2014
Padre Mac
Foreword The Rt Hon. Gordon Brown MP Introduction Catherine MacDonald Tribute to Murdo Ewen MacDonald Revd Roderick Mackinnon Preface Lt Gen A. P. Clark, US Air Force (Ret.) Prologue Iain Crichton Smith I Was Lucky An Oral Culture Anatomy of a Community Drudgery and Romance Alma Mater St Mary’s My First Parish The Army Behind …
Education and Learning: An Evidence-Based Approach
Introduction: What Can We Learn from the History of Education? Memory: How Do We Remember What We Learn? Language: What Determines Our Acquisition of First and Second Languages? Reading: How Do We Learn to Read and Why Is It Sometimes so Difficult? Intelligence and Ability: How Does Our Understanding of These Affect How We Teach? …
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Edinburgh: The Golden Age
Introduction The New Town’s Inception, to 1802 A Daring Concept The Old Town and High Street Living The Fabric of Edinburgh Society The Church The Law The Schools Edinburgh Societies The University Medicine and Surgery Tories and Revolutionaries Theatrical Progress Building a New Town The French Exiles Interregnum 1802-1815 The Young Whigs and The Edinburgh …
Five Came Back
Prologue: Pearl Harbor Part One “The Only Way I Could Survive”: Hollywood, March 1938-April 1939 “The Dictates of My Heart and Blood”: Hollywood and Washington, April 1939-May 1940 “You Must Not Realize that There Is a War Going On”: Hollywood, June-September 1940 “What’s the Good of a Message?”: Hollywood, Early 1941 “The Most Dangerous Fifth …
African American Religion
The category of “African American religion” Conjure and African American religion African American Christianity: The early phase (1760-1863) African American Christianity: The modern phase (1863-1935) African American Christianity: The modern phase (1935-1980) African American Christianity since 1980 African American Islam Conclusion
Disunited Kingdom
Preface The Glorious Referendum – Scotland’s Festival of Politics The Devil You Know – The Pound and Disunion The Pure, The Dead and The Brilliant – How Art became Politics The Press We Deserve – Unionism and the Mainstream Media The Nationalist Janus – The Two Face Bastard The Constitution – The 15% Federal Solution …
The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs
Introduction Getting Started Ground Trees Plants Mosses, Algae, Fungi and Lichens A Walk with Rocks and Wildflowers Sky and Weather Sun Stars Sun Moon A Night Walk Animals A Walk with the Dayak – Part I City, Town and Village A City Walk with Invisible Snakes Coast, Rivers and Lakes Snow and Sand A Walk …
A History of America in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps
Liberty, Property, and No Stamps! (George III of Great Britain Revenue Stamp, 1765) The British Are Going (George Washington, 1847) We, the People … (Benjamin Franklin, 1851) Emperor of Liberty (Thomas Jefferson, 1856) Born for a Storm (Andrew Jackson “Black Jack”, 1863) Manifest Destiny (James K. Polk, 1995) The Rebel Yell (Jefferson Davis, 1862) Forever …
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Magna Carta
Introduction: The Fame of Magna Carta England Reordered, 1154-1189 War and Taxes, 1189-1199 Empire’s End, 1199-1204 The King in His Kingdom, 1204-1205 Interdict and Intimidation, 1206-1212 Crisis and Machinations, 1212-1214 A Meadow Called Runnymede, 1215 A Charter of Liberties – Magna Carta War and Invasion, 1215-1216 Afterlife of the Charter, 1215-2015 Appendices The Text of …