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Holy Bible: Deuteronomy (Old Testament (Recorded Books, LLC) ; #5)
Par Bible. Old Testament. 2003
Holy Bible: Numbers (Old Testament (Recorded Books, LLC) ; #4)
Par Bible. Old Testament. 2003
Holy Bible: Exodus (Old Testament (Recorded Books, LLC) ; #2)
Par Bible. Old Testament. 2003
How did we find out about the speed of light? (How did we find out--series.)
Par Isaac Asimov. 1986
How to read the Bible: a guide to Scripture, then and now
Par James L Kugel. 2007
Juxtaposes two different ways of reading the Bible: the ancient biblical interpretations, and the modern historical approach that challenges the…
historical veracity of scripture and seeks instead to find its writers' original sources and purposes. Discusses who the ancient Israelites were; the resemblances between YHWH and Canaanite gods; and the unique role of the prophet. Describes the evolution of ancient Israel, of its God and of the entire Hebrew Bible, contrasted with ancient interpretations that aimed to uncover hidden meanings and moral lessons. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2007. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.God's story: How He Made Mankind
Par Jan Mark. 1997
Twelve Bible stories from the Old Testament retold for modern readers. Includes the story of the Creation, Cain and Abel,…
Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, Moses, Joseph, the parting of the Red Sea, and others. Grades 5-8. 1998, c1997.God in all worlds: an anthology of contemporary spiritual writing
Par Lucinda Vardey. 1995
Vardey, an England-born Catholic, and a successful businesswoman before illness led to her "spiritual awakening," presents "the finest wisdom" on…
religious experience composed between 1945 and 1995. Reflecting Eastern and Western faith perspectives, the texts by more than one hundred contributors are grouped by theme and arranged to follow "the spiritual journey of the soul in life." 1995.God's problem: how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer
Par Bart D Ehrman. 2008
Former minister and author of "Misquoting Jesus" examines the Old and New Testaments for answers to the problem of suffering…
in the world. Ehrman finds the Bible offers different viewpoints - suffering as punishment, as a redemptive process, and as a test of faith - and analyzes the answers. Some violence. 2008.Fearful symmetry: the search for beauty in modern physics
Par A Zee. 1987
Don't know much about the Bible: everything you need to know about the Good Book but never learned
Par Kenneth C Davis. 1998
Examines the culture and environment in which the Bible was written and explores the Good Book by placing some of…
its accounts in historical perspective. Details views on when and by whom the Old and New Testaments were written and how other traditions influenced their contents and structure. 1998.Coming of age in the Milky Way
Par Timothy Ferris. 1988
Thorne writes for nonscientists and scientists who are not physicists in a quest to share his insights about "where and…
how relativity fails and what replaces it." He combines established principles of physics with imaginative speculation to examine concepts, such as black holes, that were developed theoretically long before technology was able to provide any observable evidence. 1994.Becoming a woman of excellence: a Bible study
Par Cynthia Heald. 1986
Society beckons us to suceed-to achieve excellence in our appearance, our earing power, our family life. God Himself beckons us…
to be women of excellence. But what exacly is He asking? 1986.Alice in Quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
Par R. S Gilmore. 1995
Physicist Gilmore makes accessible some complex concepts in quantum mechanics by sending Alice to Quantumland - a whole new Wonderland,…
smaller than an atom, where each attraction demonstrates a different aspect of quantum theory. Alice's unusual encounters make the Uncertainty Principle, wave functions, the Pauli Principle, and other elusive concepts easier to grasp. 1995.Absolute zero and the conquest of cold: And The Conquest Of Cold
Par Tom Shachtman. 1999
Historical survey of western scientists' efforts to control cold. Discusses Boyle's experiments in the seventeenth century, the invention of the…
sealed glass thermometer, the work of Fahrenheit and Celsius, the discovery of refrigeration, twentieth-century research on attaining absolute zero, and related topics of superconductivity and superfluidity. 1999.Abraham: a journey to the heart of three faiths
Par Bruce S Feiler. 2002
At a time when conflicts among three of the world's major religions - Islam, Judaism, and Christianity - are in…
the global spotlight, the author presents a biography of the one man who unites them: Abraham. Tellingly, the story of the sacrifice of Isaac plays a pivotal role in key holidays of all three faiths, and yet they can't agree on which son Abraham tried to kill. Abraham is revealed as an historically elusive man who embodies three religions, and as a character who has shape-shifted over the millennia to serve the clashing goals and dogma of each one. 2002.A shepherd looks at the Good Shepherd and His sheep
Par W. Phillip Keller. 1978
Drawing from his experience as a professional sheep rancher, Keller leads readers verse by verse through this beloved portion of…
Scripture offering unique insights into the love the Good Shepherd bestows. c1978.A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes
Par Carl Sagan, S. W Hawking. 1988
The author answers the question, "How can an expanding universe follow unchanging laws of nature?" The relativity theory not only…
allows, but requires, a Big Bang. Written in layman's terms, the book explains the nature, origin, evolution and fate of our universe. Bestseller 1988.Loué sois-tu: lettre encyclique Laudato si' sur la sauvegarde de la maison commune
Par François, Église Catholique. 2015
Loué sois-tu (Laudato si'), tel est le titre de l'encyclique du Pape François sur l'écologie et le respect de la…
création. Le discours du Pape se situe au niveau éthique et pastoral et confirme le souci manifesté depuis le début de son pontificat pour deux concepts-clé : l'urgence de la sauvegarde de la création et la lutte contre ce qu'il appelle la culture du déchet. 2015.Discours sur l'origine de l'univers
Par Étienne Klein. 2010
" D'où vient l'univers ? Et d'ou vient qu'il y a un univers ? Irrépressiblement, ces questions se posent à…
nous. Et dès qu'un discours prétend nous éclairer, nous tendons l'oreille, avides d'entendre l'écho du tout premier signal : les accélérateurs de particules vont bientôt nous révéler l'origine de l'univers en produisant des big bang sous terre ; les données recueillies par le satellite Planck nous dévoiler le visage de Dieu ; certains disent même qu'en vertu de la loi de la gravitation l'univers a pu se créer de lui-même, à partir de rien... Le grand dévoilement ne serait donc devenu qu'une affaire d'ultimes petits pas ? Rien n'est moins sûr... Car de quoi parle la physique quand elle parle d' origine ? Qu'est-ce que les théories actuelles sont réellement en mesure de nous révéler ? À bien les examiner, les perspectives que nous offre la cosmologie contemporaine sont plus vertigineuses encore que tout ce que nous avons imaginé : l'univers a-t-il jamais commencé ? " -- 4e de couv.