Age of Certainty gives ten authors' answers to the question, "What if God existed?" Suppose the theory is true that we're biologically hardwired to believe in God - Brandon H. Bell wonders if that's evidence enough that He is objectively real. ... Imagine the traditional, Western version of God - now imagine along with Patrick Evans if the God revealed tomorrow has absolutely nothing to do with any of that. ... David J. Fielding introduces a character who wouldn't hesitate to kill God for the evil He has brought to bear, even if the result is just another form of an absence of good. ... and...
Age of Certainty gives ten authors' answers to the question, "What if God existed?" Suppose the theory is true that we're biologically hardwired to be...
Basing his claims on more than 130 in-depth interviews with baseball fans from ages 10 to 80, the author arrives at some extraordinary conclusions about the prismatic richness of the fan's experience of baseball and its importance in his or her life. The responses, 40 of which are reproduced in this oral history, suggest three major hypotheses: that how the youthful fan regards the game is a resonant expression of his personality, his family and social situation, and his fundamental needs; that baseball, far more than a pastime or idle entertainment, serves a number of extremely important...
Basing his claims on more than 130 in-depth interviews with baseball fans from ages 10 to 80, the author arrives at some extraordinary conclusions abo...
Few if any writers in the English language have been cited, praised, chided, or marveled at more routinely than Joseph Conrad for the perplexing evasiveness, contradictoriness, and indeterminacy of their fiction. William Freedman argues that the explanations typically offered for these identifying characteristics of much of Conrad's work are inadequate if not mistaken. Freedman's claim is that the illusiveness of a coherent interpretation of Conrad's novels and shorter fictions is owed not primarily to the inherent slipperiness or inadequacy of language or the consequence of a willful...
Few if any writers in the English language have been cited, praised, chided, or marveled at more routinely than Joseph Conrad for the perplexing evasi...
When two rival presidents in the distant future, foes since their youth, declare a hyper-power war, they set in motion events which transform America's place in the world ... and beyond. With devilish delight icons, role models and expectations are upended with laugh-out-loud irreverence. Characters defy tradition and stereotyping, revealing the devastating high jinks which - without doubt - exist within the hallowed halls of existing rival countries, let alone imaginary future nations and governments. Outrageous political prods and withering insight makes Land That I Love a compelling...
When two rival presidents in the distant future, foes since their youth, declare a hyper-power war, they set in motion events which transform America'...
