James Scott

After her husband and four of her children are brutally murdered in the winter of 1897, midwife Elspeth Howell, along with her surviving son, twelve-year-old Caleb, take on the frozen wilderness to find the men responsible for shattering their family.

The "story of the submarine force that helped win World War II in the Pacific by ravaging Japan's merchant fleet and destroying the nation's economy. Focusing on the unique stories of three of the wars top submarines--Silversides, Drum, and Tang--[the author] takes readers beneath the waves to experience the determination, heroism, and tragedy that defined the submarine service"--Dust jacket flap.

This introduction to a biblical theology of the New Testament seeks to revitalize our engagement with the Scriptures for the twenty-first century by showing not only how the assemblage of ancient writings consisting of both Old and New Testaments is intrinsically relevant, but also how we can remain faithful to Jesus Christ, the organizing principle of those writings, in the process. The book is an invitation to all people of goodwill-believers and...

GOD GAMES is an Upside-Down SciFi Retelling of The Greatest Biblical Story Ever Told! But it ain't what you learned in church! In GOD GAMES, a tech-utopian Heaven has sworn off religion, but trouble brews as a new religious movement threatens the peaceful society. After the accidental discovery of humans in a parallel universe, attention turns to Yahweh, a troubled secular professor, who must fight a battle of wits and brawn against an imposing...

Perfect for fans of Daniel Silva and Nelson DeMille. Fired for bias against the U.S. president, ex-CIA Russia expert Max Geller gets a chance to redeem his reputation and make a fortune when he is hired to investigate the president's incriminating ties to Moscow. Jill Rucker, an undercover CIA agent, is assigned to work with him-and she does-when she's not pursuing her own conflicting goals. The search takes them to England, Russia, Panama, and Switzerland....

James C. Scott is the Sterling Professor of Political Science, professor of anthropology, and codirector of the Agrarian Studies Program at Yale University. His books include Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed; Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts; and most recently, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia. He is a fellow of the American Academy...

Loin d'être un manifeste dogmatique, ce Petit éloge de l'anarchisme célèbre la faculté d'exercer son jugement moral et sa créativité en toute liberté. À partir d'exemples tirés de la vie quotidienne et de l'histoire, James C. Scott analyse les notions d'autonomie, de dignité, de justice et de résistance. S'en dégage un plaidoyer pour l'insubordination sous toutes ses formes et dans toutes les circonstances — au travail, dans la rue,...

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Djuna Barnes.

It is not generally known that the three-day battle of Gettysburg, one of the most important and significant engagements of the Civil War, is included in the course of training of student officers in practically all the European war colleges, as an outstanding example of tactics and strategy. Once a year the students of the West Point Military Academy spend several days at Gettysburg in studying the battle problems, during the first three days of...

Lt. Marya Andreison just wanted to get her career back on track. After years of crap assignments and missed promotions, she finally got the deep-space posting she always wanted, only to find bigotry and intolerance are universal. But when, an alien transmission only she can decode comes through an unauthorized wormhole, her situation goes from bad to worse to awful. Now she's on the run, with only her wits, her wedding rings, and a downloaded message...