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  • Early Mormonism and the Magic World View

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    In this ground-breaking book, D. Michael Quinn masterfully reconstructs an earlier age, finding ample evidence for folk magic in nineteenth-century New England, as he does in Mormon founder Joseph Smith’s upbringing. Quinn discovers that Smith’s world was inhabited by supernatural creatures whose existence could be both symbolic and real. He explains that the Smith family’s treasure digging was ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • The Mormon Hierarchy

    Origins of Power

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    Converts to Joseph Smith’s 1828 restoration of primitive Christianity were attracted to the non-hierarchical nature of the movement. It was precisely because there were no priests, ordinances, or dogma that people joined in such numbers. Smith intended everyone to be a prophet, and anyone who felt called was invited to minister freely without formal office.Not until seven years later did Mormons ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • Chosen Path

    A Memoir

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    After D. Michael Quinn’s death in April 2021, his children found his remarkable, unpublished memoir in his home and entrusted Signature Books with its publication. Relying on his journals, primary research, and reminiscences, Quinn shares his life story as few have heard it–from his father’s hiding of his true name and Mexican identity, to his upbringing by his abusive grandmother, to his choice ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Mormon Hierarchy

    Extensions of Power

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    The Mormon church today is led by an elite group of older men, nearly three-quarters of whom are related to current or past general church authorities. This dynastic hierarchy meets in private; neither its minutes nor the church’s finances are available for public review. Members are reassured by public relations spokesmen that all is well and that harmony prevails among these brethren.But by ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • The Mormon Hierarchy

    Wealth and Corporate Power

    by D. Michael Quinn ...
    Early in the twentieth century, it was possible for Latter-day Saints to have lifelong associations with businesses managed by their leaders or owned and controlled by the church itself. For example, one could purchase engagement rings from Daynes Jewelry, honeymoon at the Hotel Utah, and venture off on the Union Pacific Railroad, all partially owned and run by church apostles.Families could buy ... Read more

    $7.89 USD

  • Walking With the Devil: The Police Code of Silence - The Promise of Peer Intervention

    What Bad Cops Don't Want You to Know and Good Cops Won't Tell You.

    by Michael Quinn ...
    Wallking With the Devil is required ethics reading in law enforcement academies and college programs across the United States. It is the foundational resource for the Peer Intervention training featured in the New York Times regarding New Orleans Police Department (EPIC) and the Police Executive Research Forum. ... Read more

    $29.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Other Shore

    by Michael Quinn ...
    According to the author, The Other Shore is a work of true fiction, a picaresque novella, woven of tissues of truth and make-believe. Any truth to be found in it exists in the eye and inner ear of the reader.It is a story of the road. It was the late nineteen-sixties, the summer of love. Two friends dropped out of college, disputing being labelled 'dropouts', because deep inside they felt they ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Bentham

    by Michael Quinn ...
    Series series Classic Thinkers
    Jeremy Bentham – philosopher, theorist of law and of the art of government – was among the most influential figures of the early nineteenth century, and the approach he pioneered – utilitarianism – remains central to the modern world.In this new introduction to his ideas, Michael Quinn shows how Bentham sought to be an engineer or architect of choices and to illuminate the methods of influencing ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Justice and Egalitarianism

    Formal and Substantive Equality in Some Recent Theories of Justice

    by Michael Quinn ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Political Thought and Political Philosophy
    First published in 1991. This study is a critical survey of substantive egalitarian theories of justice, that is to say, various theories containing principles for the distribution of social resources which, it is argued, base themselves on a fundamental principle of equality. This title will be of interest to students of politics and philosophy. ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Modern Catholic Political Philosophy

    A History of Catholic Political Philosophy: Volume II

    by Professor Timothy Sean Quinn, Professor Michael J. Sweeney ...
    Modern Catholic political philosophy begins with a crisis within Christendom. The Wars of Religion ignited by the Protestant Reformation forced upon medieval Christendom a revaluation of the relationship between Church and State, and a reconsideration of the nature of sovereignty and of the relationship between citizens and regimes. Modern Catholic Political Philosophy: A History of Catholic ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods

    Integrating Theory and Practice

    by Michael Quinn Patton ...
    Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. Now offering more balance between applied research and evaluation, this Fourth Edition illuminates ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation

    by Michael Quinn Patton ...
    Based on Michael Quinn Patton′s best-selling Utilization-Focused Evaluation, this briefer book provides an overall framework and essential checklist steps for designing and conducting evaluations that actually get used. The new material and innovative graphics present the utilization-focused evaluation process as a complex adaptive system, incorporating current understandings about systems ... Read more

    $87.29 USD