Growing up in remote Cameroon, Richard Afuma could not expect to live much past the age of 40, and his chances of any sort of education were slim. But at the age of eight, Afuma found his way to a school run by Baptist missionaries. When he was ten, he saw his first white pers...
Suitable for aspiring producers and artists everywhere, this title presents the master's approach to making music. It offers advice on subjects such as songwriting, scoring, and the modern music business.
How Religious Emotion Threatens Free Society but Can Also Contribute to
Q-Anon and Other Replacement Realities: How Religious Emotion Threatens Free Society but Can Also Contribute to a Progressive Future examines the historical and theological origins and the social-psychological effects of American conspiracy fantasies that Q-Anon and other right-wing beliefs foster. The authors argue that as progressive social ......
Qigong (CHEE-GUNG) has swept America as the newest approach to healing and was on the rise in China until the recent Falun gong crackdowns. This book discusses the nature and practice of Qigong and its various manifestations. It exposes such alleged Qigong practices as: clairvoyance, telepathy, weightlessness, and energy discharge.
This engaging and insightful history of the Qing dynasty (1636-1912) offers a systematic discussion of topics such as language, philosophy, religion, art, literature, and social customs. Nuanced and wide-ranging, noted historian Richard J. Smith's authoritative book provides an essential introduction to late imperial Chinese culture and society.
This engaging and insightful history of the Qing dynasty (1636-1912) offers a systematic discussion of topics such as language, philosophy, religion, art, literature, and social customs. Nuanced and wide-ranging, noted historian Richard J. Smith's authoritative book provides an essential introduction to late imperial Chinese culture and society.
This book examines the main interpretive debate related to the book of Ecclesiastes--namely, is the author a pessimist or an optimist? Brian Neil Peterson argues that Qoheleth's message is not a pessimistic assessment of life, but rather a message of hope in the midst of a broken world due to the Fall.
Roxie is an independent-thinking quail chick who just has to find out what's over that hill! Topknot is her bossy troop leader who pecks the fun out of adventures with all her silly rules. When Roxie takes her own path, gets lost along the quail trail and can't remember the special call that will reunite her with her brood, she learns the hard way ......
The Diplomatic Mission of Anthony Morris, 1813 - 1816
A Quaker Goes to Spain is a multifaceted historical narrative. It recounts in detail a unique but virtually forgotten U.S. diplomatic initiative during The War of 1812, interwoven with a far more personal account of the emotional hardship, and the cultural and philosophical growth, experienced by the unusual man sent to carry out the mission.
