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The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bauer, Susan Wise / West, Jeff, PUBLISHER: Peace Hill Press, This read-aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary-school children. Enjoy it together and introduce your child to the marvelous story of the world's civilizations. Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives--and our children need to learn about the other countries of the world and their history. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of other lands. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, this revised edition of "The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages" weaves world history into a story book format. Who discovered chocolate? What happened to the giant Fovor of the Mighty Blows? Why did the Ottoman Turks drag their war ships across dry land? "The Story of the World" covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas--find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share together, "The Story of the World" includes each continent and major people group. "Volume 2: The Middle Ages," is the second of a four-volume series and covers the major historical events in the years 400 to CE, as well as including maps, illustrations, and tales from each culture.

The New Testament in Cross-Cultural Perspective

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rohrbaugh, Richard L., PUBLISHER: Cascade Books, The Bible is not a Western book, and the world of the New Testament is not our world. The New Testament world was preindustrial, Mediterranean, and populated mostly by nonliterate peasants who depended on hearing these writings read aloud. Only a few of the literate elite were part of the Jesus movement, and they knew nothing of either modernity or the Western culture we inhabit today. This means that for all North Americans, reading the New Testament is always an exercise in cross-cultural communication. Travelers, diplomats, and exchange students take great pains to bridge the cultural gaps that cloud mutual understanding. But North American readers habitually suspend cross-cultural awareness when encountering the Bible. The result is that we unwittingly project our own cultural understandings onto the pages of the New Testament. Rohrbaugh argues that to whatever degree we can bridge cultural gaps between ourselves and New Testament writers, we learn to value their intentions rather than the meanings we create from their words. Rohrbaugh's insightful interpretations of Gospel passages go a long way toward helping to span distances between the New Testament world and the present.

Church Without Walls: Moving Beyond Traditional Boundaries

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Petersen, Jim / Getz, Dr Gene a., PUBLISHER: NavPress Publishing Group, The first-century Christians had to sort out Jesus from Judaism in order to become a people for all nations. Today, we have to sort out Jesus from religious traditions in order to make Him available to our nation. That's the challenge this book tackles: Will we be the church without walls, communicating a gospel free of traditional and cultural trappings?

What Jesus Demands from the World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Piper, John, PUBLISHER: Crossway, Piper's examination of Jesus' demands in theGospels helps us see the loving concern of our Savior in aredemptive-historical context. The four Gospels arefilled with demands from Jesus. These demands are Jesus' wayof showing us who he is and what he expects of us. They are notharsh demands originating from a selfish desire to control, butrather loving directions for our good and ultimate satisfaction. Infact, what Jesus demands from the world can be summed up as: "Trust and treasure me above all." This is goodnews In What Jesus Demands from the World, John Piper looksat the demands of Jesus as found in the four Gospels. He beginswith an introduction that puts the demands in aredemptive-historical context, then engages in a conciseexamination of each. The result is an accessible introduction forthoughtful inquirers and new believers, as well as a refreshingreminder for more mature believers of God's plan for hisSon's glory and our good. Now available in paperback.

The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwager, Jack D., PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, Learn the successful trading tactics and methods of the best and the brightest traders. Widely diverse in the methods they use and the markets they trade, Schwager pulls together the common attributes that they share, so you can learn from their success. Indispensable.

Canada's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bumsted, J. M. / Bumsted, John M. / Barkin, Elliott, PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO, Serbs and Croats in the former Yugoslavia. Muslims and Christians in Nigeria. French- and English-speaking Canadians. Why do some fight? Why do others get along? What in these nations' pasts breeds strife? Or fosters harmony? No questions are more critical to today's world; no books answer them better than Ethnic Diversity within Nations. It starts with history. Nation-state by nation-state, each title exhaustively explores the ethnic past to understand the ethnic present of countries around the world-from the ancient origins of the original inhabitants to the story of immigrants, settlers, and conquerors to yesterday's headlines of conflict and cooperation. Can't we all just get along? As the books in the Ethnic Diversity within Nations series demonstrate, it's not always that simple.

The Greatness of America

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mike Tangunu Ndimunkum, Tangunu Ndimunkum, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, If you want to know what it really means to live in a country where equality of condition is so widespread, where the common people actually rule themselves, and where the person living in the White House is a black son of a Kenyan man- read this book. Because we can board an airplane and be everywhere in the world in a few hours, because doctors can put eight babies into a woman's womb or open a man's chest and repair his heart's damaged arteries, because wireless communications have reduced the once wide world into a tiny digital village...it is natural to conclude, and rightly so, that the age of American "superpowership" has superseded the creative thinking skills of all civilizations and ages that came before us. The inherent attitude of every American to better his own condition is so powerful that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only had carried on their society to wealth and prosperity, but had surmounted the complexities of new discoveries and landed man on the moon. Americans are natural risk and responsibility takers: stemming from their willingness to go out with the hope of making or doing something that no one had ever done before. That is what this book is about, exposing the true genius of America so that every nation and people can learn from it and prosper, too. The more you get from The Greatness of America the more you will become great.

An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Taylor, Barbara Brown, PUBLISHER: HarperOne, In her critically acclaimed "Leaving Church" ("a beautiful, absorbing memoir"--"The Dallas Morning News"), Barbara Brown Taylor wrote about her experience leaving full-time ministryto become a professor, a decision that stretched the boundaries of her faith. Now, in her stunning follow-up, "An Altar in the World," she shares how she learned to encounter God far beyond the walls of the church. Taylor reveals meaningful ways to discover the sacred in the small things we do and see, from simple practices such as walking, working, and prayer. Something as ordinary as hanging clothes on a clothesline becomes an act of meditation if we pay attention to what we're doing and take time to notice the sights, smells, and sounds around us. Making eye contact with the cashier at the grocery store becomes a moment of true human connection. Allowing yourself to get lost leads to new discoveries. As we incorporate these practices into our daily lives, we begin to discover altars everywhere we go, in nearly everything we do. Through Taylor's expert guidance and delicate, thought-provoking prose, we learn to live with purpose, pay attention, slow down, and revere the world we live in.

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Better Get It In Your Soul: What Liturgists Can Learn from

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reid H Hamilton Stephen Rush, PUBLISHER: Church Publishing Incorporated, NA

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Yesterday When They Were Young: Life in the Dutch Fork

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Elwood, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, 'Yesterday When They Were Young' is a true magnificent love story from a time and place where the men were gallant, the women were courageous and marriage was forever. The story is told through the insights of their letters; his from the front lines of the war and hers from the home front. From their letters you will relive what they and countless other families went through. You will be able to feel their thoughts through their words and you will be able to feel their joy through their smiles, and yes, you will feel their sadness through their tears. Their life was simple but their love was true. They had to do what they had to do

Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Access in 24 Hours

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Balter, Alison, PUBLISHER: Sams, In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, the reader picks up all the skills needed to increase the effectiveness and reliability of Access applications. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing the reader to quickly learn the essentials of Access programming from the ground up. The book helps the reader to understand the fundamentals of the Access architecture, gain fast knowledge of the new features that Access offers, learn how to effectively use the latest tools and features of Access by following practical, real-world examples, and get expert tips from the best-selling author, Alison Balter. This book is designed for the way readers learn. They can go through each step-by-step chapter or just choose the lessons that interest them the most.

Leadership: It's Not That Hard!

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chang, Lucas, PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, IT'S AN AGE-OLD QUESTION: how do you develop and hone the skills you need to lead a team ? You could enroll in a leadership course or buy technical books. Or, you could learn what you need to know from movies, television and comic books Some of the best case studies and leadership qualities can be found in what we watch and read for fun. Join Lucas Chang, a Director at a large telecommunications company, as he delves into popular culture to uncover common-sense leadership principles. You'll discover how to be a visionary like Optimus Prime, who surrounds himselfwith Autobots who have a variety of skills; how to boost leadership skills by using your imagination like Calvinfrom "Calvin and Hobbes" what you can learn from the professional wrestlers who create publicpersonas that are extensions of their personalities; and many other case studies that teach valuable lessons, such as theIncredible Hulk, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and others. Develop the skills you need to build a team that works for you and have fun in the process with "Leadership: It's Not That Hard "

The World's Greatest Brands

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kochan, Nicholas / Interbrand Firm / Interbrand &Firm&, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, We all know a successful brand when we see one. But why do some succeed when others fail? From Coca-Cola to Microsoft, from Ben and Jerry's to Reebok, The World's Greatest Brands looks at the histories of successful brands, ranking them by achievement and focusing on their individual recipes for success. Opening with a discussion of the way branding works, the latest trends in branding, and the tenets of successful branding, The World's Greatest Brands provides a table of the world's greatest brands, with an analysis of the success of brands in a number of different product categories, regions, and sectors. Including hundreds of glossy color photographs, this book will be instrumental to anyone interested in brands and how they can be created, sustained, and strengthened.

Prehistoric and Egyptian Medicine

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dawson, Ian, PUBLISHER: Enchanted Lion Books, What is as fundamental to a society and just as revealing as its habits of food preparation, work, dress, religious belief, and artistic production? Just as essential are its ideas about the body, health and illness. Offering insights, both broad and deep, into the cultures it explores, The History of Medicine series describes medical knowledge, practices, instruments and discoveries from prehistoric times to the present. Each of its 6 volumes presents the social and economic characteristics of the period under discussion, the prevailing state of medical knowledge, and the key figures in medicine. The books are divided into chapters focusing on questions, such as: what caused people to be healthy or unhealthy? What ideas did people have about the causes of illnesses and their treatments? Who provided medical care? How efficacious were the treatments used? Allowing the facts to speak for themselves, these volumes present a lively and informative account of medical beliefs and practices and the many causes behind their change over time. Photographs and illustrations, as well as biography panels, quotation panels and "interesting fact" panels appear throughout each book, further engaging the young reader. What was known about the body by early peoples? What understanding of disease and treatments did people have? What can we learn about prehistoric health and medicine from archaeology? Why did the Egyptians use honey as often as they did? Why did medicine men suck the body of the ill person? Prehistoric and Egyptian Medicine explores these questions and many more. How healthy were prehistoric people? Using evidence from Orkney in the British Isles, the author shows how archaeology can helpus to understand something about life expectancy, fitness and the causes of pain among prehistoric people. The book also reveals what Native Americans and Australian aboriginals can teach us prehistoric medicine. The medical ideas of ancient Egypt also are explored. We learn about written records, specialized doctors, charms, embalming and more. Well-illustrated and rich with detail, Prehistoric and Egyptian Medicine is informative and at times, surprising.

Zen of Stars: Futures of Planet Earth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: St Clair / Trafford Publishing, PUBLISHER: Trafford Publishing, Zen of Stars - trans-dimensional epic narrated as a soul-expanding adventure revealing profound discoveries awaiting us - shows our true Cosmic origin and destiny. This book frees mankind, one soul at a time. The narrative by the "Master of The Light" transforms the reader into a seer. This guided writing, of unmatched proportions, is essentially mind-altering. The soul is time traveler and master of its own destiny. St.Clair introduces a new and multi-dimensional mythology, opening the inner passage to the unknowable in ourselves. Core message: will see the merging of new realities, challenging us to adapt to these changes. The world we live in today is a disconnection from our true past. Zen of Stars clarifies everything, from hidden doctrines to unsolved mysteries, as it discloses the purpose of Cosmos, while showing the futures of planet earth. We are psychic beings inhabiting a physical reality. The physical world is the vehicle for movement through time and space, and the psychic is the journey. Reality evolves from the invisible world. The 21st Century has swept to its surface a visionary, one of the foremost creative minds, an astrophysicist who speaks of the most fundamental issues facing humanity. The origin of his work is a mystery; brought to you by a source St.Clair calls his ET guidance. In this book of art and science-fiction he addresses what he terms our relationship with the invisible world. We write our own destiny by interacting with the greater forces of Cosmos. St.Clair asks: "If we can predict the outcome, can we change it?" He explains how we change the outcome for ourselves by using intelligent compassion. This book - aspiritual thriller - transforms our world.

C.H.U.R.C.H.: A Vision of What the Church Could Be

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fakes, Dennis, PUBLISHER: iUniverse, Too often the word "church" evokes ho-hum yawns. Yet God's desire is that the church meet the deepest of human need and provide human beings with daily and eternal hope. How can the church be more CHRIST centered? How can it be a safe, secure HOME for spiritual seekers who may not be particularly "religious" but do wish to connect with God and other seekers? Why does the church not have a sense of URGENCY in getting the good news out to a world looking for real good news? How can RELATIONSHIPS with God and others be developed? How can we discover, know and claim our CALLING as the people of God? How can the church truly be the HOPE of the world?

Perl Power!: The Comprehensive Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Flynt, John P., PUBLISHER: Course Technology, Perl Power provides programmers with a learning and reference resource on Perl. All readers will find tutorials that utilize a "learn by doing" approach that they can work from as soon as they get the book home. The tutorials build upon each other throughout the book until a level of expertise is reached. All chapters offer complete programs to demonstrate the topics discussed, with source code available on the book's companion website. These programs are ready to run, and line-by-line commentary in the program and in the book allows programmers to understand the logic and syntax behind them. Additionally, each program is introduced in a way that provides a story about what the program does and what you can use the program to do after learning it. The topics covered begin with how to set up the DzSoft Perl Editor so that you can easily work with Perl programs. Then, through dozens of complete programs, the book explores the primary data categories of Perl: scalars, hashes, arrays, and handles. The topics of later chapters range from using references to working with data structures and incorporating data files into your programs. The final chapter comprehensively reviews regular expressions through a multitude of examples.

The Man's Guide to Divorce: And What Every Woman Should Know

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cason, Steve, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, We may vow to love each other until death do us part but no law requires us to be miserable for the rest of our lives. The Man's Guide To Divorce (And what every woman ought to know) is a brutally honest look at the emotional roller coaster men experience during divorce and what they must do to survive it. Following the progression of the five stages of grief, from denial to eventual acceptance, this depressing subject is tempered with humor and wit, often at the expense of exes. The emotions are real and the advice straightforward. A survival guide with practical advice on every aspect of divorce, from recognizing the signs a marriage is in trouble to starting life over as a single man. Learn how to: Battle loneliness Deal with infidelity Break the news to family and friends Hire an attorney Divide friends and property Maintain your finances Face your ex in court Rebuild your self-esteem Start dating again And much, much more

Ranches: Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling, and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Connolly, M. Caren / Wasserman, Louis, PUBLISHER: Taunton Press, The ranch can be found everywhere on both coasts and in America's heartland, too. The ranch is simple, functional, and unassuming. But it can look dated. What homeowners are rediscovering about ranches is just how affordable and flexible they can be. This book provides a fresh set of eyes with which to look at the ranches we live in--and the ones we're thinking of buying (or building). It's rich with ideas and inspiration, featuring more than 20 examples of updated homes and ranches built from scratch.

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Diamond, Jared, PUBLISHER: Viking Books, In his million-copy bestseller "Guns, Germs, and Steel," Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? As in "Guns, Germs, and Steel," Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the Polynesian cultures on Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony on Greenland, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe. Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of these societies, but other societies found solutions and persisted. Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own societyas apparently inexhaustible wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana. Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, "Collapse" is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide?

What We Bought: The New World: Scenes from the Denver

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Robert, PUBLISHER: Yale University Art Gallery, "denver" and "What We Bought," together with "The New West," form a loose trilogy of Robert Adams's work exploring the rapidly developing landscape of the Denver metropolitan area from through . In the former two books, Adams created a comprehensive document that was resolute in its avoidance of romantic notions of the American West and dispassionately honest about man's despoliation of the land. Both books demonstrate the artist at the height of his powers as a documentary photographer and a poetic sequencer of images. The photographs featured in "denver" and "What We Bought" show tract housing with mountain ranges in the distance, trailer lots devoid of people, suburban streets through generic windows, shopping mall interiors, and parking lots: subjects distinctly unspectacular, familiar, and banal. Adams's compositions are straightforward and democratic, and it is this precise turn from sentimentality that has made Adams one of the most influential figures in the history of American photography.These exquisite new editions, printed in rich tritones, celebrate this landmark work. "denver"" "also includes new and previously unpublished photographs from the project, chosen and sequenced by Adams himself.

Advanced Lingo for Games

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rosenzweig, Gary, PUBLISHER: Hayden, Finally there is a games book for Director developers Up until now, Lingo programmers have had to figure it out themselves while Java and C programmers have had dozens of games books to choose from. With Advanced Lingo for Games, the new book by Gary Rosenzweig, Lingo programmers can learn from an expert game developer who has created hundreds of games with Macromedia Director. The book contains more than 20 complete games including the source code. You can read about how each of these games was made, and use the source code to create your own games.

The Dark Walls of Medicine: A View from the Window

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Neal, Kenneth, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, THE BOOK TAKES A GLIMPSE OF HEALTH CARE ISSUES FROM THE AUTHORS PERSPECTIVE DURING HIS FORMATIVE YEARS, HIS YEARS IN PRACTICE, AND WHAT HE CALLS THE CURRENT DARK WALLS OF MEDICINE-- AS WE HAVE SOME 47 MILLION AMERICANS WITHOUT HEALTH CARE INSURANCE, NUMEROUS OTHERS WHO ARE UNDERINSURED, THE RISING COST OF HEALTH CARE, AND HOW THESE SITUATIONS HAVE LED TO HIS STRONG BELIEF THAT WE NEED AN OVERHAUL IN THE WAY HEALTH CARE IS DELIVERED IN THIS NATION. THE AUTHOR SETS FORTH A PROPOSAL THAT HE FEELS WOULD ALLOW FOR UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR ALL, WHILE ENSURING QUALITY AND COST EFFECTIVE SERVICES. HE TAKES A LOOK AT HOW HEALTH CARE IS DELIVERED IN OTHER NATIONS AS WELL. FINALLY HE LOVES AMERICA AND BELIEVES THAT WE CAN, AS A NATION, CONTINUE TO BE THE LEADER IN HEALTHCARE IN THE WORLD.

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