Brent: 747 books

Privé de ses pouvoirs magiques et de son titre de Prisme, déclaré mort et enfermé dans la prison magique qu’il avait conçue pour son frère, l’ex-empereur Gavin Guile n’a pas la moindre chance de s’évader. Mais les sept satrapies vont bientôt affronter la pire menace de leur histoire......

As we ponder the meaning of life, we experience yearnings to know the distant past, to obtain understanding of our spiritual roots and divine lineage, to link time with timelessness. Knowledge of the premortal existence becomes crucial in our search.In the most positive sense, The Life Before is a journey...

Ellen G. White was, among other things, the co-founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.  During her long life she claimed to have had over two hundred visions, regarded by her church as divine revelations and which formed the basis of her teachings and much of her writing. She was...

As a teenager, DeQuincy Lezine nearly ended his own life, believing it was the only way to escape the emotional pain that was overwhelming him. Instead, Lezine was able to find expert psychiatric care, and went on to found the first university campus-based chapter of the Suicide Prevention Action...

The Root of the Trouble is Our Will. The struggle to surrender our will to God—to fight against self, selfishness, and self-preservation—is the fiercest battle that we will ever fight. The human will of Jesus was no different. It shrunk from God’s will as decidedly as ours. Without total submission...

Hearing across media is the source of innovation in a uniquely African American sphere of art-making and performance, Brent Hayes Edwards writes. He explores this fertile interface through case studies in jazz literature—both writings informed by music and the surprisingly large body of writing by jazz musicians themselves.

An examination of the musical, religious, and political landscape of black New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina, this revised edition looks at how these factors play out in a new millennium of global apartheid. Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of second...

This compilation, by an international grouping of scholars, focuses on the nature of Caribbean rock art or rock graphics and makes clear the region's substantial and distinctive rock art tradition. Thorough and comparative, it includes data on the history of rock graphic research, the nature of the...

A collection of humorous and thought-provoking outdoor tales that tell the unvarnished truth of the outdoors- the sun doesn't always shine, the fish don't always cooperate and the campsites are usually filled with drunken outlaw biker gangs. Regardless, the outdoors is still a magical place filled with awe, reverence, insight and even fun.

A brutally honest search for psychological self-awareness.One mans’ story of battling drug addiction, alcohol abuse,incarceration and his own demons.Autobiographically, the writer invites us to share a disturbinglyfrank journey, living on the streets of England, survivinghorrors and committing horrific acts upon him self and others.

We are living in an emerging technoculture. Machines and gadgets not only weave the fabric of daily life, but more importantly embody philosophical and religious values which shape the contemporary moral vision-a vision that is often at odds with Christian convictions. This book critically examines...

An invitation to experience more fully the life-changing power of sacred silence For over a decade, J. Brent Bill's Holy Silence has been regarded as a contemporary classic on sacred silence. With warmth, wisdom, and gentle humor, Bill presents the Quaker practice of silence and expectant...

President Spencer W. Kimball once observed, "While marriage is difficult, and discordant and frustrated marriages are common, yet real, lasting happiness is possible, and marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive."Dr. Brent A. Barlow, associate professor in the...

This book is about our civil rights, gun violence, courts and the 2nd Amendment. As many realize, gun violence in America is off the charts compared to other industrialized nations. Over 70,000+ Americans a year are a victims of gun violence either through death or injury. This ebook argues that gun...