 Facing
Death Together: The Pastor and the Family, by Kenneth E. Sullivan
“Our fear of death seems to be exaggerated when we are aware of its
coming. Somewhere deep within us we have erected barriers that strongly
affirm, 'It will never happen to me.' When a family faces death, the pastor
does not come on the scene as a creative genius, nor is he probing deeply
for impossible answers. Often he stands speechless before the waiting family
with words that only the heart can hold. The demands of the family are
not as important as the minister's apprehension about his own ability to
cope with the death experience. . . no artificial barriers can be erected
to hide his anxieties."
 The
Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures
“The words will do, but the pictures are the point in this hefty and
impressive reference work about the systematic murder of six million Jews.
It differs from other such works in its inclusion of more than 2,000 color
and black-and-white photographs from archives and private collections,
and in its format: designed to highlight the photos while a timeline across
the bottom of each page provides a running chronology of Holocaust-related
events from 1933 to 1946. The top two-thirds of the page present two or
three photographs with informative captions; the text was written by a
team of historians.
“The result is a comprehensive account that documents a wide
range of events from the hanging of five Poles in Krakow for ‘aiding Jews’
to the deportation of 700 Jews from Milan to Auschwitz and the Spanish
government's diplomatic rescue of 365 Greek Jews from Belsen. The arresting
objects, people and locations depicted include a wooden pin made by a Bergen-Belsen
inmate; a Polish Jehovah's Witness who survived the Stutthof labor camp;
and a cramped Amsterdam basement where two Dutch Jews hid for most of the
war. A substantial prologue considers the ‘Roots of the Holocaust’ in earlier
history; an epilogue describes the ‘Aftermath,’ including the founding
of the state of Israel, the continuing hunt for surviving war criminals
and the recent controversies over Pope Pius XII. As a source of information,
this work can't rival the multivolume Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, nor
does it mean to do so. Instead, it aims to introduce readers familiar with
the Holocaust to a broader range of data, and to a startling set of indelible
images.”
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
 How
to Start a New Service (Your Church CAN Reach New People),
by Charles Arn
“No matter how many services your church has, adding a new style service
will help you reach new people. This book answers all the questions you
will have. Included are helpful worksheets to guide the process and evaluate
results of your planning.”
 Icons
of Evolution: Dismantling the Myths (Videotape from Focus on
the Family)
Evolution: Fact or Fantasy?
Controversy about the theory of evolution has raged since Charles
Darwin proposed it in 1859. Through professional and yet engaging interviews
with scientific experts in you'll come to understand the incorrect assumptions
and data used by Darwin — and the scientific facts that refute them.
Added July 23:
 8
Critical Lifetime Decisions: Choices that will affect the quality of your
life
"Regardless of your age, your occupations, or the dreams you've left
unfulfilled, you can start today to build new life-changing confidence,
direction,a dn drive. From choosing your friends to dealing with temptation,
Ralph Palmen reveals principles to help you make wise choices in eight
critical areas."
Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression
Amazon.com: "A reader on melancholy," the editor calls this book: a
collection of 22 modern essays about depression by writers (several well
known) who know their subject intimately. Some face depression as a sudden
interruption of a previously gratifying life; others have never known life
without it. Their words wrestle to express their vision, their gloom, their
attempts to cope, their interactions, their isolation, and, often, their
reactions to medications. Some attempt to analyze their depression; others
just want you to know what it's like. Besides the essays by writers who
have experienced depression firsthand, editor Nell Casey (also a writer
of one of the chapters) includes a few essays by their spouses and siblings
about what it was like to live with a person suffering from depression.
 A
Quiet World: Living With Hearing Loss
From Publishers Weekly: "Some 28 million Americans and 350 million
people worldwide live with hearing loss," psychologist Myers (The American
Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty) explains in his compassionate
and humorous new work; and he is one of them. As he maintains, to be without
hearing is to be socially isolated. And, even more important, since language
is necessary for learning, without an equivalent for the spoken word, childhood
development can lag behind. In this 10-year journal of his experiences
and observations, Myers charts the progression of his own hearing loss
and compares it with that of his mother[. . . .] [H]e stresses that it
is up to the affected individual to seek available help (he discusses new
research and technological developments and provides a list of important
resources) and to inform family, friends and colleagues so they can learn
how to better communicate. As our society continues to age and more of
us suffer from hearing loss, Myers offers an instructive and insightful
memoir.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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New York World's Fair, 1939/1940 in 155 Photographs
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