Turner Publishing Company: 2181 books
A Safe Place for Women
How to Survive Domestic Abuse and Create a Successful Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
A Safe Place for Women tells a harrowing, but ultimately hopeful, story of one woman's ordeal with an abusive husband and how she gained the strength to leave him and thrive in a new life with her children. Noted women's advocate Kelly White unsparingly revisits the dark periods of her husband's irrational,...
Masking and Unmasking Ourselves
Interpreting Biblical Texts on Clothing & Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Our clothes conceal our naked bodies but what do they reveal about our souls?
"Clothes assume a primary importance as a vehicle that suggests character, provides insights into a person's identity and even governs it…. But the problem is that if Oscar Wilde is correct that 'if you give...
How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive
A Guide to Patient Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Dr. Sheldon Blau almost died after undergoing open-heart surgery—not from the surgery or heart disease, but from infectious bacteria introduced during surgery. His in-hospital experiences made him a better doctor, and inspired him to write How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive. The book describes...
Yom Kippur Readings
Inspiration, Information and Contemplation
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
A powerful collection of writings about Yom Kippur that will add spiritual depth and holiness to your experience of the Day of Atonement.
As Rosh Hashanah ends and you look ahead to Yom Kippur, what do you think about? The familiar melody of Kol Nidre? The long hours of fasting? The days of...
Meaning & Mitzvah
Daily Practices for Reclaiming Judaism through Prayer, God, Torah, Hebrew, Mitzvot and Peoplehood
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2011
Delve deeper into spiritual practice to find the power and meaning waiting there for you.
“Spiritual practice reveals that the Garden of Eden is right where you are standing and helps you to be here, now. Therefore, Jewish spiritual practices cultivate joy, hope, resilience and understanding...
New Jewish Baby Book (2nd Edition)
Names, Ceremonies & Customs—A Guide for Today's Families
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
The practical, inspiring guide for all Jewish people expecting a baby.
Expanded, updated, and revised.
A complete resource to the traditions and rituals for welcoming a new child to the world and into the Jewish community, and for commemorating this joyous event in family life—whatever your...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
by Dr. Ron Wolfson, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
A colorful, fun-to-read introduction that explains the ways and whys of
Jewish worship, faith, and religious life.
What You Will See Inside a Synagogue will:
Satisfy kids’ curiosity about what goes on in synagogues attended by their friends, broadening awareness of other faiths at an...
For Kids—Putting God on Your Guest List (2nd Edition)
How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
The kids’ companion to the award-winning Putting God on the Guest List, 3rd Ed.: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah
Used as an inspiring part of bar/bat mitzvah preparation for parents in hundreds of congregations around the world.
Jewish youngsters...
A Dangerous Dozen
12 Christians Who Threatened the Status Quo but Taught Us to Live Like Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Sometimes What We Need Most Is What We Fear Most
"Times change and situations seem to change, but there is still a great need for prophets, for God's ambassadors, to stand up and be counted. Who will dare to be Paul the Apostle today, or Dorothy Day, or Francis of Assisi, or Dietrich Bonhoeffer?...
Desert Fathers and Mothers
Early Christian Wisdom Sayings—Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Timeless and contemplative sayings from the earliest Christian sages of desert spirituality can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.
The desert fathers and mothers were ordinary Christians living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Arabia who chose to renounce...
Saint Ignatius Loyola—The Spiritual Writings
Selections Annotated & Explained
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This sixteenth-century mystic, whose mission was to ignite a love of Jesus in the hearts of all, can be a companion for your own spiritual journey.
Ignatius of Loyola, sixteenth-century mystic, spiritual director, and founder of the Society of Jesus, is considered to be among the greatest educators...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Basics 2/E
A Practical Family Guide to Coming of Age Together
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
How to manage the process with grace, joy and good sense.
A practical guide that gives parents and teens the "how-to" information they need to navigate the bar/bat mitzvah process and grow as a family through this experience. For the first time in one book, everyone directly involved...
Being God's Partner
How to Find the Hidden Link Between Spirituality and Your Work
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
What is spirituality anyway? Isn't spirituality about emotion?
And isn't work about the rational mind?
"Too often, we divorce our 'work life’ from our 'real life,’ from our innermost beliefs and convictions. But ‘work’ can be as much a part of our life—and as much a vehicle for...