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John Taylor is the author of Calumny Refuted and the Truth Defended ; Being a Reply to the Second Address of the Rev. Robert Heys (2025), The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning (2024), An Examination Into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (2023), Works of John Taylor, the Water Poet (2022), Doctrine, Philosophy & History of Mormons (2021).

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Calumny Refuted and the Truth Defended ; Being a Reply to the Second Address of the Rev. Robert Heys

release date: Jul 26, 2025
Calumny Refuted and the Truth Defended ; Being a Reply to the Second Address of the Rev. Robert Heys
Reprint of the original, first published in 1840. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the public in good condition in order to preserve their cultural heritage.

The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning

release date: Jun 25, 2024
The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning
The Path to Truly Impactful Practice in Education Starts with Visible Learning It may seem obvious, but learning should never be implied or assumed. Learning must be explicit, evaluated and monitored; the impact of teaching on student learning should be visible. But how can we be sure? Armed with years of research that includes more than 2,100 meta-analyses, and 130,000 studies that include more than 300 million students—plus decades of experience as educators —bestselling authors John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Almarode have collaborated to create this accessible guide to what works best to accelerate students′ learning. Packed with everything you need to evaluate your impact, the Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning includes: Clear instructions for collecting, interpreting, and using evidence to make decisions with and for your students A primer on the 11 signature practices of Visible Learning Research-backed mindframes that have the potential to significantly influence the quality of education. To have the greatest impact on student learning, we must know what practices work best. With this illustrated go-to guide to Visible Learning in hand, your path is set for truly impactful practice in education.

An Examination Into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

release date: Dec 01, 2023
An Examination Into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
"An Examination into and Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" is an important theological treatise written via John Taylor, the 0.33 president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It examines the fundamental foundations of LDS theology. John Taylor''s paintings delves thoroughly into the idea of Jesus Christ''s mediation and atonement, that''s essential to the LDS Church''s teachings. He explores the essence of Christ''s function because the mediator between God and humanity, in addition to the idea of atonement, which argues that humanity can locate reconciliation with God via Christ''s struggling and sacrifice. Taylor''s writing is distinguished by means of its thoroughness and scriptural references, which he draws closely from the Bible and different LDS scriptures inclusive of the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants. In the context of Christ''s atonement, he tackles questions regarding the nature of God, the purpose of existence, and the function of company and loose will. The book serves as a theological guide for LDS Church individuals, offering a complete comprehension of their faith''s key principles. It also demonstrates John Taylor''s sizeable research and commitment to explaining and protecting Mormonism''s key teachings.

Works of John Taylor, the Water Poet

release date: Oct 27, 2022
Works of John Taylor, the Water Poet
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Doctrine, Philosophy & History of Mormons

release date: May 07, 2021
Doctrine, Philosophy & History of Mormons
This eBook collection has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Standard Works: The Bible (King James Version) The Book of Mormon (Another Testament of Jesus Christ) The Doctrine and Covenants The Pearl of Great Price Doctrine: Lectures of Faith by Joseph Smith The Wentworth Letter by Joseph Smith Discourses of Brigham Young Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage Articles of Faith by James E. Talmage The Great Apostasy by James E. Talmage The Government of God by John Taylor Items on the Priesthood, presented to the Latter-day Saints by John Taylor A New Witness for God by B. H. Roberts The Mormon Doctrine of Deity by B. H. Roberts Defense of the Faith and the Saints by B. H. Roberts Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith A Rational Theology, as Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day by John A. Widtsoe Joseph Smith as Scientist by John A. Widtsoe Key to the Science of Theology by Parley P. Pratt A Voice of Warning by Parley P. Pratt Letters Exhibiting the Most Prominent Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints History: History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Story of the Mormons by William Alexander Linn Essentials in Church History by Joseph Fielding Smith Biographies of Mormon Leaders: The Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet by George Q. Cannon The Mormon Prophet and His Harem (Biography of Brigham Young) by C. V. Waite The Life of John Taylor by B. H. Roberts Wilford Woodruff, Fourth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow by Eliza R. Snow The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt

The Essential LDS Collection

release date: Oct 22, 2020
The Essential LDS Collection
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Essential LDS Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents._x000D_ Standard Works:_x000D_ The Bible (King James Version)_x000D_ The Book of Mormon (Another Testament of Jesus Christ)_x000D_ The Doctrine and Covenants_x000D_ The Pearl of Great Price_x000D_ Doctrine:_x000D_ Lectures of Faith by Joseph Smith_x000D_ The Wentworth Letter by Joseph Smith_x000D_ Discourses of Brigham Young_x000D_ Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage_x000D_ Articles of Faith by James E. Talmage_x000D_ The Great Apostasy by James E. Talmage_x000D_ The Government of God by John Taylor_x000D_ Items on the Priesthood, presented to the Latter-day Saints by John Taylor_x000D_ A New Witness for God by B. H. Roberts_x000D_ The Mormon Doctrine of Deity by B. H. Roberts_x000D_ Defense of the Faith and the Saints by B. H. Roberts_x000D_ Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith_x000D_ A Rational Theology, as Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day by John A. Widtsoe_x000D_ Joseph Smith as Scientist by John A. Widtsoe_x000D_ Key to the Science of Theology by Parley P. Pratt_x000D_ A Voice of Warning by Parley P. Pratt_x000D_ Letters Exhibiting the Most Prominent Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints_x000D_ Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints_x000D_ History:_x000D_ History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints_x000D_ The Story of the Mormons by William Alexander Linn_x000D_ Essentials in Church History by Joseph Fielding Smith_x000D_ Biographies of Mormon Leaders:_x000D_ The Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet by George Q. Cannon_x000D_ The Mormon Prophet and His Harem (Biography of Brigham Young) by C. V. Waite_x000D_ The Life of John Taylor by B. H. Roberts_x000D_ Wilford Woodruff, Fourth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day_x000D_ Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow by Eliza R. Snow_x000D_ The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt

Greek Stories

release date: Sep 07, 2017
Greek Stories
Greek Stories is an ideal first reader for students of Classical Greek. It offers 100 self-contained passages of manageable length, chosen for their intrinsic interest and adapted from a wide range of ancient authors. Generous help is given, with a short introduction to each story and glossing of all proper names and non-GCSE vocabulary. The collection will also be attractive to older students beginning or returning to the language. Updated to match the 2016 OCR specification, this edition has been restructured to reflect the new examinations, which now have a single language paper. Section 1 provides 30 passages, starting with very short and simple stories and building up to the level of the current OCR GCSE. Section 2 provides 30 differentiated passages of increasing difficulty on historical topics. Section 3 provides 20 shorter passages of uniform length on mythological topics, with comprehension questions, in the style of Section A of the new GCSE language paper. Section 4 provides 20 passages on historical topics, with comprehension and unseen sections, in the style of Section B of the new GCSE language paper. The new edition is supported by a companion website with an answer key and additional passages.

Greek Beyond GCSE

release date: Sep 07, 2017
Greek Beyond GCSE
Greek Beyond GCSE covers all the linguistic requirements for the OCR AS and A Level in Classical Greek. It aims to bring students to a point where they can tackle original Greek texts with confidence. Although designed as a continuation of Greek to GCSE, it is self-contained and can be used independently. This second edition is brought in line with the current OCR specifications. The first part of the book introduces new constructions accompanied by exercises including the translation of sentences from English to Greek and reading passages(which in the opening chapters are lightly adapted). The next sections provide translation and comprehension passages at both AS and A Level standard, including verse unseens, scansion, and a list of 300 common poetic words (new to this edition). Next come longer unadapted extracts from a range of authors. Finally there is a reference section including a summary of all constructions, a comprehensive grammar, various appendices and a vocabulary of about 1,200 Greek words.

The Science of Soccer

release date: May 15, 2014
The Science of Soccer
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. It is also an endless scientific panorama. Every movement by the players and each interaction with the ball involves physics, fluid mechanics, biology, and physiology, to name just a few of the scientific disciplines. In a book that targets middle and high school players, Taylor begins with a history of soccer and its physical and mathematical aspects. He then addresses important questions such as how and why a ball bounces, how the ball spins, and what these dynamics mean for the game. He introduces readers to the science of kicking, heading, and trapping and looks at the sources of the energy required to run, jump, and kick for an entire game. Taylor then puts it all together by following a sequence of plays and describing the science behind tactical maneuvers. Sidebars and appendices allow those with a more mathematical bent to follow the physics and perform experiments to see the effects of phenomena like drag, bounce, and spin. In addition, key terminology is highlighted, explained in the text, and summarized in the glossary.

Cultural Olympians

Cultural Olympians
This book is designed to explore key questions surrounding faith, philosophy, science, culture and social progress by celebrating the life and thought of cultural leaders from Rugby School (estd. 1567). Some of the most distinguished historians, philosophers, social commentators and religious commentators are alumni of Rugby School. In this collection of essays, contributors explore the most important values that guide and challenge us today, by reflecting on the achievements of these cultural heavyweights. This collection is edited by Patrick Derham, the current Headmaster of Rugby School. Contributors include: John Witheridge John Clarke Anthony Kenny David Urquhart Robin le Poidevin A.N. Wilson Andrew Vincent A.C. Grayling Jay Winter, Ian Hesketh David Boucher Rowan William Patrick Derham John Taylor

In the Pleasure Groove

release date: Oct 16, 2012
In the Pleasure Groove
With a new introduction by Nick Rhodes The talent. The charisma. The videos. From their 1981 hit "Planet Earth" to their latest number-one album, All You Need Is Now, John Taylor and Duran Duran have enchanted audiences around the world. It''s been a wild ride, and—for John in particular—dangerous. John recounts the story of the band''s formation, their massive success, and his journey to the brink of self-destruction. Told with humor, honesty—and packed with exclusive pictures—In the Pleasure Groove is an irresistible rock-and-roll portrait of a band whose popularity has never been stronger.

The Rivalry

release date: Oct 11, 2005
The Rivalry
A BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE NBA’S GLORY DAYS, AND THE RIVALRY THAT DOMINATED THE ERA In the mid-1950s, the NBA was a mere barnstorming circuit, with outposts in such cities as Rochester, New York, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Most of the best players were white; the set shot and layup were the sport’s chief offensive weapons. But by the 1970s, the league ruled America’s biggest media markets; contests attracted capacity crowds and national prime-time television audiences. The game was played “above the rim”–and the most marketable of its high-flying stars were black. The credit for this remarkable transformation largely goes to two giants: Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. In The Rivalry, award-winning journalist John Taylor projects the stories of Russell, Chamberlain, and other stars from the NBA’s golden age onto a backdrop of racial tensions and cultural change. Taylor’s electrifying account of two complex men–as well as of a game and a country at a crossroads–is an epic narrative of sports in America during the 1960s. It’s hard to imagine two characters better suited to leading roles in the NBA saga: Chamberlain was cast as the athletically gifted yet mercurial titan, while Russell played the role of the stalwart centerpiece of the Boston Celtics dynasty. Taylor delves beneath these stereotypes, detailing how the two opposed and complemented each other and how they revolutionized the way the game was played and perceived by fans. Competing with and against such heroes as Jerry West, Tom Heinsohn, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, and Elgin Baylor, and playing for the two greatest coaches of the era, Alex Hannum and the fiery Red Auerbach, Chamberlain and Russell propelled the NBA into the spotlight. But their off-court visibility and success–to say nothing of their candor–also inflamed passions along America’s racial and generational fault lines. In many ways, Russell and Chamberlain helped make the NBA and, to some extent, America what they are today. Filled with dramatic conflicts and some of the great moments in sports history, and building to a thrilling climax–the 1969 final series, the last showdown between Russell and Chamberlain–The Rivalry has at its core a philosophical question: Can determination and a team ethos, embodied by the ultimate team player, Bill Russell, trump sheer talent, embodied by Wilt Chamberlain? Gripping, insightful, and utterly compelling, the story of Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain is the stuff of sporting legend. Written with a reporter’s unerring command of events and a storyteller’s flair, The Rivalry will take its place as one of the classic works of sports history.

Orwell

release date: Jan 01, 2004
Orwell
In the last half- century George Orwell''s ANIMAL FARM and Nineteen EIGHTY- FOUR have sold over 40 million copies. He adjective ''Orwellian'' is now a byword for a particular way of thinking about life, literature and language, while Orwell himself has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Despite this iconic status, Orwell (born Eric Blair) remains an enigma- a passionate democratic socialist steeped in the worst illusions of his Edwardian boyhood, a bitter critic of totalitarianism who concealed a pronounced authoritarian streak, a supporter of social equality who promptly put his adoptive son down for Eton. His progress through the literary world of the 1930s and 40s was characterised by the myths he built around himself. Whether as a reluctant servant of the Raj in 1920s Burma, a mock down- and- out in inter- war England or a Republican volunteer in Spain, he fashioned an image that was often sharply at odds with the real circumstances of his life. Drawing on a mass of previously unseen material, including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, D. J. Taylor offers a strikingly human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint. Here is a man who, for all his outward unworldliness, effectively stage- managed his own life; who combined chilling detachment with warmth and gentleness, disillusionment with hope; who battled through illness to produce two of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century. Moving and revealing, Taylor''s Orwell is the biography we have all been waiting for, as vibrant, powerful and resonant as its extraordinary hero.

Dumbing Us Down

release date: Feb 01, 2002
Dumbing Us Down
With over 70,000 copies of the first edition in print, this radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers’ bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years in New York City’s public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine. This second edition describes the wide-spread impact of the book and Gatto’s "guerrilla teaching." John Gatto has been a teacher for 30 years and is a recipient of the New York State Teacher of the Year award. His other titles include A Different Kind of Teacher (Berkeley Hills Books, 2001) and The Underground History of American Education (Oxford Village Press, 2000).

The World of Sport Examined

release date: Jan 01, 2001
The World of Sport Examined
This edition of World of Sport Examined is updated to reflect the increased emphasis in PE on performance and analysis and to introduce more exam-style questions, ICT skills and differentation.

A Different Kind of Teacher

release date: Jan 01, 2001
A Different Kind of Teacher
Gatto analyzes the roots of the modern American education system, outlining prescriptions for revitalizing the system, advocating greater emphasis on critical analysis, creativity, practicality, and real-world exposure in the curriculum. He calls on educators and administrators to acknowledge student''s need for a spiritual and ethical framework upon which to build a good life.

Ancient Faces

release date: Jan 01, 2000
Ancient Faces
From the first major discoveries in the 19th century, the painted panel and shroud portraits of Roman Egypt were a revelation to scholars and the public alike. Though the subjects of the portraits believed in the traditional Egyptian cults which offered them a firm prospect of life after death, they also wished to be commemorated in the Roman manner, the portraits focusing on their status in life. The images reveal the adoption of Roman fashions in dress and personal adornment by persons remote from the centre of the empire, but likely to have been actively engaged in its local administration. Many of the best known mummy portraits come from the Fayum, but portraits in various media are known from sites in the Nile Valley and along the Mediterranean coast. This text presents a wide range of examples, showing Roman influence coexisting with traditional Egyptian ways of commemorating the dead.

Body Horror

release date: Sep 01, 1998
Body Horror
What compels us to look at shocking photographs or, alternatively, to look away? Should the media use disturbing images to inform, at the risk of offending? How is our sense of politics, morality, and culture affected when we are exposed to gruesome images of accidents and disasters, murder and execution, grief and death? In Body Horror, John Taylor addresses these questions by examining how the media presents unsettling pictures, especially those of dead and injured "foreigners." Drawing on recent experiences in the Gulf, Bosnia and Rwanda, Taylor argues that documentary photography, for all the horror it reproduces, ultimately defines a democracy. Fully aware of the voyeuristic aspects of photojournalism, Taylor probes the difficulty of applying moral imperatives when separating the utility of showing images of suffering and violence from the risk of either insulting or gratifying public sensibilities. A compelling documentary of photography''s cultural and political power, Body Horror analyzes the moral responsibility attached to publishing and bearing witness to photographs of violence, and the historical amnesia that arises when such imagery remains unseen.

An Inquiry Into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States

release date: Jan 01, 1998
An Inquiry Into the Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States
Originally published in 1814, this is a reprint of the Yale University Press 1950 edition with an introduction by Roy Franklin Nichols. 562 pp. Taylor wrote this important work in 1814 as a reply to John Adams''s Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. Unlike Adams, he rejects the concept of "a natural aristocracy" of "paper and patronage" and a federal government based on a system of debt and taxes. He considers the American government to be one of divided powers responsible to the sovereign people alone. Opposed to the extent of power awarded to the executive office, he calls for shorter terms for the president and all elected officers. Charles Beard said this work "deserves to rank among the two or three really historic contributions to political science which have been produced in the United States." JOHN TAYLOR [1753-1824] was known as "John Taylor of Caroline County, Virginia." He served in the Continental Army and later in the Virginia House of Delegates, then served three terms as a member of the United States Senate. He is considered to be one of the nation''s greatest philosophers of agrarian liberalism. He was one of the nation''s first proponents of states'' rights. His works include New Views of the Constitution of the United States (1823), Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated (1820) and A Defence of the Measures of the Administration of Thomas Jefferson. By Curtius (1804), an argument in favor of the achievements of the first Jefferson administration.

Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated
One of America''s greatest disciples and philosophers of agrarian liberalism, Taylor was one of the first and clearest spokesmen for local democracy and the agrarian school of states rights. Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated is essential for understanding the constitutional theories that Southerners asserted to justify secession in 1861. One of the major works of the Virginian John Taylor of Caroline [1753-1824]. Little-known today, Taylor''s work is of great significance in the political and intellectual history of the South and is essential for understanding the constitutional theories that Southerners asserted to justify secession in 1861. Taylor fought in the Continental army during the American Revolution and served briefly in the Virginia House of Delegates and as a U.S. Senator. It was as a writer on constitutional, political, and agricultural questions, however, that Taylor gained prominence. He joined with Thomas Jefferson and other agrarian advocates of states'' rights and a strict construction of the Constitution in the political battles of the 1790s. His first published writings argued against Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton''s financial program. Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated was Taylor''s response to a series of post-War of 1812 developments including John Marshall''s Supreme Court decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, the widespread issuance of paper money by banks, proposals for a protective tariff, and the attempt to bar slavery from Missouri. Along with many other Southerners, Taylor feared that these and other measures following in the train of Hamilton''s financial system were undermining the foundations of American republicanism. He saw them as the attempt of an "artificial capitalist sect" to corrupt the virtue of the American people and upset the proper constitutional balance between state and federal authority in favor of a centralized national government. Taylor wrote, "If the means to which the government of the union may resort for executing the power confided to it, are unlimited, it may easily select such as will impair or destroy the powers confided to the state governments." Thomas Jefferson, who noted that "Col. Taylor and myself have rarely, if ever, differed in any political principle of importance," considered Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated "the most logical retraction of our governments to the original and true principles of the Constitution creating them, which has appeared since the adoption of the instrument." Later Southern thinkers, notably John C. Calhoun, were clearly indebted to Taylor. iv, 344 pp.

African Rifles and Cartridges

African Rifles and Cartridges
This new,high-quality reprint features the original photos (from first edition) on coated paper so that the images can be clearly seen by the reader. A must for anybody interested in rifles.

Arator

Arator
"It deserves to rank among the two or three really historic contributions to political science in the United States."--James A. BeardThis discussion of the social order of an agricultural republic is Taylor''s most popular and influential work. It includes materials on the relation of agriculture to the American economy, on agriculture and politics, and on the enemies of the agrarian republic. Both statesman and farmer, Taylor is often considered the deepest thinker of all the early Virginians.M. E. Bradford was Professor of English at the University of Dallas until his death in 1993.

Works of John Taylor, the Water-Poet

Works of John Taylor the Water Poet Not Included in the Folio Edition of 1630

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