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by Kenneth Gangel, Stephen J. Bramer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
One in a series of twenty Old Testament verse-by-verse commentary books edited by Max Anders. Includes discussion starters, teaching plan, and more. Great for lay teachers and pastors alike.
Encountering Theology of Mission (Encountering Mission)
Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This fresh, comprehensive text fills a need for an up-to-date theology of mission. It offers creative approaches to answering some of the most pressing questions in theology of mission and missionary practice today. The authors, who are leading mission experts, discuss biblical theology of mission,...
Fire on the Rim
A Firefighter's Season at the Grand Canyon
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
In this lively account of one [fire] season, Pyne introduces us to the tightly knit world of a fire crew, to the complex geography of the North Rim, to the technique and changing philosophy of fire management.
The Ice
A Journey to Antarctica
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
�The Ice is a compilation of more about ice than you knew you wanted to know, yet sheer compelling significance holds attention page by page. . . . Pyne conveys a view of Antarctica that interweaves physical science with humanistic inquiry and perception. His audacity as well as his presentation warrant admiration, for the implications of The Ice are vast.��New York Times Book Review
Eternity of Eagles
The Human History of the Most Fascinating Bird in the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
The Eagle’s Shadow is a profusely illustrated celebration of all things eagle, by a naturalist who has kept eagles himself and ridden with the eagle tribes of Central Asia.”
by Stephen J. Schrader
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Three thousand years ago, God told Daniel, "Hide these words and put a seal on the book until the end of days." Today, Dr. Tamarah Frenmen has broken the seal and revealed the shocking secrets that lie within the Bible itself. And, the most horrific is that the Antichrist is real. He's an...
by Stephen J. Kunitz
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Across the contiguous 48 states, populations in states with more activist civic cultures have lower mortality than states that do not follow this model. Several different factors can be pointed to as causes for this discrepancy - net income, class inequality, and the history of settlement in each...
Invisible Terrain
John Ashbery and the Aesthetics of Nature
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
In his debut collection, Some Trees (1956), the American poet John Ashbery poses a question that resonates across his oeuvre and much of modern art: 'How could he explain to them his prayer / that nature, not art, might usurp the canvas?' When Ashbery asks this strange question, he joins a host of...
by Stephen J. Ball
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book considers Foucault as educator in three main ways. First, through some consideration of what his work says about education as a social and political practice. That is, education as a form of what Allen (2014) calls benign violence – which operates through mundane, quotidian disciplinary...
1,000-Year Flood
Destruction, Loss, Rescue, and Redemption along the Mississippi River
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
The people that will be most affected by a “greater Cedar Rapids” were staying home, or were still coping in FEMA trailers where the water pipes routinely burst in the harsh Iowa winter, or were living with relatives, or had simply disappeared and moved on or given up. They had sold their
flooded...
by Stephen J. Thornton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
No plan to increase achievement and enact reform in the social studies classroom will succeed without recognizing the central importance of the teacher as the “gatekeeper” of instruction. In this book, Thornton details why teachers must develop strong skills in curriculum planning and...
The Shape and Shaping of the College and University in America
A Lively Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This bookpresents the issues, controversies, and key players that formed and enabled the American college and university to endure as a critical institution of the nation and society. Nelson examines contested issues and concerns in the academy such as the role and position of religion; the place...
Fire in America
A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.
Presidential Communication and Character
White House News Management from Clinton and Cable to Twitter and Trump
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
This book traces the evolution of White House news management during America’s changing media environment over the past two decades. Comparing and contrasting the communication strategies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, it demonstrates the difficulty that all presidents...