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The End of Days

African American Religion and Politics in the Age of Emancipation

by Matthew Harper ...

For 4 million slaves, emancipation was a liberation and resurrection story of biblical proportion, both the clearest example of God’s intervention in human history and a sign of the end of days. In this book, Matthew Harper demonstrates how black southerners’ theology, in particular their understanding of the end times, influenced nearly every major economic and political decision they made in the ... Read more

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For 4 million slaves, emancipation was a liberation and resurrection story of biblical proportion, both the clearest example of God’s intervention in human history and a sign of the end of days. In this book, Matthew Harper demonstrates how black southerners’ theology, in particular their understanding of the end times, influenced nearly every major economic and political decision they made in the
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Apocalypse and the Millennium in the American Civil War Era

by Jason Phillips, Robert Nelson, Ryan Cordell, Nina Reid-Maroney, Joseph Moore, Jennifer Graber, Scott Nesbit, Charles Irons, Edward J. Blum, Matthew Harper ...

Series series Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
In the Civil War era, Americans nearly unanimously accepted that humans battled in a cosmic contest between good and evil and that God was directing history toward its end. The concept of God's Providence and of millennialism -- Christian anticipations of the end of the world -- dominated religious thought in the nineteenth century. During the tumultuous years immediately prior to, during, and ... Read more

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In the Civil War era, Americans nearly unanimously accepted that humans battled in a cosmic contest between good and evil and that God was directing history toward its end. The concept of God's Providence and of millennialism -- Christian anticipations of the end of the world -- dominated religious thought in the nineteenth century. During the tumultuous years immediately prior to, during, and
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A Knife in the Fog

A Mystery Featuring Margaret Harkness and Arthur Conan Doyle

by Bradley Harper ...

Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

Unabridged

8 hours 40 min

September 1888. A twenty-nine-year-old Arthur Conan Doyle practices medicine by day and writes at night. His first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, although gaining critical and popular success, has only netted him twenty-five pounds. Embittered by the experience, he vows never to write another "crime story." Then a messenger arrives with a mysterious summons from former Prime Minister ... Read more

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September 1888. A twenty-nine-year-old Arthur Conan Doyle practices medicine by day and writes at night. His first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, although gaining critical and popular success, has only netted him twenty-five pounds. Embittered by the experience, he vows never to write another "crime story." Then a messenger arrives with a mysterious summons from former Prime Minister
... Read more
Multimodal and Digital Creative Writing Pedagogies

by Kristina Wright, Sheryl Bundy, Megan Cartier, Katie Ducett, Cameron Edmond, Ben Gunsberg, Matt Kelly, Matthew Macomber, Tara Propper0, Sherezade García Rangel1, Sarah Snyder2, Robert Ward3, Sara K. Howe5, Nikki Fragala Barnes6, Mary C. Leoson7 ...

Multimodal and Digital Creative Writing Pedagogies offers a breadth of expertise and informed pedagogies on teaching multimodal and digital creative writing in the college classroom. This book presents engaging methods to inspire student writing beyond traditional, print-based texts. The contributors in this volume, all experienced creative writing instructors, share indispensable strategies for ... Read more

$80.99 USD

Multimodal and Digital Creative Writing Pedagogies offers a breadth of expertise and informed pedagogies on teaching multimodal and digital creative writing in the college classroom. This book presents engaging methods to inspire student writing beyond traditional, print-based texts. The contributors in this volume, all experienced creative writing instructors, share indispensable strategies for
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Between Being and Time

From Ontology to Eschatology

by Matthew Baker, Demetrios Harper, Nikolaos Loudovikos, Giulio Maspero, Jared Schumacher, Dionysios Skliris, Chris Doude van Troostwijk, Haralambos Ventis, Maxim Vasiljevic, David W. Fagerberg, Isabel C. Troconis Iribarren, Logan M. Issac, Daniel S. Robinson, Daniel B. Wright, Christos Yannaras ...

This book explores the relationship between being and time —between ontology and history— in the context of both Christian theology and philosophical inquiry. Each chapter tests the limits of this multifaceted thematic vis-à-vis a wide variety of sources: from patristics (Maximus the Confessor, Gregory of Nyssa) to philosophy (Kant, Kierkegaard, Heidegger) to modern theology (Berdyaev, Ratzinger, ... Read more

$36.99 USD

This book explores the relationship between being and time —between ontology and history— in the context of both Christian theology and philosophical inquiry. Each chapter tests the limits of this multifaceted thematic vis-à-vis a wide variety of sources: from patristics (Maximus the Confessor, Gregory of Nyssa) to philosophy (Kant, Kierkegaard, Heidegger) to modern theology (Berdyaev, Ratzinger,
... Read more
Slow Cooker Recipes for Christmas

by Harper Matthews ...

Slow Cooker Recipes for Christmas This Christmas season is a time to spend with family so the last thing you want to do is spend hours preparing a meal. With your slow cooker and this cookbook in hand, you can quickly and easily make a wide variety of Christmas favorites. In this book you will receive the following: A collection of 6 tasty snacks and appetizers Eight delicious soups and stews ... Read more

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Slow Cooker Recipes for Christmas This Christmas season is a time to spend with family so the last thing you want to do is spend hours preparing a meal. With your slow cooker and this cookbook in hand, you can quickly and easily make a wide variety of Christmas favorites. In this book you will receive the following: A collection of 6 tasty snacks and appetizers Eight delicious soups and stews
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The Dark Water

The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

by David Pirie ...

Narrated by Shaun Grindell ...

Unabridged

12 hours 14 min

In a literary tour de force worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, author David Pirie brings his rich familiarity with both the Doyle biography and the Sherlock Holmes canon to a mystifying Victorian tale of vengeance and villainy. The howling man on the heath, a gothic asylum, the walking dead, the legendary witch of Dunwich-perils lurk in every turn of the page throughout this ingenious novel ... Read more

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In a literary tour de force worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, author David Pirie brings his rich familiarity with both the Doyle biography and the Sherlock Holmes canon to a mystifying Victorian tale of vengeance and villainy. The howling man on the heath, a gothic asylum, the walking dead, the legendary witch of Dunwich-perils lurk in every turn of the page throughout this ingenious novel
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Gold of Our Fathers

by Kwei Quartey ...

Narrated by Corey Allen ...

Series series Inspector Darko Dawson Mysteries
Unabridged

11 hours 41 min

Darko Dawson has just been promoted to Chief Inspector in the Ghana Police Service, but he doesn't have long to celebrate, because he's being transferred for at least a year to remote Obuasi, an area notorious for the illegal exploitation of its gold mines. When the murder of a Chinese immigrant miner crosses his desk on only his second day, Dawson learns how dangerous it is to pursue justice in a ... Read more

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Darko Dawson has just been promoted to Chief Inspector in the Ghana Police Service, but he doesn't have long to celebrate, because he's being transferred for at least a year to remote Obuasi, an area notorious for the illegal exploitation of its gold mines. When the murder of a Chinese immigrant miner crosses his desk on only his second day, Dawson learns how dangerous it is to pursue justice in a
... Read more

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The Ghost and the Dead Man’s Library

by Cleo Coyle ...

Narrated by Caroline Shaffer, Traber Burns ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Haunted Bookshop Mysteries
Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her ghostly companion must solve the case of a literary killer in this Haunted Bookshop mystery from Cleo Coyle, writing as Alice Kimberly.Pen has just received an extremely rare collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s complete works. Rumor has it a secret code, trapped within the books’ leather-bound pages, leads to buried treasure. Well, it looks like they ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her ghostly companion must solve the case of a literary killer in this Haunted Bookshop mystery from Cleo Coyle, writing as Alice Kimberly.Pen has just received an extremely rare collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s complete works. Rumor has it a secret code, trapped within the books’ leather-bound pages, leads to buried treasure. Well, it looks like they
... Read more
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The Invention of Fire

A Novel

by Bruce Holsinger ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

13 hours 47 min

The author of the acclaimed medieval mystery A Burnable Book once again brings fourteenth-century London alive in all its color and detail in this riveting thriller featuring medieval poet and fixer John Gower—a twisty tale rife with intrigue, danger mystery, and murder.Though he is one of England’s most acclaimed intellectuals, John Gower is no stranger to London’s wretched slums and dark corners ... Read more

$32.99 USD

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The author of the acclaimed medieval mystery A Burnable Book once again brings fourteenth-century London alive in all its color and detail in this riveting thriller featuring medieval poet and fixer John Gower—a twisty tale rife with intrigue, danger mystery, and murder.Though he is one of England’s most acclaimed intellectuals, John Gower is no stranger to London’s wretched slums and dark corners
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The Piper on the Mountain

by Ellis Peters ...

Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

Series series Inspector Felse Mysteries
Unabridged

7 hours 1 min

Inspector Felse's college-age son, Dominic, is spending his first summer abroad and has fallen in love with Tossa, a woman who appears to be arranging their travel itinerary for her own inscrutable purposes. ... Read more

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Inspector Felse's college-age son, Dominic, is spending his first summer abroad and has fallen in love with Tossa, a woman who appears to be arranging their travel itinerary for her own inscrutable purposes.
... Read more

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Might As Well Be Dead

by Rex Stout ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Series Audiobook 27 - Nero Wolfe
Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book ReviewEleven years ago, wealthy Nebraska businessman James Herold gave his only son, Paul, a very raw deal. Now he wants Nero Wolfe to track Paul down so that he can make amends. But what if the young man doesn’t want to be found . . . and what if he’s the same P.H. who’s currently on ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book ReviewEleven years ago, wealthy Nebraska businessman James Herold gave his only son, Paul, a very raw deal. Now he wants Nero Wolfe to track Paul down so that he can make amends. But what if the young man doesn’t want to be found . . . and what if he’s the same P.H. who’s currently on
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