Member Since: March 29, 2010

Dr James T. Baker


Biography

James Baker developed his passion for history and religion while in high school, during his days as a Bulldog. He is a graduate of Baylor and Florida State Universities and has for many years taught at Western Kentucky University. Throughout his career he has been a prolific writer, authoring 22 books and over 60 articles. His articles have appeared in such places as Christian Century, Commonweal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The American Benedictine Review. His creative talents and his unique points of view and insights have also made him a highly sought after speaker. He has delivered addresses and papers in the United States, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, China, and other Asian countries. He often appears in a one person show-presentation of industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. In addition to his teaching duties, James directs the Canadian Parliamentary Internship Program.

Where to find Dr James T. Baker online

Website: http://www.greenhillspress.com
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Books

White Dogs    by Dr James T. Baker
Price: $3.99 USD. 52490 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on January 18, 2011. Fiction.
White Dogs is the story of Mary Charlotte Lafferty and the six men who know her in six different ways. Mary life is molded by the sometimes despicable acts perpetrated on her. Follow Mary's path of fear, shame, guilt, and finally redemption in this gripping tale of the human condition.
Sex and Bondage in Three Colors    by Dr James T. Baker
Price: $3.99 USD. 143780 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on August 22, 2010. Fiction.
The story of Toussaint Louverture and the tragic nation of Haiti he founded has never been told with such power and imagination as respected historian James Baker. Baker has created a new literary genre called historical fantasy. Follow the interconnected lives of:Toussaint,Napoleon,and Thomas Jefferson. Their sexual exploits are described in delicious detail with a unique historical perspective.
Peter Peacock Passes    by Dr James T. Baker
Price: $3.99 USD. 95120 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on July 13, 2010. Fiction.
Peter Peacock Passes is the tale of a Texas youth in the 1960's who has to come to terms with his desire to become a minister and find a meaningful relationship. Follow Peter's misadventures as he learns to minister to his flock and the women he meets along the way. When one adds in the needs of those Peter ministers to, the path to the straight and narrow becomes complicated.
Faith for a Dark Saturday    by Dr James T. Baker
Price: $3.99 USD. 37760 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on May 7, 2010. Nonfiction.
Everyone, sometimes in his life, experiences a dark Saturday of despair like the Saturday between the crucifixion and the resurrection of Christ. In Faith for a Dark Saturday, Dr. Baker imaginatively tells the stories of persons in the Bible who experienced severe testing of their faith and reached the darkest hour of despair. They were not aware of the dawn of the resurrection day was to follow
Prior Knowledge    by Dr James T. Baker
Price: $3.99 USD. 92040 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on April 9, 2010. Fiction.
A murder, bloody, foul, unholy, has been committed in a Benedictine Priory. Father Superior must solve the mystery to save the foundation; but he must depend on more than faith, logic, or luck. The solution must come by way of Prior Knowledge.
Holidays With Sundae: Conversations With My Cat    by Dr James T. Baker
Price: $0.99 USD. 37920 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on March 30, 2010. Fiction.
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James Baker invites readers to participate in a conversations with his cat Sundae. Using holiday times as the conversation pieces, Sundae is comes through as real as person we know. Quick witted, critical, and a deft judge of human strengths and weaknesses; Sundae provides a barometer in which we can examine ourselves. Cat owners will instantly identify with Sundae's particular wisdom.
Quest    by Dr James T. Baker
Price: $3.99 USD. 38440 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on March 29, 2010. Fiction.
Growing up in 1920's rural Texas is hard enough, but nearly impossible when your father abandons the family. Follow the story of two brave brothers who take to the road in search of the father that left them and answers to their nagging questions. Quest will remind readers of Greek tragedies in the scope and depth of the personal struggle of these two lads.
Dogs to Men    by Dr James T. Baker
Price: $3.99 USD. 41210 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on March 29, 2010. Fiction.
James Baker recounts the escapades of a rural Texas six-man football team during the late 1950's in Dogs to Men. He follows the "Demopolis Dogs" through pratfalls on the field and growing pains off the gridiron. Baker brings you into the experience of growing up and makes the reader feel the anguish and ecstasy of what is a muddy, painful team experience.

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