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  101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

 
101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) under Authors, A-Z in The Books Store
Price: $1.50
Sale: $0.01
 
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Edgar Allan Poe::Walt Whitman::Robert Frost::Langston Hughes::Emily Dickinson::T S. Eliot::Marianne Moore
Publisher: Dover Publications
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.008
Publication Date: 1998-01-21
Reading Level: 96
 
Description:
Rich treasury of verse from the 19th and 20th centuries, selected for popularity and literary quality, includes Poe's "The Raven," Whitman's "I Hear America Singing," as well as poems by Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, many other notables.

 

  The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions

 
The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions under Authors, A-Z in The Books Store
Price: $16.95
Sale: $5.00
 
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Huston Smith
Publisher: HarperOne
Edition: Rev Rep
Dewey Decimal Number: 291
Publication Date: 1991-09-13
Reading Level: 399
 
Description: The World's Religions, by Huston Smith, has been a standard introduction to its eponymous subject since its first publication in 1958. Smith writes humbly, forswearing judgment on the validity of world religions. His introduction asks, "How does it all sound from above? Like bedlam, or do the strains blend in strange, ethereal harmony? ... We cannot know. All we can do is try to listen carefully and with full attention to each voice in turn as it addresses the divine. Such listening defines the purpose of this book." His criteria for inclusion and analysis of religions in this book are "relevance to the modern mind" and "universality," and his interest in each religion is more concerned with its principles than its context. Therefore, he avoids cataloging the horrors and crimes of which religions have been accused, and he attempts to show each "at their best." Yet The World's Religions is no pollyannaish romp: "It is about religion alive," Huston writes. "It calls the soul to the highest adventure it can undertake, a proposed journey across the jungles, peaks, and deserts of the human spirit. The call is to confront reality." And by translating the voices of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Confucianism, Christianity, and Judaism, among others, Smith has amplified the divine call for generations of readers. --Michael Joseph Gross

 

  Running with the Giants: What the Old Testament Heroes Want You to Know About Life and Leadership

 
Running with the Giants: What the Old Testament Heroes Want You to Know About Life and Leadership under Authors, A-Z in The Books Store
Price: $13.99
Sale: $7.04
 
Manufacturer: FaithWords
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Hardcover
Author: John C. Maxwell
Publisher: FaithWords
Dewey Decimal Number: 221.922
Publication Date: 2002-09
Reading Level: 112
 
Description: Himself an inspiration to millions through his motivational speeches and bestselling books, John C. Maxwell reaches out to the leading icons of the Old Testament for the life and leadership lessons conveyed in his thought-provoking albeit slim Running with the Giants. Maxwell, author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and a half-dozen other books on the topic, writes here that biblical personalities like Abraham, Joseph, and Moses can provide us with the real "inspiration, wisdom, and empowerment" we need to lead. For example, Maxwell explains, Noah's actions teach us that "one person can make a difference"; he then fleshes out relevant maxims like "Don't be afraid to stand out in a crowd" and "Don't be afraid to do something for the first time" to bring this concept into the 21st century. Likewise, the servant girl from the book of Kings shows us how "one small act can make a big difference," but for it to happen today one must be confident and credible and "speak to people's needs." Those committed to the sources from which Maxwell draws will particularly appreciate his take on the lessons they impart, as well as his athletically inspired theme and contemporary presentation. --Howard Rothman

 

  The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life

 
The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life under Authors, A-Z in The Books Store
Price: $13.95
Sale: $7.83
 
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Emmet Fox
Publisher: HarperOne
Dewey Decimal Number: 226.906
Publication Date: 1989-10-18
Reading Level: 192
 
Description: The Sermon on the Mount--now passing its 65th birthday--remains a vital and provocative introduction to the ideas at the heart of Christian Science. At heart it means to be entirely practical, as the "Science" of the name would indicate. Denying any interest in theology (there is no theology in the Bible, Fox argues), the author instead suggests that what Jesus was after was results: "Jesus explains to us what the nature of God is, and what our own nature is; tells us the meaning of life and of death; shows us why we make mistakes; why we yield to temptation; why we become sick, and impoverished, and old; and, most important of all, he tells us how all these evils may be overcome, and how we may bring health, happiness, and true prosperity into our lives."

And the Spiritual Key? Fox puts it quite simply: "The Truth turns out to be nothing less than the amazing but undeniable fact that the whole outer world--whether it be the physical body, the common things of life, the winds and the rain, the clouds, the earth itself--is amenable to man's thought, and that he has dominion over it when he knows it." --Doug Thorpe


 

  The Seven Storey Mountain

 
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Price: $16.00
Sale: $6.98
 
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Thomas Merton
Publisher: Harvest Books
Edition: Anv
Dewey Decimal Number: 271.12502
Publication Date: 1999-10-04
Reading Level: 496
 
Description: In 1941, a brilliant, good-looking young man decided to give up a promising literary career in New York to enter a monastery in Kentucky, from where he proceeded to become one of the most influential writers of this century. Talk about losing your life in order to find it. Thomas Merton's first book, The Seven Storey Mountain, describes his early doubts, his conversion to a Catholic faith of extreme certainty, and his decision to take life vows as a Trappist. Although his conversionary piety sometimes falls into sticky-sweet abstractions, Merton's autobiographical reflections are mostly wise, humble, and concrete. The best reason to read The Seven Storey Mountain, however, may be the one Merton provided in his introduction to its Japanese translation: "I seek to speak to you, in some way, as your own self. Who can tell what this may mean? I myself do not know, but if you listen, things will be said that are perhaps not written in this book. And this will be due not to me but to the One who lives and speaks in both." --Michael Joseph Gross

 

  Knowing God

 
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Price: $22.00
Sale: $10.23
 
Manufacturer: InterVarsity Press
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: J. I. Packer
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 231
Publication Date: 1993-07-01
Reading Level: 286
 
Description: A lifelong pursuit of knowing God should embody the Christian's existence. According to eminent theologian J.I. Packer, however, Christians have become enchanted by modern skepticism and have joined the "gigantic conspiracy of misdirection" by failing to put first things first. Knowing God aims to redirect our attention to the simple, deep truth that to know God is to love His Word. What began as a number of consecutive articles angled for "honest, no-nonsense readers who were fed up with facile Christian verbiage" in 1973, Knowing God has become a contemporary classic by creating "small studies out of great subjects." Each chapter is so specific in focus (covering topics such as the trinity, election, God's wrath, and God's sovereignty), that each succeeding chapter's theology seems to rival the next, until one's mind is so expanded that one's entire view of God has changed. Author Elizabeth Eliot wrote that amid the lofty content Packer "puts the hay where the sheep can reach it--plainly shows us ordinary folks what it means to know God." Having rescued us from the individual hunches of our ultra-tolerant theological age, Packer points the reader to the true character of God with his theological competence and compassionate heart. The lazy and faint-hearted should be warned about this timeless work--God is magnified, the sinner is humbled, and the saint encouraged. --Jill Heatherly

 

  Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul: 101 Stories to Celebrate, Honor and Inspire the Nursing Profession (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

 
Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul: 101 Stories to Celebrate, Honor and Inspire the Nursing Profession (Chicken Soup for the Soul) under Authors, A-Z in The Books Store
Price: $14.95
Sale: $5.98
 
Manufacturer: HCI
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Jack Canfield::Mark Victor Hansen::Nancy Mitchell Autio::LeAnn Thieman
Publisher: HCI
Edition: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.73
Publication Date: 2001-08-30
Reading Level: 384
 
Description:
"These stories cannot help but touch the hearts and souls of all who read it, nurses or not. The authors have done nursing a wonderful service by bringing to light the touching, funny, heartfelt anecdotes shared by those at the bedside."
-Sally Russell, M.N., R.N. , Educational Director Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses


This collection of true stories champions the daily contributions, commitments and sacrifices of nurses and portrays the compassion, intellect and wit necessary to meet the challenging demands of the profession.

Stories from student nurses recall why they entered the profession; stories from seasoned nurses reveal why they stay, and some stories reflect on the "good old days." Most important, as every fan of the series knows, each story shares hope for the future.

Regardless of age or area of practice, health-care workers the world over will find their own hearts and souls in these stories as they discover the universality of what they do-and the power of their skillful hands and devoted hearts.


 

  Only Love Is Real: A Story of Soulmates Reunited

 
Only Love Is Real: A Story of Soulmates Reunited under Authors, A-Z in The Books Store
Price: $13.99
Sale: $7.04
 
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Brian Weiss
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.9013
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Reading Level: 192
 
Description: The author of the best-selling Many Lives, Many Masters recounts how he helped two patients discover that they had been lovers in a past life and shows readers how they can discover their own reincarnated soulmate. Reprint.

 

  The Power of Focus: What the Worlds Greatest Achievers Know about The Secret of Financial Freedom and Success

 
The Power of Focus: What the Worlds Greatest Achievers Know about The Secret of Financial Freedom and Success under Authors, A-Z in The Books Store
Price: $14.95
Sale: $5.94
 
Manufacturer: HCI
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: Jack Canfield::Mark Victor Hansen::Les Hewitt
Publisher: HCI
Edition: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 158.1
Publication Date: 2000-03-01
Reading Level: 310
 
Description: Whether they are corporate professionals, budding entrepreneurs, or they own a home business, most people are looking to achieve more in less time, while earning enough money to live comfortably. This book reveals the proven techniques thousands of people have used to attain all of the money they wanted while living healthy, happy and balanced lives. The Power of Focus, the new blockbuster from the coauthors of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul, is a practical no-nonsense guide that shows readers how to reach their business, personal and financial goals without getting burned out in the process.

Canfield, Hansen, and Hewitt have taken the best ideas from their own successful careers (seventy-nine years of combined business expertise), and distilled them into ten powerful focusing principles. The result is a treasury of insights that is enjoyable to read and easy to understand. At the outset, the book identifies the three most important fundamentals for consistent success: developing unusual clarity; understanding that habits determine your future; and using a "no exceptions policy" approach to focus on what you want. Numerous anecdotes and inspiring stories help to reinforce each principle.

This is a must-read for business people, sales managers, entrepreneurs, and anyone who is serious about improving their personal awareness.


 

  Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)

 
Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) under Authors, A-Z in The Books Store
Price: $12.00
Sale: $6.69
 
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number of Items: 1
 
 
Binding: Paperback
Author: John Milton
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.4
Publication Date: 2003-04-29
Reading Level: 512
 
Description: Edited with an introduction and notes by John Leonard.

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