Books with author L. Frank] Thompson

One of England's grand masters of history provides a clear and persuasive interpretation of the creation of "respectable society" in Victorian Britain. Integrating a vast amount of research previously hidden in obscure or academic journals, he covers not only the economy, social structure, and patterns of authority, but also marriage and the family, childhood, homes and houses, work and play. By 1900 the structure of British society had become more orderly and well-defined than it had been in the 1830s and 1840s, but the result, Thompson shows, was fragmentation into a multiplicity of sections or classes with differing standards and notions of respectability. Each group operated its own social controls, based on what it considered acceptable or unacceptable conduct. This "internalized and diversified" respectability was not the cohesive force its middle-class and evangelical proponents had envisioned. The Victorian experience thus bequeathed structural problems, identity problems, and authority problems to the twentieth century, with which Britain is grappling.

Although the Alamo fell on March 6, 1836, the death of the Alamo defenders has come to symbolise courage and sacrifice for the cause of liberty. The memories of James Bowie, Davy Crockett, and William B. Travis are as powerful today as when the Texan Army under Sam Houston shouted 'Remember the Alamo!' less than two months later, when it routed Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto. This book is more than a tribute to those heroic few who fell defending the mission to give Houston time to consolidate his forces. It is a thoroughly researched, vividly illustrated, objective description of the circumstances building up to and leading from that vital stand. Using contemporary writings, and the reported views of those whose help was repeatedly begged for, and also of those who wanted desperately to help but arrived just too late to relieve the Alamo, it describes the political and military organizations of both sides. The weapons and equipment available to them, and the enduringly famous personalities involved are all evoked in wonderful detail, and the author describes the dramatic battle with painstaking clarity. Beautifully illustrated, The Alamo builds an accurate picture of one of the greatest periods in American history.

The story of a boy grown into a man up to and through a twenty-two year military career and beyond. Thompson is multi-talented in the fields of engineering, business, education and computing. With a humble beginning just prior to World War II, Growing up in Southern California's Mohave Desert, his life was molded by many different experiences and several varied mini-careers, beginning with electronic engineering and culminating in Christian ministry, teaching, and service.

Return to L. Frank Baum's wonderful world of Oz with this illustrated children's book by Ruth Plumly Thompson. Prince Randy of Regalia must prove his right to be a royal. On his adventure-filled quest to fulfill the tasks set him, Randy meets the friendly giant Nandywog, a terrifying monster--then escapes from the city of the villainous Doublemen. He even makes a genuine trip over the rainbow to Oz in the company of the legendary Red Jinn and the incredibly Elegant Elephant Kabumpo. But can Randy pass the seven magical tests as well as save the conquered Kingdom of Pumperdink--and can Jinnicky s Red Magic help him?

The Rev. Mark J. McNeal, S. J., who was one of the successors of Lafcadio Hearn in the chair of English Literature at the Tokyo Imperial University, in an interesting article recounts the following incident of his experience in that institution. "I was seated on the examining board with Professor Ichikawa, the dean of the English department... There entered the room a student whom I recognized as among the best in the class, a sharp young chap with big Mongolian eyes, and one who had never to my knowledge given any hint of even a leaning toward Christianity. I remembered, however, that his thesis submitted for a degree had been a study of Francis Thompson. Following the usual custom, I began to question him about his thesis.

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It used to be a time when only the worthiest of the living was allowed to speak to the dead. As of tonight, those days will no longer exist. Six continents are fully engaged with the aid from more than five major communication satellites. Over four billion people watching and listening−three queens together on the same stage−two ways to escape death and it all begins in one arena. It’s the biggest show in humanity’s run-of-the-luck−the event is called the ‘Visitcom Showcase’, and the place is Madison Square Garden. Professor Franz Luzzatto Schiff introduces to the world his intriguing new technology called the Visitcom. This device converge power with such intensity, that it forges a bridge between the spiritual and the real. Therefore, the Visitcom conjures up and contrives over twelve of history’s most influential figures back from the after-life to our day and time to talk openly about their deeply ambivalent feelings towards the modern world and answer questions from some of the globe’s most dominant freethinkers and conformist. Thomas Jefferson talks present politics and answers questions about the visual evidence of constitution slack, ‘pay-for-play’, healthcare, the middle east, and he shares new thoughts on today’s leading issues. Vlad Dracula challenges fashionable foulness, the evils of nanobots blood-surfing throughout the modern body, and he puts 600-year-old rumors to rest. Harriet Tubman debates Harry Houdini on several subjects such as−who was the better escape artist of the two−Illusions vs diversions−working under pressure vs mental expectations−nursing your audience vs conditioning your audience. Genghis Khan explains parallel worlds, the multiverse, inter-dimensional portals, and infinitesimal singularity. Cleopatra touches on the ultra-modish woman while sharing the stage with Elizabeth I of England and the Queen of Sheba. Alexander the Great coaches a homosexual NFL quarterback on the art of being great. Nero addresses finance and the propaganda industrial complex. Nostradamus drops new nervy quatrains through the use of prevalent symbolism and metaphors without having to avoid being tried as a magician, which means−the gloves are off. Leonardo da Vinci rocks out with Michelangelo while being assisted by other awe-inspiring band members. And among the religiously affiliated−Jesus Christ and Lucifer come face to face once again, but this time to discuss−ownership interests. That's just some of the historical icons that will discuss the eye-opening and complex issues of modern culture, society, economics, politics, sports and the arts. However, a group of these legends managed to evade the confinement restraint array of ionizing radiation from the Visitcom and band together to track down, level and settle a score with an organization called the Order of the Dragonist−which they believe has been the root of global misfortunes for over two millenniums. In pursuing the Dragonist, this motley band of historical icons find themselves paranormal fugitives from the Visitcom, hunted by international authorities, and accused of crimes similar to the accounts in their historical record. Even though they managed to find some humor among the company of each other, their enduring task turns out to be perplexingly problematic and more modernized morbid than they ever expected−bringing them all to some shocking persuasive conclusions.See Author’s page for BOOKCLIP TRAILERS.