Search Results: Spiritual from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Harper & Bros, 1960. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Text/NEW & Bright. 1960, Stated First Edition. Bi-color boards/NF. DJ/Good; PO name to front inner flap; intact w/nips, chips, faint creasings & small losses to edges, & surface rubs. Biography of Presbyterian missionary Reverend Sheldon Jackson (1834 - 1909) who established churches throughout the West, and is best remembered for his work in modern day Alaska.

Los Angeles, CA: David Horowitz Freedom Center, 2006. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. COPY. 67 page examination of the Middle East conflict dating from the Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. This is the 2006, Updated & Expanded Edition w/an Analysis of the Hamas/Helzabollah Attack. A record & analysis of an Islamic jihad against Israel proper and notions of "occupation" of Arab lands. Puzzling goals of Hezbollah & it's apparent little concern for the socio-economic welfare of both Arab & Jewish peoples living in the region? Militarism with no provisions to establish acceptable social state? A modern horror. 3 sections preceded by Preface: The Veil is Off: 1, The Refugee Question; 2, The Eight Stages of the Creation of the Problem; and 3, The Question of 'Occupation' & the Settlements. A modern turmoil.

Garden City , NY: Anchor/Doubleday, 1961. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/Good; strong & sound w/rubs to spine edges, and marked surface discoloration from humidity staining. First published 1958; this is the 1961 first paperback edition. A stimulating, intellectual exercise from German-American poet & scholar of philosophy Walters Arnold Kaufmann (1921 - 1958), Stuart Prof of Philosophy of Princeton Univ. 453 pgs in 11 chapters, focusing on conceptual points in Christianity, Judaism & Buddhism: I. The Philosophic Flight; II, Positivism & Existentialism III, Truth, Language & Experience; IV, Religion, Faith & Evidence; V, The God of the Philosophers; VI, God, Ambiguity & Theology; VII, Satanic Interlude, or How to Go to Hell; VIII, Truth in Three Religions; IX, The Core of Religion; X, Scriptures & Poetry, or How to Read the Bible; and XI, Reason and Eros. Strong copy w/soiled softcover.

New York, NY: Vintage Books/Random House, 1989. First Edition, 16th Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright w/small ink smudge to 2nd title page. 1984 Male Edition (a separate Female Edition was issued). Illustrated softcover/VG; sound w/trace shelfwear to front corner tips & ink smudge to lower back. 1984 debut novel, of immediate international success, from Serbian novelist, poet, short story writer & literary historian Milorad Pavic (1929 - 2009). This lexicon-format novel follows a story of the semi-fictional tribe known as the Khazars of the 7th & 9th centuries. In it, the Great Khan of the Khazars has a dream that defies interpretation. In search of elucidation the Khan summons scholars of the world's three great religions --- a Christian, a Jew & a Muslim. He challenges the 3 wisemen to interpret his dream w/the promise all Khazars will convert to the religion which provides the most convincing reading. The labor of the somewhat unruly… Read More

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2015. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Paperback/Fine. 1st published 1988; this is the 2015, 25th Anniversary Edition, 5th Printing. Basic, philosophical, key Christian theological queries from respected Christian author Philip Yancey (1949 - ), Christianity Today magazine editor, whose writings are translated to some 40 languages. Volume treats 3 puzzling, theological questions: 1, If God our Father cares for man, why is He so distant & beyond our reach?; 2, If He cares for man, why are we visited with bad things?; and, 3, What we can count on Him for? Yancey considers these issues with Biblical assurance, and paves a path beyond disillusionment to deeper understanding of the meaning of FORGIVENESS.. 304 pgs, 30 chapters, in 2 books: BOOK I, Part One: Hearing the Silence; Part Two: Making Contact: The Father; Part Three: Drawing Closer: The Son; Part Four: Turning It Over: The Spirit; and, BOOK II: Seeing in the Dark, followed by Discussion… Read More

Germany: Ravensburger Buchverlag, 2002. First Edition, First Printing . Soft Cover/Stapled. New/None as Issued. Susanne Krauss (Illustrator). Text/NEW & Bright; German language. First Edition,1st Printing. Miniature-sized softcover/NF w/faint creasing to lower front corner tip. Title, in English: "A Christmas Crib for Lisa and Tim", and sometimes as "A Nativity Scene for Lisa and Tim". 20 unpaginated pages, engagingly illustrated by Susanne Krauss by Barbara Cratzius (1929 - 2006), tells how Lisa & Tim, preparing for Chistmas w/their parents, create a Nativity scene for their beloved toy animals as well.

Tulsa, OK: Honor Books, 1997. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1997, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Gilt embossed black linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/humidity staining to inner flap. Gift inscription to assigned front endpaper dated 1998, in beautiful calligraphy. Insights, garnered from challenges & demanding discipline of the age-defying sport of golf. Required mental concentration akin to those called upon as one puts to good use gifts from God in life. In past times, Scottish shepherds, with a stick & round rock, targeted small holes in the ground; by the 15th century the sport was firmly popularized. This is a devotional rich in Biblical scriptures & philosophical reflections from golfers, dedicated to friendship & fellowship. 202 pgs, 19 chapters.

Coldwater, MI: Remnant Publications/Project Restore, 2000. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. Revised edition of 1956 & 1979 adopted by the E.G. Whites Trustees. Discourse of esteemed prophetess Ellen G. White ( - 1915), a founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Volume addresses the "Great Controversy" conflict between Jesus and Satan, as played out from its start in heaven, to its end when the world is destroyed and Jesus returns. Initially a "small" book (1858), it was expanded into a 4-volume set (1870-1884), and then to a separate volume (1888); the 1911 edition is also one of the 5-volume Conflict of the Ages; and, since 1957, the book has also been published under the title The Triumph of God's Love. The last edition during the author's lifetime was published in 1911.

Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Company, 1946. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/As New; showing faint margin discoloration. Blue line boards/NF w/rubs to corner tips w/fading to spine. DJ/None. PO name to front cover verso. Volume I of a seven volume set. First published 1902; this is a reprint of 1946. Published under the auspices of Church authorities. The body of the work is based on the narrative of the Prophet Joseph Smith (1805 - 1844) held in the archives of the Church Historian's office; revisions were inspected and approved by President Brigham Young (1801 - 1877).

New York, NY: A.C. Armstrong, 1892. 3rd Revised Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/VG; clean & strong, w/faint margin discoloration. Vintage 1892, 3rd Revised Edition. Brown cloth boards/VG w/edge rubs, fraying to spine edges, & short cut to upper spine. DJ/None. Front/rear hinges fortified. PO label to front cover verso; stamp to title page. First published 1882; this 3rd Revised Edition corrects errors w/o "material changes in text". Rev. Bruce (1813 - 1899) was Professor of Apologetics & New Testament Exegesis of Free Church College at Glasgow. 33 Parables and 8 Parable-Germs are considered in this study, and are arranged in 3 books: Book I, Theoretic Parables; II, The Parables of Grace; and, III, The Parables of Judgement. Strong copy despite flaws.

Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 1994. Revised Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Bernd G. Langin (Author-Photographer). Text/Folded corner to pg 125, else As New. Softcover/NF w/trace wear to corner tips. First published 1990; this is the English translation, Revised Edition of 1994. The Amish is a strict North American Mennomite sect, noted for high value placed on tradition, founded by Swiss preacher Jakob Amman (c. 1645 - c. 1730). For this social portrait of Amish who settled in Allen County, Indiana. Author & photographer Bernd G. Langin (1941 - 2008) spent 4 years living among them for this study. 414 pgs w/photos in 10 chapters.

Boston, MA: First Church of Christ. Scientist, 1971. 1971 Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New & Bright w/side index. Gilt embossed, blue linen boards/NF w/light edge rubs. DJ/None. Tape repair to 4th indented thumb index. Metaphysical system of Mary Baker Eddy (1821 - 1910), founder of Christian Science and The Christian Science Monitor (1908). Volume, first published 1875, which Eddy, herself, called "the textbook" of the new religious movement. 18 chapters: I, Prayer; II, Atonement & Eucharist; III, Marriage; IV, Christian Science versus Spiritualism; V, Animal Magnetism Unmasked; VI, Science, Theology, Medicine; VII, Physiology; VIII, Footsteps of Truth; IX, Creation; X, Science of Being; XI, Some Objections Answered; XII, Christian Science Practice; XIII, Teaching Christian Science; and XIV, Recupitulation. Then, under Key to Scriptures, XV, Genesis; XVI, The Apocalypse; and XVII, Glossary, followed by XVIII, Fruitage. Strong copy.

Chicago, IL: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1899. Special Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good - COLLECTIBLE/No Jacket. Text/NEW Bright. Vintage 1899, Special Limited Edition. Illustrated taupe linen boards w/red lettering/Fine. DJ/None. PO name to front endpaper dated 1913. A social novel set in the Canadian west of late 19th century. Compelling tale from Canadian church leader Charles William Gordon (1860 - 1937), written under the pen name Ralph Connor. A story set in the isolated Foothill Country of Alberta --- to where men of adventurous spirit left homes of comfort, even luxury, to seek meaning in life along w/outcasts escaping social persecution in remote & undeveloped valleys. It is said, in time a missionary arrived. An influential old timer dubbed him "The Sky Pilot", oft shortened to "The Pilot". His biography is a narrative of how one man's affirmation to life and brotherly love, grows & matures to be a true man of God.

New York, NY: Mentor-Omega/New American Library, 1963. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing faint discoloration. Vintage 1963 First Edition, 1st Printing. Softcover/VG; sound w/faint creasing to upper front corner, edge rubs & light surface soiling. Catholic social doctrines elucidated by key encyclical statements. Edited by English writer & journalist Anne Fremantle (1909 - 2002), a convert to Catholocism. 320 pgs. Text in 5 parts: I, Leo XIII; II, Benedict B0041S3ULS; III, Pius XI; IV, Pius XII; and V, John XXIII.

Paris, France: Le Livre De Poche/PLON, 1958. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Text/French. Softcover/NF w/light rubs to leading edges. English title "Under Satan's Sun". First novel (1926) of French writer, monarchist & devout Catholic Georges Bernanos (1888 - 1948) . A haunting tale of the existence of evil as a spiritual force & its dramatic role in human destiny. Story of a young priest Catholic priest who, a misfit in the world & in his church, creates scandals and disharmony wherever he turns. His insight into the inner lives of others & sensitivity to the workings of Satan in daily life are gifts that fatefully come into play in the priest's chance encounter with a young murderess --- whose life & emotions he sees with dreadful clarity, and whose destiny inexorably becomes entangled with his own. The work was made into a film, under the same title, by Maurice Pialat in… Read More

Lincoln, NB: Back to the Bible, 1981. First Edition, First Thus . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Les Remmers (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF. A practical book designed primarily for Christian women for daily use. Book contains Bible-related information & household-type information; the former is printed on odd-numbered pages, and, the latter on the even-numbered pages. An ingenious format, fortified with an index to the rear, allows spiritual fortification along side of tending to mundane household duties. The Biblical information is enriching for the entire family --- for example, pg 55 lists all the miracles performed by Jesus in alphabetical order. Author Miriam Levengood is the Managing Editor of Youth Literature, Back to the Bible Broadcast. Fine copy.