Books with author Ron Butler

Steve has had enough - enough of cyber-bullies, enough of adults messing up the world. Sharp-witted Fran and her brother worry-wart Dan feel exactly the same. And so, along with his dog Nessie, Steve and the FranDan twins leave town in the dead of night to start on the biggest adventure of their lives ...But if things were bad before, they soon get worse. Much, much worse. Some seriously bad men show up. Why have Steve and Dan been overpowered and led away as prisoners? Why are they kept tied up in the barn of a disused farm?Having managed to escape, and with no way to call for help, Fran knows it's up to her to mount a one-woman rescue.

Lancer; Comic Book Edition of Classic American Westerns TV Series (Annotated) contains 36 scanned color photos of original comic book with additional background about this classic Western story.Lancer is a 1968-1970 Western television series on CBS, which starred Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, and Wayne Maunder as a father with two half-brother sons, an arrangement similar to the more successful Bonanza on NBC.Stacy appears as half-Mexican gunslinger Johnny Madrid Lancer. Duggan plays Murdoch Lancer, a less wholly admirable patriarch than Lorne Greene's Ben Cartwright of Bonanza. Wayne Maunder, formerly Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer on the short-lived ABC series Custer, was cast as Scott Lancer, the educated older son (though he is younger than Stacy) and a veteran of the Union Army, in contrast to Stacy's role of former gunslinger. Paul Brinegar, formerly the cook Wishbone on CBS's Rawhide, also appeared as Jelly Hoskins, a series regular.Guest stars included Joe Don Baker, Ellen Corby, Jack Elam, Sam Elliott, Bruce Dern, Ron Howard, Cloris Leachman, George Macready, Scott Marlowe, Warren Oates, Stefanie Powers, and Dub Taylor. Frank McHugh appeared as Charlie Wingate in a 1969 episode entitled "The Fix-It Man", the handyman role that he had also played in the 1964-1965 season on the ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show.Lancer lasted for fifty-one hour-long episodes shot in color. The program was rerun on CBS during the summer of 1971. The episode entitled "Zee" with Stefanie Powers earned scriptwriter Andy Lewis the Western Writers of America "Spur Award", the first ever designated for a television script.

Many people believe that the piety of the Pilgrims typified early American religion. However, by the 1730s Catholics, Jews, and Africans had joined Native Americans, Puritans, and numerous Protestant denominations in the colonies. Jon Butler launches his narrative with a description of the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds. He explores the failure of John Winthrop's goal to achieve Puritan perfection, the controversy over Anne Hutchinson's tenacious faith, the evangelizing stamina of ex-slave and Methodist preacher Absalom Jones, and the spiritual resilience of the Catawba Indians. The meeting of these diverse groups and their varied use of music, dance, and ritual produced an unprecedented evolution of religious practice, including the birth of revivals. And through their daily interactions, these Americans created a living foundation for the First Amendment. After Independence their active diversity of faiths led Americans to the groundbreaking idea that government should abandon the use of law to support any religious group and should instead guarantee free exercise of religion for everyone. Religion in American Life explores the evolution, character, and dynamics of organized religion in America from 1500 to the present day. Written by distinguished religious historians, these books weave together the varying stories that compose the religious fabric of the United States, from Puritanism to alternative religious practices. Primary source material coupled with handsome illustrations and lucid text make these books essential in any exploration of Americas diverse nature. Each book includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and index.

Torp the playful little dragon.A delightful children’s storybook series about a baby dragon called Torp.Torp, a baby dragon, would make a fabulous friend – right? Well, Miss Mouse is too scared, Old Cat is too tired and Fox is too hungry. Torp wants to make friends. His watchful eye keeps guard. Then one day, he does make friends. Friends, fire and lots of fun.

WHEN FRED GLOWBERT FALLS through a trap door and is transported to the Laboratory of Light, he finds himself putting on the amazing, light-powered LumaSuit. In a flash, he’s transformed into the fearless—and clueless—Captain FlashLight!He leaps into the SkyLighter and zooms forward. Well, actually he goes sideways and smashes through the wall and almost collides with the gigantic VacuZoomer, bringing him face to face with Low Voltage and Bulbus and their city-freezing Darknetizer.Will our hero be brave enough, and bright enough to save Filament City? Will he master his nine powerful flashlights, or keep picking the wrong one? And will he really eat that last box of doggie snacks?Join the Captain, Blinkie the LumaDog, the brilliant young Neoni LeLuni, and Professor Luminous in this hilarious and action-packed first junior novel in the new series, The Brilliant Adventures of Captain FlashLight!

Many people believe that the piety of the Pilgrims typified early American religion. However, by the 1730s Catholics, Jews, and Africans had joined Native Americans, Puritans, and numerous Protestant denominations in the colonies. Jon Butler launches his narrative with a description of the state of religious affairs in both the Old and New Worlds. He explores the failure of John Winthrop's goal to achieve Puritan perfection, the controversy over Anne Hutchinson's tenacious faith, the evangelizing stamina of ex-slave and Methodist preacher Absalom Jones, and the spiritual resilience of the Catawba Indians. The meeting of these diverse groups and their varied use of music, dance, and ritual produced an unprecedented evolution of religious practice, including the birth of revivals. And through their daily interactions, these Americans created a living foundation for the First Amendment. After Independence their active diversity of faiths led Americans to the groundbreaking idea that government should abandon the use of law to support any religious group and should instead guarantee free exercise of religion for everyone. Religion in American Life explores the evolution, character, and dynamics of organized religion in America from 1500 to the present day. Written by distinguished religious historians, these books weave together the varying stories that compose the religious fabric of the United States, from Puritanism to alternative religious practices. Primary source material coupled with handsome illustrations and lucid text make these books essential in any exploration of Americas diverse nature. Each book includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and index.