History of the Americas

William Tudor, Willard Phillips, and Richard Henry Dana were not their fathers' Federalists.

Bill Kauffman has carved out an idiosyncratic identity quite unlike any other American writer.

Rufus Phillips offers an extraordinary inside history of the most critical years of American involvement in Vietnam, from 1954 to 1968, and explains why it still matters.

The Zapruder film has been described as "e;the most significant amateur recording of a news event in history.

This autobiography, published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), highlights Lieutenant General Becton's remarkable career, reflects on his youth, his almost forty years of service in the U.

The first volume of Lewis' masterful biography of David Glasgow Farragut's long career in the U.

We now know vastly more about the killing of John F.

In the early days of World War II, a young Marine named Charles Fenn was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) for undercover operations in the China-Burma-India theatre.

While America was preoccupied with the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, an even greater tragedy was unfolding across Southeast Asia.

Emotions were central to the ways that slaveholders perpetuated slavery, as well as to the ways that enslaved people survived and challenged bondage and experienced freedom.

Caught off Okinawa in the fiercest typhoon in history at the end of World War II.

An experienced reconnaissance Marine officer, Bruce Meyers paints a colorful and accurate picture of the special recon landings that preceded every major amphibious operation in the Pacific War.

An examination of the role and struggles of dockworkers-enslaved and free-in Charleston between the American Revolution and the Civil WarWorking on the Dock of the Bay explores the history of waterfront labor and laborers-black and white, enslaved and free, native and immigrant-in Charleston, South Carolina, between the American Revolution and Civil War.

The biography of a well-connected but nearly forgotten American antebellum politicianIn Florida Founder William P.

On the night of February 8, 1968, South Carolina state highway patrolmen fired on civil rights demonstrators in front of South Carolina State College, a historically black institution in the town of Orangeburg.

The declaration of the Peoples Republic of China in October 1949 presented American foreign policy officials with two dilemmas: how to deal with the communist government on the mainland and what to do about Chiang Kai-sheks holdout Nationalist regime on Taiwan.

The average American knows little or nothing of the great service rendered by Admiral de Grasse, a French admiral, to the cause of American independence in the battle off Cape Henry in 1781.

As the Supreme Allied Commander in the fight against the Nazis, General Dwight Eisenhower was one of the most important leaders of the last century.

In 1934, Anglican priest H.

A history of life in one South Carolina city during the American Civil War, featuring personal stories from those who were there.

In Contrails over the Mojave George Marrett takes off where Tom Wolfes The Right Stuff ended in 1963.

Luther's oft-recounted life made a profound impact on his contemporaries.

Right from the beginning of humankind, God has never deprived a people of his grace and revelation.

The popular conception of Hitler in the final years of World War II is that of a deranged Fuhrer stubbornly demanding the defense of every foot of ground on all fronts and ordering hopeless attacks with nonexistent divisions.

Are you dreaming of working abroad?

For years Tommy Charles searched South Carolina's upcountry for examples of ancient rock art carvings and paintings, efforts conducted on behalf of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA).

Horrific changes are descending upon humanity, most of them man-made, all of them threatening the survival of humankind on Mother Earth.

Carolina Christmas collects for the first time holiday stories of Archibald Rutledge (1883-1973), one of the most prolific outdoor and nature writers of the twentieth century and the first poet laureate of South Carolina.

Tara Mitchell Mielnik fills a significant gap in the history of the New Deal South by examining the lives of the men of South Carolina's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) who from 1933 to 1942 built sixteen state parks, all of which still exist today.

This detailed account of Britain's Siege of Charleston is "e;a welcome addition to the history of South Carolina and of the American Revolution"e; (Journal of Military History).

At the forefront of a new era in American history, Briggs v.

In today's multi-cultural and multi-religious world, evangelism is often viewed as scandalous, not only by those who are opposed to anything religious, but also by many Christians.

Philip Andrews arrives on the mission field with outwardly impeccable credentials.

How can theologians, philosophers, and ordinary people think about the Holy Spirit in the twenty-first century?

God has an epic plan for the flourishing of all people and places.

Only a few decades past, academia tended to scoff at the very idea of serious Pentecostal theology.

Letha Dawson Scanzoni changed the landscape of American evangelicalism through her groundbreaking work on the gospel-based intersection of gender and LGBTQ justice.

The missionary endeavor is as ancient as the Word of God.

Return for a fifth time with Pastor Blackstone to the fabled land of India and discover more biblical precepts and life-changing concepts as he travels again with his good friend Shibu Simon to "e;earth's farthest bounds.

Luther, passion, and sensualism?

This is a story of the Wards, Irish immigrants initially settling in Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia.

For the last couple decades, urban church planting has been all the rage.

How does a missional mindset or perspective impact the way we read Scripture?

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti buried Renee Splichal Larson in concrete rubble, killing her husband and leaving her a widow at age 27.

Grace Woodbridge Roys suffered from bi-polar disease before it was well understood.

How should we positively interact with others from all types of backgrounds in ways that acknowledge God's diversity in the world?

Today, people from various parts of the world who are interested in helping fellow human beings impacted by famine, epidemics, wars, and poverty are uniquely positioned.

How do pastors live their spiritual lives, both as private persons and as professionals?

Memoirs of Jewish life in the east European shtetl often recall the hekdesh (town poorhouse) and its residents: beggars, madmen and madwomen, disabled people, and poor orphans.

The Trinity can be understood as a social community with members speaking and listening to one another in love, or, as Luther understood the Trinity, as conversation, then God's mission essentially involves in mission-in-dialogue.