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Johnny Depp is modern Hollywood's most versatile and most enigmatic star. His choice of roles is often quirky, frequently unexpected. In this exciting screen biography, now fully updated for its fifth edition, internationally acclaimed film critic Denis Meikle explores Johnny Depp's career from his...

There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the media, politicians, business leaders, activists, and even scientists--wasting time and money and hampering the development of progressive energy policies. Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy...

By denying evolution altogether, says quantum physicist Amit Goswami, intelligent design believers fly in the face of scientific data. But the idea of intelligent design does contain substance that neo-Darwinists cannot ignore. Goswami posits that consciousness, not matter, is the primary force in the...

Mark Husbands and Daniel J. Treier gather notable evangelical scholars and teachers to address key questions from biblical, historical, theological and ecumenical perspectives. Key questions addressed include: Does the doctrine of imputation of Christ's righteousness need to be rethought, or does it faithfully reflect...

In this second volume, Dr. Zikmund continues the untold stories in the formation of the United Church of Christ (UCC). Volume 1 focused on those ethnic groups, or ecclesiastical movements, often overlooked by UCC historical orthodoxy. This second book of essays does two things:...

El alma es la clave de nuestra vida; es la que une nuestro corazón, nuestra mente y nuestro espíritu. Sin embargo, qué es en realidad? En Guarda tu alma, John Ortberg utiliza un formato popular y repleto de anécdotas para tratar el tema de...

Author: M. Robert Mulholland Jr.Publisher: Upper Room BooksPublished: 10/01/2023Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780835820462

When hundreds of empty, unmarked whiskey bottles are found on the reservation known as The Indian Nation in Arkansas and Oklahoma, the reservation police are very concerned. Drinking whiskey is against the Native American's spiritual beliefs and only those who have lost all hope...

Apparel manufacturing in the American South, by virtue of its size, its reliance upon female labor, and its broad geographic scope, is an important but often overlooked industry that connects the disparate concerns of women's history, southern cultural history, and labor history. In Striking...

When the world-devourer Galactus arrived at the planet Zenn-La, one man stood up to sacrifice himself to save his world: Norrin Radd! In exchange for forgoing his limitless hunger, Galactus transformed Norrin into the Silver Surfer and forced him into servitude as his herald....

More than ever, architectural design is seen as a means to promote commercial goals rather than as an end in itself. Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, for example, simply cannot be considered apart from its intended role as a catalyst for the economic...

Author: Nikolaus SatelmajerPublisher: Pacific Press Publishing AssociationPublished: 06/01/2015Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9780816358403This title is only available via back order

The Ignatian tradition sprang up in the sixteenth century, the fruit of graces bestowed on a Basque nobleman, Ignatius of Loyola. Guided by a passion to find God in all things, Ignatius and his first companions founded the Society of Jesus and inspired many...

For over a century children have spent their summers at "sleepaway" camps in the Adirondacks. These camps inspired vivid memories and created an enduring legacy that has come to be a uniquely American tradition. In A Paradise for Boys and Girls: Children's Camps in...

What happens when the country's greatest logician meets the century's greatest physicist? In the case of Kurt Godel and Albert Einstein the result in Godel's revolutioinary new model of the cosmos. In the 'Godel Universe' the philosophical fantasy of time travel becomes a scientific...

Simple words and bold illustrations show children that friends are easy to find even in the most unlikely places.Author: Taro GomiPublisher: Chronicle BooksPublished: 03/02/2006Pages: 40Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.40h x 7.64w x 0.18dISBN: 9780811852043Language: SpanishAudience: Baby-PreschoolAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz...

Reports 30 years of UFO sightings since 1964 with related data and descriptive features organized by category.Author: Richard H. HallPublisher: Scarecrow PressPublished: 01/03/2001Pages: 704Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.49lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.76w x 2.00dISBN: 9780810838819Review Citation(s): American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2002 pg. 352About the AuthorRichard H....

It's often undetected--but if you knew the damage it was causing, you'd do everything possible to root it out!Envy. It's insidious. Pervasive. Corrosive. In the age of materialism and social media, it's difficult not to feel the creep of this increasing and ever-present temptation....

"Parishes have since the 1960s fashioned a new model of parish: not that of pastor and assistants with sisters in the school but a model of circles of ministry around the pastor," states Thomas O'Meara. His Theology of Ministry, now revised and updated, brings...

1776, 1861, 1929. Any high-school student should know what these years meant to American history. But wars and economic disasters are not our only pivotal events, and other years have, in a quieter way, swayed the course of our nation. 1831 was one of...