Twickenham is chiefly known today as the home of rugby, but its heyday could be said to be in the eighteenth century when first Alexander Pope and then Horace Walpole made it their home and extolled its Arcadian setting.Captain Gray, a naval officer, acquired plots of land close to the river in Twickenham in 1718 on which he built two rows of houses, Sion Row and Montpelier Row, which survive to this day and are much admired.This book tells the story of Sion Row, which was ...

At last, a refreshing guide to Florence, with a slice of Pisa, brought to you by the chalk and cheese of travel writing, Robert Shepherd and Geoff Motley.Written from the heart and fuelled by local food, wine and a mischievous sense of humour, this book is by two guys who are generations apart and come at Florence from different directions. It does not lead you by the hand, but it certainly whets your appetite, encouraging you to be adventurous and find your own way with a hint or two from...

The state-directed opening of the Chinese economy in 1979 led to a number of radical transformations within Chinese society, but Western understanding of these changes is often limited by erroneous assumptions. Offering a clear picture of the vast economic and social forces of modern-day China, Professor Robert J. Shepherd addresses U.S. investment in China, China's startling economic growth, state vs. society issues in the vast republic, and the effect of social and cultural change on the...

Arguing that there has never been a consensus on which rights all people are entitled, Beyond Illiberalism: Rights, Rhetoric, and Reality in a Pluralistic World traces how the concept of human rights is tied to a global project rooted in colonialism and grounded in nineteenth-century liberalism and post-World War II social democratic principles.This book contends that human rights are conceived, imagined, and promoted by dominant states, organizations, and activists within...

Previous studies of the practice of footbinding in imperial China have theorized that it expressed ethnic identity or that it served an economic function. By analyzing the popularity of footbinding in different places and times, Footbinding as Fashion investigates the claim that early Qing (1644–1911) attempts by Manchu rulers to ban footbinding made it a symbol of anti-Manchu sentiment and Han identity and led to the spread of the practice throughout all levels of society. Detail...

At the time of the American Revolution most of the New World still belonged to Spain and Portugal, whose captains and conquerors had been the first to come to its shores. Spain had the lion's share, but Portugal held Brazil, in itself a vast land of unsuspected resources. No empire mankind had ever yet known rivaled in size the illimitable domains of Spain and Portugal in the New World; and none displayed such remarkable contrasts in land and people. Boundless plains and forests, swamps and d...

At last, a refreshing guide to Venice brought to you by the chalk and cheese of travel writing, Robert Shepherd and Geoff Motley. Written from the heart and fuelled by local food, wine and a mischievous sense of humour, this book is by two guys who are generations apart and come at Venice from different directions. It does not lead you by the hand, but it certainly whets your appetite, encouraging you to be adventurous and find your own way with a hint or two from the guys. Absorb what the...

This book is a message of Grace birthed in me by the Holy Spirit through many years of struggle.This book is solely derived by the Grace of a loving Father concerned about the welfare of His children...a High Priest who is touched by our infirmities' feelings.Please, readers, don't allow the devil to use this book to deceive you into thinking that Grace gives one the license to sin. It does not...God forbid! God hates sin.... For the wages of sin is Death... and the soul th...

In 2004, I wrote a book titled, THE POWER OF GRACE and in it, I gave my personal testimony of being addicted to crack, pornography and alcohol for many years. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, but subsequently, I found that my devotion and love for God was obviously lacking. Even knowing that the wages of sin was death, my desire for those sinful things seemed greater than my Love for God. Jesus said in scripture that if we loved Him we would manifest that love by keeping His ...

Using the example of China’s Wutai Shan—recently designated both a UNESCO World Heritage site and a national park—Robert J. Shepherd analyzes Chinese applications of western notions of heritage management within a non-western framework. What does the concept of world heritage mean for a site practically unheard of outside of China, visited almost exclusively by Buddhist religious pilgrims? What does heritage preservation mean for a site whose intrinsic value isn’t in its historic buildings...

THE WORLD CENSURED-SHUT DOWN AND UNDER-SEIZED is written to inform the readers of the urgency God has placed in my heart to warn the world of things that are presently occurring upon our world-signifying HIS soon return. I pray this book will make the readers aware that we're living in unprecedented-and-perilous times, and signs of HIS imminent return is neigh. I pray that all of those the Holy Spirit directs, inspires, and cause to read this Endtime message-will repent and prepare themsel...

Our Endtime world has rejected God and "Gone WOKE"...In the Twentieth Century, more than 75% of our population in America believed in God and the Holy Bible and referred to themselves, as Christians...But no longer!!!If polled today in the 21st Century, more than 3/4 of the American population would refer to themselves as "Non-Christian" or "Unbelievers."In this book, I will convey to my Readers, that in the decade of the 2020's, there's a famine in our Worl...