Brian: 7780 books
Finding Favor
God's Blessings Beyond Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Why settle for success when you can have God's favor? Deep down everyone wants God’s best for their lives—also known as God's favor. Unfortunately, most of the time we don't feel "favored" when we're being "blessed." It takes perspective to recognize what's going on. God often...
White Hunters
The Golden Age of African Safaris
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
East Africa affects our imagination like few other places: The sight of a charging rhino goes directly to the heart; the limitless landscape of bony highlands, desert, and mountain is, as Isak Dinesen wrote, of "unequalled nobility." Brian Herne's White Hunters is the story of seventy years...
Short-Term Mission
An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2012
Over the past few decades, short-term mission trips have exploded in popularity. With easy access to affordable air travel, millions of American Christians have journeyed internationally for ministry, service and evangelism. Short-term trips are praised for involving many in global mission but also...
The Faith
A History of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Beginning with the birth of Jesus and tracing the religion established by his followers up to the present day, The Faith is a comprehensive exploration of the history of Christianity. Judiciously covering all the signal moments without bogging down in minutia, author Brian Moynahan's superbly written...
by Brian Comerford
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Mrs. Butler was kicked by an ass on the (ahem) at Ennis Railway station platform.
She sued.
This is a dramatisation of the court case. What transpired was a master-class in perjury, a seminar in deceit and an intoxication of entertainment.
Conduct Gospel-Centered Funerals
Applying the Gospel at the Unique Challenges of Death
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Bring Gospel Hope in the Midst of Death
The phone rings: “Pastor, can you do my mother’s funeral?” Or, “Please help us—our baby just died.” Death comes unexpectedly, giving you two to three days of time to prepare a sermon—in the midst of caring for a grieving family. This helpful...
Blackface Nation
Race, Reform, and Identity in American Popular Music, 1812-1925
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
As the United States transitioned from a rural nation to an urbanized, industrial giant between the War of 1812 and the early twentieth century, ordinary people struggled over the question of what it meant to be American. As Brian Roberts shows in Blackface Nation, this struggle is especially evident...
by Cosby, Brian
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Life on the American frontier in the early 1700s was very difficult - continually threatened by disease, attack, and brutally cold winters. The English and Native Americans lived side by side, which often led to conflict. David Brainerd arose as a compassionate and fearless missionary to the various...
by Brian Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2017
The issue of whether a “born-again” Christian can lose their salvation is an absolutely critical one and has been a controversial topic amongst Christians for centuries.
Brian Johnston provides a number of faith lessons which include insightful illustrations and Biblical references that...
Personal Therapy
How to Change Your Life for the Better
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Unresolved and unconscious trauma and distress can cause depression and other psychological states, but how can therapy help? How does it work? What sort of techniques are employed? In PERSONAL THERAPY Dr Brian Roet explains how therapeutic techniques can be used to release deep-seated emotions, to...
1001 Quotations That Connect
Timeless Wisdom for Preaching, Teaching, and Writing
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2009
Many times people wrack their brains for succinct, “preachable” quotations to drop into sermons or teaching materials. Now they can relax! 101 Quotations that Connect features inspiring observations from a wide spectrum of influential people of the past two millennia, culled from the collection...
The Dusty Bookcase
A Journey Through Canada's Forgotten, Neglected and Suppressed Writing
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Largely drawn from his columns for Canadian Notes & Queries and entries in his popular blog by the same name, Brian Busby's The Dusty Bookcase explores the fascinating world of Canada's lesser-known literary efforts: works that suffered censorship, critical neglect, or brilliant yet fleeting notoriety....
Tough Crimes
True Cases by Top Criminal Lawyers
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by twenty of Canada’s most prominent criminal lawyers. In the book, they write about cases that had surprising turns, or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We’ve all heard the media’s take on notorious criminals, but...
by Brian McNair
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
An Introduction to Political Communication explores the relationship between politics, the media and democracy in the UK, the USA and other contemporary societies. Brian McNair examines how politicians, trade unions, pressure groups, non-governmental organizations and terrorist organizations make...