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New Release Offers Family?s Firsthand Experience with Land Grant Treaty Travesty; Book by Mike Scarborough

New Release Offers Family’s Firsthand Experience with Land Grant Treaty Travesty; Book by Mike Scarborough

Dog Ear Publishing releases “Trespassers on Our Own Land” by Mike Scarborough.

Santa Fe, NM (PRWEB) January 17, 2012

Being forced to leave school after the third grade to help his father raise crops and tend livestock to support their family was just one of the hardships Juan Valdez’s family experienced over the years. As a 9-year-old and for years thereafter, Juan was forced to sneak his family’s cattle onto forest pastures that had for decades been land grant common lands because his family, like so many other land grant heirs, had been denied the use of the land. On June 5, 1967, Reies Lopez Tijerina, a traveling preacher, lead Valdez and a group of followers into a courthouse in Northern New Mexico in an attempt to arrest the district attorney and bring national attention to the loss of decades-old land grants that had been denied protection under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This new book details the author’s view of how the United States unlawfully ended up with millions of acres of land grant acreage without even an offer of compensation or apologies for the taking.

Trespassers on Our Own Land, a comprehensive, comparative history of why and how the U.S. government suffered from its chronic affliction of Manifest Destiny, is structured as an oral history of the Valdez’ family and of the political history of the times. It flows from conversation to conversation as Valdez discusses his family’s history with a grandson –giving him lessons on survival, treaties and the government’s establishment of a court to take millions of acres of ancestral lands. He also discusses his views on the U.S. Forest Service’s treatment of the grant lands as its own private domain–and how its actions after 1905 reduced hundreds of land grant heirs to trespassers on their own land as they attempted to survive the travesty.

Trespassers explains in detail why and how the U.S. government selfishly removed millions of acres from the decades-old Spanish, Mexicans and Pueblo Indian grants, all the while acting as though the taking was lawful and appropriate. Drawing on government documents, maps, legal cases, articles and correspondence, Trespassers focuses like a laser beam on this very dark period in U.S. history, the results of which continue to resonate to this day.

Author Mike Scarborough, who has lived in northern New Mexico most of his life, served in the Air Force for eight years before attending college and law school. He practiced law for 25 years before retiring in 1998.

For additional information, please visit http://www.trespassersonourownland.com.

Trespassers on Our Own Land

Mike Scarborough

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ISBN: 978-1-4575-0584-3            312 pages                 $ 19.95 US

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Leading Scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levin Explore the Historical and Literary Forces in the Bible in Their New Book, ‘The Meaning of the Bible’

Leading Scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levin Explore the Historical and Literary Forces in the Bible in Their New Book, ‘The Meaning of the Bible’

THE MEANING OF THE BIBLE: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us by Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) November 08, 2011

Unlikely heroes. Courageous women. Bloody battles. Miraculous triumphs. The Hebrew Scriptures, known also to Christians as the Old Testament and to Jews as the Tanakh, have given the world some of the greatest literature it has ever known. Passed down for centuries through the oral tradition, compiled between 500 and 100 BCE, and finalized around the time of Jesus, the various books of the Hebrew Bible took shape under a variety of authors, cultures, and time periods, influencing the formation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike. In The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us (HarperOne; November 2011; $ 29.99; Hardcover), leading biblical scholars Douglas Knight and Amy-Jill Levine open our eyes to this diverse history, shedding new meaning on the Bible’s long-celebrated texts.

Knight and Levine provide readers with the tools to decode Biblical texts and demonstrate the nuanced ways in which the Hebrew Scriptures have shaped society, past and present. They highlight the Biblical themes with which readers continue to wrestle in the modern day: human evil and God’s response; war and peace; law and society; politics and economics; belief and practice; gender and sexuality; Israel and the Nations; practical wisdom and apocalyptic vision.

The Meaning of the Bible will fascinate observant Jews, faithful Christians, world historians, and readers of great literature. Knight and Levine illuminate one of the greatest collections of literature known to humankind, whose stories are as illuminating today as they were 2,500 years ago.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Douglas A. Knight is Drucilla Moore Buffington Professor of Hebrew Bible and Professor of Jewish Studies in the Divinity School, College of Arts and Science, Graduate Department of Religion, and Program in Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He received a B.A. from Ottawa University (Ottawa, KS), M.Div. from California Baptist Theological Seminary (Covina, CA), and Dr.theol. from Georg-August-Universität (Göttingen, Germany). He has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Program, the National Science Foundation, the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, and the German Academic Exchange Service. He also received the Thomas Jefferson Award from Vanderbilt University. Professor Knight’s most recent books include Law, Power, and Justice in Ancient Israel (Westminster John Knox Press), Rediscovering the Traditions of Israel, 3rd edition (Society of Biblical Literature), and the edited series Library of Ancient Israel (Westminster John Knox Press).

Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at the Divinity School, College of Arts and Science, Graduate Department of Religion, and Program in Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN; she is also Affiliated Professor, Woolf Institute, Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge UK. Holding a B.A. from Smith College, M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, and honorary doctorates from the University of Richmond, the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, the University of South Carolina-Upstate, Drury University, and Christian Theological Seminary. Professor Levine has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Her recent books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (HarperOne), the edited The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton), the fourteen-volume edited series Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings (Continuum), and the edited Jewish Annotated New Testament (Oxford).

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE MEANING OF THE BIBLE

“Amy-Jill Levine and Douglas A. Knight have combined to write a book on the Bible that is as academically brilliant as it is marvelously entertaining. By placing our scriptures into their original Jewish context they have opened up startling and profound new insights. This is a terrific book.”

— John Shelby Spong, author of Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World

“Knight and Levine have written a winsome, accessible introduction to the theological thought of the Hebrew Bible. With a congenial exhibit of critical scholarship, they remain, in their thematic approach, at a descriptive level. But they allow room for and affirm the ways in which the biblical text can fund and form on-going interpretations in faith, both Jewish and Christian. This sort of irenic, thoughtful linkage of criticism and interpretation within a confessing tradition is exactly what we most need in Scripture reading.”

— Walter Brueggemann, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Theological Seminary

“From its superb introduction to its perfectly worded conclusion, this book does it all. Whether your interest in the Bible is historical or literary, specific texts or broad themes, this book has it—and conveys its relevance for today. The authors are learned, respected scholars who, above all, in giving their perspectives and interpretations, write clearly. Their uncomplicated, attractive style makes learning a pleasure. I recommend this book for general readers, for students, for teachers – well, basically, for everybody.”

— Richard Elliott Friedman, author of Who Wrote the Bible? and The Bible Now

“A helpful resource for both Jews and Christians, conservatives and liberals, religious leaders and social reformers. Its authors provide new knowledge on the Bible’s rich diversity of teaching on sexuality, familial and ethnic discord, political corruption, religious infidelity, economic exploitation as well as the nature of God, faith, love, and social justice. It is both enlightening and inspiring.”

— Peter J. Paris, the Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary

“A book we have needed for years – learned and accessible, clearly organized by the topics readers care about, and fully engaged with current discussions of deep and broad significance. It will ‘work’ everywhere and with everyone, Jews and Christians, committed or curious, in and out of the classroom. Knight and Levine know what they are talking about, and just as important, know how to talk about it.”

— William Brosend, Executive Director, the Episcopal Preaching Foundation

“If anyone thinks the fruit of biblical scholarship is esoteric and heavy reading, direct that person to this book. In it, Knight and Levine demonstrate both their scholarly proficiency and their expertise as seasoned educators. Unlike traditional introductions that focus primarily on historical, literary, or theological aspects of the Bible, here the material is treated thematically, with important historical, literary, and theological data woven together, thus revealing the rich yet complex character of the various themes. Despite the volume of information gathered in these pages, the authors have managed to present it in a style that is eminently readable without minimizing its multifaceted character. This book should appeal to a broad audience.”

— Dianne Bergant, CSA, Catholic Theological Union

“At last we have a text rich in information, creative in approach, and accessible to students and general readers of the Bible. Knight and Levine have done a marvelous job of taking very sophisticated material and presenting it in an illuminating and thoroughly engaging way that bespeaks of excellent scholarship by two distinguished teachers. I look forward to using this superb volume in my own Biblical Traditions and Cultures course.”

— Carol J. Depsey, OP, Ph.D, Professor of Theology, University of Portland, and author of Reading the Bible, Transforming Conflict

THE MEANING OF THE BIBLE

What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us

By Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine

HarperOne, and Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

November 2011│Hardcover│$ 29.99│ISBN: 978-0-06-112175-3

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Dorrance Publishing Announces Three Children’s Book Releases

Dorrance Publishing Announces Three Children’s Book Releases

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) February 18, 2009

Dorrance Publishing recently released the following titles: Mr. and Mrs. Duck: Busy Day, The Accident, New Home or the Brook, Dirty Water Again; John G., It’s Okay to Be Me!;and No Small Chores. They are available for purchase at http://www.dorrancebookstore.com, brick and mortar bookstores, on-line bookstores or by calling (800) 788-7654. Media review copies are available by calling (800) 788-7654.

Mr. and Mrs. Duck: Busy Day, The Accident, New Home or the Brook, Dirty Water Again ($ 9.00) ISBN: 978-0-8059-7762-2, paperback.

Two mischievous ducklings discover that maybe it’s best to be good in this delightful tale for children. Baby Duck and his friend, Charles, seem to find themselves in a whole lot of mischief. Looking for some quick fun, Baby Duck convinces Charles to steal Mrs. Duck’s quilt, then bury it in the ground! While it seems like a good idea at the time, the two ducklings discover that maybe it’s best to be good.

Read Mr. and Mrs. Duck and see what other adventures the two troublemakers have!

About the Author:

Rachel Mazurke enjoys the countryside, swimming, films, traveling, charity shops, church events, and television. She has other works published, including poems entitled “Man’s Best Friend,” “Millennium,” and “Faces.”

“A big thank you goes to Roy Kerridge who helped by illustrating my work.”

John G., It’s Okay to Be Me!

($ 23.50) ISBN: 978-0-8059-7717-2, paperback

This illustrated book teaches young children about confidence and values. Just about every child will encounter some form of peer pressure while growing up. In John G., It’s Okay to Be Me! Rhonda T. Grant imparts the important message that children should be strong and stick up for themselves and their values.

John G. is happily going about his day when he encounters a group of rebellious boys. John G. knows they are troublemakers. The boys taunt him for his choice of clothing and offer him beer. But John G. knows it’s okay to say no.

With simple language and delightful illustrations, Mrs. Grant proves it’s never too early to begin building a child’s self-esteem and confidence.

About the Author:

A native of Gary, Indiana, Rhonda T. Grant currently resides in Washington, D.C. She and her husband, Godfrey, have four children. She was inspired to write this book by her son’s experiences with adolescence.

Mrs. Grant is employed as a speech and language pathologist by the District of Columbia Public School System. She holds a master’s degree in education and a bachelor of science degree in speech/language pathology, and she has done graduate work in bilingual education. Mrs. Grant is also a licensed evangelist, working to promote Christian values in her community.

No Small Chores

($ 8.00) ISBN: 978-0-8059-7852-0, paperback

This fictional children’s tale teaches the importance of service to others. Children can learn a great lesson in obedience in this work, No Small Chores, a fictional tale about the importance of service to others.

One day Paul and Miriam, two children living in a village with their mother and father, are told they need to clean out their stable. Although they would rather be playing, of course, their father convinces them to get to work. What happens next is something only a miracle could predict.

About the Author:

A homemaker and a homeschool mom, Kathryn Coe is a member of Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church, and she and her husband, Rick, have one son, Liam.

Dorrance Publishing is the nation’s oldest authors services company. The Dorrance family of imprints provides authors with the level of personalized service they require to become a published author. All international standard book number (ISBN) eligible imprints have a bookstore returns allowed policy.

Dorrance Publishing http://www.dorrancepublishing.com/info.asp?program=prweb — books have carried the Dorrance imprint for over 85-years. This full-service subsidy publishing imprint offers authors traditional, complete publishing services including editing, proofreading, original page and cover design, publication in paperback, hardback and custom or unusual book production specifications, original illustration creation, ISBN and copyright. Dorrance titles are printed and warehoused in anticipation of orders that may follow as a result of a defined, limited promotional plan.

RoseDog Books http://www.rosedog.com — a full-service print on demand publishing imprint offering authors complete page design services, original cover design, editing services, original illustration creation, full-color and black and white books, a variety of book trim sizes, paperback or hardback binding, an ISBN and copyright. Authors can provide their manuscript on paper or in a digital file. RoseDog titles are printed when ordered and can be purchased on-line or through brick and mortar stores. Book promotion services are also available.

Red Lead Press http://www.redleadpress.com — a very affordable publishing imprint for authors who need some help with basic page and cover design, an ISBN and copyright. Red Lead titles are printed when ordered and can be purchased on-line or through brick and mortar stores.

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The Everything Paying For College Book: Grants, Loans, Scholarships, And Financial Aid — All You Need To Fund Higher Education (Everything: School and Careers)

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Government grants provide free money to start and expand small businesses. According to the federal government’s Small Business Administration (SBA), most small businesses fail within the first five years. One of the most common reasons is a lack of adequate funding.

Despite this fact, federal and state governments award billions of dollars in grant money each year to individuals from all walks of life to start their own business.

The Grant Authority is written to help entrepreneurs and business owners locate and apply for grants from the government and other, non-government sources.

Its author, Ron Wainrib, Esq., is an attorney and writer with decades of experience as a consultant to small businesses. He has taught entrepreneurs who want to start their own business the pros and cons of running and financing a new business, and keys to obtaining small business funding.

His book offers resources, a comprehensive glossary, and an extensive collection of forms and other important documents in its Appendix on a free CD that comes with it.

Unlike many books that just offer lists of the million of dollars of grants available to start or expand your business, The Grant Authority teaches you where to find these grants, how to apply for them with a well-written grant proposal, and what to do after you submit your proposal.

It features real-life success stories of people who launched their businesses with the help of government grants. “You’d be amazed at the businesses that began in someone’s garage or home and grew to important contributors to our national defense, war against terror, and war for energy independence” Wainrib says.

He shows how major companies, including Cobasys, FuelCell, ArmorWorks and Siga, have used government grants to fund their research and development work for energy conservation, military armor and smallpox vaccines, to protect the nation’s safety and security.

The book includes checklists, tips and web site photos to simplify the complex grants process, teach you how to do effective research, and write well-written grant proposals to gain a winning edge in the competitive world of grants.

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