The biography begins with a focus on Holmes Sr., detailing his upbringing, education at Harvard, and his career as a physician. Brown highlights Holmes Sr.’s literary contributions, including his poetry and essays, which gained him prominence in American letters. The author emphasizes Holmes Sr.’s role in the establishment of the "New England School of Medicine" and his influence on medical education and practice in the 19th century.As the narrative shifts to Holmes Jr., Brown delves into ...

The life, loves and hates of an individual church in New Testament times. Considers the life and writings of St. John.

Cold in So Many Ways is a collection of nonfiction stories about a little girl growing up in Alaska before it became a state and as an adult trying to find her way. From the first story about a five-year-olds treacherous journey to Alaska, to the final story describing events that convinced her that being human is more than just a physical experience, the reader joins her as she grows up in Alaska during times filled with uncertainty, dysfunctional relationships, and sometimes violence. Th...

This is a high quality book of the original classic edition.This is a freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you.Enjoy this classic work. These few paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside:With all these suggestive objects round me, aided by the wild stories those awful country boys that came to live in our service brought with them?of contracts written in blood and left out over...

Celestials have been killing Seers for centuries, as prophesy states that a Seer will overthrow Celestial rule. Worried for Zoey’s safety, her parents forbid her from registering as a Seer and interacting with the Celestials, Fae, and Demons who hide among humankind. Zoey is forced to wear a necklace that hides magic from her and conceals her magic from them. Witness to her mother’s murder at the hands of a Demon, Zoey vows to track down her mother's killer and make him pay. Embracing her ...

"The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of the soul, discerning the thoughts of the heart.""So proclaims the Letter of the Hebrews. Yet for many persons biblical word of God is less a sharp sword than a crutch, supporting rather than piercing them. Interpreted as they have 'always' heard it, Scripture tells exactly what they want to hear. Modern critical investigation of the Bible can change that radically."Raymond E. Brown, a Catho...

For over 100 years, ADHD has been seen as essentially a behavior disorder. Recent scientific research has developed a new paradigm which recognizes ADHD as a developmental disorder of the cognitive management system of the brain, its executive functions. This cutting-edge book pulls together key ideas of this new understanding of ADHD, explaining them and describing in understandable language scientific research that supports this new model. It addresses questions like:- Why can th...

The adventure begins when Kate and her dog, Danger, follow a green ball of light in Monkey Hollow. Soon, Kate discovers that Danger is no ordinary dog. In fact, he's an alien.

This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown, addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, and much more.

A bold new time-warping direction for a leading light in science fiction. In January 2017, something very strange happens to screenwriter Ed Richie. He wakes up one morning to find that he has been shunted back in time nine months and is now inhabiting the body of his younger self... Worse is to come: the following day he jumps three years, to 2013, with all his memories of the intervening years intact. What is happening to him? Is he going mad? And where will his involuntary time-travel e...

PROSE Awards Category Winner—Media and Cultural Studies, 2025Hortense Spillers is one of the most important literary critics and Black feminist scholars of the last fifty years. Her 1987 scholarly article “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book” is one of the most-cited essays in African American literary studies.Edited by Margo Natalie Crawford and C. Riley Snorton, The Flesh of the Matter: A Critical Forum on Hortense Spillers is the...

ADHD and Asperger Syndrome in Smart Kids and Adults offers detailed examples of individuals who have above-average cognitive intelligence, but struggle with executive function impairments of ADHD and significant social-emotional impairments of Asperger syndrome.The book centers around twelve case studies of bright children, teens, and adults treated for both ADHD and Asperger syndrome. Each chapter describes diverse examples of their strengths and their difficulties and ex...