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Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Escape and Stolen innocence, the first look behind the curtains of the Westboro Baptist Church, by a young woman cast out from its clutches"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The author outlines the disadvantages he overcame in the pursuit of his career, from his abandonment by his father in childhood and tough inner-city upbringing to his speech impediment and functional illiteracy.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
John Birch was better known in death than life. Shot and killed by Communists in China, he posthumously became the namesake for a right-wing organization whose influence is still visible in today's Tea Party. This is the remarkable story of an American missionary-turned-soldier who wanted to save China, but became a victim instead.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xv, 525 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A biography of the American theologian and educator Howard Thurman. Thurman was a prominent African American civil rights leader who influenced many in his work for social justice, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 293 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This book is a memoir and account of the Independent Fundamental Baptist church and its shocking history of religious abuse. The author was born, raised, married into, and finally, with her family, fled the Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Founded by the fiery preacher Bob Jones, with several hundred thousand, IFB members are told they must not associate with members of other Baptist denominations and evangelicals, with an emphasis on secrecy,...
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