Ancient, medieval and modern, this book is a critical account of the historical, political and cultural roots of Zionism.Scrutinising the roots of the myths of Zionism and mobilising recent scholarship, John Rose shows how many of these stories, as with other mythologies, have no basis in fact. However, because Zionism is a living political force and these myths have been used to justify very real and political ends - namely, the expulsion and continuing persecution of the Palestin...

“Daniel Malka began with nothing. He earned everything by blood, sweat and tears. He won many championships for his club and for the national team. However, unexpected misfortune ruined his life.”What a Footballer! tells the story of a poor boy named Daniel Malka who got the opportunity to represent a football club and moved from extreme poverty to great riches. With an enriched lifestyle of money, fame, luxurious rides, and everything he desired, Daniel lived his...

Fermi's paradox is based on the argument that there are possibly 40 million to 80 million planets in our Galaxy which could be inhabited by high tech civilizations. The paradox is in the form of a question: if there are this many high tech civilizations, why haven't they contacted us? The answer is found in this essay.

Must Read for Persons on Their Journey to Self-DiscoveryMaxwell Maltz once said, “you can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.”We often ask ourselves various questions in our search to discover our purpose, questions like, ‘who am I? Why did I come to this world? What for? How can I become the best version of myself?These questions, though intriguing, leave us in an unending sea of doubts and dismays as we struggle to come up...

Open-mindedness is often celebrated in our modern world--yet the habit of open-mindedness remains under-defined and may leave Christians with many questions. Is open-mindedness a virtue? What is the value of intellectual diversity, and how should Christians regard it? Is it a threat or an asset to the church and its tradition? Drawing on sources across time--from Aristotle to Augustine, Aquinas, and Wittgenstein--this book explores these questions from the perspectives of philosophy and th...

Must Listen for Persons on Their Journey to Self-DiscoveryMaxwell Maltz once said, “You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.”We often ask ourselves various questions in our search to discover our purpose, questions like, ‘Who am I? Why did I come to this world? What for? How can I become the best version of myself?These questions, though intriguing, leave us in an unending sea of doubts and dismays as we struggle...

In Payback! Eric Esor, a former law enforcement agent, forensic specialist, and criminal  investigator, following serious career-ending on duty injuries, is forced to change careers. Eric learns that his seventeen-year-old daughter, Briana, was raped by a person who prefers "chubby girls". Briana's protection from the "boogyman" is to be thin. She turns to an unhealthy peer group, an eating disorder, and experimenting with illegal methamphetamines....

John Rose Ficklen was a professor of history at Tulane and an historian of Louisiana. His History of Reconstruction in Louisiana was a long term project that he was assembling when he unexpectedly died in 1907.The book was polished and published by Ficklen's protege, Pierce Butler, in 1911. Ficklen's original study was the first work focused on Louisiana's Reconstruction, which had started earlier than most Southern states and was identified by Nordhoff, Bowers, and others as the ...

This paper proves that the value of pi cannot be infinite. The ancient Greeks and today's mathematicians have used a circle of infinite points. But in three dimensional reality (the world we live in) an infinite distance cannot exist between two objects and a straight line cannot be infinite. This essay shows how these concepts are used to limit pi to a finite value.

After Tom flattened Zeke in a fist fight, the drunken brawler swore to kill him.Meanwhile, Tom had to leave for San Francisco to meet his new bride and escort her back to Hangtown for their wedding.Zeke could be anywhere. He could strike anytime. Tom was in deep trouble.

A Western noir classic mystery by bestselling author, John Rose Putnam, that will leave you teetering on the edge of your seat until the very last word.When a popular high school senior, the daughter of powerful Laurel big shot, is found dead from a gunshot to the heart on the property of a cantankerous dairyman, suspicion falls heavily on the farmer and his football star son.

In the 3rd Pecos Quinn Western, I tip my hat to Zane Grey, with deep respect. He showed us that even amid the savagery of the buffalo hunts on the Great Plains, romance could be found. And when Pecos and Andy set out to rescue Doctor Burns, who'd been treating the Comanche, they find a mother and daughter desperately in need of help, thus adding spice to a dangerous task.