One year following the release of Nevermind, Nirvana's sophomore album and an unforeseen cultural phenomenon, internal drama created stumbling blocks and uncertainty regarding the band's future. Despite continued skepticism largely fueled by the media, in February 1993 Nirvana gathered in rural Minnesota with maverick producer Steve Albini to record their third studio album. Regardless of the promising scenario, coupled with the band's cathartic material, doubt during the ensuing months re...

Late in the last century, deep in the Pacific Northwest amongst the economic and psychological hardships of one town, America's last great band was born - Nirvana. The band's leader, a young introvert with superior songwriting talents, slowly molded a style inspired by punk, metal, sludge, and pop. The results changed the band and the music industry forever. Before the Storm: The Formative Years of America's Last Great Band chronicles the birth of Nirvana in Aberdeen, Washington, and their...

Evangelical theology strives to be evangelical, conservative, and contemporary. In a world in which everyone is "Christian," evangelical theology provides a balanced position between fundamentalism and liberalism. While theological debates within the family will occur, to be evangelical is a breath of fresh air for many. However, we do not live in such a world. We do find ourselves living in a secular, global society. It is secular because no religious organization dictates how we live our...

Philosophically Thinking about World Religions is different from other works in the discipline today. It deviates from the typical approaches used for the study of world religions. Its goal is to engage readers in thinking hard about world religions, not about the data surrounding those traditions. By focusing on philosophical questions, each reader should be challenged to do their own investigations that may reveal the heart of these traditions. Another stance that this project takes that...

Vernon Buckingham disappeared in 1969. At the time, all anyone knew was that he had gone on a hunting trip in the Cariboo region and never returned. But when human remains are found in the woods near Quesnel twenty-eight years later, Buckingham’s grim fate is finally confirmed.His case is re-opened, and soon after, Stewart Carlson—one of Buckingham’s disgruntled ex-employees—is charged with his murder. Outraged, Carlson insists that he is innocent and hires defence attorney Russell...

Congress created Perrysburg in 1816 to secure control of its strategic trading location on the largest river flowing into Lake Erie, the Maumee River, an integral waterway for shipping and also an important passageway for western migration. As a busy port and shipbuilding center, Perrysburg attracted entrepreneurial pioneers from the East, who, as they prospered, built remarkable homes, buildings, and other structures. During the World War I era, wealthy Toledo industrialists also arrived,...

Author Robert Boyd suggests what he sees as the hitherto missing link in the world of medicine. Robert's writings are refreshing, stimulating and thought provoking – even humorous - and challenge the accepted norms in wide areas of conventional and alternative medicine. He has been at the forefront of cranial research and innovation for over 30 years.

The Extreme Dream is a powerful and deeply personal collection of poetic reflections and prose rooted in trauma, healing, and spiritual awakening. Robert Boyd Knott recounts the emotional aftermath of his father's suicide, his struggles with addiction, and the internal battles of guilt, anger, and redemption. The book explores themes such as grief, love, forgiveness, and resilience through a nonlinear narrative that blends raw, confessional poetry with moments of peace and transce...

Dixon and Amelie Boyd were Belfast medical students. Later he was a Cambridge Professor and she an Academic's wife. They and their four sons, became a Cambridge mid-century fixture. Their copious letters (and memories of those sons, the authors) bring to light an unvarnished picture of that University at a time of dramatic change.Darlingest, It not only seems but it was a long time ago. We were half our present ages; the war was no more than a shadow of a man's hand in bright sunli...

More than ten million readers have enjoyed Robert Boyd Munger's spiritually challenging meditation on Christian discipleship. Imagining what it would be like to have Jesus come to the home of our hearts, Munger moves room by room considering whatChrist desires for us. In the living room we prepare to meet Christ daily. In the dining room we examine together what appetites should and should not control us. We even explore the closets in our lives that Christ can help us clean out.Munger's p...

More than ten million readers have enjoyed Robert Boyd Munger's spiritually challenging meditation on Christian discipleship. Imagining what it would be like to have Jesus come to the home of our hearts, Munger moves room by room considering whatChrist desires for us. In the living room we prepare to meet Christ daily. In the dining room we examine together what appetites should and should not control us. We even explore the closets in our lives that Christ can help us clean out.Munger's p...

Oxford presents, in one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential but until now relatively inaccessible articles that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson's path-breaking work on evolution and culture. Their interdisciplinary research is based on two notions. First, that culture is crucial for understanding human behavior; unlike other organisms, socially transmitted beliefs, attitudes, and values heavily influence our behavior. Secondly, culture is part of biology: the...