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  • An Amish Patchwork

    Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World

    by Thomas J. Meyers, Steven M. Nolt ...
    Indiana is home to the world's third-largest Amish population. Indiana's 19 Old Order Amish and two Old Order Mennonite communities show a surprising diversity despite all that unites them as a distinct culture. This contemporary portrait of Indiana's Amish is the first book-length overview of Amish in the state. Thomas J. Meyers and Steven M. Nolt present an overview of the beliefs and values of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Prehistoric Animals

    by Dr. Manfred Baur, Tagirijus, Adam Records, Ellie, John Starcluster, Thomas Nolte, Magnus Moone, Chillheimer, Günther Illi, Nils Bergholz, Doug Collins, Kristiane Semar ...
    Narrated by Debby Van Dooren, Christopher Karatsonyi ...
    Series series HOW AND WHY

    Abridged

    45 min

    Since Life has existed on Earth, new species have emerged whilst others have become extinct. What kind of place was it where life first appeared? How does evolution affect the development of species? What is a living fossil? And why are so many animal species of our time threatened by extinction? ... Read more

    $5.27 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plain Diversity

    Amish Cultures and Identities

    by Steven M. Nolt, Thomas J. Meyers ...
    Series series Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies
    Plain and simple. American popular culture has embraced a singular image of Amish culture that is immune to the complexities of the modern world: one-room school houses, horses and buggies, sound and simple morals, and unfaltering faith. But these stereotypes dangerously oversimplify a rich and diverse culture.In fact, contemporary Amish settlements represent a mosaic of practice and conviction. ... Read more

    $46.69 USD

  • An Amish Patchwork

    Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World

    by Thomas J. Meyers, Steven M. Nolt ...
    Indiana is home to the world's third-largest Amish population. Indiana's 19 Old Order Amish and two Old Order Mennonite communities show a surprising diversity despite all that unites them as a distinct culture. This contemporary portrait of Indiana's Amish is the first book-length overview of Amish in the state. Thomas J. Meyers and Steven M. Nolt present an overview of the beliefs and values of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Amish Grace

    How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy

    by Donald B Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, David L Weaver-Zercher ...
    " This intelligent, compassionate and hopeful book" examines an Amish community's extraordinary response to a horrifying act of violence ( Publisher's Weekly, starred review).On October 2, 2006, a gunman named Charles Roberts entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. He took ten schoolgirls hostage, killing five and critically wounding the others before taking his own life. To ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seeking Places of Peace

    A Global Mennonite History

    by Royden Loewen ...
    Perhaps the most inclusive, sweeping, and insightful history ever written about the North American Mennonite saga. Both authors are eminent historians. Royden Loewen is Professor of History, with a chair in Mennonite Studies, at the University of Winnipeg. Steven M. Nolt is Professor of History at Goshen (IN) College. Both authors of this book bring to the task the insights of "social history." As ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Amish Way

    Patient Faith in a Perilous World

    by Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, David L. Weaver-Zercher ...
    A sensitive and realistic look at the spiritual life and practices of the AmishThis second book by the authors of the award-winning Amish Grace sheds further light on the Amish, this time on their faith, spirituality, and spiritual practices. They interpret the distinctive practices of the Amish way of life and spirituality in their cultural context and explore their applicability for the wider ... Read more

    $14.00 USD

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  • A History of the Amish

    Third Edition

    by Steven M. Nolt ...
    The Amish, one of America’s most intriguingly private, unique, and often misunderstood religious communities, have survived for three hundred years! How has that happened?While much has been written on the Amish, little has been revealed about their history. This book brings together in one volume a thorough history of the Amish people. From their beginnings in Europe through their settlement in ... Read more

    $9.95 USD

  • Rumspringa

    To Be or Not to Be Amish

    by Tom Shachtman ...
    "A riveting account of an Amish rite of passage" and Amish youth as they have never been looked at before ( People )."Shachtman . . . is a sensitive and nimble chronicler of Amish teens, devoting ample space to allowing them to tell their stories in their own words. And their stories are fascinating. . . . This is not only one of the most absorbing books ever written about the Plain People but a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Amish

    by Donald B. Kraybill, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner, Steven M. Nolt ...
    The Amish have always struggled with the modern world. Known for their simple clothing, plain lifestyle, and horse-and-buggy mode of transportation, Amish communities continually face outside pressures to modify their cultural patterns, social organization, and religious world view. An intimate portrait of Amish life, The Amish explores not only the emerging diversity and evolving identities ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Plain Answers About the Amish Life

    Copyright History 2010, 2013

    by Mindy Starns Clark ...
    For Amish fiction readers, young and old alike, Plain Answers About the Amish Life provides a glimpse into an obscure, fascinating world—what the Amish believe and how they live. An engaging question-and-answer format showcases fun and fresh facts about the people who abide by this often-misunderstood faith and unique culture. This updated and revised guide by Mindy Starns Clark (more than 250,000 ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Amish

    A Concise Introduction

    by Steven M. Nolt ...
    Series series Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies
    The essential introduction to Amish life and culture.There seems to be no end to our fascination with the Amish, a religious minority that has both placed itself outside the mainstream of American culture and flourished within it. Yet most people know very little about the nuanced relationship the Amish have with society or their own communities.Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork and ... Read more

    $16.39 USD