Marvin: 663 books
The Year I Was Peter the Great
1956—Khrushchev, Stalin’s Ghost, and a Young American in Russia
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia—and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents
1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called “the year of the thaw”—a time when Stalin’s dark legacy of dictatorship died...
A Martyr's Grace
21 Moody Bible Institute Alumni Who Gave Their Lives for Christ
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
"Have you grace to be a martyr?" D.L. Moody was once asked.
"No," he replied, "I have not. But if God wanted me to be one, he would give me a martyr's grace."
They came from around the world. Administrators, teachers, doctors and nurses, church planters...
by Marvin Platt
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Three times in American history the United States has found itself at critical crossroads: The Civil War, The Great Depression, World War II.It now faces Congressional impasse, debt and fiscal challenges, a need for fairer tax codes, resolution of a health care crisis, trade imbalances, job...
Sueño en Llamas
From the Ashes His Conscience was Born
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
To die in a fire is one of the most terrible deaths. Who would want to die with the skin and muscles in ebullition “swallowing smoke, swallowing misery, swallowing one’s own consciousness”? This happened to thirty six people the last day of January 1980 in the Spaniard Embassy in Guatemala City....
by Marvin Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2013
After disappearing for seven long years without a trace Charles Smithson suddenly reappears one day after he was found unconscious on a hiking trail in the Mission Hills area of San Diego, California.He has a bizarre story to tell about desperate men who are following him and wish him dead....
by Marvin Perkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2014
Everybody needs help making in this crazy world of ours, Some days it's hard to even get out of bed especially if it's raining outside and it seems as if the whole world is against you. These poems and essay are my umbrella that I use to keep those raimdrops off my head I hope they can be of some use to others.
A Flower for Martha: A Dust-Bowl-Days-Novel
The Cole Family Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
MARTHA COLE is the oldest of four children. She and her family live on a farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Martha loves the peaceful life on the farm. She especially loves flowers. Each spring she plants and cares for her own little flower garden.
As Fall approaches in 1930, Martha is looking...
The Law is (Not) for Kids
A Legal Rights Guide for Canadian Children and Teens
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
In this practical guide to the law for young people of Canada, Ned Lecic and Marvin Zuker provide an all-encompassing manual meant to empower and educate children and youth and those that serve them. The authors address questions about how rights and laws affect the lives of young people at home,...
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel...
The Gospels of Mary
The Secret Tradition of Mary Magdalene, the Companion of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Mary Magdalene, Jesus's Closest Disciple
Marvin Meyer, one of the foremost scholars of the Gnostic Gospels:
translates and introduces the Gnostic and New Testament texts that together reveal the story and importance of Mary Magdalene
includes new translations of the Gospels of Mary, Thomas,...
by Marvin Kitman, Gen. George Washington
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A journalist takes a close look at the Founding Father’s creative accounting skills in “a very funny book” (The New York Times Book Review).
George Washington made a noble gesture of refusing payment for his services as commander in chief of the Continental Army—but as this book reveals,...
by Marvin Walters
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
If you’re looking for a “how to” book on doing stunts for TV, movies, music videos and the like, you’ve got the wrong book. In truth, I would never even consider writing such a book because writing such a book is – in my opinion – fool-hardy and dangerous… and the potential liability...
Back Yonder
Marvin Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Back Yonder is not fancy. It is like a hand-sewn quilt. It has taken much time and effort. What you see is what you get. The tales are original and have some truth, even though I have added some exaggeration and fiction. Ben Franklin said no one would ever read history unless fiction was added.
Lovers and Other Strangers
A Poetic View of the Male/Female Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Marvin Dozier has an innate creative ability. He is quick to point out that "the male/female relationship is like a wheel in constant motion; always moving, but sometimes going nowhere". He has created personalized poems for the individual or couple; which truly reads as though they themselves...