A history of the McGoldrick Lumber Company as seen through the eyes of the grandson of the founder, James P. McGoldrick. The McGoldrick's sawmill operation was the largest in the city of Spokane, Washington, located on the north bank of the Spokane River adjacent to Gonzaga University. It was Spokane's largest employer for 40 years and had large timber holdings and logging operations throughout the Inland Northwest. The author, Jim McGoldrick, is the grandson of the founder. His father took over the operation and Jim was intended to succeed him. However, WWII and a decline in the timber industry changed that. Growing up in this prominent timber-operations family, having worked for the company, and involved in its final dissolution, 87-year-old Jim McGoldrick was certainly qualified to have written and compiled this history book.
...an important contribution...it is difficult to see how the historical argument could be any better presented than has been done by James McGoldrick.
Although the Protestant Reformation in Scotland received its principal direction from John Knox, several precursors, predominantly disciple of Martin Luther, laid the foundations on which he built. This book identified the most prominent Scottish Lutherans and examines their roles in the first phase of Scotland's Protestant history.
Artistic collaboration is the most dangerous game around, except maybe for love. The McGoldricks have mastered both. I thought from the first time that I met them that they had something special going on. Now I understand the basis of their magical marriage. It’s called collaboration. – Evan Maxwell, NY Times bestselling novelist, collaborator, and writing columnist Part how-to book, part relationship book, Marriage of Minds offers strategies and techniques for creating successful collaborations and successful fiction. Drawing on their own personal and professional relationship, and on the relationships of other well-known collaborative teams, the McGoldricks walk you through the essentials of successful collaboration: – finding the “write” partner – developing skills in communication and the art of compromise – establishing guidelines – providing constructive feedback – working through “for better or worse” All you and your partner need are the ideas and the talent. Marriage of Minds will supply you with the rest. Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick are award-winning, USA Today bestselling authors of over four dozen novels and two works of nonfiction. They write under the pseudonyms May McGoldrick, Jan Coffey, and Nik James. They make their home in California. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you were inspired by On Writing by Stephen King or The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron or by Save the Cat! Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody, and you want to write a novel, check out this helpful book. Keywords – how to write fiction, how to write with a partner, how to write a book an sell lots of copies, how to write young adult fiction, how to write romantic comedy, how to write romance novels, how to write characters, how to write a book, write collaborate, writing with a partner, writing fiction, writing fiction plots, writing bestsellers, writing fiction with a partner, writing romance with a partner.
In 1905, Westminster Press published History of the Presbyterian Churches of the World by church historian Richard Clark Reed (1851–1925). Reed’s book, intended as a textbook for college and seminary students, covered the history of churches that subscribed to Presbyterian polity from the New Testament era to the beginning of the twentieth century. Based on Reed’s original work as well as an unpublished manuscript by Presbyterian historian Thomas Hugh Spence Jr. (1899–1986), Presbyterian and Reformed Churches: A Global History picks up the story of Presbyterian and Reformed churches where the earlier works left off. In this volume, James McGoldrick revises and updates Reed’s and Spence’s original, historically relevant works, continuing the survey to the twenty-first century. Each chapter traces the history of Presbyterian and Reformed churches in individual nations and regions around the globe. The author covers the major events, leaders, and institutions influencing Presbyterian and Reformed church history in a readable style that is ideally suited for classroom study as well as for independent reading. A list of suggested additional readings concludes each chapter. Nations/regions covered: Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, and other European nations Scotland, Ireland, England, and Wales United States Mexico and Central America Caribbean Basin South America Africa Middle East India Indochina and Southeast Asia China Korea, Japan, and lesser Pacific Islands
Since 1987, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary has equipped preachers, pastors, and churchmen for Christ's Kingdom. This collection of essays by current and past faculty members provides ministers and seminary students with a resource to fulfill their callings. By no means is this collection of articles exhaustive, but it does capture some of the emphases of the seminary's approach to theological education. Contributors include Joseph A. Pipa, Jr, Sidney Dyer, L. Michael Morales, Benjamin Shaw, Ian Hamilton, James E. McGoldrick, L. Anthony Curto, Ryan McGraw, C.N. Willborn, Morton H. Smith, and George W. Knight III.
A journalist, a theologian, a pastor, a prime minister, few people can boast of having such dimensions to their careers! Yet such was the remarkable life of Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), who played a major role in helping modern Christians to develop a consistently biblical and practical world-view, not only in his native country of the Netherlands, but throughout much of the world. All of life belongs to God. In Kuypers own words, No single piece of our mental world is to be hermetically sealed off from the rest, and there is not a square inch in the whole doman of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: Mine
A colorful history of aviation in its formative years. Many aviation "firsts" happened in Spokane, Wash. Author Jim McGoldrick was 10 years old when Charles Lindbergh flew into Spokane in 1927. Following this event, aviation would play a mojor role in McGoldrick's life and he in Spokane's aviation history. He came to know firsthand virtually all the key people and events connected with Spokane aviation and became a major booster of the city's aviation development. This book is an excellent and major contribution to the region's history.
Step Write Up provides hands-on exercises for teachers in the classroom and for any workshop leader teaching collaboration and writing skills. This book is the result of creative and collaborative personal and professional endeavors from the two past decades. As a duo of left-brain and right-brain individuals who studied Mechanical Engineering and liberal arts and Sixteenth-Century British Literature, we have always managed to cross the wires in our heads and take a Renaissance approach to life and work. We've held jobs in submarine construction and as engineering managers for Fortune 500 companies. We've been teachers at the high school and college levels. We've conducted workshops for all age groups on topics of communication, writing, and collaboration. We've collaborated and published twenty-seven works of fiction and one of nonfiction. And we've raised two sons. So, what have we learned over the years that is worth sharing with you? We have included exercises on communication and collaboration in this volume that we've used in our classrooms and workshops. You will find lessons on writing poetry and creative nonfiction and fiction. At the end of this volume, there are a number of articles that we've penned over the years on the topics of writing, publishing, and collaboration. Aside from their usefulness, these are also listed here for your entertainment, as well. We hope you can put this collection to good use. Jan Coffey
Celia Muir must escape from a burning castle into the Scottish Highlands before English soldiers capture her. With her are loyal friends and servants, all united to protect the infant King from unknown enemies. For her clandestine mission to succeed she has to make Colin Campbell, the warrior lord whose help she seeks, believe she is the seductive Lady Caithness. Colin Campbell's head tells him this Caithness woman is trouble, yet his heart is telling him she is magnificent. Whatever Celia is hiding he needs to know, but he also wants to hold her and kiss her. And as war with England scorches the heathered hills, Colin and Celia find reasons to bare their secrets, surrender to their desires, and head toward a destiny where Scotland's future--and their own--build on the strength of their passion and love.
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