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Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Language
English
Description
Translated into over 50 languages, The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it is a guide to a spiritual journey that has transformed millions of lives. Once you take this journey, you'll never be the same again. This new, expanded edition of The Purpose Driven Life, created for a new generation of reader, includes: Video introductions by Rick Warren to chapters 1-42 and an audio Bible study at the end of each chapter, with over 30 additional...
Author
Publisher
Conari Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xii, 144 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of what matters most about loss, unconditional love, security, surrender, powerlessness, peace, strength, and fear, helping readers make sense of their lives and how to travel further down their own spiritual paths"--
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An intimate memoir of Anne Rice's Catholic girlhood, her unmaking as a devout believer, and her return to the Church--what she calls a decision of the heart. Moving from her New Orleans childhood in the 1940s and '50s, with all its religious devotions, through how she slowly lost her belief in God, the book recounts Anne's years in radical Berkeley, where she wrote Interview with the Vampire (a lament for her lost faith) and where she came to admire...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
218 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An extended, in-depth discussion of the Christian faith of one of America's most beloved pioneer women, Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House series books. Includes photos and authentic recipes from the Little House era.
Author
Series
Mitford years volume 1
Language
English
Description
Jan Karon introduces readers to a small town so lovely and engaging that it's hard to put out of your mind. The town is Mitford, North Carolina, and in these high, green hills the air is pure, the village is charming and the people are lovable. Yet Father Tim, the bachelor rector, has more than he can handle--with church secretary Emma Garrett managing his every move, a lovable but unloved boy named Dooley thrust into his care, and the charm of a...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Find success in finance, friendships, and spirituality with the advice of a well-known expert It's safe to say that nearly everyone is seeking a happier, more successful life. So then why do so few attain it? Business Secrets from the Bible proposes a new way to view and approach success-one based upon key concepts from the Bible that are actually surprisingly simple. Written especially for those seeking success in the realms of money, relationships,...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
xiii, 381 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775, America's smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Marines believe in nothing more strongly than the Corps' uniqueness and superiority, and this undying faith in its own exceptionalism is what has made the Marines one of the sharpest, swiftest tools of American military power. Along with unapologetic self-promotion, a strong...
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
12 CDs (approximately 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm).
Language
English
Description
This course explores Luther's theology, the circumstances surrounding his conclusion that the papacy was "antichrist, " and major issues and events in the Reformation as it unfolded in Luther's life after he posted his famous 95 theses on the door of the church of Wittenberg, Germany in 1517.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxxix, 219 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of World War II, the United States stood at a precipice. The forces of modernity unleashed by the war had led to astonishing advances in daily life, but technology and mass culture also threatened to erode the country's traditional moral character. As award-winning historian George M. Marsden explains in The Twilight of the American Enlightenment, postwar Americans looked to the country's secular, liberal elites for guidance in this...
Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
xii, 257 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the Pulitzer Prize-winner who has devoted her life to befriending the earth. Walker has long been a force for sanity in a chaotic world. Here she draws on her deep spiritual grounding, her political conviction and experience, and her literary gifts to offer a series of meditations filled with wisdom, hope, encouragement, and, at times, serenity to a world in need of all these...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (approximately 1,080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (160 pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
"[This series] is an epic, comprehensive survey of the East's most influential philosophers and thinkers. In 36 lectures, [the student will be introduced to] the men and women responsible for molding Asian philosophy and for giving birth to a wide variety of spiritual and ideological systems, including Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism, Sufism, and Buddhism."--Www.thegreatcourses.com.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
viii, 261 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"For almost three centuries, the "Pennsylvania Dutch" have practiced white magic, known in their dialect as Braucherei or Powwowing. The art of black magic is known as Hexerei. Healing powers are believed to derive from the Holy Trinity but the powers of Hexerei are from the Devil"--
Author
Publisher
Blair
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
361 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The Gullah culture, though borne of isolation and slavery, thrived on the US East Coast sea islands from pre-Civil War times until today, and nowhere more prominently than on Hilton Head Island, SC. On this small barrier island descendants of the first generations of Gullah people continue to preserve Gullah language, customs, arts, and cuisine. The three authors of Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956 are among those descendants,...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A posthumous collection of more than 100 Ginsberg poems is largely comprised of spontaneously penned or forgotten works included in letters or sent to obscure publications and is arranged in chronological order and complemented by extensive author notes. --Publisher's description.
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