A former African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister, now a noted humanist scholar, describes his journey from faith to unbelief. This memoir is an honest appraisal by a former African American minister of his struggle with doubts about his core beliefs and his eventual decision to leave his ministry to become a noted humanist academic. Anthony B. ......
The Real Story of the Writing of the Greatest American Novel
The Great Gatsby has sold 25 million copies worldwide and sells 500, 000 copies annually. The book has been made into three movies and produced for the theatre. It is considered the Greatest American Novel ever written. Yet, the story of how The Great Gatsby was written has not been told except as embedded chapters of much larger biographies. This ......
The A-to-Z Guide to Tax Deductions for Home-Based Businesses
Are you paying more taxes than you have to? The IRS is certainly not going to tell you about a deduction you failed to take, and your accountant won't catch everything. This invaluable book not only lists the individual items that are deductible in your home-based business--from utilities to that part of the home where you work--but also explains ......
ISBN-13: 9781630760694
(Paperback)
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
How Wilbur Wright Solved the Problem of Manned Flight
"This book is the first deconstruction of the Wright Brothers' myth. They were not -- as we have all come to believe--two halves of the same apple. Each had a distinctive role in creating the first 'flying machine'."--Provided by publisher.
The war against child abuse has become a war against children. Every year, hundreds of children die, thousands more are forced to live with strangers, and countless American families are torn apart. This book presents descriptions of children summarily removed from their homes and of families shattered because of false reports.
James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in Biography "The Funniest. Presidential. Biographer. Ever." -Kai Bird, Pulitzer-prize winning historian Now in paperback, W.P.E. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightening-and highly entertaining!-account of poor James Buchanan's presidency. This book proves ......
The annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair attracts "so-ugly-they're-cute" contestants, their devoted owners, and hundreds of thousands of fans, both in person and via worldwide media attention. This book--filled with hilarious photos as well as short profiles of the dogs and their owners--captures the wacky and wonderful ......
The American horse is "a canvas on which we've painted American identity." For the more than two million horse owners in the United States and the countless others who dream of riding, here is a collection offering the best writing about horses from America's best writers. "Horse Whisperer" Buck Brannaman, New York Time's best-seller Melinda Roth, ......
"Horse Whisperer" Buck Brannaman, New York Times best-seller Melinda Roth, and a dozen other writers offer engaging stories that will if not keep you in the saddle at least have you reading comfortably for hours in your favorite chair.
