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The Rev. Paul Peters is facing problems with his Presbyterian denomination, as the leaders west of Appalachian Kentucky, wonder why the mission pastor is so heavily involved in social action at the Troublesome Area Mission, a very poor settlement with much poverty, and they also question his work to... More

The third, and final volume in the series "Appalachian Mysteries" takes place in several states, but centers, once again, in Boontown Kentucky, where those two worthy protagonists, The Rev. Paul Peters, a retired Presbyterian minister, and a volunteer sleuth, team up once more with former sheriff an... More

The problems dealt with in "The Idea of a Social Science" are philosophical. It is an attempt to place the social science, considered as a single group, on the intellectual map, with special attention to the relations of the discipline to philosophy on the one hand and the natural sciences on the ot... More

Lee White and his friend and manager, Michael Flaherty, become enmeshed in a tangle of intrigue as they seek the cause of a close friend's death. As they get closer to the truth, threats and increasing violence meet their efforts. The explosive finale surprises, as the evil-doers make their final bi... More

Winch has written the first full-length biography of James Forten, a hero of African American history and one of the most remarkable men in 19th-century America. Born into a free black family in 1766, Forten served in the Revolutionary War as a teenager. By 1810 he had earned the distinction of bein... More

There are now widespread debates about the role of the state and the nature of accountability in the public services, in philosophical and political arenas. This book addresses the major practical and philosophical issues in the area of education, focusing on the way in which quality education is vi... More

India has given the world some of the most exciting cricketers in the history of the game. This book looks at fifteen of the finest. Besides playing at the very highest level of cricket (for England or, later, India) all of these players have enjoyed superb careers in English domestic cricket and ar... More

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This short biography of William Shakespeare by world famous writer Bill Bryson brims with the author's inimitable wit and intelligence. Shakespeare's life, despite the scrutiny of generations of biographers and scholars, is still a thicket of myths and traditions, some preposterous, some conflicting... More