Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution Review
Evolution Is Not the Bible's Enemy
Saving Darwin explores the history of the controversy that swirls around evolution science, from Darwin to current challenges, and shows why—and how—it is possible to believe in God and evolution at the same time.
Anatomy of Cross-Examination Review
Leonard Davies Anatomy of Cross-Examination provides an analytical view of cross-examination that should greatly alleviate many of these lawyers fears [of cross-examination].
--Larry S. Stewart, a Miami attorney and former president of the America
Satan in the Dance Hall: Rev. John Roach Straton, Social Dancing, and Morality in 1920s New York City Review
Satan in the Dance Hall explores the overwhelming popularity of social dancing and its close relationship to America's rapidly changing society in the 1920s. The book focuses on the fiercely contested debate over the morality of social dancing in New York City, led by moral reformers and religious leaders like Rev. John Roach Straton. Fed by the firm belief that dancing was the leading cause of immorality in New York, Straton and his followers succeeded in enacting municipal regulations on social dancing and moral conduct within the more than 750 public dance halls in New York City.
Ralph G. Giordano conveys an easy to read and full picture of life in the Jazz Age, incorporating important events and personalities such as the Flu Epidemic, the Scopes Monkey Trial, Prohibition, Flappers, Gangsters, Texas Guinan, and Charles Lindbergh, while simultaneously describing how social dancing was a hugely prominent cultural phenomenon, one closely intertwined with nearly every aspect of American society from the Great War to the Great Depression. With a bibliography, an index, and over 35 photos, Satan in the Dance Hall presents an interdisciplinary study of social dancing in New York City throughout the decade.
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco Review
The fight to control RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age, and its repercussions are still being felt. The ultimate story of greed and glory, Barbarians at the Gate is the gripping account of these two frenzied months, of deal makers and publicity flaks, of an old-line industrial powerhouse that became the victim of the ruthless and rapacious style of finance in the 1980s. Written with the bravado of a novel and researched with the diligence of a sweeping cultural history, here is the unforgettable story of the takeover in all its brutality.
Murder and Mayhem on Chicago's South Side (IL) (Murder & Mayhem) Review
Lurking below the Loop, behind the industry-driven energy of Chicago, lies the mysterious criminal underworld of the South Side. Recounting criminal exploits of legends like Alphonse Capone, as well as lesser-known stories like the Car Barn Bandits, Troy Taylor captures the intricacies of the most infamous stories of Chicago's South Side. From the gruesome murders committed by the unassuming H.H. Holmes to the mysterious death of Marshall Field Jr., join Taylor as he revisits the South Side's prosperous middle-class days and vividly depicts the strange and horrific crimes that have cast new light on the character of these too often overlooked neighborhoods.
Texas Iconoclast: Maury Maverick, Jr. Review
Glenwood Springs: the History of a Rocky Mountain Resort Review
The story of a community that doesn't stop at the city limits. Glenwood Springs: the History of a Rocky Mountain Resort includes the history of nearby Glenwood Canyon, the geology of the surrounding mountains, and interesting tidbits about some of its colorful inhabitants - whether it happened at Glenwood Springs three hundred million years ago or just yesterday.
Dapper Dan Flood: The Controversial Life of a Congressional Power Broker Review
Boss-busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star Review
At the turn of the twentieth century, the Kansas City Star was a trust-busting newspaper acclaimed for its progressive spirit; fifty years later it was a busted trust, targeted in the most important antitrust action ever brought against an American daily. Haskell takes readers into the Star s city room and executive offices and tells the story of the three men with contrasting personalities and agendas who shaped the paper: William Rockhill Nelson, among the last of the great personal editors from journalism s golden age; the scholarly Henry J. Haskell, who led the Star to its peak of influence in the 1930s and 40s; and Roy A. Roberts, who went on to combine the roles of newspaper publisher and political kingmaker. Haskell recounts such milestones as the Star s role in the City Beautiful movement that helped transform America s urban centers, the nation s entry into two global wars, a bold but ill-starred experiment in employee ownership, and the paper s battle with Boss Pendergast s legendary political machine.
It Happened in Chicago (It Happened In Series) Review
