John: 7690 books

Roll back to the 1950s, courtesy of Somewhere Children Shout, a new retrospective by author John Keeler Mitchell, who lived it all. As he recalls, it was a time of black-and-white TV, movies where the word “damn” was used with great discretion, and computers were room-filling contraptions with...

City bankers : Pat Kennedy, Michael Fitzwilliams,Sergei Tarasov and their friends Tom Barton and John Francis continue their pursuit of wealth in a rapidly changing international political and business environment. Thwarted by Vladimir Putin's dreams of a Greater Russia, they are faced with falling...

This study examines Mormon mysticism, mythology, and magic. The ascension theology of the Prophet Joseph Smith (1805-1844), founder of Mormonism, is compared to the metaphysics of Nicene Christianity. Smith espoused a soteriological model in which it is necessary for each man to work out his own salvation...

Here’s Your Wisdom For 2011 is a collection of John T. Schmitz’s columns, which appear in the online magazine Secret Laboratory. Always witty and insightful, the author dissects, analyzes, and comments upon current events, national affairs, and politics. At times, Mr. Schmitz candidly discusses...

Adding zeal, heart, and clarity to the buzz about new state and national standards for media literacy, three public school teachers capture the what and the why of teaching this new literacy to our media-soaked students. Harry Costner is the Exemplary Project Coordinator at Gunston Middle School....

Didier Drogba...the name strikes fear into defenders throughout football and excites fans around the world. The giant forward's life story is as amazing as some of the goals which have turned him into a hero on two continents.Born in 1978 in Abidjan, the capital of the troubled African state of Ivory...

From December 2013 through March 2014, Christian pastor John Mabry went on a most amazing pilgrimage -- to visit the most significant sites of the Buddha's life and to reflect deeply on what he saw, in conversation with his own faith. From there, his journey took him to Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan, and...

Billy's new job in the old folks home is going well, until he meets Leo McDonald, a former Christian missionary with advancing dementia, antisocial tendencies and a startling secret. Billy isn't too concerned with Leo's behaviour. After all he's just a harmless old man... isn't...

Adapted and Translated by John Stark

This book is to be used in conjunction with Dr. Jerome Wagner's basic introduction to the Enneagram titled, "The Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles: An Introductory Guide." Therefore this can be used by beginners who have never encountered the Enneagram. It can also be used by spiritual directors,...

Najat Ozkaya was born in Konya, Turkey, in the 14th century CE. His father was a Sufi teacher, and Najat assumed his mantle upon his death. Najat's poetry is similar to the Sufi poetry of Rumi or Hafiz, centered on the relationship of the soul with its Beloved, Allah. Najat's writings were thought...

The largest, most complex and most destructive war humanity has yet fought, the Second World War escapes easy description. Spirit over Steel is more than just a chronology of the war's main events, it also weaves in hundreds of individual threads into the tapestry of the whole conflict and...

In the last few decades, new technologies have brought composers and listeners to the brink of an era of limitless musical possibility. They stand before a vast ocean of creative potential, in which any sounds imaginable can be synthesised and pieced together into radical new styles and forms of music-making....

A soldier in the US Army stationed in Japan after World War II, John (“Jack”) Allison was given the opportunity to return home with an honorable discharge after four years of service. Yet he decided to further postpone his career in the US, and stay on to help rebuild the country with which he...