Thomas Dixon

The sequel to The Clansman (the book that was made into the film "Birth of a Nation.") The Germans invade New York of 1918.

Billy Warren knows fifth grade is going to be great. His teacher is wonderful, and his classmates are growing up fast, just like him. But when his teacher asks Billy to befriend Todd Jones, a new kid in town, Billy's dream of a perfect school year quickly transforms into a nightmare. After Todd lures Billy to a remote area of the playground, beats him up, and steals his lunch money, he vows to make Billy's life miserable every day. With help from two other kids, Todd keeps his promise. Isolated from all his friends, Billy turns to the Internet for help. When his search leads him to an unexpected answer, Billy discovers that he has the power not only defeat Todd, but to help him change his ways. The $1.75 Guardian Angel is the heartwarming tale of a fifth grader's amazing journey as he learns how to summon the strength from within to stand up to a bully, with a little supernatural help.

Title: The Portrait of religion in Newcastle: being a clerical, satirical and allegorical drama. Second edition. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Dixon, Thomas; 1836. 8 . 11781.e.38.(3.)

Altruism' was coined by the French sociologist Auguste Comte in the early 1850s as a theoretical term in his 'cerebral theory' and as the central ideal of his atheistic 'Religion of Humanity'. In The Invention of Altruism, Thomas Dixon traces this new language of 'altruism' as it spread through British culture between the 1850s and the 1900s, and in doing so provides a new portrait of Victorian moral thought. Drawing attention to the importance of Comtean positivism in setting the agenda for debates about science and religion, this volume challenges received ideas about both Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer as moral philosophers. Darwin saw sympathy and love, not only selfishness and competition, throughout the natural world. Spencer was the instigator of an Anti-Aggression League and an advocate of greater altruism in Britain's dealings with the 'lower races'. It also sheds light on the rise of popular socialism in the 1880s, on the creation of the idealist 'altruist' in novels of the 1890s, and on the individualistic philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Oscar Wilde, and G. E. Moore - authors considered by some to be representative of fin de siècle 'egomania.' This wide-ranging study in the history of ideas is highly relevant to contemporary debates about altruism, evolution, religion, and ethics.