Search Results: Spirituality & Religion from Elk Creek Heritage Books

Sisters, Oregon, U.S.A.: Mulnomah Publishers. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paper back in very good condition. Inscription and signature on page following the title page appears to be from the author but is unverified. 0 0

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in very good condition with wraps crisp, clean, uncreased. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted.

Random House, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards, red spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white and color photographs, portraits, mosaics. Dust jacket very good; ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""A sweeping chronicle of one of the most significant - and controversial - institutions in history.""

Riverhead Books, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 1st Printing Stated: First Riverhead trade paperback edition: March 2010. In addition, contains complete number line including number one. Soft cover in fine condition with wraps bright & crisp; no creases. Text block clean and tight; no writing, no markings noted. * From the book, ""Stirring, intimate, and historically sweeping, 'Acedia & Me' brims with exasperation as well as reverence, and is unexpectedly funny, often provocative, and always important and wise."" ""A bracing and enlightening journey."" * Kathleen Norris is also the author of 'The Cloister Walk' and 'Amazing Grace.'

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Servant Publications, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. Text block unmarked. Contains black and white photos by Gina Fontana throughout. Appears unread.

Santa Monica, CA: Angel City Press, Inc., 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition; also contains complete number line with number one. Hard cover in very good condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Contains photos throughout, including front and rear endpapers. Dust jacket very good condition showing some rubbing at edges and a closed tear at top & bottom of front. From the book, ""As much as it speaks to our individual stories, this favorite spiritual seems also to express the story of our life together as Americans. Especially in this century, we have called upon it to comfort us as a nation at times when we long for relief from pain we all share. During foreign wars and periods of traumatic social unrest at home, ""Amazing Grace"" found a popular audience. World-famous gospel singers recorded it, and it climbed the pop charts. Civil rights leaders and antiwar activists gave us soulful… Read More

New York: PublicAffairs, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition and complete number line with number one. Hard cover in very good condition with beige boards, brown spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean, no writing, no markings to note. Contains a section of four leaves / eight pages of glossy black & white photos. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the book, "". . . a marvelous, surprising, heart-breaking book . . . combines history with hard reporting, a lucid eye with a sense of tragedy and gives us a fresh new way to look at the ongoing agony in the gardens of Israel and Palestine. . . .

Brown-ROA, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Interior text block clean & tight with no markings found. Wraps show light shelf & edge wear with a small knick at joint of front cover and spine. Pgs [3], iv - xii, 803 [1]. Concludes with an Index of Citations, a Subject Index, and a list of Abbreviations used throughout the text. * From the introductory remarks of Pope John Paul II he comments, ""Following the renewal of the Liturgy and the new codification of the Canon Law of the Latin Church and that of the Oriental Catholic Churches, this catechism will make a very important contribution to that work of renewing the whole life of the Church, as desired and begun by the Second Vatican Council.""

Addison-Wesley Publishing company, Inc., 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First printing, September 1996 and complete number line with number one. Hard cover in very good condition; damp stain at some time caused blue color of board to bleed onto bottom of front end papers (1 1/2"" wide x 1/2"" tall) around hinge. Interior text block clean & tight with no writings, no markings noted. Side text block shows age toning and some foxing; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, "". . .stories that Jim Naughton skillfully weaves together as he examines the issues that can divide parents and children, husbands and wives, priests and the laity, Rome and America. . . . At a time when the nation as a whole is struggling with what it means to live a 'moral life' 'Catholics in Crisis' carries lessons for us all.""

Collegeville, Minnesota, U.S.A.: The Liturgical Press, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Wraps clean, clear, and unmarked. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. 148 pages. * From summary on book back, '. . . reflects on the issues, challenges, concerns, and realities of the priesthood. Drawing upon clinical data, church documents, theological research, and his pastoral experience, Cozzens gives shape and form to the changing face of the priesthood. His reflection leads to both concern and hope for the priesthood of the twenty-first century.'

New York, New York, U.S.A.: GT Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A 8 3/4"" x 11 1/4"" hardcover in very good condition. Glossy pictorial boards mirror the prestine dust jacket. Brown endpapers. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket very good. Contains a gold sticker stating ""The Greatest Stories from the Old & New Testaments"" and sticker contains a small scratch. Volume contains color prints from paintings of the Great Masters depicting the Biblical events. Concludes with a Section containing a book by book summary of the Bible, a Section ""Who's Who in the Bible,"" a Section ""For Further Reading"", and a comprehensive Index. 288 pages.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Pub. House, 1981. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1981 Originally printed 1954. Hard cover in very good condition with brown embossed leatherette boards and gold gilt spine lettering; no dust jacket. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Appears unread. 507 numbered pages. * Contains three large sections: Ancient Church History (5 BC -590 AD), Medieval Church History (590 - 1517), and Modern Church History (1517) and after. Contains Charts, Maps, and Photos.

Brooklyn, NY: Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per same date on Title Page and Copyright Page with no other printings indicated. Hard cover in very good condition with dark green boards and silver lettering along spine and on front cover. Text block clean and tight. There are about six pages that have a chip at the bottom, does not effect text. Dust jacket in very good condition, has a small chip at top of back cover, age toning and very light rubbing at edges. Not price clipped. * From the book, ""It was in the 1840's--that decade marked by the rising tides of democracy, humanitarianism, expansion, and sectionalism"" - that a young preacher, Beecher by name, came east from Indiana to become the minister of a newly formed church in Brooklyn. Comparatively unknown, he assumed the leadership of a small church that had been organized with a membership of twenty-one. When, in 1887, he passed away, he… Read More

Integrity Publishers, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition. No markings or tears noted. Text block clean and tight. Dust Jacket in likewise fine condition. Appears unread. * From the jacket, "". . . examines the dangers of a culture with ""no judicial limits"" and shows how the rewriting of the Constitution by liberal justices is steadily eroding the power of representative government - and democracy itself.""

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4th Printing Stated First American Edition. Hard cover in fine condition with pinkish-maroon cloth boards, gold gilt spine lettering and gold gilt stamped coat of arms on front board. End papers contain Coat of Arms in the background and facsimile handwriting in purple. Text block clean and tight, no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * Published simultaneously in Italy as 'Varcare la Soglia della Speranza' by Giovanni Paolo II with an introduction by Vittorio Messori. Also edited by Vittorio Messori. Translated from the Italian by Jenny McPhee and Martha McPhee. From the front jacket flap, ""With the humility and generosity of spirit for which he is known, John Paul II speaks directly and forthrightly to all people. His Message: Be Not Afraid.""

NY: Basic Books, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with deep purple boards, white spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean and tight but for light pencil marks in margins, small marginalia, several light underlinings; former owner's name written at top of front fly leaf. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the book, ""What was wrong with the 1992 Republican Convention was not the effort to link the name of God to secular political ends. What was wrong was the choice of secular ends to which the name of God was linked. Thus, Patrick Buchanan's world view might be objectionable to the secular liberal, but it should not be more objectionable because he offered a religious justification for it.""

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated Second Printing, July 1995. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Dark gold end papers. Text block clean & tight; no markings, no writings noted. Dust jacket very good with just ghost of shelf & edge wear; has been price chipped. * From the book, ""The New York Times"" calls George Fowler ""a former Trappist monk who adhered to an oath of silence for seventeen years, only to spend the next twenty preaching against the 'generally oppressive world' of organized religion."" In the spirit of Thomas Merton's ""Seven Story Mountain,"" ""Dance of a Fallen Monk"" is Fowler's own story of the path to manhood and his deep struggles with a profound religious faith.""

New York: Summit Books, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with beige lightly speckled boards, brown spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Internal text block clean & tight but for gift inscription on verso of front board. Dust jacket in good condition with mild shelf & edge wear; dust dulling to text block edges, small closed tear and tiny chips at head & heel of spine; also what might be a quarter circle mark from a cup. - sort of blends. Book concludes with section of Notes and References, a Bibliography, and a comprehensive Index. * From the book, ""The Dead Sea Scrolls have been news since their discovery, and with the release of the Scrolls themselves by the Huntington Library, they are on front pages and in prime time all over America. This remarkable book tells the story of a great archaeological find and the mysteries surrounding it.""

New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Original copyright 1955; this is a 1986 edition. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and copper gilt spine lettering. Internal text block clean & tight. Volume begins with nine black & white plates. Mild foxing to text block top. Dust jacket in very good condition with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; two tiny chips on back near edge; not price clipped; there is no price on front flap.* From the book, ""Early in 1947, a fifteen-year old Bedouin boy discovered a cave at the edge of the Dead Sea. In it were broken jars containing scrolls of leather wrapped in linen cloth, inscribed in a strange writing.......Dr. Millar Burrows played a leading role in the first efforts to establish the authenticity and meaning of these documents. ....He tells the entire story - of the discoveries, of the attempts to date the manuscripts, of their content and their significance. His book is intended… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: New Church Tract and Publication Society. Soft cover. Very Good. From the Title Page: ""A posthumous work by Emanuel Swedenborg, translated from the Latin.... Printed by J.B.Lippincott Company, Philadelphia."" No date published noted. The Preface indicates that this volume was translated from a Latin text published in 1878. Date of Preface is noted as June, 1883. Volume is 5 1/2"" tall x 3 1/2"" wide x approx 0.34"" thick. It is not a hard cover as we know today and not soft cover: Wraps are of stiff thick paper covered with green cloth and decorated with designs and lettering. Front & back end papers also of heavy weight stock; internal papers of lighter stock. No copyright page on verso of Title page or found elsewhere in volume. Collation: [lTitle page], [2], 3-116,[i].ii-iv. The last pages contain listings of Tracts, Lectures, and Sermons available from 'The American New-Church Tract and Publication… Read More