John Hill

What happens to a community when it is destroyed by a foreign power? How do survivors face the future? Is it all over for them? In Constructing Exile, John Hill investigates how the people of ancient Judah survived invasion and destruction at the hands of the Babylonians. Although some of them were deported to Babylon, they created a new identity for themselves, and then, once they were back in Judah, they tried to recreate the past. Hill examines...

The body of Christ is purpose driven. It is not an agenda or ideology. This is why the Church has the manual called the Bible, but it must be, read with spiritual understanding. Proper training and education lead to better understanding, and therein is the key of wisdom. The kingdom of Satan leaves people in darkness, ignorance, and the kingdoms of the world misinforms or hides the truth, but the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven manifests...

What Richard III did in his last five months, what happened to his body, and how his DNA was found in Canada A new and uniquely detailed exploration of Richard's last 150 days explores these events from the standpoint of Richard himself and his contemporaries. By deliberately avoiding the hindsight knowledge that he will lose the Battle of Bosworth Field, this book presents a new Richard-no passive victim, awaiting defeat and death, but a king actively...

Pine Box Parole begins with convicted murderer Terry Fitzsimmons hanging himself in Kingston Penitentiary. Subsequent chapters delve into the killer's background and describe the senseless killings upon which he embarks after spending years in solitary confinement. Prison lawyer John L Hill, attempts to defend Fitzsimmons by putting the blame on the prison system for creating a monster. Part II of the book contains searing stories of five of Hill's...

Wife to Richard, Duke of York, mother to Edward IV and Richard III, and aunt to the famous Kingmaker, Richard, Earl of Warwick, Cecily Neville was a key player on the political stage of fifteenth-century Britain England. Mythologically rumored to have been known as the Rose of Raby because of her beauty and her birth at Raby Castle, and as Proud Cis because of her vanity and fiery temper, Cecilys personality and temperament have actually been highly...

This clear and elegantly argued book examines from various philosophical perspectives the many reasons for adopting a vegetarian diet, from animal interests and rights, to health benefits, global ecology, and world hunger. Hill's careful working through of different moral philosophies makes the book excellent for critical thinking and introduction to moral philosophy courses as well as for courses in contemporary ethical issues and environmental ethics....

With a new royal baby, we witness fundamental changes in the succession laws, but then rules governing the royal weddings and the succession to the throne have always been shifting. So what is MARRIAGE, and who, decides? What special rules govern ROYAL MARRIAGE, and when did they, come into force? How have royal marriages affected history? Were the 'Princes in the Tower' illegitimate? Did Henry VIII really have six wives? Was Queen Victoria 'Mrs....

Over the years, I have experienced beyond what any human being can fully document or record as the different dimensions of the realms of glory opened to me. It has been a lifetime journey that has altered my life to an extent I had to learn to interact with human beings again. The glory realm is vast and it is ever expanding because every time the Godhead speaks, eternity enlarges besides the infinite dimension where the LORD God dwelled before anything...

It was a warm afternoon; I was riding in the car. I'd been going through numerous challenges so much so that I started to ponder if it was God. I was left with the scrambling thought of how could the LORD God allow me to go through such pain and suffering. Seemingly, out of nowhere, I began to talk about breaking the cycle of poverty, and all the scriptures broke open. I began to see God's prosperity plan for his children, and soon I found myself...

A year after Richard III's death, a boy appeared claiming to be his heir and the rightful King of England. In 1487, in a unique ceremony, this boy was crowned in Dublin Cathedral, despite the Tudor government insisting that his real name was Lambert Simnel and that he was a mere pretender to the throne. Now, using new discoveries, little-known evidence and insight, historian John Ashdown-Hill seeks the truth behind the 500-year-old story. He also...