University professor Neil Thomas was a committed Darwinist and agnostic—until an investigation of evolutionary theory led him to a startling conclusion: "I had been conned!" As he studied the work of Darwin's defenders, he found himself encountering tactics eerily similar to the methods of political brainwashing he had studied as a scholar. Thomas felt impelled to write a book as a sort of warning call to humanity: "Beware! You have been fooled!" The result is Taking Leave of Darwin

Ever since The Origin of Species appeared in 1859, Charles Darwin's followers have co-opted him as the patron saint of materialism. In False Messiah, longtime Darwinist and agnostic Neil Thomas looks at how Darwinism triumphed, and he challenges the official story with an exploration richly informed by his expertise in rhetoric and cultural history. What of Darwinism's present status? Like Marxism—that other great materialist theory of the Victorian age—Darwinism has beco...

Re-fight some of the bloodiest battles of the ancient and medieval worlds! Seasoned wargamer and author Neil Thomas brings historical perspective to the hobby with a description and interpretation of significant military developments from 3,000BC to AD1500. Wargaming is the simulation of accurate historical battles using miniature figures to fight over three dimensional terrain, their movement and combat being regulated by clearly defined rules. Neil Thomas' new book provi...

A fun and practical new approach to wargaming that lets you complete a game in about an hour—includes rule sets and scenarios for most popular periods.One of the biggest problems facing wargamers is finding the time to actually play. Most commercially available games require several hours to set up and see to a conclusion; some can even take a whole day or weekend to complete. Apart from time, lack of space can also keep wargamers from enjoying their favorite pasti...

There are three concepts that are central to this work, to law, and to music. One is imagination (self-creativity). The second is relating (the ability to tell a story or compose a symphony and relate it to a jury). Third, and most importantly, is learning to overcome the biggest deficit of a lawyer and the most important attribute of a composerlistening.

This is a goldmine of ideas, advice and techniques from one of the world's leading writers on management and leadership. It brings together all of John Adair's thinking on leadership, teambuilding, creativity and innovation, problem-solving, motivation, communication and time-management.

This volume brings together contributions from a wide range of international academics and practitioners. It traces innovations within classical music practice, showing how these offer divergent visions for its future. The interdisciplinary contributions to the volume highlight the way contrasting ideas of the future can effect change in the present.A rich balance of theoretical and practical discussion brings authority to this collection, which lays the foundations for timely resp...

The apostle Peter, in his second epistle, tells us that God’s Word and promises are given as we encounter the revelation of Jesus Christ. His promises are unveiled when we experience His glory and goodness. In these moments, Jesus, the divine catalyst, implants His promises in our hearts like seeds, designed to grow and produce His life within us—just as a natural seed grows in the soil to reproduce its life. As the character of Christ develops within us, the living Word works in us, washi...

The Masterless Assassin continues the adventures of Tinariwen of Astinda, a necromancer who spent three hundred years trapped in a glass sphere. Tin has found it a strange time where no one practices the magic of death. Joining forces with a band of assassins he faced off against an elder evil and won his place in this new world. Now set on a good life on a vineyard with his new wife, Lenara, the necromancer faces off with the cult of the Lightseekers, religious zealots bent on ruling the ...

Biography of the early years of A. Bartlett Giamatti, who would become Yale University's first non-Anglo-Saxon Protestant president and commissioner of Major League Baseball.Finalist for the 2021 The Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Autobiography/Biography Category presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals GroupBronze Winner, 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awa...

Even on the 50th anniversary of Hawaii statehood, sovereignty in Hawaii is still the subject of an active, ongoing legal dispute. The Rights of My People revisits Liliuokalani's decades-long campaign for the dignity and sovereignty of Hawaii. The book gives the first detailed and documented description of the seizure of a quarter of the Hawaii islands in 1893. This illegal move was contested aggressively by Liliuokalani, and she challenged the United States before Congress repeatedly for c...

Tinariwen of Astinda is a necromancer's apprentice who has been trapped in a glass ball for three hundred years. What do you do with all that time on your hands? You grow big. And you practice your magic. Upon his release, the apprentice faces a hostile new world, one where necromancy no longer exists. Seven feet tall, with horns and fangs, Tin quickly gets attention. Unfortunately it is the attention of the Assassin's Guild!Tin's new allies will be hard-pressed as the masterless a...