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The Search: A Historian’s Search for Historical Jesus
Price range: $3.99 through $30.99The Search is neither predominately scholarly, historical, nor inspirational. Rather, it is a book that seeks to understand why Jesus said what he said and did what he did in light of the fact that he was not only a loyal Galilean Jew but he was also a loyal Roman subject, who was probably educated in Greco-Roman influenced schools, who probably worked under the authority of Roman administrators, who ministered under the protection of Roman officials, and who died as a enemy of Rome as mandated by Roman law. The book is not intended to present Jesus in any lesser light than that of deity. Yet, within the context of known Greco-Roman history, customs, philosophies, and manners of the time in which Jesus lived and ministered. It attempts to show under what circumstances his ministry and popularity grew and flourished in Roman Mare Nostrum and then floundered. The Search is historical in that it portrays the life of Jesus as it was in Roman Mare Nostrum East. It is scholarly in that it confirms each Gospel recorded event with non-biblical authenticating documentation. It is inspirational in that it assumes that the Gospel records are the most accurate records available about the life of Jesus and that the word and deeds recorded in the Gospel narratives have been preserved for two millennia because they were the narratives that God felt would be most spiritually beneficial to this Current generation. This book will attempt to discover Jesus’ life by filling in the empty center between birth and death by reaching beyond the bare bones skeleton of historical Jesus and alighting upon the fully developed historical epic of Jesus-the loyal Jewish Roman
subject of Roman Mare Nostrum East.
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The Sinai Prophecy
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99This exciting WWII adventure, in the “Pilgrims Progress” genre, chronicles the story of a young, agnostic man’s life, through his formative years in college, to becoming a war correspondent in WWII.
While filming a battle during the “Desert Campaign”, in the Sinai area, a calamitous event occurs, that eventually leads him to shed his agnostic convictions, and become a believer.
In Jerusalem during “The British Mandate” of Palestine, he is miraculously charged with finding the piece of the puzzle that will ensure the founding of a new and sovereign state of Israel in 1948.
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The Victims of Rivalry
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99The Victims of Rivalry is the story of a silenced, vanquished people in a war that was declared: “No Victors, No Vanquished.” It is the story of the victims of the Biafran/Nigerian Civil War and its colonial connection. Set in a village in the Ikwerre tribe of southern Nigeria, the story opens with the roaring rage of the villagers, as they struggle to extricate themselves from the colonial stranglehold that had suddenly happened upon them. Initially unaware of the white man’s intentions for coming to their village, the villagers opened their arms to the visitor. But when they realize why he had come, their suspicions set in, their anger wells up, and they rise up in revolt, only to be calmed down by their revered, open-minded Chief. However, the white man, a Baptist missionary, has other plans. He decides to approach the uncooperative villagers with caution. In the end, the villagers succumb to his ploy by sending their children en-masse to the white man’s newly-built school. Not long after the school opened, a civil war breaks out in Nigeria, severely derailing the progress the village had made in educating its children.
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The War We Almost Lost
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99In the War We Almost Lost the author explains how badly we were prepared for war in 1941. He discusses the areas in which we could have done much
better and how the responsibility could have been shared by many politicians and military leaders.
The author writes about mistakes and blunders as well as brilliant moves made during the war by both sides that allowed us to win, but almost cost us victory. Better planning and execution by the Axis countries could have had disastrous effects on the Allies. But in the end, through some good design, lucky breaks and bad-decision making by our enemies, we rallied and came through the terrible war with flying colors led by the “Greatest Generation” of all times.
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The World As It Was When Jesus Came: A Companion to the New Testament
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99Endowed with an unusual ability to identify current issues of importance to the public, Dr. Hopkins has the gift of analyzing reasonably and fairly every issue and then communicating his views in everyday language. He writes like he talks and, as an experienced Sunday school teacher and pastor, knows how to engage his audience. He tackles every issue with a strong ethical undertone but is always tolerant of other views. He utilizes history and factual data, is a stickler for accuracy, and stays clear of offending his readers. He brings to his books the background of an experience college president, and international traveler, and deep family roots which ground him in Christian values. He is a creative thinker who can challenge conventional wisdom on just about any Biblical subject while maintaining a balance between extremes. In an age when extremism gains national and international attention, it is refreshing to hear a sane voice which can be heard by young and old alike. Every serious-minded reader will be enriched by this book, especially Sunday school teachers and church leaders.
-Dr. Randall Ruble
Former dean of Erskine Seminary and Vice President of the College
Former president of Erskine College and Seminary
Due West, South Carolina
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Turning Points: How Deception Steals Freedoms
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Ever wonder what is happening to our country? In Turning Points; Terry W. Bettis, takes you through the history of this country, looking at how through the years our Republic has had its ups and downs. As you read, you will learn about things that have given life to this country, as well as things that have drained the life from it. You will discover things that you thought were a blessing to this country, only to find that in fact, they are destroying our freedoms, and our Constitution, turning our country from one filled with God’s blessing to one of slavery. Discover those things which are causing our Republic to fade completely away. The United States was founded on Christian principals, though far from perfect, it has been blessed by God because we had put Him first. Being attacked on many fronts God is being pushed out the door of America. We are seeing the results. In Turning Points, you will learn how this is happening, plus the effect it is having on our country, churches, families and the future generations, yet to be born. It is a deep desire of Terry’s to awaken the American people to what is happening to our beloved United States. You will learn and be blessed with this book as well as with, Terry’s first book, Guards at the Gate hopefully finding understand about what our country is experiencing and what we are leaving for our children and grandchildren.
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Uniquely American
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99THEY ARE YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND FELLOW AMERICANS. BUT HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE NATIONAL GUARD?
Step into the pages of history with Uniquely American, a captivating book written by Leslie Wolf, a 30-year veteran of the National Guard. In this informative tribute, Leslie’s deep-rooted passion for the National Guard shines through as she takes you on an-depth exploration of this military institution’s evolution over time.With a profound desire to share her insider knowledge and extensive research, Wolf delves into both the triumphs and the errors committed through the National Guard’s rich history. This meticulously crafted book offers a comprehensive look at how various necessary but widespread grassroots militia forces transformed into the organized reserve force that benefits us today.
Prepare to be captivated as Wolf recounts pivotal moments in American history, including head-to-head conflicts between governors and the president during Civil Rights Movement and the fallout when protests become civil disturbances such as Kent State and the Watts Riots. With unwavering honesty, Wolf shines a light on mistakes made by political forces that set progress back and the laws and policies that set the National Guard apart as an essential piece of our nation’s security. Through her vivid storytelling, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the National Guard despite its unwavering commitment to protect and serve threatened to undermine the most important purpose of the United State military engine.
The National Guard is more than just an institution; it is America’s link to the political climate of the world. As you immerse yourself in Uniquely American, you’ll come to appreciate how the Guard’s members are not just soldiers in uniform but neighbors, family, and friends within our communities. -
Untamed Heart
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99Shane Cordell, raised by the Cheyenne, is savagely handsome. Women are drawn to him like a moth to a flame, and he’s every bit as dangerous. His heart never gets involved…until now. Ashley Clayton is beautiful and independent, She was raised without a mother’s touch, having only her father and ranch hands to ease her into womanhood. She is naïve in the ways of etiquette but not in the ways of the flesh, horseflesh mostly. Upon her first encounter with Shane, she feels a strong attraction immediately, but there is a lie…a lie she is sworn to keep. A lie that seems so innocent now bodes heartache for their future. Shane must face his past in a courtroom where he is charged with rape and murder. Just as he’s found not guilty, Ashley’s innocent lie sends him running again, this time into a prostitute’s arms.
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Volume 2: A Negro Death: The Jazz Age: An African American Experience in the Development of Black Popular Culture: A Socio-Cultural Story of the African American Blues Experience during Post-Reconstruction to the Renaissance: A Progression and Modernization of the African Cultural Form
Price range: $15.99 through $22.99With the great Liberation War ending in 1865 C.E., ‘slave narratives’ immediately became the source of information for scholars who studied Black Life and Culture. After William Allen, et al, published the “Slave Songs of The United States,” Scholars searched for narratives to uncover how the slave lived. The purposes were usually noble in chat they were truly interested in black popular culture. The result of this interest was, many allowed the slaves to tell the story of suffering and depravation, i.e., the narrative, without the interference of another voice. For many scholars the intent was to speak to some moral issues affecting the treatment of the slave.
The political economy that depended on agricultural production and the use of slave labor produced the most ideal time and space for the evolution of a musical form Paul Laurence Dunbar will promote 1890 book series of poems. Although Dunbar has already produced the musical form of Blues-In-Print with his lyrics entitled, “Blue, Dirge, Lament, e.g., “Pickin’ off De Cotton”, Ware and W.C Handy will be credited with giving “Blues” its name. What makes this information so vital, is all of the preconditions existed for “Devil’s Songs” [Blues form] to grow, expand and evolve during this epoch.
Africans as people in bondage occupied the least favored position. As the social commentator the lyric poet’s role was to analyze the system of slavery that kept the African Oppressed. The audience and support were there among the People in bondage. As the reader shall see, this support was later challenged on in the development of blues. By then, however, the lyric poet had already set stage for the creation of what the most favored will call ‘Black Music’.
What is Black Music? Those styles, genres, and forms that owe their existence to t he people enslaved as captives within the Americas. How did the development occur? The system of bondage was so complete and vast lyric poets were given many settings in which to materialize their works. The African cultural sensibilities as expressed through song and suicide, thus endangering the social continuity of the African.
As we are told, the Negro lived within a culture of poverty as the salve and through denial suffered a poverty of culture. As a slave, the Negro was supposed to exist without culture. This was their poverty of culture. As a slave, the Negro live in an assigned position. That position dictated the conditions under which suffering was permitted. The Negro had no other place to call home. There was no Negro land as a place of origin. Africa renamed many did not exist, except as a faraway place of origin that allowed is inhabitants to be sold into bondage. Bondage was forever.
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Volume 3: Death of The Negro From The Ante Bellum To The Renaissance & Beyond: An African American Experience In The Development of Black Popular Culture: The Jazz Worker: A Blues Aesthetic Philosophy
Price range: $13.99 through $20.99Blues Aesthetics
Blues Aesthetics (Volume 3) examines Blues as an Aesthetic musical art that operates with a philosophical base rooted in the cultural forms that have developed over the centuries of African progression and transplantation to the United States during the Middle Passage. Blues Aesthetics is a construct developed out of a desire to offer Blues on the same level playing field reserved for other musical forms from other traditions.
Using European Classical Music as an example, it is assumed that this form emanates out of the European fine art tradition. That is why it has been given the name “Classical Music”. This name automatically gives one the idea the music requires the listener to be prepared to create a mode of understanding where full attention is given. I have never heard anyone state that this music does not belong to or come from Europe.
When I decided that I would treat blues as the metaphor for the study of the development and advancement of Black Popular Culture in particular and the culture of the United States in general, I wanted to have a sound basis in which to place my analysis. With blues one cannot go wrong. Why? It has chronicled the political economy of the United States of American since slavery. The analytic tool that has been used to inform this process is the Law of Position, a Position Theory. The Law of Position, a Position Theory is a paradigm that has as its basic premise, “we take as given the idea of distinction and the idea of indication, and that in order to make an indication we must make a distinction. We take therefore the form of distinction for the form.” (G. Spencer-Brown)
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We’ve Done Them Wrong: A History of The Native American Indians and How The United States Treated Them
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99“From the mountains, to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam,
Every Native American
Must leave his home.” I.
Imagine that someone comes to your home and forces you at gunpoint to leave. Your response might be termed “savage”
“Savage” was how the New World invaders described American Indians. Settlers chased them across the continent, as the government signed treaties that they later broke. They also subjected the native inhabitants to horrible atrocities.
Author George E. Saurman, a World War II veteran and proud American, explores what really happened to Native American Indians, examining
- Native American Indian tribes and their customs;
- the actions of early settlers, including William Penn and his holy experiment;
- contributions of the Native American Indians; and
- conditions on reservations today.
Saurman also considers how the Bureau of Indian Affairs handled relations between natives and settlers, as well as what Native American Indians from the past and today have had to say about events.
Even today, broken promises obscure what’s really going on in Native American Indian Communities, It’s time that a serious effort be made to rectify the situation, and it starts by realizing that We’ve Done Them Wrong.
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World War 2- Opening Gambits: The Manstein Alternative: Part 3
Price range: $4.99 through $23.99The relationship between the Catholic Entente (France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal) and the United Kingdom is a powder keg and South America provides the spark. The Organization of American States (an alliance set up by and friendly to the Catholic Entente) invades Colombia and Argentina, attacking British merchant ships in the process. The United Kingdom orders reprisals and the Catholic Entente uses them as an excuse to go to war. At sea, the Entente attack concentrates on the oil tankers that power the United Kingdom’s factories. On land, they work to close off the Mediterranean Sea and overrun the resources of Africa. A rebellion in Quebec cuts even further into the resources that Great Britain desperately needs. The League of Nations, led by the USA and USGA, is trying to end the war with economic sanctions. Erich von Manstein tries to end the war between his Central Coalition and the USSR before the Catholic Entente decides to turn their gaze in Germany’s direction. Things look grim for the United Kingdom until they get help from an unexpected direction. Even with the help, the British Isles face a cold and bitter winter as their own actions anger potential allies.