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Description not available.Offers a satirical look into George W. Bush's faux scrapbook that shows Bush how to respond if Cheney has a heart attack and how to handle the media, and reveals his letters to his pen pal Hector, Fidel Castro, and his brother, Jeb.
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Jonathan Edwards Sermons Reader by Douglas A. Sweeney, Jonathan Edwards, Kenneth P. Minkema
Jonathan Edwards, widely considered America's most important Christian thinker, was first and foremost a preacher and pastor who guided souls and interpreted religious experiences. His primary tool in achieving these goals was the sermon, out of which grew many of his famous treatises. This selection of Edwards' sermons recognizes their crucial role in his life and art. The fifteen sermons, four of which have never been published before, reflect a life dedicated to experiencing and understanding spiritual truth. Chosen to represent a typical cycle of Edwards' preaching, the sermons address a wide range of occasions, situations, and states, corporate as well as personal. The book also contains an introduction that discusses Edwards' contribution to the sermon as a literary form, places his sermons within their social and cultural contexts, and considers his theological aims as a way of familiarizing the reader with the order of salvation as Edwards conceived of it. Together, the sermons and the editors' introduction offer a rounded picture of Edwards the preacher, the sermon writer, and the pastoral theologian. AUTHOR: Douglas A. Sweeney, Jonathan Edwards, Kenneth P. Minkema
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Thoughts on the East by George Woodcock, Thomas Merton
An ecumenical anthology, Thoughts on the East gathers Merton's essential definitions of the religions that so much interested him - Taoism, Buddhism (in many forms, but especially Zen), Sufism, and Hinduism. Unified by Merton's belief that East and West share a unity of outlook and purpose, a common spiritual climate , this eclectic selection also offers a fascinating introduction by the late George Woodcock, author of the acclaimed critical study, Thomas Merton: Monk and Poet. AUTHOR: George Woodcock, Thomas Merton
PUBLISHER: New Directions Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Bach by Malcom Boyd
Description not available.Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Bach's death, this extensively revised biography examines the development of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and profiles his life, demonstrating how the events and circumstances of the composer's life shaped his music. AUTHOR: Malcom Boyd
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | She Took a Village by Ron Arnold
A probing look at the First Lady's political ambition and the trail of wrecked lives strewn in its wake. Every gory detail from Hillary Clinton's abortive health care reform fiasco to the Democratic Party's fundraising scandals. AUTHOR: Ron Arnold
PUBLISHER: Merril Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | 24/7 by Andres Martinez
Less a travel guide than a travel journal, DOUBLING DOWN is a constant chronicle of the Las Vegas experience from a journalist with money to burn. AUTHOR: Andres Martinez
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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