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Cromwell and Scotland

Conquest and Religion 1650-1660

By: R. Scott Spurlock

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Cromwell and Scotland

Conquest and Religion 1650-1660

By: R. Scott Spurlock

This book examines the role of religion in the story of Oliver Cromwell's invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland. Analysis of the printed propaganda produced by the Scots and the English makes it clear that both nations defined their positions, and gained support, in overtly religious terms. During their decade-long occupation of Scotland, the English Commonwealth actively sought to undermine Scottish Presbyterianism. Public disputes, public preaching and Scotland's printing presses were all used to weaken the influence of the Kirk, while eager English soldiers and chaplains tried to convert Scots to their own particular religious sects. Policies of the Scottish Kirk and State in the previous decade had ostracised a significant portion of the Scottish people. As a result, English missionaries found some Scots eager to hear alternative forms of Protestantism preached. Dispelling myths that the sectarian presence had little impact on Scottish religion, this book describes the endeavours of the Independents, Baptists and Quakers to gain converts, with varying degrees of success.

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413

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Birlinn Ltd

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ISBN 10

1788853377

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9781788853378

The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott

Vol. VII

By: Walter Scott

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The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott

Vol. VII

By: Walter Scott

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

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470

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3375043430

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9783375043438

The Ticket

Full Disclosure: The Completely True Story of the Marconi-winning Little Ticket, A.k.a., the Station That Got Your Mom to Say 'Stay Hard'

By: Scott Boyter

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The Ticket

Full Disclosure: The Completely True Story of the Marconi-winning Little Ticket, A.k.a., the Station That Got Your Mom to Say 'Stay Hard'

By: Scott Boyter

Beyond the inside jokes, the fake bits and the banter, The Ticket: Full Disclosure gives you the complete low-down on how The Ticket got started. From the boys at the back of the bus to one of the most imitated sports talk radio stations on the air today, get the full story as told by the guys you tune in to hear on 1310 AM every day. On the occasion of The Ticket's 15th anniversary, Ticketheads finally have a book revealing all the history and behind-the-scenes hijinks of the Marconi-winning radio station. The ultimate bathroom book for every good, strong P1, this is the true, unvarnished Ticket story of how Mike Rhyner and the gang evolved from press-box yuk monkeys to forming the core of one of the nation's most popular radio stations.

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290

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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ISBN 10

1935251260

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9781935251262

Confronting the Veil

Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941

By: Jonathan Scott Holloway

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Confronting the Veil

Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941

By: Jonathan Scott Holloway

In this book, Jonathan Holloway explores the early lives and careers of economist Abram Harris Jr., sociologist E. Franklin Frazier, and political scientist Ralph Bunche--three black scholars who taught at Howard University during the New Deal and, together, formed the leading edge of American social science radicalism. Harris, Frazier, and Bunche represented the vanguard of the young black radical intellectual-activists who dared to criticize the NAACP for its cautious civil rights agenda and saw in the turmoil of the Great Depression an opportunity to advocate class-based solutions to what were commonly considered racial problems. Despite the broader approach they called for, both their advocates and their detractors had difficulty seeing them as anything but "black intellectuals" speaking on "black issues." A social and intellectual history of the trio, of Howard University, and of black Washington, Confronting the Veil investigates the effects of racialized thinking on Harris, Frazier, Bunche, and others who wanted to think "beyond race--who envisioned a workers' movement that would eliminate racial divisiveness and who used social science to demonstrate the ways in which race is constructed by social phenomena. Ultimately, the book sheds new light on how people have used race to constrain the possibilities of radical politics and social science thinking.

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312

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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ISBN 10

0807860352

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9780807860359

The Great Jazz Guitarists

The Ultimate Guide

By: Scott Yanow

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The Great Jazz Guitarists

The Ultimate Guide

By: Scott Yanow

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456

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Rowman & Littlefield

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ISBN 10

1480354902

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9781480354906

Border Wedding

By: Amanda Scott

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Border Wedding

By: Amanda Scott

Captured in 1388 in the act of stealing back his own cattle, young Sir William Scott faces hanging, then gets one other choice--to marry immediately his captor's eldest daughter, the lady Margaret Murray, known by all as Muckle-Mouth Meggie. With the line between England and Scotland shifting daily, the Earl of Douglas wants to win back every inch of Scotland that the English have claimed; whereas the equally powerful English Percies (under Hotspur) want to win back the land between Northumberland and Edinburgh; and the Murray family is caught in the middle, shifting its alliances to try to survive. Uncertain whether she is English or Scottish and abruptly married to Sir William who is staunchly loyal to the cause of Scottish independence but who also has promised he'll never take up arms against her family, Meg Murray learns two things: first, Will's word is his bond; second, her favorite brother is spying on Douglas for Hotspur. As Sir Will faces the dilemma of honoring his word to the unscrupulous Murray without betraying Douglas, Meg must choose between betraying the husband with whom she is rapidly falling in love, or betraying her own family and best-loved brother.

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244

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Hachette+ORM

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ISBN 10

0446511838

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9780446511834

Not a Hopeless Case

6 Vital Questions from Young Adults for a Church in Crisis

By: Halee Gray Scott

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Not a Hopeless Case

6 Vital Questions from Young Adults for a Church in Crisis

By: Halee Gray Scott

Is America the next missionary graveyard? Or is it ripe for spiritual revolution? The statistics seem grim. Every year, the decline of Christianity continues at a rapid pace, especially among young adults. Churches across the country are closing their doors, dying, or are being "adopted" by nearby larger churches. What is the story church leaders hear? We've lost the next generation. But this decline in religious affiliation has not made us less spiritual. Young adults are still asking questions that only faith (or religion) can fully answer. Questions are like seeds buried in the rich, dark soil of our hearts. Nurtured with oxygen and water, they unfold into that which they were meant to become. Absent these conditions, they wither in the dark. Those most resistant to Christianity are those whose questions did not receive oxygen in their faith communities while they were children and teenagers. Not a Hopeless Case is the story of questions, the questions of young adults about faith and spirituality--young adults who are lost and want to be found--and the questions of pastors who seek to find them.

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241

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Zondervan

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ISBN 10

0310106737

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9780310106739

Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity

By: Scott A. Elias

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Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity

By: Scott A. Elias

Innovation and creativity are two of the key characteristics that distinguish cultural transmission from biological transmission. This book explores a number of questions concerning the nature and timing of the origins of human creativity. What were the driving factors in the development of new technologies? What caused the stasis in stone tool technological innovation in the Early Pleistocene? Were there specific regions and episodes of enhanced technological development, or did it occur at a steady pace where ancestral humans lived? The authors are archaeologists who address these questions, armed with data from ancient artefacts such as shell beads used as jewelry, primitive musical instruments, and sophisticated techniques required to fashion certain kinds of stone into tools. Providing 'state of art' discussions that step back from the usual archaeological publications that focus mainly on individual site discoveries, this book presents the full picture on how and why creativity in Middle to Late Pleistocene archeology/anthropology evolved. - Gives a full, original and multidisciplinary perspective on how and why creativity evolved in the Middle to Late Pleistocene - Enhances our understanding of the big leaps forward in creativity at certain times - Assesses the intellectual creativity of Homo erectus, H. neanderthalensis, and H. sapiens via their artefacts

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141

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Elsevier

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ISBN 10

0444538224

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9780444538222

Book's by Scott Dunbar

Cromwell and Scotland

Cromwell and Scotland

The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott

The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott

The Ticket

The Ticket

Confronting the Veil

Confronting the Veil

The Great Jazz Guitarists

The Great Jazz Guitarists

Border Wedding

Border Wedding

Not a Hopeless Case

Not a Hopeless Case

Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity

Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity

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