Best Selling Books by Ray Gibson

The first edition of Alan Gibson''s Understanding the Founding is widely regarded as an invaluable guide to the last century''s key debates surrounding America''s founding. This new edition retains all of the strengths of the original while adding a substantial new section addressing a major but previously unaddressed issue and also significantly revising Gibson''s invaluable conclusion and bibliography. In the original edition, which was built upon his previous work in Interpreting the Founding, Gibson addressed four key questions: Were the Framers motivated by their economic interests? How democratic was the Framers'' Constitution? Should we interpret the Founding using philosophical or strictly historical approaches? What traditions of political thought were most important to the Framers? He focused especially on the preconceptions that scholars brought to these questions, explored the deepest sources of scholars'' disagreements over them, and suggested new and thoughtful lines of interpretation and inquiry. His incisive analysis brought clarity to the complex and sprawling debates and shed new light on the institutional and intellectual foundations of the American political system. Gibson has now added a path-breaking new chapter entitled "How Could They Have Done That? Founding Scholarship and the Question of Moral Responsibility," which reprises and critiques on of the most important and vexing contemporary debates on the American founding. The new chapter focuses on how the men who fought a revolution in the name of liberty and declared to the world that "all men are created equal" could have supported the institution of slavery and even owned slaves themselves, accepted the legal and social subordination of women, and been responsible for Indian removal and genocide against Native Americans. Efforts to criticize or defend the Founders on these issues now constitute a daunting body of scholarship addressing what David Brion Davis has called the "dilemmas of slaveholding revolutionaries." Gibson''s astute and fair-minded analysis of this scholarship offers keen insights into how we might move toward more mature and responsible evaluations of the Founders.

This is a guide toward understanding Jesus Christ''s restored church, and it teaches Christ''s original gospel doctrines that were lost because of the apostasy and because of the many revisions made by uninspired church leaders after Christ''s death on through the dark ages. These teachings are found today in His restored church called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Simple techniques are beautifully presented in this inviting and inspiring book. The pages are brimming with ideas and will lead even the most timid artist step-by-step through enjoyable and original projects. Ages 7-11.

Text and illustrations give detailed directions for making various kinds of paper pop-up items.

Step-by-step picture instructions for drawing people.

Gives instructions on how to draw, paint, and do handicrafts.

Christmas projects include directions for making cards, games and decorations.

Easy instructions show how to create a potato print for each of the numbers from 1 to 10 plus 20, 30, 40 and 50.

Several container gardening projects for young gardeners, including growing herbs, sunflowers, sprouts, a moss garden, etc.

This addition to the What Shall I Do Today? series presents a variety of ideas for children who enjoy dr essing up. The author shows how, using only a few simple clo thes and objects, one can be transformed into a doctor, mons ter, scarecrow, etc. ''

Gives instructions on how to paint a variety of items including penguins, a bonfire, and a cat.

This is a learning activity book presenting step-by-step picture instructions on lots of things to crayon, to paint, and to cut and stick.

Step-by-step instructions for young children for creative activities including puppets, postcards and picnic ideas. Contains stickers to use with the projects.

Try out different crafts from papier mâché to stencilling, model-making to origami while making these personalized gifts.

Step-by-step picture instructions for coloring, drawing animals and people, and finger painting.

WONDERING WHAT TO DO TODAY? JUST OPEN THIS BOOK AND CHOOSE FROM HUNDREDS OF GREAT THINGS TO MAKE, COOK, GROW AND DRAW. THERE''S EVEN A SECTION ON DRESSING UP. ALL THE ACTIVITIES HAVE SIMPLE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS, ENABLING YOUNG READERS TO PRODUCE DELIGHTFUL RESULTS QUICKLY AND EASILY.

This book gives simple step-by-step instructions to transform your T-shirts using just a few fabric paints.

Using beads and materials found at home, this book presents projects for necklaces and bracelets.

Parents and children can have hours of fun playing games with words and letters, and this book provides lots of ideas to introduce your child to the pleasures of reading.

This book gives clear step-by-step pictures for crayon drawings of a giraffe, a fish, a caterpillar, a truck, and other things.

Clear step-by-step pictures show cutting and sticking to make crafts.

There are step-by-step picture instructions in this book to introduce children to a variety of number activities, some involving cutting things out or finding objects to add to the pictures in the book. It aims to develop an understanding of early number skills of counting, adding, taking away and sharing.

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Provides ideas for making things out of playdough.

Whether you are a complete beginner or have used stencils before, this book is packed full of ingenious ideas to help you turn plain items into beautifully decorated objects.

Step-by-step picture instructions for coloring, drawing animals and people, and finger painting.

This colorful activity book contains lots of original ideas to make the most of your paint sessions.

Basic printing techniques for children using such objects as potatoes, sponges, leaves and rubber stamps.

Fascinating facts, quizzes and things to make and do

Designed to enable adult and child to share the first concepts of reading, this book bridges the gap between pre-reading activities and first solo storybooks. Colourful activities are intended to encourage children to start to recognize words and phrases.

Simple but ingenious techniques that turn paper into petals are explained in clear, step-by-step style.

Designed to enable adult and child to share the first concepts of reading, this book bridges the gap between pre-reading activities and first solo storybooks. Colourful activities are intended to encourage children to start to recognize words and phrases.

Describes the many unusual things that people collect.

A collection of ideas for activities and projects, with step-by-step instructions including cooking and gardening.