Gerald: 1985 books
Citizens and Nation
An Essay on History, Communication, and Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2000
Grandmother Andre told stories in front of a campfire. Elizabeth Goudie wrote a memoir in school scribblers. Phyllis Knight taped hours of interviews with her son. Today's families rely on television and video cameras. They are all making history.
In a different approach to that old issue,...
Aging Bones
A Short History of Osteoporosis
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
In the middle of the twentieth century, few physicians could have predicted that the modern diagnostic category of osteoporosis would emerge to include millions of Americans, predominantly older women. Before World War II, popular attitudes held that the declining physical and mental health of older...
The Dark Night of the Soul
A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Now in paperback: a distinguished psychiatrist, spiritual counsellor and bestselling author shows how the dark sides of the spiritual life are a vital ingredient in deep, authentic, healthy spirituality.
Gerald G. May, MD, one of the great spiritual teachers and writers of our time, argues...
Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers
Thirty-three Years in the Oil Fields
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Oil, the black gold of Texas, has given rise to many a myth. Oil could turn a man overnight into a millionaire—and did, for some. But these myths have obscured what life was really like in the oil patch, a place that was neither the El Dorado of legend nor quite the unredeemed den of sin and iniquity...
Vows of Silence
The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2004
Going deep behind the headlines about scandals in the Catholic Church, Jason Berry and Gerald Renner's Vows of Silence follows the staggering trail of evasions and deceit that leads directly to the Vatican -- and taints the legacy of Pope John Paul II. Based on more than six years of investigative...
by Gerald Allen
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Learn the essentials of tropical fish with this useful and portable reference book.
The tremendous abundance of fish seen during a single scuba dive or snorkeling session in the tropics is just staggering. Indeed in some areas, there are dozens of species inhabiting only one or two hectares...
Penguins
The Animal Answer Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Flightless, iconic birds made even more famous by the 2005 film March of the Penguins, penguins conjure up images of caring parents, devoted couples, and tough survivors. In Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide, Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch inform readers about all seventeen species, including the...
by Gerald of Wales
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2006
Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading Norman families involved in the invasion of Ireland, he first visited there in 1183 and later returned in the entourage of Henry II. The resulting Topographia Hiberniae is an...
by Gerald N. Lund
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Could there be a subject more compelling than the Savior's Second Coming? In this book, Elder Gerald N. Lund brings into sharp focus the events, both thrilling and threatening, that are to precede and accompany that time. Deliberately, avoiding the speculation common to many books on this topic, Elder...
Back from the Dead
The Book of Congregational Growth
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Almost everywhere throughout the greater church are unsustainable trends—endowments are being depleted, building maintenance deferred, congregations are aging and dwindling, and budgets are too far out-of-whack. And although there is much literature on what to do to grow congregations, little has...
Israel Matters
Why Christians Must Think Differently about the People and the Land
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Widely respected theologian Gerald McDermott has spent two decades investigating the meaning of Israel and Judaism. What he has learned has required him to rethink many of his previous assumptions.
Israel Matters addresses the perennially important issue of the relationship between Christianity...
The Color of Fascism
Lawrence Dennis, Racial Passing, and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2006
What does it mean that Lawrence Dennis—arguably the “brains” behind U.S. fascism—was born black but spent his entire adult life passing for white? Born in Atlanta in 1893, Dennis began life as a highly touted African American child preacher, touring nationally and arousing audiences with his...
by Gerald N. Lund
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
A booklet about the Christmas story told by Gerald Lund.
by Gerald O'Collins
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Despite a long history of external threats and internal strife, the Roman Catholic Church remains a vast and influential presence in our modern world. But what were its origins, and how has it changed and adapted over the centuries? After Pope Benedict XVI dramatically resigned in early 2013 (the...