Shapiro: 578 books
Oberammergau
The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The Bavarian village of Oberammergau has staged the trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ nearly every decade since 1634. Each production of the Passion Play attracts hundreds of thousands, many drawn by the spiritual benefits it promises. Yet Hitler called it a convincing portrayal of the...
Living Our Story
Narrative Leadership and Congregational Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Living Our Story explores how good narrative work—the retrieval, construction, and performance of valued stories—takes place in ministry. Authors Larry A. Golemon, Lee Ramsey, N. Graham Standish, Tim Shapiro, Carol Johnson, Mike Mather, Niles Elliot Goldstein, and Diana Butler Bass examine this...
Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice
From Loncheras to Lobsta Love
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Aspects of the urban food truck phenomenon, including community economic development, regulatory issues, and clashes between ethnic authenticity and local sustainability.
The food truck on the corner could be a brightly painted old-style lonchera offering tacos or an upscale mobile vendor serving...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
The pure and penetrating message of the Divine FeminineWisdomcan become a companion for your own spiritual journey.The first of Gods creations and Gods endless delight, Wisdom (also known as Chochma and Sophia) is the Mother of all life, the guide to right livingShe is God manifest in the world you encounter...
The Last Great Senate
Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
The Last Great Senate tells the story of the final four years of the progressive Senate of the 1960s and 1970s which compiled a record of accomplishment unmatched in our country’s history. It is a narrative history of the statesman who, working with an outsider president, Jimmy Carter, helped steer...
A New South Rebellion
The Battle against Convict Labor in the Tennessee Coalfields, 1871-1896
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
In 1891, thousands of Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the state's coal companies, eventually engulfing five mountain communities in a rebellion against government authority. Propelled by the insurgent sensibilities of Populism and Gilded Age unionism, the miners initially...
The Nine Phases of Marriage
How to Make It, Break It, Keep It
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
From the author of Toxic Friends-a groundbreaking look at how to understand your marriage and create a more satisfying relationship
Every marriage goes through nine phases. It is only by understanding the course our marriages run that we can truly begin to craft the perfect relationship. In...
Whistle While You Work
Heeding Your Life's Calling
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Calling is natural. We all possess it. It needs only to uncovered, not
discovered. *Whistle While You Work makes the uncovering process inspiring and fun. Featuring a unique “Calling Card” exercise—a powerful way to put the whistle in your work—it is a liberating and practical guide that will...
Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling
Using Stories to Advocate, Influence, and Persuade
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Nobody I know is funnier, smarter, or has a wider breadth of references than my friend Jonathan Shapiro. This book is a bit of a miracle: informative, insightful, poetic, and funny. —Paul Reiser, comedian, actor, and bestselling author
Using famous real-life court transcripts, television...
When She’S Pregnant
The Essential Guide for Expectant Fathers
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Truly a landmark book --Martin Greenberg, M.D., psychiatrist and author, Birth of a Father When a couple decides to have a baby, it's not only the woman who undergoes changes during pregnancy. The father, too, experiences many changes and it's important that his needs and concerns be addressed. In...
You're Grounded Forever...But First, Let's Go Shopping
The Challenges Mothers Face with Their Daughters and Ten Timely Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Susan Shapiro Barash's provocative new book examines the most difficult challenges any woman faces when raising daughters. Sample chapters include:
• What color would you like that Prada bag in? (material indulgence)
• Do you need to be eating that? (fixations on food and weight)
•...
by Ian Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Ian Shapiro makes a compelling case that the purpose of politics should be to combat domination, and he shows what this means in practice at home and abroad. This is a major work of applied political theory, a profound challenge to utopian visions, and a guide to fundamental problems of justice and distribution.
Zen and the Art of Running
The Path to Making Peace with Your Pace
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2009
All that I am, I am because of my mind. --Paavo Nurmi, Olympic runner with nine gold medals in track & field
All runners strive to get in the "zone," but here they'll learn to enter the ZEN "zone"! By adopting Buddha's mindful approach, you will discover you can run longer, faster, and harder....
Let Us Break Bread Together
A Passover Haggadah for Christians
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Jews have been celebrating the Passover through a special meal, called a seder, for millenia. Jesus himself celebrated the Passover feast with his disciples in what we refer to as The Last Supper. In this special book, co-authored by a rabbi and a pastor, we have the unique opportunity to experience...