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The Christian life depends upon faith, and there are good reasons for that faith. In Know Why You Believe, professor and author K. Scott Oliphint answers the "why" questions both Christians and non-Christians often ask, laying out a simple and convincing...

The first ever modern edition of Bernard Barton's selected verse, recovering an important and prolific figure from the Romantic era. Instantly recognisable to his contemporaries as 'the Quaker poet', Barton wrote nature and landscape poetry in a...

A particular history of how encounters between architects and people with disabilities transformed modern culture. Window Shopping with Helen Keller recovers a series of influential moments when architects and designers engaged the embodied experiences...

In every generation, the Christian church must interpret and restate its bedrock beliefs, answering the challenges and concerns of the day. This accessible overview walks readers through centuries of creeds, councils, catechisms, and confessions-not with...

A collection of poems concerned with how the living and the dead coexist, how to survive trauma, and the power of persistence.The Haunting is a book of feminist-horror visitations, incantations, and possessions embodied in unruly forms that subvert genre...

The exhibition We Are Here (June 2024 - January 2025) adorned the Petit Palais in the colours of street art for the first time ever. Sixty leading artists of the movement, such as Shepard Fairey or Cleon Peterson, exhibited more than 200 works,...

The Qur'n is the sacred religious book of Muslims around the world. Yet its history, from its inception in seventh- century Arabia to its transmission in the modern world, remains understudied. The twelve chapters in this book address this lacuna by...

The Architecture of Exhibitions embarks on a comprehensive exploration of creativity and design innovation within exhibition spaces. It describes the fundamental principles of exhibition design, tracing the origins of creativity and considering its...

The compiled essays offer various themes and ways of approaching historiography. Each chapter probes the state of contemporary theorization of architecture histories, working toward the theme of critically re-writing history. Essential to each author's...

The introduction offers some thoughts on each of the four areas covered by the essays and draws some broad conclusions. Studies of the history of manuscripts and of their acquisition demonstrate their impact on research into Jewish studies and on modern...

Dive into the dark and dazzling world of Repo! The Genetic Opera with this comprehensive guide by Hollywood historian Staci Layne Wilson. From on-set experiences to exclusive interviews spanning sixteen years, Wilson offers an unparalleled look at the...

The easy accessibility of the Bible in most of the world's major languages can obscure a dramatic and sometimes unexpected story. In Know How We Got Our Bible, scholars Ryan Reeves and Charles Hill trace the history of the Bible from its beginnings to...

This edited volume explores the notion of "artifice" in modern visual culture, ranging from the eighteenth century to the present, in countries around the globe.Artifice has been regarded as a primarily Western phenomenon, playing as it does a central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802884756Author Craig S KeenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 743Imprint William B. Eerdmans Publishing CompanyPublisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399984614Author Karum CheemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Erin CurranPublisher Erin Curran

Utilizing archival sources, this book examines the formation and evolution of the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore, a pivotal institution shaping the art, architecture, and design landscape of contemporary Pakistan since the 19th century...

Unlock daily creativity with this guide for recording time by using fiber craft, from renowned weaver and educator Tommye McClure Scanlin Foreword by weaver and artist Sarah C. Swett Using weaving, stitching, quilting, or other fiber arts...

Every work on Jewish thought and law since the twelfth century bears the imprint of Maimonides. A. N. Whitehead's famous dictum that the entire European philosophical tradition 'consists of a series of footnotes to Plato' could equally characterize...

The Habad school of hasidism is distinguished today from other hasidic groups by its famous emphasis on outreach, on messianism, and on empowering women. Hasidism Beyond Modernity provides a critical, thematic study of the movement from its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398841451Author Eric SaundersFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Sketch 50 beautiful botanical projects, step by step, in just 10 minutes each! Create your own blowsy roses, delicate orchids, geometric succulents and glistening strawberries using these stunningly simple, easy-to-follow techniques. Guaranteed to...

Sketch 50 amazing animals, step by step, in just 10 minutes each! Draw all creatures 'great and small', including woodland, farmyard, aquatic, domestic and wild animals using this stunningly simple, easy-to-follow book. Guaranteed to boost your...

Combine the art of macrame with the practice of mindfulness in this stunning gift book. Each of the 17 projects contains breathing exercises, questions to reflect on and guided journal prompts so that you can centre yourself while crafting something...

Grief runs through these poems, most beginning with an epigraph from a diary entry by Emily Bronte, whose first loss was her mother when she was just three years old.We are in an interior world in this sequence, thoughts and feelings pouring through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398845046Author Eric SaundersFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 155mm * 110mm...

The art of Paule Vezelay (1892-1984), celebrated in this groundbreaking publication, is remarkable in its breadth. Over her long career she created an extraordinarily diverse output encompassing painting, collage, sculpture, constructions, illustration,...

Scholarly insights with a pastoral heart for all the books of the New Testament."Scot McKnight is one of my absolute favorite New Testament scholars and his Everyday Bible Study series is akin to Einstein creating a user-friendly version of the Theory of...

Create over 100 vibrant watercolour mixes and paint a range of inspiring botanicals including flowers, leaves, seedheads and bulbs with award-winning artist and colour-mixing guru Julie Collins. This colourful, practical book features 15 vibrant and...

How did ordinary men and women dress in early modern Europe? What fabrics and garments formed the essential elements of fashion for artisans and shopkeepers? Did they rely on affordable alternatives to the silks, jewellery, and decorations favoured by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889833703Author Ulrich MellFormat HardbackPage Count 406Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

This theological study examines how Pope Francis lives out mercy in his own Petrine ministry and calls for it to be lived out by the people of God. The centerpiece of Pope Francis's pontificate from the very first days has been his proclamation of the...

This comprehensive study investigates the role that Ignatian spirituality has played in the renewal of academic theology using three prominent Jesuits as case studies. Over several centuries, spirituality has come to define a field of concerns and...

In Theophanies, award-winning poet Sarah Ghazal Ali testifies to women's capacity for piercing and musical exegesis and asks: what more might a woman's body hold after it has been hailed as a vessel for the divine? Braiding the scriptures of the Qur'an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765121115Author Prof. Bruce JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Fire and Song offers an eye-opening glimpse into a God-centered approach to marriage through a unique, story-based study of the Biblical book, Song of Songs.A lukewarm marriage is put to the test when fire destroys Max and Emily's home. An unexpected...

Taw?tur is the concept that information yields certainty if acquired through a sufficient number of independent channels. Taw?tur in Islamic Thought is an attempt to unravel the twisted historical threads of the conception and usage of taw?tur across...

Over his four-decade long career, Abel Ferrara has built himself a reputation as one of the most audacious and unconventional filmmakers in contemporary cinema. After his beginnings in the exploitation circuit of the late 1970s he become one of the...

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner regarded the picture and its frame as a unit. Contrary to Kirchner's intention that they belong together, over the years some paintings were separated from their original frames. In the present publication they are reunited in a...

This volume details the extraordinary development of the Bay Area art scene from 1930 to 1960. A great museum director, enlightened patron, and brilliant art school helped create an environment to nurture a host of brilliant and innovative artists. This...

This is the first book to examine the art and life of Boston-born artist Francesca Alexander (1837-1917). Francesca and her parents moved to Florence in 1853 and became part of a thriving international community. She was a largely self-taught artist, and...