True stories: general

Transforming Faith Communities argues for a model of being church that combines congregationalism with a constructive approach to church-state relationships.

Historic Church Serves Big City explores what a small congregation can do with the blend of developmental leadership and societal needs within their own backyard.

After harmonizing the four Gospels into one unified story, the author examines the ministry of Jesus to see what we can learn today for our own churches and ministries.

Techno-Sapiens gathers together leading scholars of technology, theology, and religion in order to explore the ways in which modern technology is neither solely a dehumanizing force in the world nor a mere instrument for evangelizing the world, but rather the very means by which incarnation happens--the media in and through which humans love the (digital) other.

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Pioneer missionary Timothy Richard served forty-five years in China and became a household name among educated Chinese.

Liang Fa holds a unique place in the history of Christianity in China.

Letters from Abu Ghraib, a collection of email messages sent by Joshua Casteel to his friends and family during his service as a US Army interrogator and Arabic linguist in the 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, is the raw and intimate record of a solider in moral conflict with his duties.

Secular assumptions underlie much formal communication between the West and Africa, and even intra-Africa.

In Black Metal music, the "e;most evil"e; wins.

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John Gallishaw was born in St Johns, Newfoundland in Canada in 1891.

This volume in the series Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance edited by Mathieu Deflem addresses contemporary issues of policing with a focus on the characteristics of police power as a coercive force in society and its continued need for legitimacy in a democratic social order.

In recent years labor relations have altered significantly and new and more serious forms of labor marginalization and control have emerged.

A Good Day to Die is a thought-provoking look into gang violence in Gary.

Among the British troops bound for the Black Sea in May 1854 was a young officer in the 5th Dragoon Guards, Richard Temple Godman, who sent home throughout the entire Crimea campaign many detailed letters to his family at Park Hatch in Surrey.

On December 4, 1969, attorney Jeff Haas was in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton's fiancee.

First published in 1798, this Revolutionary War memoir is one of the few ever written by a senior Continental Army commander.

The Battle of An Loc was one of the bloodiest battles in the Vietnam War and a defining moment in the history of the Republic of South Vietnam.

Boxing might not have survived the 1930s if not for Max Baer.

The tragic death of 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972 faded from headlines and memories for 20 years until the Boston abuse scandal--a string of assaults within the Catholic Church--exploded in the early 2000s.

From 1945 to 1973, more than 100,000 members of the U.

Why do Americans alternately celebrate and condemn gangsters, outlaws and corrupt politicians?

From 1861 to 1865, the American Civil War saw numerous technological innovations in warfare--chief among them was the ironclad warship.

These mystifying and spine-tingling stories are just what the doctor ordered and they are all true.

In the early 1930s women practicing criminal law were often held in the same low regard as the clients they served.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing in the United States alone.

As a new attorney, Pamela Braswell was confident her career was about to skyrocket.

An upright citizen kidnapped in public and dumped in a shallow grave.

Since the publication of The Compleat Meadmaker, mead has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in the United States.

Les pathologies chez l'enfant ne sont pas fixees irremediablement, leur evolution est incertaine et le diagnostic s'avere souvent delicat.

The New York Times-bestselling author of The Maker's Diet shows how to reverse symptoms of fibromyalgia and CFS with biblical and natural health concepts.

Published in 1912, The Curse of the Tramp is the third book in the series by A-No 1 "e;The Famous Tramp"e; who traveled 500,000 miles for only $7.

In this revised, updated and expanded edition, the author explores the life of Theodore Bundy, one of the more infamous--and flamboyant--American serial killers on record.

The business of birth control is the first book-length study to examine contraceptives as commodities in Britain before the pill.

The path of Grand Prix racing in America wound through raceways at Sebring, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Long Beach, and finally Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Interest in the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal swept the nation when the highly-respected Penn State University football coach and founder of a childrens charity was charged with 51 criminal counts involving 10 prepubescent boys.

Dorothea Gray Johanson Montalvo Puente was a female serial killer, an extremely rare phenomenon in the annals of American crime.

This candid memoir recounts the author's nearly four years in the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment--a.

Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did not commit.

An aggressive and colorful personality, William Barksdale was no stranger to controversy.

I could not ignore the tiny spark of hope that whispered to me that there might be someone with whom I could be vulnerable and real, and that this time they might just not let me down.

First published in 1914, this detailed account of female hobos is a rare and beautiful example of early American storytelling.

As a first lieutenant in the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.

On October 24, 1961, Massachusetts wife and mother Joan Risch vanished seemingly into thin air.

In July 1943 the scorched and bloody body of multi-millionaire businessman, Sir Harry Oakes, was found in a partly burned bed in his home in the Bahamas.

On September 25, 1944, Hitler attempted to shore up his faltering forces by creating the Volkssturm or People's Army.

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C.

William Edmondson "e;Grumble"e; Jones (b.

Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history.