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 day started for Peter Grey like any other day he got up early, made his coffee, and waited for his family to get up. Peter works as a stockbroker in Los Angeles, and his wife Sarah Grey is an attorney for a large firm. They lived the quiet suburban life in the upper middle class community of Brentwood, California, with their two children, Kelly and Tim. Today, Peter and his family will have a visitor that will change their lives immediately, but...

Midori, is a struggling wedding photographer in Hawaii. When Seiko and Kyo-chan, Midori's judgmental sister and brother in-law visit from Japan Midori's small world is thrown off balance. As the sisters travel the Big Island together old grudges and long forgotten injuries begin to resurface. A small argument during a tour of a coffee farm, a couple passive aggressive comments as they drive to the beach; gradually the sisters are pulled back into...

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...

Wife to Edward IV and mother to the Princes in the Tower and later Queen Elizabeth of York, Elizabeth Widville was a central figure during the War of the Roses. Much of her life is shrouded in speculation and myth – even her name, commonly spelled as 'Woodville', is a hotly contested issue. Born in the turbulent fifteenth century, she was famed for her beauty and controversial second marriage to Edward IV, who she married just three years after...

When Edward IV died in 1483, the Yorkist succession was called into question by doubts about the legitimacy of his son, Edward (one of the 'Princes in the Tower'). The crown therefore passed to Edward's undoubtedly legitimate younger brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester. But, Richard, too, found himself entangled in the web of uncertainly, since those, who believed in the legitimacy of Edward IV's children viewed Richard III's own accession as a usurpation....

The maintenance of any culture includes keeping the principles of values in place and exploring other means to advance effectiveness and efficiency. Political integrity is unavailable today because political parties have become the gates of martyrdom: everyone is playing to win the attention of the supporters instead of dealing with the core foundations of the democratic system. Henceforth, democracy is bleeding quality by feeding on mere theatrics...

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...

Heaven's realms do not deal with alphabetical and numerical dictates or constraints of the laws because of supremacy or dominion. In fact, the glory deals with infinite and eternal capabilities, which cannot be limited to how deep and how high you ascend and descend in Him. This is the image after His likeness - beyond the mortal! For example, if you are a musician, you can allow for your instrument to dictate what chords you can play, or you can...