Bass: 296 books
Colter
The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
A prize-winning Montana writer’s tribute to “a brilliant and mischievous chocolate brown pointer that will transfix anyone who has ever loved a dog” (Publishers Weekly).
Colter pairs one of America’s most treasured writers with our most treasured “best friend.” Colter, a German...
Christianity After Religion
The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity’s leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new “spiritual but not religious” movement. Using evidence from the latest national polls and from her own cutting-edge research, Bass, the visionary...
The Wild Marsh
Four Seasons at Home in Montana
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
An account of one year in the Yaak Valley wilderness range, by the acclaimed naturalist and memoirist.
Beginning with his family settling in for the long northwestern Montana winter, and capturing all the subtle harbingers of change that mark each passing month—the initial cruel teasing of...
Strength for the Journey
Inspiring Meaning-Making
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
• Updated version of spiritual autobiography from an important voice in the church • Insights on how parishes have confronted issues of change As a standard in the field of spiritual autobiography, Diana Butler Bass’ Strength for the Journey has been a guide for thousands of Christians who have...
The Black Rhinos of Namibia
Searching for Survivors in the African Desert
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
“An extraordinary exploration and meditation . . . [Bass] transports us along on this wonder-filled tour, full of hardness and hope, into an otherworldly place that mirrors our own.” —National Geographic Traveler
Black rhinos are not actually black. They are, however, giant animals with...
The Practicing Congregation
Imagining a New Old Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
The conventional wisdom about mainline Protestantism maintains that it is a dying tradition, irrelevant to a postmodern society, unresponsive to change, and increasingly disconnected from its core faith tenets. In her provocative new book, historian and researcher Diana Butler Bass argues that there...
by Rick Bass
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
**Winner of the 2016 Story Prize
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
100 Recommended Books of 2016 -- San Francisco Chronicle
"A literary titan...Bass is, hands down, a master of the short form, creating in a few pages a natural world of mythic proportions." -- New York Times...
Getting Screwed
Sex Workers and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Alison Bass weaves the true stories of sex workers with the latest research on prostitution into a gripping journalistic account of how women (and some men) navigate a culture that routinely accepts the implicit exchange of sex for money, status, or even a good meal, but imposes heavy penalties on...
The Blood Telegram
Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
A riveting history—the first full account—of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1971 atrocities in Bangladesh that led to war between India and Pakistan, shaped the fate of Asia, and left in their wake a host of major strategic consequences for the world today.
Giving...
by Sam Bass
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
Sam Bass was a 19th-century American Old West train robber and outlaw. He was part of a gang that robbed a train of $60,000. After forming his own gang, however, he never had similar success. He died as a result of wounds received in a gun battle with Texas Rangers . This is an autobiographical account of his career and death.
Identity Crisis
The Murder, the Mystery, and the Missing DNA
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Renowned forensic anthropologist Bill Bass—founder of the Body Farm—tackles one of his most baffling cases ever in this real-life spellbinder
In 1978, 56-year-old Leoma Patterson left a bar in Clinton, Tennessee, and was never seen again. Six months later, a female skeleton was found on...
Staying in the Light: How to Integrate the 9 Wisdoms from Your Soul
A Handbook for Successful People Who Want More Success
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Staying in the Light is a process by Dr. Morrin Bass for defining your life direction. We all are spiritual beings, and we all have a natural way to access our own internal wisdom. It is the way of being ourselves, accompanied by the sense of balance, knowing what to do next and the discovery of the...
Receiving the Day
Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Embrace time as a gift--not an obstacle
Receiving the Day invites us to open the gift of time, to dwell in the freedom to rest and worship that God intends for us and for all creatures. In this book, Dorothy C. Bass shows how Christian practices for rest and worship continually welcome us into...
by Crystal L. Bass
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Overwhelmed by depression and fear, Ruby seems ready for a breakdown. It’s that secret, which if it comes to light could destroy her family. But if she doesn't speak out, she may be in danger. What is Ruby to do?Writer Crystal L. Bass keeps the reader guessing as she uses side-splitting...