Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of South Dakota. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, stagecoach, and train robbers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Great Plains.

David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948), best known for directing the 1915 film "The Birth of a Nation," is considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, pioneering many aspects of film editing and expanding the art of the narrative film. In 1919, together with Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, Griffith founded the movie studio United Artists, with the goal of enabling actors and directors to make films on their own...

The ancient maritime Silk Road that helped connect Asia and Europe has been reinvented as part of China's ambitious Belt and Road initiative. However, the sea-borne international trade and shipping-lanes, that carry 80-90 per cent of world trade, were there long before China's intrusion on the scene. Even so, China’s intention to build ports at key locations along these trade routes has caused considerable unease in the Western security community. This volume explores the forces that have ...

A silk road connected Europe and Chinese civilizations thousands of years ago, and it reshaped much of the world’s commerce and culture. In 2013, the president of China, Xi Jinping, proposed using his nation’s financial power, industrial capacity, and diplomatic leverage to create a modern-day version of the ancient road. With freight trains trundling along thousands of kilometers of railway linking Chongqing in the East to the Dutch border, in the West, the effects of such a pathway are a...

The crushing reality of the loss of yet another family member was a turning point for Pearl D. Griffith. She began to sense the purpose of her previous life crises. Slowly, painstakingly, she learned that pain and brokenness are not senseless endpoints but rather purposeful transitions that can lead to spiritual renewal and a deeper, stronger legacy. In a powerful retelling of her life experiences and the raw honesty of her family’s history, Pearl invites you into a compassionate sanctuary...

This text is one of the few surviving works to come out of the Nubian church in its zenith. It gives a comical account of a pilgrim drawn to the church of the Coptic Saint Menas, and the events that transpire along the way.

The Original My Friend Churchey and His Sunken Island of Mu is the unpublished biography of James Churchward (1851-1936,) author of the Lost Continent of Mu Motherland of Men (1926,) Lost Continent of Mu (1931,) Children of Mu (1931,) Sacred Symbols of Mu (1933,) Cosmic Forces of Mu (1934,) Second Book of the Cosmic Forces of Mu (1935) by Percy Tate Griffith, a long-time friend.This volume contains the scanned images of the original typewritten pages and supplants a previously rele...

I truly believe Griffiths’ new introduction in international political economy is unparalleled! It is amazing how different theoretical perspectives, together with their methodological approaches, are lucidly presented… and supported by extraordinarily well-chosen cases examples. First rate; a masterpiece really! Anton Hemerijck, Professor of Institutional Policy Analysis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and London School of Economics Written by a distinguished economic historian, this book o...

Ramayana is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana. Along with the Mahabharata, it forms the Hindu Itihasa. The epic, traditionally ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki, narrates the life of Rama, the legendary prince of the Kosala Kingdom. It follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest from the kingdom, by his father King Dasharatha, on request of his second wife Kaikeyi. His travels across fores...

"'Sundarakanda,' Book 5 of 'The Ramayana of Valmiki,' is a great chapter of the historical Indian epic written by using Valmiki and translated into English via Ralph T. H. Griffith. This book is known as after its focus at the brilliance and beauty of its content and the adventures it recounts. The epic narrative is continued in 'Sundarakanda,' while Lord Rama, his dependable brother Lakshmana, and their monkey companions, lead via Hanuman, set out to rescue Sita from the demon king Ravana...

"Book four of 'The Ramayana of Valmiki,' known as 'Kishkindhakanda,' continues the epic journey originally authored via the sage Valmiki and masterfully translated into English by Ralph T. H. Griffith. This phase of the epic offers a extensive shift inside the narrative, focusing on the look for Lord Rama's cherished spouse, Sita. 'Kishkindhakanda' is named after the monkey state of Kishkindha, where Rama and his unswerving brother, Lakshmana, shape an alliance with the monkey-king Sugriva...

God has always dealt with his people through the covenant, yet covenant theology from a Baptist perspective is a teaching that is all too often neglected. Many Baptists don't know why they are Baptist. If questioned they are most likely to respond by alluding to the mode of baptism rather than its underlying theology. This book is easily accessible, providing the reader with a clear understanding of the historical Baptist position. The work points out the errors inherent in the Reformed pa...