Rick: 2549 books
The Third Asiatic Invasion
Migration and Empire in Filipino America, 1898-1946
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a wave of Filipino immigration to the United States, following in the footsteps of earlier Chinese and Japanese immigrants, the first and second “Asiatic invasions.” Perceived as alien because of their Asian ethnicity yet legally defined as American...
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Wide-Awake Faith in a World Fast Asleep
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
To be asleep is to be oblivious to being oblivious. The danger of sleep is the danger of carbon monoxide: it’s colorless and odorless, and you’re anesthetized before you know it—before you ever hit the floor. And for the follower of Jesus, it’s just as dangerous—because the Christian who...
by Rick Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Why would a wealthy 74 year-old man want to renovate a dilapidated apartment building in a poor section of a crime- ridden city? Jack Bartlett is driven by memories both wonderful and horrendous during his tenure there in 1943. Inner demons now make the resurrection of the tired building his one and only priority.
On Pills and Needles
The Relentless Fight to Save My Son from Opioid Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
When Rick Van Warner found himself searching abandoned buildings and dangerous streets looking for his missing son, he had no idea that the synthetic, pill-form heroin that had snared his teen was already killing so many. In the years of pain and heartache that followed as he tried to save his son...
Literature and the Public Good
The Literary Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly...
Jesus Centered Youth Ministry: Guide for Volunteers
Moving from Jesus-Plus to Jesus-Only
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
If you’re a volunteer in youth ministry, you’ve likely wondered: “How did I get here?” No matter how you’d normally answer, one thing’s for sure: You’re “here” because Jesus nudged or maybe even dragged you here. That’s because Jesus loves you and loves teenagers, and he wants them...
Youth Ministry Bi-Vocational Survival Guide
Fulfilling a Full-Time Calling in a Bi-Vocational World
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Youth Ministry Bi-Vocational Survival Guide is written specifically for the bi-vocational pastor and is chock-full of nuggets of gold. Authors Rick Flann and Chris Pope explain how to manage time well, prioritize effectively and lead in a way that empowers both the bi-vocational pastor and those they...
by Rick Bass
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 1994
These quirky, brilliant stories launched Rick Bass on his literary career.
Set in the South and West, they pursue themes of friendship, loyalty, and freedom, of escape, where valiant holdouts refuse to grow up, or to grow old.
by Rick Kausman
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
'Instead of advice, Kausman gives understanding his empathy will shine like a beacon for those women who feel they are constantly judged for their size.' Rosemary Stanton, AO
So how do you manage your weight? There is a solution and it's all about attitude. If Not Dieting, Then What? shows...
by David K Langford, Rick Bass, Myrna Langford
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
While fog does not come easily or frequently to Central Texas, when it does, it inspires moments of quiet and reflection. David K. Langford captures those moments here in stirring images of the comings and goings of fog on Hillingdon Ranch, family land that has benefited from the stewardship of six...
Liberty for All
A Manifesto for Reclaiming Financial and Political Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Americans are increasingly dismayed with a broken political system and the big institutions they blame for a Darwinian economy (in which it's getting harder to get ahead). What they've lost sight of is the importance of self-reliance and personal initiative in every individual's quest for prosperity....
by Rick Atkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Zita Johann graced the New York stages beginning in the summer of 1922. With her advanced intuitive professionalism in drama and the help of two great men of the theatre, Basil Sydney and Arthur Hopkins, Zita became a Broadway star in 1928. Hollywood came calling twice, and during a brief period in...
Jazz in the New Millennium
Live and Well
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
This book offers the first comprehensive overview of jazz in the 21st Century, with nearly 60 conversational profiles of major jazz artists, from living masters such as Wayne Shorter to rising stars such as Esperanza Spalding. The artists discuss their lives, their music, and the state of the art form....
Crafting Mexico
Intellectuals, Artisans, and the State after the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
After Mexico’s revolution of 1910–1920, intellectuals sought to forge a unified cultural nation out of the country’s diverse populace. Their efforts resulted in an “ethnicized” interpretation of Mexicanness that intentionally incorporated elements of folk and indigenous culture. In this...