Sammy watches as the seasons pass and trees blossom, bear fruit, and shed their leaves. When Tu B'Shevat arrives, his spinning skills provide a gift for his favorite tree.
Though the apostle Paul wrote letters to many of the churches he founded, none of his extant letters reveal more about him, his missionary activity, and the community of faith he sought to pastor than 1 Corinthians. In 1 Corinthians, Paul tried to influence--even control--the church in the context of a city that had lasting memories of Greek democracy but the present realities of a Roman proconsul. This volume highlights Paul as apostle, missi...
This novel documents the life of an American male from birth in the 1930's through Vietnam. It is a story of family and love as well as hatred and violence. Meyer's juvenile, Me and Caleb, won the 1962 Follett Award.
This title investigates the critical role posters and other graphic materials played in the Chicano struggle for self-determination in California, from the borderland of San Diego to the urban metropolis of San Francisco.
Jesus returns to visit his church, but his chosen followers are skeptical. Is this really Jesus? Or a talented con artist? Or worse? How will they decide? Take him to a psychiatrist? Consult the bishop? Funny and uplifting fantasy.
Passage to Dusk deals with the Lebanese civil war of the 1970s in a postmodern, poetic style. The narrative focuses on the deranged, destabilized, confused, and hyper-perceptive state of mind created by living on the scene through a lengthy war. The story is filled with details that transcend the willed narcissism of the main character, while giving clues to the culture of the time. It is excellent fiction, written in a surrealistic mode, but ...
Foley and Moss are partners in a successful small business, making plaster pixies for the tourist trade. Foley is the artistic member of the partnership, he thinks up the ideas and designs and has pretensions to even greater artistry in his cherub lamps and fixtures. Moss, the seemingly quiet one who supplied the capital for the venture, manufactures them. Barry Unsworth sets his scene magnificently-a Cornish village, Lanruan, thriving on spec...
World War Two: U.S. Military Plans for the Invasion of Japan are the formerly Top Secret records for the invasion of Japan, if the A-bomb didn't work or didn't meet military and/or production deadlines. These records show that invading Japan on the beached, in a Normandy-style invasion would have been an enormous blood-bath, estimates were that 250, 00-1, 000, 000 lives wourld have been lost in attempting an invasion of Japan by Sea.
Written to be enjoyed by all music lovers, this study reveals for the first time the founder of the vibrato, Lambert Massart--documented by original sources recently discovered by the author. It is the most comprehensive history of the violin available today. It describes the connection between the masters and their pupils from all the major schools, lists the instruments played and owned by each violinist, suggests important recordings to und...
The most complete and up-to-date guide available to canoeing and paddling destinations in Michigan. Includes more than 70 whitewater and flatwater trips in both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.