the Mormons' Moses. Their everyday religious lives are still rooted in his conceptions of true Christianity. They seek revelation to solve life's problems just as he did. They believe the authority to seal families together for eternity was restored through him. They understand their lives as part of a spiritual journey that started in a "council in heaven" before the world began just as he taught. Bushman's account also describes the tensions and sorrows of Mormon life. How are Mormons to hold on to their children in a world of declining moral standards and rampant disbelief? How do rational, educated Mormons stand up to criticisms of their faith? How do single Mormons fare in a church that emphasizes family life? The book also examines polygamy, the various Mormon scriptures, and the renegade fundamentalists who tarnish the LDS image when in fact they're not members. In a time when Mormons such as Mitt Romney and Harry Reid are playing prominent roles in American society, this engaging introduction enables readers to judge for themselves how Mormon teachings shape the character of believers. About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.
Author : Keith A. Erekson
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1558499156
How a group of nonprofessional historians forced a reassessment of Abraham Lincolns life story
Author : Rosalind Wiseman
Publisher : Piatkus Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Parent and teenager
ISBN : 9780749923648
Written in a down-to-earth style and packed with examples and tips, this is a guide to the secret world of girls' cliques and the roles they play. It analyzes their teasing and gossip and provides advice to enable parents to empower both their daughters and themselves.
Author : Kathryn M. Daynes
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Marriage
ISBN : 9780252026812
More Wives Than One offers an in-depth look at the long-term interaction between belief and the practice of polygamy, or plural marriage, among the Latter-day Saints. Focusing on the small community of Manti, Utah, Kathryn M. Daynes provides an intimate view of how Mormon doctrine and Utah laws on marriage and divorce were applied in people's lives.
Author : Lynn Cullen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1476702918
Struggling to support her family in mid-19th-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and the scheming manipulations of his wife.
Author : Joan Holub
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,20 MB
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442449373
Priding herself on having the most up-to-date information about everyone at Mount Olympus Academy, gossipy Pheme sends VIP messages that linger in cloud letters above her head, a habit that raises the ire of her fellow goddesses.