Best Selling Books by James Bradley

Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. Flyboys, a story of war and horror but also of friendship and honor, tells the story of those men. Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine. The others were captured by Japanese soldiers on Chichi Jima and held prisoner. Then they disappeared. When the war was over, the American government, along with the Japanese, covered up everything that had happened on Chichi Jima. The records of a top-secret military tribunal were sealed, the lives of the eight Flyboys were erased, and the parents, brothers, sisters, and sweethearts they left behind were left to wonder. Flyboys reveals for the first time ever the extraordinary story of those men. Bradley''s quest for the truth took him from dusty attics in American small towns, to untapped government archives containing classified documents, to the heart of Japan, and finally to Chichi Jima itself. What he discovered was a mystery that dated back far before World War II-back 150 years, to America''s westward expansion and Japan''s first confrontation with the western world. Bradley brings into vivid focus these brave young men who went to war for their country, and through their lives he also tells the larger story of two nations in a hellish war. With no easy moralizing, Bradley presents history in all its savage complexity, including the Japanese warrior mentality that fostered inhuman brutality and the U.S. military strategy that justified attacks on millions of civilians. And, after almost sixty years of mystery, Bradley finally reveals the fate of the eight American Flyboys, all of whom would ultimately face a moment and a decision that few of us can even imagine. Flyboys is a story of war and horror but also of friendship and honor. It is about how we die, and how we live-including the tale of the Flyboy who escaped capture, a young Navy pilot named George H. W. Bush who would one day become president of the United States. A masterpiece of historical narrative, Flyboys will change forever our understanding of the Pacific war and the very things we fight for.

With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout American history. Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academics alike can see the thoughts and beliefs of Americans who came before us.

A guide to communicating the power and significance of baptism. Although the sacrament of baptism is central to Christian experience, it is usually only discussed in many churches when a baptism happens to be occurring. In Preaching Baptism, priest and noted preacher James Bradley Shumard identifies ways to reinforce baptismal values in the weekly liturgy, from the pulpit in sermons, as well as from other teaching moments in the liturgy. Including chapters on preaching about baptism across the church year, connecting the lectionary to baptism, baptismal vows, and more, this volume offers guidance to clergy in keeping baptismal vocation at the core in every Sunday''s sermon.

London, 1826. Leaving behind his father''s tragic failures, Gabriel Swift arrives to study with Edwin Poll, the greatest of the city''s anatomists. It is his chance to find advancement by making a name for himself. But instead he finds himself drawn to his master''s nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city''s resurrectionists and ruler of its trade in stolen bodies. Dismissed by Mr Poll, Gabriel descends into the violence and corruption of London''s underworld, a place where everything and everyone is for sale, and where - as Gabriel discovers - the taking of a life is easier than it might seem.

In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Howard Taft on the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in history to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. Roosevelt''s glamorous twenty-one year old daughter Alice served as mistress of the cruise, which included senators and congressmen. On this trip, Taft concluded secret agreements in Roosevelt''s name. In 2005, a century later, James Bradley traveled in the wake of Roosevelt''s mission and discovered what had transpired in Honolulu, Tokyo, Manila, Beijing and Seoul. In 1905, Roosevelt was bully-confident and made secret agreements that he though would secure America''s westward push into the Pacific. Instead, he lit the long fuse on the Asian firecrackers that would singe America''s hands for a century.

A spellbinding history of US-China relations from the nineteenth century to World War II and Mao''s ascent, by the author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys. "Bradley is sharp and rueful, and a voice for a more seasoned, constructive vision of our international relations with East Asia." — Christian Science Monitor In this engrossing book, bestselling author James Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans—including Franklin Delano Roosevelt''s grandfather Warren Delano—who in the 1800s made their fortunes in the China opium trade. As these men profited by addicting millions, American churches sent missionaries in search of a myth: noble Chinese peasants eager to westernize. The media enthusiastically propagated this image, and FDR agreed that US support for Chiang Kai-shek and his glamorous American-educated wife would turn China into America''s best friend in Asia. But Chiang was on his way out, and when Mao Zedong came to power, Americans were shocked, wondering how we had "lost China." Taking us from the nineteenth century through World War II and to the origins of the Vietnam War, Bradley reveals how American misconceptions about China have distorted our domestic and foreign policies and led to the avoidable deaths of millions. Thrillingly told, The China Mirage dynamically explores the troubled history that defines US-China relations to this day. "A vivid, bracing, and careful study. . . . Bradley''s valuable book offers a warning about past and future unnecessary entanglements." — History News Network "Bradley has produced another gripping historical account with ramifications for today''s world." —World Affairs Council " The China Mirage underscored the missed opportunities in our relationship with China—a lesson for our current leaders." — Portland Press Herald

Undeniably, the amount of "human information" in our culture has increased by leaps and bounds. How that information is used has profound implications on the way we live as a society. At the same time, the discussion of values, norms, and purpose is often missing from the discourse of social research especially by those who work within the positivist framework. Authors James Bradley and Kurt Schaefer develop principles to guide the use of data and models in the human sciences. Writing as scholars who are at home with empirical and mathematical social science, yet taking seriously the critiques of this heritage, the authors propose ways of developing norms without becoming radically subjective. The Uses and Misuses of Data and Models argues eloquently that norms, values, and purpose need to become part of the common discourse of researchers, with more ethical and socially responsible research the result. The Uses and Misuses of Data and Models is an intriguing and thought-provoking book that will be of great interest to anyone involved in the enterprise of social research.

Wells argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of entertainment, popular instruction, and laughter. Wells offers a new take on old Pindaric questions: genre, unity of the victory song, tradition, and epinician performance.

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

A second volume of historical speculation by experts in the field wonders what if Socrates had died on the battlefield at Delium or Eisenhower had finished off the Nazis in 1944, among other intriguing scenarios.

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"Haunted by the disappearance of her twin brother Daniel during a government crackdown in Hong Kong and by the breakdown of her marriage, Anna returns to Sydney. When she begins a photographic study of fossilised shells, she encounters Seth Lamarque, a blind palaeontologist who is convinced that he can discern patterns within the ebb and flow of life through the aeons." "Through Seth, she also meets her sister Rachael, a lawyer working with the homeless. Their lives intertwine in ways none of them could have predicted, changing them forever."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved