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What Inspirational Literature Do I Read Next

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gale Group, PUBLISHER: Gale Cengage, Helps readers find fiction ong>anong>d nonfiction titles that describe various belief systems, provide uplifting stories, profile religious ong>anong>d spiritual leaders, ong>anong>d ong>anong>swer questions about spiritual matters. ong>Anong> overview essay describes the development of the inspirational literature market. Entries give information on category, subjects, age rong>anong>ges, time period, ong>anong>d awards, ong>anong>d give a brief plot synopsis or description. Includes series, award, time period, geographic, character name, ong>anong>d character description indexes. The author is a writer ong>anong>d editor in the field of spirituality.

Kane and Abel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Archer, Jeffrey, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, William Lowell Kong>anong>e ong>anong>d Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless polish immigrong>anong>t-born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world-are brought together by fate ong>anong>d the quest of a dream. Two men - ambitious, powerful, ruthless - are locked in a relentless struggle to build ong>anong> empire, fueled by their all-consuming hatred. Over sixty years ong>anong>d three generations, through war, marriage, fortune, ong>anong>d disaster, Kong>anong>e ong>anong>d Abel battle for the success ong>anong>d triumph that only one mong>anong> cong>anong> have...

American Jewry and the Civil War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Korn, Bertram Wallace, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, War has long been considered a classic text on the Jewish role in early Americong>anong> history -- on the Jewish community as a whole during the tumultuous years of the war, ong>anong>d on its effort to raise the concept of humong>anong> rights ong>anong>d equality above restrictions based on race or religion. This extensive volume features a new foreword ong>anong>d new afterword, as well as ong>anong> author's preface to the original edition, ong>anong> author's preface to the first paperback edition (), ong>anong> epilogue, four appendixes, notes, a bibliography, ong>anong>d ong>anong> index.

Things Once Seen

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Quinney, Richard, PUBLISHER: Borderlong>anong>d Books, This retrospective of photographs spong>anong>s a period of forty years. Each photograph, each act of photographing, has been ong>anong> attempt to stop time, to capture what is happening in the moment, ong>anong>d to preserve the moment for posterity. The photographer frames the subject ong>anong>d gives witness to ong>anong> order in the universe. But the photographer knows that, as Henri Cartier-Bresson has reminded us, nothing cong>anong> really bring back the moment of things fixed in the photograph. ong>Anong>d nothing cong>anong> bring back that moment in the life of the photographer. In the wisdom of Buddhism, "all things are impermong>anong>ent." Photographs are a reminder of the impermong>anong>ence of all things. But what the photographer once saw ong>anong>d caught on film may be given ong>anong>other life when others see the photographs. For the photographer, the act of photographing has been ong>anong> intimate part of the process of living a life. This body of work, accompong>anong>ied by journal notes, is a record of what the photographer once saw, ong>anong>d is a window to the life once lived.

In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dillon, Michele / Wink, Paul, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, "In the Course of a Lifetime "provides ong>anong> unprecedented portrait of the dynamic role religion plays in the everyday experiences of Americong>anong>s over the course of their lives. The book draws from a unique sixty-year-long study of close to two hundred mostly Protestong>anong>t ong>anong>d Catholic men ong>anong>d women who were born in the s ong>anong>d interviewed in adolescence, ong>anong>d again in the s, s, s, ong>anong>d late s. Woven throughout with rich, intimate life stories, the book presents ong>anong>d ong>anong>alyzes a wide rong>anong>ge of data from this study on the participong>anong>ts' religious ong>anong>d spiritual journeys. A testament to the vibrong>anong>cy of religion in the United States, "In the Course of a Lifetime "provides ong>anong> illuminating ong>anong>d sometimes surprising perspective on how individual lives have intersected with cultural chong>anong>ge throughout the decades of the twentieth century. Acquista Ora

New Century of Biology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kress, W. John / Barrett, Gary W. / Mayr, Ernst, PUBLISHER: Smithsoniong>anong> Books, In the twentieth century, scientists in the relatively new field of biology played ong>anong> importong>anong>t role in exposing the threats of environmental degradation, loss of species diversity, habitat fragmentation, scarce energy resources, ong>anong>d humong>anong> population growth. In the essays found in A New Century of Biology, some of the world's most notable biologists consider how their discipline must evolve to ong>addressong> these problems in the twenty-first century. The next one hundred years, the contributors argue, will likely be dominated by breakthroughs in evolutionary biology ong>anong>d systems ecology, by ong>anong> increased need for scientists to integrate research, teaching, ong>anong>d service missions, ong>anong>d by problem-solving ventures on greater spatial ong>anong>d temporal scales. Because humong>anong> activity ong>anong>d increased population will continue to have a profound impact on the environment, biologists must define ong>anong> effective strategy for integrating the biological sciences with global economics ong>anong>d humong>anong> social structure. The eleven contributors are leaders in the fields of ecology ong>anong>d evolution, morphology ong>anong>d development, behavior, microbiology, ecosystem energetics ong>anong>d biogeochemistry, biodiversity ong>anong>d conservation biology, ong>anong>d humong>anong> sciences. While acknowledging the real problems their discipline must ong>addressong>, they offer ong>anong> optimistic agenda for the future.

The Children of Lovers: A Memoir of William Golding by His

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Golding, Judy, PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, 'The Children of Lovers are Orphong>anong>s.' ProverbBestselling novelist, author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding was a famously acute observer of children. What was it like to be his daughter?In this frong>anong>k ong>anong>d engaging family memoir, Judy Golding recalls growing up with a brilliong>anong>t, loving, sometimes difficult parent. The years of her childhood ong>anong>d adolescence saw her father chong>anong>ge from ong>anong> impecunious schoolteacher to a famous novelist. Once adult, she came to understong>anong>d some of the internal conflicts which led to his writing.The Golding family life, both ordinary ong>anong>d extraordinary, always kept its characteristic warmth, humour, complexity, ong>anong>ger ong>anong>d love, dong>anong>ger ong>anong>d insecurity. This is a book about family ong>anong>d parents, about lovers ong>anong>d their children, ong>anong>d about our impact on one ong>anong>other - for good or ill.

Money Matters: Income, Wealth and Financial Welfare

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Walker, Robert / Parker, Gilliong>anong> / Walker, Robert, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Underlying the current political ong>anong>d academic debate on the welfare state are two basic issues: What are the needs of individuals ong>anong>d social groups, ong>anong>d what resources do they have to meet those needs? In Money Matters a distinguished team of contributors ong>addressong> these questions with ong>anong> ong>anong>alysis of the social distribution of finong>anong>cial welfare ong>anong>d its consequences for individuals' stong>anong>dards of living. The result is a fascinating ong>anong>d detailed account of the distribution of wealth ong>anong>d poverty in Britain today.

Foster Family Care: Theory and Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Martin, Judith A., PUBLISHER: Allyn & Bacon, This book is authored by Judith Martin, co-author of the classic child welfare text with Dr. Alfred Kadushin. The book describes the process of carrying out one of the core child welfare services for families: foster family care. Taking ong>anong> in-depth look at this service, "Foster Family Care" moves the reader from the experiences of children ong>anong>d their parents as they first enter care, through the process of settling in ong>anong>d confronting the problems that led to the need for placement, to ong>anong> assessment of the outcomes of care ong>anong>d its consequences for the growing child. The book offers a thorough review of current literature on foster family care ong>anong>d a critical perspective on this service. A central theme is the concept of quality service delivery; the perspective draws heavily on attachment theory ong>anong>d on practice principles embedded in the concept of permong>anong>ency plong>anong>ning. For social workers, psychologists, or practitioners in related fields.

The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Deford, Frong>anong>k, PUBLISHER: Northword Press, In this exciting new book, award-winning sports writer ong>anong>d commentator Frong>anong>k Deford captures the inspirational stories of mong>anong>y of the greatest athletes ong>anong>d teams to appear on a Wheaties box. For more thong>anong> 75 years, the Wheaties box has celebrated the essence of being a champion: the character of excellence, the spirit of achievement, ong>anong>d the triumph of determination.

Jewish Community of Chattanooga

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Joy / Effron Abelson Adams, Joy, PUBLISHER: Arcadia Publishing (SC), Chattong>anong>ooga is truly a city that reflects Americaas diverse history, possessing a rich, ong>anong>tebellum heritage combined with the energy ong>anong>d determination of the mong>anong>y brave immigrong>anong>ts who trong>anong>sformed this area from a traditional Southern town into a cosmopolitong>anong> center of the New South. One of Chattong>anong>oogaas most importong>anong>t contributors, the Jewish community has played ong>anong> integral role in improving ong>anong>d diversifying the life ong>anong>d culture of this historic Tennessee town. In this volume of over 200 photographs, you will enjoy a celebration of the struggles, the stories of heroism ong>anong>d of common life, ong>anong>d the mong>anong>y successes of Chattong>anong>oogaas Jewish citizens. Touching upon all aspects of Jewish life, the Jewish Community of Chattong>anong>ooga will take you on ong>anong> exciting visual tour of the Jewish experience with beautiful ong>anong>d rare photographs of different Life Cycle events, Hebrew-oriented schools, such as the Jewish Day School, Jewish cemeteries, past ong>anong>d present-day synagogues, ong>anong>d its people, including mong>anong>y families, prominent businesspersons, special achievers, ong>anong>d community ong>anong>d civic leaders. Acquista Ora

The Scandal of Gender

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mitchell, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Regina Orthodox Press, What did the Fathers of the historic Church teach about the role of women in the Church? For mong>anong>y years the ong>anong>swer to this question has come from feminist theologiong>anong>s. It has been difficult to find a book that presents what the Church Fathers ong>anong>d the Scriptures teach on women ong>anong>d men's role in the life of the Church. The Scong>anong>dal of Gender brings us into direct contact with the authentic ong>anong>d original teachings of the ong>anong>cient Christiong>anong> Church Fathers on the issue of the proper role of women ong>anong>d men in the life of the Church. The point of view of the Reader Patrick Mitchell reflects the traditional Orthodox point of view of the Early Church Fathers ong>anong>d the Bible.

The Essence of Time

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tiezzi, Enzo / Tiezzi, E. / Computational Mechong>anong>ics, PUBLISHER: Computational Mechong>anong>ics, With the ever-accelerating pace of daily life, the modern age seems to demong>anong>d that science, too, should respond at speed. In this book Tiezzi highlights the continuity between the physical-mathematic ong>anong>d humong>anong>istic sciences. He also urges us to reflect on the tempo of the modern era, ong>anong>d to contrast it with the brilliong>anong>ce ong>anong>d complexity of the humong>anong> relationship with a living world. ong>Anong> illuminating guide to the key scientific ideas of our time which relate ecology with economy with the laws of thermodynamics, ong>anong>d those that highlight ong>anong> understong>anong>ding of the humong>anong> relationship with plong>anong>et earth, the text traces themes such as entropy to negentropy, flux of energy ong>anong>d material ong>anong>d information. The result is ong>anong> exploration of great scientific depth ong>anong>d the most complete historical survey to date of the ideas behind ecological economics.

Shells

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hill, Leonard, PUBLISHER: Universe Publishing(NY), Nature has created ong>anong> almost infinite variety of life in the sea, ong>anong>d seashells are the prize of this vast environment. Shells reveals the striking patterns ong>anong>d forms that make shells a work of art in their own right, from the extraordinary architectural detail of the chambered nautilus to the varied hues of the senatorial scallop. Moreover, shells have had a significong>anong>t influence on mong>anong>y facets of society. Through lively ong>anong>d informative text ong>anong>d striking photographs presented in ong>anong> oversized format, Shells depicts Iroquois money belts made from the shell of the quahog; a cowrie heong>addressong> used by a Mali witch doctor; ong>anong>d the scallop shell motif in art ong>anong>d architecture. Also featured are rare photographs of the fascinating creatures that live within shells; current data on collecting practices ong>anong>d trends; ong>anong>d a discussion of environmental issues around collection ong>anong>d conservation.

Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters: Volume 2

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Charters, ong>Anong>n / Kerouac, Jack, PUBLISHER: Viking Books, The first volume of Jack Kerouac's selected letters, published in , was hailed as ong>anong> importong>anong>t ong>anong>d revealing addition to Kerouac scholarship. This second ong>anong>d final volume of letters, written between , the year On the Road was published, to one day before his death in at age forty-seven, tell Kerouac's life story through his cong>anong>did correspondence with friends, confidong>anong>ts, ong>anong>d editors -- among them Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Philip Whalen, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joyce Johnson, ong>anong>d Malcolm Cowley. Documenting his continuing development as a writer, his travels, love affairs, ong>anong>d complicated family life, the letters also reveal Kerouac's amazing courage in the face of criticism ong>anong>d his never-ending quest to be the best writer possible. Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters offers unparalleled insight into the life ong>anong>d mind of this giong>anong>t of the Americong>anong> literary long>anong>dscape.

The Butterfly (Cycle)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Noonong>anong>, Diong>anong>a, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, The Life Cycles series describes how ong>anong>imals live ong>anong>d grow through each stage of their lives. Each book highlights the interesting features of ong>anong> ong>anong>imal ong>anong>d looks at the way it courts, mates, reproduces, ong>anong>d cares for its young. Discover the life cycle of this insect as it hatches from ong>anong> egg, chong>anong>ges from a caterpillar into a pupa, ong>anong>d then emerges as a butterfly.

Breaking Ground: An Immigrant's Journey from Poland to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Libeskind, Dong>anong>iel / Crichton, Sarah, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, More thong>anong> a memoir. ong>Anong> autobiography of architecture, culture, ong>anong>d people. One of the most influential architects of our time recounts ong>anong> extraordinary life-from his childhood in post-war Polong>anong>d as the son of Holocaust survivors to his controversial ong>anong>d dramatic recounting of the designing of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center.

Rich Mullins: His Life and Legacy: An Arrow Pointing to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, James Bryong>anong> / Mong>anong>ning, Brennong>anong> / Mullins, David, PUBLISHER: B&H Publishing Group, A devotional biography giving readers ong>anong> insight into the life of Rich Mullins, but more importong>anong>tly, allowing readers to learn ong>anong>d experience what was most importong>anong>t to Rich, drawing closer to God. Challenges readers to build on his legacy of joy, compassion, brokenness, unblinking honesty, ong>anong>d wonder of ong>anong> Awesome God.

Samuel Livermore: Address Before the Grafton and Cooes Bar

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Corning, Charles R., PUBLISHER: Gale, Making of Modern Law, The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, includes over ong>anong>alytical, theoretical ong>anong>d practical works on Americong>anong> ong>anong>d British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitlong>anong>d, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ong>anong>d Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice mong>anong>uals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches ong>anong>d other works of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to researchers of domestic ong>anong>d international law, government ong>anong>d politics, legal history, business ong>anong>d economics, criminology ong>anong>d much more.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as ong>anong> additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School LibraryocmConcord, N.H.: Republicong>anong> Press Association, p.; 22 cm.

How to Make Friends with Demons

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Joyce, Graham, PUBLISHER: Night Shade Books, William Heong>anong>ey is a mong>anong> well acquainted with demons. Not his broken family - his wife has left him for a celebrity chef, his snobbish teenaged son despises him, ong>anong>d his daughter's new boyfriend resembles Nosferatu - nor his drinking problem, nor his unfulfilling government job, but real demons. For demons are real, ong>anong>d William has identified one thousong>anong>d five hundred ong>anong>d sixty-seven smoky figures, dwelling on the shadowy fringes of humong>anong> life, influencing our decisions with their sweet ong>anong>d poisoned voices. After a series of seemingly unconnected personal encounters - with a beautiful ong>anong>d captivating womong>anong> met in the compong>anong>y of ong>anong> infuriating poet, a troubled ong>anong>d damaged veterong>anong> of Desert Storm with demons of his own, ong>anong>d ong>anong> old school acquaintong>anong>ce with whom he shared a mystical occult ritual - William Heong>anong>ey's life is thrown into a direction he does not fully comprehend. Past ong>anong>d present collide. Long-dormong>anong>t choices ong>anong>d forgotten deceptions surface. Secrets threaten to become exposed. To weather the chong>anong>ges, William Heong>anong>ey must learn one thing: how to make friends with demons.

Marriages & Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Olson, David / DeFrain, John / Skogrong>anong>d, Linda, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humong>anong>ities/Social Sciences/Long>anong>gua, ong>Anong> introductory text, "Marriages ong>anong>d Families" accentuates the positive aspects of relationships ong>anong>d focuses on enriching students' knowledge ong>anong>d experience in building strong, successful couple ong>anong>d family relationships. The authors, seasoned family scholars ong>anong>d therapists, integrate research, theory, ong>anong>d practical applications with ong>anong> interdisciplinary perspective on marriage ong>anong>d family. To enhong>anong>ce teaching ong>anong>d student learning, ong>anong> updated AWARE (Awareness of Attitudes ong>anong>d Relationships Expectations) Online computerized assessment contains 15 categories that match the chapters of the book.

Organizing and Organizations: An Introduction

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sims, David / Finemong>anong>, Stephen / Gabriel, Yiong>anong>nis, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), This major textbook in orgong>anong>izational behaviour does what most other textbooks in the field do not: it captures ong>anong>d conveys the lived experience' of being ong>anong>d working in orgong>anong>izations while also introducing students to key concepts, research ong>anong>d literature in orgong>anong>izational ong>anong>alysis. The book is in two main parts. The first explores the processes of orgong>anong>izing through a series of chapters each based on a different facet of orgong>anong>izational life. Theoretical concepts ong>anong>d practical implications are woven into ong>anong> engrossing ong>anong>d accessible narrative which draws on a large number of first-hong>anong>d accounts by members of orgong>anong>izations. The second part of the book, comprising a substong>anong>tial thesaurus//dictionary, define

A Social History of England,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crick, Julia / Vong>anong> Houts, Elisabeth, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The years between 900 ong>anong>d saw trong>anong>sformative social chong>anong>ge in Europe, including the creation of extensive town-dwelling populations ong>anong>d the proliferation of feudalised elites ong>anong>d bureaucratic monarchies. In Englong>anong>d these developments were complicated ong>anong>d accelerated by repeated episodes of invasion, migration ong>anong>d chong>anong>ges of regime. In this book, scholars from disciplines including history, archaeology ong>anong>d literature reflect on the major trends which shaped English society in these years of trong>anong>sition ong>anong>d select key themes which encapsulate the period. The authors explore the long>anong>dscape of Englong>anong>d, its mineral wealth, its towns ong>anong>d rural life, the health, behaviour ong>anong>d obligations of its inhabitong>anong>ts, patterns of spiritual ong>anong>d intellectual life ong>anong>d the polyglot nature of its population ong>anong>d culture. What emerges is ong>anong> insight into the complexity, diversity ong>anong>d richness of this formative period of English history.

Charles Kuralt's American Moments

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kuralt, Charles / Freundlich, Peter, PUBLISHER: Thorndike Press, To generations of Americong>anong>s, Charles Kuralt was the wong>anong>derer trong>anong>sfixed by the richness he found in every corner of the country. The project he was working on before he died was ong>Anong> Americong>anong> Moment with Charles Kuralt, a series of TV essays about the people, places ong>anong>d ideas that define the national spirit. Kuralt's longtime friend Peter Freundlich has edited ong>anong>d collected these essays. The result is ong>anong> enchong>anong>ting ong>anong>d touching book that brings back Charles Kuralt's distinctive voice ong>anong>d celebrates the Americong>anong> character ong>anong>d traditions he so loved.

English Papers: A Teaching Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pritchard, William H., PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press, "Could one, after all this purposeful work, have become ong>anong> ong>anong>achronism? A dinosaur? Replaceable?" --from "English Papers" Well-known critic William H. Pritchard reviews his life as a passionate student ong>anong>d teacher of English in the classrooms of New Englong>anong>d's Amherst College. Pritchard takes us from the era of the all-male college, where "conduct befitting a gentlemong>anong>" was the only rule, through the political ong>anong>d social turmoil of the late s, when the teaching of T.S. Eliot had to compete with the Cubong>anong> Missile Crisis. Ironically, as Pritchard finds his own voice as a critic ong>anong>d teacher, he finds also that his literary ong>anong>d pedagogical aims seem increasingly marginal. The book's later chapters recount the fragmentation ong>anong>d diversification of both the student body ong>anong>d ong>anong> English department. This lucid account offers a much needed personal chronicle of the issues involved in the contemporary debate surrounding the teaching of English literature. Pritchard not only observes, but dramatizes the teaching situation, ong>anong>d from both sides of the desk. With a cong>anong>did mix of apology ong>anong>d nostalgia, Pritchard describes ong>anong>d evaluates chong>anong>ging circumstong>anong>ces in both the professor ong>anong>d the profession.

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