David : 35381 books

"David Kairys is one of the grand long-distance runners in the struggle for justice in America. His brilliant legal mind and superb lawyerly skills are legendary. This marvelous book is his gift to us!" ---Cornel West, Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Princeton University,...

Penguins have become a standard fixture in both zoos and imaginations for centuries. But beyond the classic tuxedo markings of the Emperor penguin and what we see in childrens cartoons, how much do we really know about these fascinating creatures? How aware are we of the perpetual danger in which...

Surviving AIDS involves making all the right movesand even then, your life is at risk. David W. Driver knows that well: two years after getting married to his wife, Kari-Ann, he discovered that not only did she have HIV, but she was suffering from full-blown AIDS. The disease came on quickly. First,...

We all know people popularly described as “on the spectrum” - people who have Aspergers Syndrome. In this memoir, David vividly and clearly describes what that means: in the home,  in schoolyards, in classrooms, in the work place and in a love relationship. And the reader learns from the inside out. -Susan Bergman

The apostle Paul wrote his most personal letter while abused and abandoned in a Roman prison. He wrote to believers who lived in the shadow of the Roman tyrant, Nero. And yet this letter, Philippians, is the most joy-filled epistle in the Bible. Weaving together modern stories and historical...

During his travels as a missionary, David Livingstone beheld many previously unknown wonders of the African interior. He put Victoria Falls and Lake Ngami on the map, and was the first white man to cross the African continent. Diaries, reports and letters are combined to create a wonderful narration...

THE WALK-ON is a story about a young man and how he experiences the game of college basketball through his eyes, telling people what it is like going through the rigorous routine of being a division 1 athlete for one of the best basketball programs arguably in the country and finding out what the...

A Glimpse of Grace is a collection of love letters from the Divine. It is a taste of David Hoffmeister's deeply insightful and most liberating early writings. Filled with nurture and care for the awakening and healing mind, it’s a sharing of the same consistent message: Release the illusion of separation,...

Dr. David Thompson is on call.  First came the call of God to medical missions; then a phone call announced the brutal murder of David's parents at the hands of the Viet Cong. Later another call carried the determined missionary kid through medical school. Today, David Thompson responds to the persistent calls of the sick and dying at the Bongolo Mission Hospital in Gabon, West Africa.

The Catholic faith is not a set of rules or a body of doctrines, but is a way of life, writes David Scott. It's a lived faith that contains convincing, intellectually coherent, and spiritually fulfilling answers to the biggest questions: Who is God? Who is Jesus? Why are we here? Where are we going?...

Puzzles and Words 2 is the second pocket-sized puzzle book from Australia's best known puzzle-maker and word nerd, David Astle. There are over 175 original puzzles from anagrams to riddles and quizzes for all ages and all levels. Accompanying these are some 250 of David's entertaining word...

What is the Gospel of Grace and how can the modern Church apply and communicate it? What does reformation look like for the church today? How do we disciple the coming generation in light of this? This book is a passionate plea to the UK Church to return to the 'acorn' of discipleship from...

"What a good story … one of the best I’ve seen in my fifty years as an editor. Tom Henry feels so authentic. The incidents and anecdotes show us how this often reckless, at times feckless, always generous-hearted guy could have committed these murders." -Renni Browne, founder:...

Spiritual teacher and bridge-builder Brother David Steindl-Rast translates the Apostles' Creed for today, uncovering the deeper universal truths that can be an inspiration to all people. ** ** In Deeper than Words: Living the Apostles’ Creed, Brother David reexamines the words with which the early...