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1) On marriage
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
x, 323 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"As far back as our history books go, we have no record of a time preceding marriage. Isn't that an extraordinary fact?" So writes Devorah Baum in this searching and revelatory book. Marriage, for better or for worse, is how humans have organized their world and told their story. Straight, queer, coupled, single: none live outside the remit of marriage. One might as well try to live beyond language. But when confronted with the question "What do...
2) With wonder
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Can you be both Christian and Queer? The film attempts to answer this question by intimately following the stories of Queer people of color from around the globe.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fifteen families. Four hundred years. The complex saga of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite in America's history. For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America. While the WASP elite has, in the last half century, indeed drifted from American centrality to...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
474 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A "magisterial" (Sunday Times) illumination of how books were used in war across the twentieth century--both as weapons and as agents for peace. We tend not to talk about books and war in the same breath--one ranks among humanity's greatest inventions, the other among its most terrible. But as esteemed literary historian Andrew Pettegree demonstrates, the two are deeply intertwined. The Book at War explores the various roles that books have played...
Author
Publisher
Street Noise Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A coming-of-age graphic novel memoir about a young man who, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community, realizes he's gay and struggles to reconcile his faith with who he is"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 audio discs (6 hr., 58 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In short chapters, Pence walks us through the principles that he and his wife, Karen, developed to raise their family. He gives credit to his parents for setting the precedent of gathering around the dinner table and for being attentive listeners. He discusses how he and Karen prioritized their relationship, even when they struggled professionally through two failed congressional races and personally with infertility. He reveals how he learned to...
Author
Series
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the sun, moon, stars, constellations, and comets, this out-of-this-world introduction to space will not only introduce budding astronomers to new words, facts, and concepts, but will encourage them to see God in the universe he created and reinforce the message that the same God loves them too."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
MFF Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 246 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rebecca Chopp never expected a routine annual checkup to uncover symptoms that ultimately revealed she has early-stage Alzheimer's disease. The news was devastating. After recovering from the shock and grappling with the changes Alzheimer's meant for her life plans, Rebecca knew the next steps: retire from her stressful job leading the University of Denver, hold on to the core of herself for as long as possible, and find ways each day to live well...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Based on extensive scholarship, an innovative biography of the central text of Islam Over a billion copies of the Qur`an exist, yet it remains an enigma. Its classical Arabic language resists simple translation, and its non-linear style of abstract musings defies categorization. Moreover, those who champion its sanctity and compete to claim its mantle offer widely diverging interpretations of its core message at times with explosive results. Building...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of Relationship Goals, an engaging story to help children navigate relationships with kindness and respect. Drawing on the key ideas that propelled Relationship Goals to bestseller status, Pastor Michael Todd offers an energetic storybook that teaches children about the importance of developing a close relationship with God and how that spills over into healthy relationships with other people"--
Author
Series
Tribulation cult volume 1
Publisher
Fidelis Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
ix, 452 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beginning with the emergence of the New Left out of the tumultuous 1960s, the first two installments of Tribulation Cult stretch over three generations, climaxing with the election of 2048. Center stage are four college friends who follow divergent life paths-- two Christians who become ministers, their liberal counterparts who rise to the summit of world politics. The journeys of the four focus many interconnected themes in the lives of men and women...
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