There have been many studies analyzing the philosophy of Blaise Pascal, but this book is the first full-length study of the philosophies of his sisters, Jacqueline Pascal and Gilberte Pascal Périer, a
Without no law and all by my lonesome, I’m gonna have to steal that stole money and get…outta there alive...He lit out of Texas with ten dollars and a swayback horse, a wanted man at age thirteen. Kid
The devil’s on my tail, and he’s wearing a badge. Arrested for a robbery I didn’t commit, I broke out of jail and took it on the lam…The Fosterville sheriff’s bagged a few outlaws. The trouble is, Kid
If I was to be an outlaw, I told myself, I’d be a hard one, and I’d be a good one. I’d be the god damnest outlaw that ever come down the pike...Scrawny, young Melvin Parmlee lit out of Texas wearing a
A classic tail of the West, featuring a young Harvard graduate who must reconcile his East Coast education with the customs and heritage of his Cherokee upbringing.
In seventeenth-century France, southwest of Paris, the Port-Royal convent became the center of the Jansenist movement and of its adherents’ resistance to church and throne. Three abbesses from the Arn
In this collection of 26 essays, novelist and Cherokee Indian Conley (Cherokee studies, Western Carolina U.) describes facets of Cherokee Indian life and history. Essays cover a range of subjects: Che
The Cherokee Nation is one of the largest and most important of all the American Indian tribes. The first history of the Cherokees to appear in over four decades, this is also the first to be endorsed
A Cherokee Encyclopedia is a quick reference guide for many of the people, places, and things connected to the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees, as well as for the other officially recognized Cherok
A modern medicine man portrayed through the words of the people he has helpedRobert J. Conley did not set out to chronicle the life of Cherokee medicine man John Little Bear. Instead, the medicine man
The salon was of particular importance in mid- to late-seventeenth-century France, enabling aristocratic women to develop a philosophical culture that simultaneously reflected and opposed the dominant
In The Peace Chief, one young Cherokee must be reborn to lead his people through the difficult early days of sixteenth-century European expansion into America. Conley tells the story of Young Puppy, a
Few writers portray Native American life and history as richly, authentically, and insightfully as Robert J. Conley. Conley represents an important voice of the Cherokee past. The novels in his Real P
Few writers portray Native American life and history as richly, authentically, and insightfully as Robert J. Conley. Conley represents an important voice of the Cherokee past. The novels in his Real P
A Cherokee grandfather and grandson retell the story of Waguli, a young Cherokee forced into exile in Oklahoma, and his fiancee, Oconeechee, who remains behind in hiding and searches for him
Based on Cherokee history, oral storytelling, and personal experience, these stories, taken as a whole, reflect the depth of Cherokee historical experience and the range of contemporary Cherokee life.
An erudite abbess of Port-Royal, Angélique de Saint-Jean Arnauld d’Andilly (1624 – 1684) resisted the demands of church and state to condemn the Jansenist theological doctrines which the convent had l
Inspired by the Thomism of Jacques Maritain, this collection of essays explores how philosophy can redeem contemporary society from some of its defects and how contemporary philosophy itself can be re
Jacqueline Pascal (1625-1661) was the sister of Blaise Pascal and a nun at the Jansenist Port-Royal convent in France. She was also a prolific writer who argued for the spiritual rights of women and t
Born Françoise d'Aubigné, a criminal's daughter reduced to street begging as a child, Madame de Maintenon (1653-1719) made an improbable rise from impoverished beginnings to the
Adopted into the Cherokee tribe as a teenager, William Holland Thomas (1805–1893), known to the Cherokees as Wil Usdi (Little Will), went on to have a distinguished career as lawyer, politician, and s
Born Francoise d'Aubigne, a criminal's daughter reduced to street begging as a child, Madame de Maintenon (1653-1719) made an improbable rise from impoverished beginnings to the summit of power as the
Do you know silica, the tetrahedra of silicon and oxygen constituting the crystals of New Agers and the desiccant in a box of new shoes? It's no mere mundane mineral. As chemically reacting silicate
In this sequel to Post-Human, humanity will be forced to face a future more advanced than it could have imagined if it wants to survive. Nineteen months have passed since the A.I. turned against human
Before he was Old-timer, he was Craig Emilson, a young doctor, sucked into military service at the outbreak of World War III. Enlisting to become a Special Forces suborbital paratrooper, Craig is sele
Stemming from two conferences, held in 1994, and 1996, Prophecy and Diplomacy: The Moral Doctrine of John Paul II explores the general orientations and the specific applications of the moral teaching
Informative text in this engaging series presents a comprehensive look at the lives of Native Americans from the first contact with Europeans to the present, and includes fascinating facts about the w
Informative text in this engaging series presents a comprehensive look at the lives of Native Americans from the first contact with Europeans to the present, and includes fascinating facts about the w
Discusses the history, survival, religion, culture, social development, and modern world of the Muscogee, whose confederation was named Creek Indians by the Europeans.
“So what does it mean to be a Cherokee?” asks Cherokee author Robert J. Conley at the start of this delightful collection of his writings. Throughout his prolific career, Conley used his a
