Bøger af Stephen Cox

"For fans of classic science fiction, this book has everything, an evil alien race led by a galaxy destroying monster. A disturbing new cult that keeps kidnapping citizens from Earth's dwindling population. And a group of immortal superheroes fighting to save the universe from a dark future. Set over many centuries this science fiction space romp will not disappoint." The year is 2416. Stranded in an escape pod millions of light years from the nearest inhabited planet, Benedict Epicson begins to wonder just how he got into this mess. His journey across the stars has been long and fraught with danger. His life pod has been caught by the gravitational pull of a dying sun and like a fish on a hook he is being slowly reeled in towards certain death. It's 1941 and the Blitz has its deadliest hour. Ten-year-old Benedict Epicson runs through the burning streets of London after witnessing the death of his parents in the terrible bombings. In a burnt-out building, he comes across an injured alien creature. The child comforts the alien as it dies. The creature tells Benedict about an ancient galactic war against a deadly race of invaders known as the Covan. He then gifts the child with new powers of super strength, telekinesis and immortality. These incredible powers that will come into effect once the child reaches adulthood and for Benedict Epicson an incredible adventure has just begun, an adventure that spans many galaxies and several lifetimes.

"You've got to realize that I'm about half crazy". Gottlob's team had no tires, no trailer, no money and no more time. They had already missed the first day of practice and hadn't even left Kansas. Blatchford grabbed the Corvette keys, picked up his jacket and said, "Follow me." "Where are we going?" "Daytona." See the unlikely story of how the race team, that never should have been able to shown up, shocked the racing world.

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com At the heart of Austrian economics is the concept of "spontaneous order." What appears to be chaotic in the social interaction of vast numbers of individuals in the marketplace in fact reflects a deeper order, what Adam Smith calls "the invisible hand." The free market produces more rational results than any form of central planning because markets use self-correcting mechanisms to adapt to perpetually changing economic conditions.This book explores the idea that spontaneous order is the concept that can bridge the economic and cultural realms. Austrian economics and literature deal with the same world - the concrete human world of open-ended and infinite possibility. In both Austrian economics and literature, human beings reveal their natures only in concrete acts of choice - the deepest expression of their freedom.In addition to developing a new framework for understanding and interpreting literature, this book offers rich new readings of a wide range of literary classics from many different nations. Drawing upon years of interdisciplinary experience in literature and economics, the contributors open up fresh perspectives on works as traditional as Cervantes's Don Quijote and as contemporary as Okri's The Famished Road.

Come and listen to the story ''bout a man named Jed"" and the rest of the colorful Clampett family, perhaps television''s most unlikely phenomenon to spring from the sixties. Hated by the critics but enthusiastically embraced by audiences around the world, to this day The Beverly Hillbillies still holds the Nielsen record for the highest rated half-hour show in the history of television. Over the years, the original television hit has inspired several highly rated network specials, an E! True Hollywood Story two-hour documentary, and even a big-screen motion picture from 20th Century Fox in 1993.Just in time to join the fortieth anniversary celebration of the classic television sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies is filled with all the hillbilly country corn anyone could expect. Updated and expanded from the first edition, published in 1988, it is the ultimate TV book. Readers will also find hundreds of photographs, including 16 pages of color, fascinating trivia, behind-the-scenes stories, exclusive contributions from Paul Henning, the show''s creator, a list of Granny''s fixin''s, the story of the popular theme song, Elly May''s critters, Jethro''s ""Double-Naught"" secrets, and an introduction by 93-year-old Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed Clampett in the series. Also included are a complete episode guide, cast biographies with all the inside scoop, and highlights from guest stars (John Wayne, Gloria Swanson, Sammy Davis Jr., and others).The Beverly Hillbillies is still shown every day on cable television''s Nick at Night. This fortieth anniversary edition of the book will become a collector''s item for all who loved and love the show. There''s more here than you can shake a possum at. Sit a spell.""

This wide-ranging study examines the ever-evolving forms of Christianity in the US, and why this constant reinvention is a vital part of American faith. Christianity takes an astonishing variety of forms in America: from traditional chapels to modern megachurches, from evangelical fellowships to social-action groups, and from Pentecostal faith to apocalyptic movements. Stephen Cox argues that radical and unpredictable change is one of the few dependable features of Christianity in America. It is in a necessary and ongoing state of revolution and has been throughout our history. Cox explores how both Catholic and Protestant churches have evolved in ways that would make them seem alien to their past adherents. He traces the rise of uniquely American movements, from the Mormons to the Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses, and brings to life the vivid personalitiesAimee Semple McPherson, Billy Sunday, and many otherswho have taken the gospel to the masses. Cox also sheds new light on such issues as American Christians' constantly changing political involvements, their controversial revisions in the style and substance of worship, and their chronic expectation that God is about to intervene conclusively in human life. Asserting that ';a church that doesn't promise new beginnings can never prosper in America,' Cox demonstrates that American Christianity must be seen not as a sociological phenomenon but as the ever-changing story of individual seekers.

Paperback release of 2003 holiday bestseller which offers behind the scenes info on this holiday classic as well as current info on stars from the show.

The Big House"e; is Americas idea of the prisona huge, tough, ostentatiously oppressive pile of rock, bristling with rules and punishments, overwhelming in size and the intent to intimidate. Stephen Cox tells the story of the American prisonits politics, its sex, its violence, its inability to control itselfand its idealization in American popular culture.This book investigates both the popular images of prison and the realities behind them: problems of control and discipline, maintenance and reform, power and sexuality. It conveys an awareness of the limits of human and institutional power, and of the symbolic and iconic qualities the Big House has attained in Americas understanding of itself.

Our Child of the Stars is a remarkable story of warmth, tenacity and generosity of spirit, set against the backdrop of a fast-changing, terrifying decade.

Paperback release of 2003 holiday bestseller which offers behind the scenes info on this holiday classic as well as current info on stars from the show.

Author Stephen Cox and pop culture critic Kevin Marhanka have joined forces to present the complete film works of comedian Don Knotts in THE INCREDIBLE MR. DON KNOTTS, the very first book on Knott's movie career. The authors, who interviewed Knotts at length about specific films in which he starred, have gathered contributions from Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Tim Conway, Ed Asner, and many co-stars from his forty feature-film career. Featuring more than 200 photographs--many rare and never before published--behind-the-scenes images, fascinating trivia, reviews, and a fantastic 16-page insert, the movies of Don Knotts are fully explored in this collector's treasury.

Novelist, columnist, cultural critic, political theorist - Isabel Paterson was one of the most extraordinary personalities of the 1930s, renowned for her incisive wit and her unique interpretation of the American experience. This is the biography of a woman who has long been a source of rumour and legend.

The New Testament is perhaps the most influential book in the world from both an intellectual and literary standpoint. Still, few readers understand how to read the New Testament as a piece of literature. The New Testament and Literature acts as a guide, focusing on the underlying patterns that combine ideas with literary devices. The book identifies the literary formulas in the New Testament and shows how these elements have shaped English and American literature.

A practical book of suggestions for ways in which teachers can manage their workloads (and stress levels) and help students manage theirs. Aimed at teachers in further and higher education, it will also benefit school teachers.