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The Astronaut Always Rings Twice

by Shannon Allen, JR Campbell, Hayden Trenholm, Wendy N. Wagner, J.W. Schnarr, Calvin D. Jim, Douglas DiCicco, Al Onia, Michael Teasdale, J. Gordon, Kenzie Lappin, David F. Shultz, Ewan A. Dougall, Chris Barnham, Kirk Bueckert ...

Crime Is Not Bound by GravityTurns out, greed and passion are universal truths, and leaving Earth does not mean leaving behind humanity. Spaceships, other planets, even Virtual Reality: all carry the taint of human desires.Androids and robots fight for equal rights. The poor struggle to survive while the rich build private paradises high above the mess of Earth. Big Brother is watching and death ... Read more

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Crime Is Not Bound by GravityTurns out, greed and passion are universal truths, and leaving Earth does not mean leaving behind humanity. Spaceships, other planets, even Virtual Reality: all carry the taint of human desires.Androids and robots fight for equal rights. The poor struggle to survive while the rich build private paradises high above the mess of Earth. Big Brother is watching and death
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The Future of the World's Forests

Ideas vs Ideologies

by Jim Douglas, Markku Simula ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
At the landmark 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit), solemn resolutions were made both to protect the world’s biodiversity and to co-operate on managing natural forests in a sustainable and ecologically responsible way. If anything, given recent developments in issues such as climate change and poverty, the problem of protecting and sustaining forests ... Read more

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At the landmark 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit), solemn resolutions were made both to protect the world’s biodiversity and to co-operate on managing natural forests in a sustainable and ecologically responsible way. If anything, given recent developments in issues such as climate change and poverty, the problem of protecting and sustaining forests
... Read more
100 Film Musicals

by Douglas Pye, Jim Hillier ...

Series series BFI Screen Guides
From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music ... Read more

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From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music
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Jim Kaat: Good As Gold

My Eight Decades in Baseball

by Jim Kaat, Douglas B. Lyons ...

An unforgettable look at a lifetime of baseball packed with humor and passion for the game.With a career that has now touched eight decades, Jim Kaat has had a prime front row seat for baseball's continuing evolution. Not only was he a major-league pitcher for 25 seasons, but his time as a pitching coach and his many years as a broadcaster have given him a singular long view of the game.In Good as ... Read more

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An unforgettable look at a lifetime of baseball packed with humor and passion for the game.With a career that has now touched eight decades, Jim Kaat has had a prime front row seat for baseball's continuing evolution. Not only was he a major-league pitcher for 25 seasons, but his time as a pitching coach and his many years as a broadcaster have given him a singular long view of the game.In Good as
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Jungle of the Maya

by Jerry Barrack, Jim Wright, Douglas Goodell ...

The Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated places—an enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. At 9,000,000 acres, it is the largest contiguous tropical forest north of the Amazon in the Western Hemisphere. Within its borders, the Selva Maya provides habitat for an astonishing diversity of ... Read more

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The Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated places—an enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. At 9,000,000 acres, it is the largest contiguous tropical forest north of the Amazon in the Western Hemisphere. Within its borders, the Selva Maya provides habitat for an astonishing diversity of
... Read more
Richard Rorty

Education, Philosophy, and Politics

by Michael A. Peters, Paulo Ghiraldelli Jr., Steven Best, Ramin Farahmandpur, Jim Garrison, Douglas Kellner, James D. Marshall, Peter McLaren, Michael Peters, Björn Ramberg, Alberto Tosi Rodrigues, Juha Suoranta, Kenneth Wain ...

Richard Rorty's neopragmatist philosophy marks him as one of the most gifted and controversial thinkers of his time. Antifoundationalism and antirepresentationalism are the guiding motifs in his thought. He wants to jettison a set of philosophical distinctions-appearance/reality, mind/body, morality/prudence-that have dominated and shaped the history of Western philosophy since the time of Plato. ... Read more

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Richard Rorty's neopragmatist philosophy marks him as one of the most gifted and controversial thinkers of his time. Antifoundationalism and antirepresentationalism are the guiding motifs in his thought. He wants to jettison a set of philosophical distinctions-appearance/reality, mind/body, morality/prudence-that have dominated and shaped the history of Western philosophy since the time of Plato.
... Read more
Path of the Puma

The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion

by Jim Williams ...

During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names – has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore in the food chain -- just ahead of humans – so resilient and resourceful? And what can ... Read more

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During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names – has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the fourth carnivore in the food chain -- just ahead of humans – so resilient and resourceful? And what can
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A Simple, LifeChanging Prayer

Discovering the Power of St. Ignatius Loyola's Examen

by Jim Manney ...

Narrated by Douglas James ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

For most people, most of the time prayer is hard. It is especially difficult—not to mention unsatisfying—when people experience it as formal, dry, and repetitious. But what might happen if you discovered a simple prayer that changed all that? What if you discovered a prayer that changed you?In A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer, Jim Manney introduces Christians to a 500-year-old form of prayer that ... Read more

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For most people, most of the time prayer is hard. It is especially difficult—not to mention unsatisfying—when people experience it as formal, dry, and repetitious. But what might happen if you discovered a simple prayer that changed all that? What if you discovered a prayer that changed you?In A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer, Jim Manney introduces Christians to a 500-year-old form of prayer that
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What's Your Decision?

How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity: How to Make Choices with Confidence and Clarity: An Ignatian Approach to Decision Making

by J. Michael Sparough, Jim Manney ...

Narrated by Douglas James ...

Unabridged

5 hours 1 min

Do I go to graduate school? Whom should I marry? Should I change careers? What do I do with my life now that I'm retired? All of us have important decisions to make decisions that radically alter our lives. Yet, without a sound process in place for making key decisions, we are likely to question whether or not our final decision was a good decision. More to the point, we will never feel fully ... Read more

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Do I go to graduate school? Whom should I marry? Should I change careers? What do I do with my life now that I'm retired? All of us have important decisions to make decisions that radically alter our lives. Yet, without a sound process in place for making key decisions, we are likely to question whether or not our final decision was a good decision. More to the point, we will never feel fully
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Remembering Faithfully Forward

The Daily Niebuhr Family Meditation-Contemplation Reader

Edited by Barry K. Morris ...

Daily Meditation readers abound; some, thankfully, endure. Rare are spiritually grounded and contemplative invitations that feature four generations of earnest family teachers, preachers, activists, journalists, and controversial prophets. In various life conditions, threatening and challenged by sickness and despair, herein are eight Niebuhrs' faithful wrestlings. They bequeath bristling morsels ... Read more

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Daily Meditation readers abound; some, thankfully, endure. Rare are spiritually grounded and contemplative invitations that feature four generations of earnest family teachers, preachers, activists, journalists, and controversial prophets. In various life conditions, threatening and challenged by sickness and despair, herein are eight Niebuhrs' faithful wrestlings. They bequeath bristling morsels
... Read more
Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage

A Tradition and Trajectory of Integrating Piety and Justice

by Donald Dayton ...

This book, widely regarded as groundbreaking since its publication over thirty-five years ago, sheds light on the more radical and prophetic roots of American evangelicalism and has challenged countless readers to rethink their evangelical heritage. It argues that nineteenth-century American evangelicals held a more mature vision of the faith, for they engaged demanding justice, peace, and social ... Read more

$17.29 USD

This book, widely regarded as groundbreaking since its publication over thirty-five years ago, sheds light on the more radical and prophetic roots of American evangelicalism and has challenged countless readers to rethink their evangelical heritage. It argues that nineteenth-century American evangelicals held a more mature vision of the faith, for they engaged demanding justice, peace, and social
... Read more
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Satan Fears You’ll Discover Your True Identity

Do You Know Who You Are?

by Charles H. Kraft ...

Narrated by Jim Denison ...

Unabridged

3 hours 39 min

Satan knows something that most of us fail to consider: human beings are the crown of God's creation. It is this position of honor in all the cosmos that draws Satan's ire.With thoughtful and encouraging insight into our position of value in God's eyes, Charles Kraft explores the overt attacks that destroy our self-image—and the hidden ones too. In his powerful and fortifying book, he answers ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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Satan knows something that most of us fail to consider: human beings are the crown of God's creation. It is this position of honor in all the cosmos that draws Satan's ire.With thoughtful and encouraging insight into our position of value in God's eyes, Charles Kraft explores the overt attacks that destroy our self-image—and the hidden ones too. In his powerful and fortifying book, he answers
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