Michael Leach: 12 books
by Michael Leach
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Why Stay Catholic? by Michael Leach is an uplifting book about what's right in the Catholic Church today and why tomorrow offers such hope and promise. Scandals in the Catholic Church won't go away. The uninspiring sermons keep coming and lay people who don't feel fulfilled find themselves...
Positively Catholic
25 Really Good Reasons to Love the Faith, Live the Faith, and Share the Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
What's so great about being Catholic?If you posed this question to the average Catholic, there’s a good chance they’d look a little puzzled and confess, “I don’t know. I’ve never really thought about it.”
Well, national best-selling author Michael Leach has thought about it—a...
Glory Road
The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2009
Ten African-American leaders in the church tell their stories of how they embraced Reformed theology and what effect it has had on their lives and ministries.
The ten men who have contributed to this book are often asked, "How did you come to embrace Reformed theology?" With the recent...
Experiencing the Truth
Bringing the Reformation to the African-American Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2008
Experiencing the Truth communicates the need of a vibrant, experiential, Reformed Christianity among African-Americans and all believers.
How does a believer choose a church to attend? Sadly too many Christians search for churches that serve them and meet their perceived needs. Instead they...
I Like Being Married
Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
From the reflections of famous people and the stories of everyday folk to classic love letters and contemporary "ten best" lists, this delightfully eclectic treasury shines a spotlight on the many joys of marriage.
I Like Being Married is the ultimate celebration of the ties that keep loving...
I Like Being Catholic
Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A celebration of the treasured traditions, rituals, and stories that run through the bloodstream of American Catholics
For Andrew Greeley, it is the reverence of Christmas night and the exultation of Easter morn. Martin Scorsese, like many others, remains grateful for the nuns who rapped his...
by Michael Leach
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Timor-Leste’s long journey to nationhood spans 450 years of colonial rule by Portugal, a short-lived independence in 1975, and a 24-year occupation by Indonesia. This book examines the history of nation-building and national identity in Timor-Leste, and the evolution of a collective identity through...
Grizzlies On My Mind
Essays of Adventure, Love, and Heartache from Yellowstone Country
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
What is it about Yellowstone National Park that draws millions of visitors from all over the world? If you've visited Yellowstone, you should already know the answer. If you've never visited—or you have, but still don't know the answer—Michael Leach explains it to you in his book of essays, "Grizzlies...
Subversion, Conversion, Development
Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange and the Politics of Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Explorations of design, use, and reuse of information technology in diverse historical and cultural contexts.
This book explores alternative cultural encounters with and around information technologies. These encounters are alternative because they counter dominant, Western-oriented notions...
Saving the Wall
The Conservation of Hadrian's Wall 1746 - 1987
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
This book tells the story of the conservation of Hadrian's Wall, from the construction of General Wade's Military Road in the eighteenth century to the designation of the Wall as a World Heritage Site in 1987. The first part of the book describes the attempt to protect the Wall via private ownership...
Be Audacious
Inspiring Your Legacy and Living a Life That Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Advertising: Ingram e-comm, Ingram Advance Health and Wellness issue
Awards: Submitted for PNBA, IndieFab, Hoffer Award, etc.
Blurbs: Targeted blurbs from sports celebrities.
Events: Author signings and presentations across the US, Skype how-tos and webinars.
Materials: Be Audacious bracelets, event...
Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication
A South African perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
To date, there has been no published textbook which takes into account changing sociolinguistic dynamics that have influenced South African society. Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication breaks new ground in this arena. The scope of this book ranges from macro-sociolinguistic questions pertaining...