{"product_id":"ride-to-glory-evolution-takes-a-hit-9780692896921","title":"Ride to Glory: Evolution Takes a Hit","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Warren LeRoi Johns\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Warren L. Johns\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Warren L. Johns\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Manga - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRide to Glory \u003c\/em\u003erepresents literary fiction while its endnoted academic references are fact. Bridging the gap between fact and fiction runs the risk falling short of either objective. These five-star reviews of the original edition suggests, in some minds at least, both goals have been met successfully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRide to Glory, \u003c\/em\u003ean American novel, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eexposes some of Charles Darwin's \u2028more shaky suppositions in a fictional courtroom battle. Billed as \u003cem\u003eMonkey II, \u003c\/em\u003ethe mock trial picks up where the 1925 Scopes \"trial of the century\" \u2028left off, debating the hot-button \u2028issue: \u003cem\u003e\"Is Evolution Fact or Fantasy?\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGutsy Ph.D. candidate, unchurched and independent thinker, Joshua Chamberlain Ryan, is cast as \"star\" witness, inadvertently pitting him against major Professor Karl Striker, devout defender of Darwinian assumptions. Josh thumbs his nose at chance hyhpothesis speculations, putting his academic credentials on the line, irreverently bashing evolution's Achilles' heels with the courage of the Biblical Joshua attacking Jericho's walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOff-stage, the young star's week-in-the-sun encounters roller coaster emotional highs and lows-featurng a reckless \u003cem\u003eRide to Glory \u003c\/em\u003eastride Turbo,\u2028his prized Arabian mount. Not until the tumultuous week's end do the bleak fortunes of Josh Ryan swing in his favor---thanks to a stellar \u003cem\u003eMonkey II \u003c\/em\u003eperformance and a manipulative grandmother who dexterously laces, pulls, and ties strings of \u2028intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an unexpected bonus, Josh discovers passionate romance with glamorous \u003cem\u003eMonkey II \u003c\/em\u003eco-star, Traci Kilburn while \"Duchess\" Carrington, his estranged, socialite grandmother, picks this week of surprises to disclose long-concealed family secrets in a poignant mission of reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRide to Glory's \u003c\/em\u003estoryline boasts an academic bibliography, fortified with endnotes packed with solid reference data that reinforce the obstreperous onstage testimony. In a plot wired for unexpected twists and turns, Charles Robert Darwin's conjectures wind up with the \u2028short straw.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chance hypothesis dogma projects a secular religion that worships at the shrine of faith in random chaos. The \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRide to Glory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e author cherishes belief that all life, and its ecological supporting system, exists as the gift of an Infinite Creator who endows each soul with free choice and eternal purpose. Science and religion are not in conflict. The Giver of life is the Author of all science!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eternal, all powerful God of the universe declared: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"It is I who made the earth and created mankind upon it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.\"\u003c\/em\u003eIsaiah 45:12, \u003cem\u003eThe Holy Bible, \u003c\/em\u003eNew International Version\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46485664891031,"sku":"9780692896921","price":1987.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780692896921.jpg?v=1766327646","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ride-to-glory-evolution-takes-a-hit-9780692896921","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}