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By Marc Roberty. 1991
"Slowhand" follows the life of Eric Clapton from his first guitar to his "24 Nights" concerts at Royal Albert Hall…
in 1991. Major events in Clapton's life and his career are highlighted and his musical style is explored in depth. 1991.By W. Oliver Strunk. 1965
A selection of contemporary writings on the music of the classical period of the eighteenth century. Presented are letters to…
the editor, excerpts from musical instruction manuals, and treatises on the music of the era. Included are pieces by composers Leopold Mozart and C. P. E. Bach, and philosopher and writer Jean Jacques Rousseau. 1950, 1965. (Source readings in music history ; 6)By Craig Groeschel. 2012
As standards of conduct continue to erode, we must fight the soul pollution threatening our health, our faith, and our…
witness to others. People are inhaling second-hand toxins poisoning their relationship with God and stunting their spiritual growth. By examining the toxic influences, toxic emotions, and toxic behaviours that assault us daily, Groeschel describes ways to remain clean and focused on the standard of God's holiness. 2012.By Diarmaid MacCulloch. 2013
The author explores the vital role of silence in the Christian story. How should one speak to God? Are our…
prayers more likely to be heard if we offer them quietly at home or loudly in church? How can we really know if God is listening? From the earliest days, Christians have struggled with these questions. Their varied answers have defined the boundaries of Christian faith and established the language of our most intimate appeals for guidance or forgiveness. MacCulloch shows how Jesus chose to emphasize silence as an essential part of his message and how silence shaped the great medieval monastic communities of Europe. He also examines the darker forms of religious silence, from the church's embrace of slavery and its muted reaction to the Holocaust to the cover-up by Catholic authorities of devastating sexual scandals. 2013.By Don W Weber, Charles Bosworth. 1993
In 1978, twenty-two-year-old Karla Brown was raped and brutally murdered in the basement of her newly purchased Wood River, Illinois,…
home. Prosecuting attorney Weber and reporter Bosworth discuss the years-long investigation, the lack of evidence to tie the crime to either of the two main suspects, and the out-of-town experts who provided the instructions to finally crack the case. Bestseller 1994. 1993.By Eleanor Nesbitt. 2005
The Sikh religion has a following of over 20 million people worldwide and is one of the largest religions in…
the world. This book introduces newcomers to the meaning of Sikhism, its practices, rituals, and festivals. 2005.By J. Thomas Dalby, Lorene Shyba. 2016
A collection of powerful chapters by eminent forensic psychologists and psychiatrists who write about mental health issues they face and…
what they are doing about it. The first book that delves deeply into the disturbed human psyche to help build a solution to the problem of understanding mental illness within the criminal justice system. 2016.By Richard P Cimino, Don Lattin. 1998
The authors contend that the United States is one of the world's most religious countries, with ninety-five percent of the…
population believing in God. Americans, however, view religion as another commodity and shop for a church that fulfills them spiritually regardless of its doctrine. Offers predictions on the future of religion. c1998.By Philip Norman. 1981
From the early days as ruffian teens riding the skiffle wave in the port town of Liverpool to presiding over…
the rise (and fall) of a global entertainment empire, Norman details the history of the Beatles, became one of the most famous bands in the world. 1981.By Jimmy McDonough. 2002
Life and times of rock musician Neil Young, who was born in Canada in 1945 and developed both polio and…
epilepsy as a child. Focuses on the years between 1966 and 1979, when the songwriter-guitarist worked with such influential bands as Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Explicit strong language. c2002.By Peter Goddard, Philip Kamin. 1989
By Madhur Jaffrey. 1985
The author interweaves her own childhood memories with the telling of each tale. The order of the stories corresponds with…
their position on the Hindu religious calendar. For junior and senior high readers. 1985.By Woody Guthrie. 1976
Autobiography that mixes fact and fantasy of the legendary writer of folk songs and his search for a lost silver…
and gold mine in the big bend country of southern Texas. c1976.By Charles Osborne. 1985
By Paul Kaihla, Ross Laver. 1993
Kaihla chronicles the abuse and terrors to which Rock Theriault, a self-proclaimed Moses, subjected the followers of his cult --…
two men, eight wives, and 26 children. Living in a commune, first in rural Quebec, then in Ontario's cottage country, Theriault's followers were submitted to acts of torture, even murder, while he retained the status of folk hero by the local media. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and extremely graphic descriptions of violence. 1993.By Lee Lamothe, Jean-Louis Morgan, Adrian Humphreys. 2008
L'histoire de l'établissement de famille Rizutto au Canada, de l'issue du conflit entre Calabrais et Siciliens à Montréal, et de…
l'émergence de Vito Rizzuto à la tête de l'empire monté par son père. Les corps policiers internationaux finirent par s'attaquer de tous les côtés au crime organisé, pour finalement traduire Vito Rizzuto en justice et obtenir sa condamnation pour sa participation dans l'élimination de trois gangsters. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier et descriptions explicites de violence. 2008. Titre uniforme: The sixth family.By Jean-Paul Simard. 2012
Ce livre propose une quête de Dieu épurée, avant toute religion, tout dogme et toute morale, dans une sincère empathie…
avec le questionnement humain sur le sens de la vie, de l'amour et de la souffrance. Dieu, nous dit l'auteur, se découvre davantage suivant les chemins du coeur et de l'expérience que celui de la raison, confirmant ainsi que l'acte de croire est premier par rapport à la démarche rationnelle. Un livre qui permettra de renouer avec le Dieu auquel chacun aspire. 2012.By Benoît Lacroix, Simone Saumur-Lambert, Pierrot Lambert. 2015
" Benoît Lacroix, qui a eu cent ans le 8 septembre 2015, se confie une fois de plus à ses…
amis pour dire sa confiance en la lumière. Dialoguant avec les poètes et les penseurs de l'espérance Jean d'Ormesson et François Cheng, il perçoit les rumeurs d'une aurore inédite depuis le silence de la forêt de Maska jusqu'à la sagesse des "gens de parole" nombreux qu'il fréquente. Cette conversation est suivie de quelques réflexions spirituelles que Benoît Lacroix a publiées dans diverses revues au fil de sa vie. Enfin, ce recueil offre un bouquet de "coups de coeur", soit 111 petits textes inédits où la mémoire et l'imagination jouent à saute-mouton pour nous dire le monde selon Benoît Lacroix. "By Bruno Demers, Mathieu Lavigne. 2014
Le livre que voici entend répondre à deux préoccupations: comprendre les défis que pose le processus de laïcisation d'une société…
et présenter des points de vue méconnus sur la question, issus des traditions religieuses monothéistes que sont le judaïsme, le christianisme et l'islam. 2014.By Andrew Loog Oldham, Nikola Acin. 2006
Manager des Rolling Stones de 1963 à 1967, l'auteur retrace les débuts du groupe de rock : rencontre dans la…
petite boîte londonienne du Crawdaddy, création de l'image de voyous sexy du groupe, premières compositions originales, succès de la chanson '(I can't get no) Satisfaction'. Descriptions explicites de nature sexuelle, beaucoup de langage grossier, et quelques descriptions de violence. 2006. Titre uniforme: Stoned/2 Stoned.