Is It Too Late?

Is It Too Late?
Author: Cobb Jr John B
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1506471234

In the fifty years since its initial publication, Is It Too Late? has proven its prescience in ways both significant and dire. As the first book-length philosophical and theological analysis of the environmental crisis, this work introduced a generation to the key elements of crisis while suggesting ways that religion can be a force for hope rather than an instrument of despair. Covering an ambitious range of issues--from deforestation to abortion, from religious views of the natural world to the need for technological innovation to avoid nature's destruction--John Cobb moves deftly from philosophical to theological to scientific learning and integrates these interdisciplinary insights into a compelling vision for what he calls "a new Christianity." Comprehensive in scope, non-technical in expression, and concise in length, Is It Too Late? provides the scholar and the student alike with a readable and compelling orientation to the philosophical and theological stakes of ecology. This Fortress edition includes a new preface in which Cobb reflects on the current situation, the specific promises and perils we now face, and how his own thinking on matters theological and ecological has evolved in the last half century.

The Man, the Woman, the Prize

The Man, the Woman, the Prize
Author: John O. Jr. Zipperer
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2009-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595471579

The Man, the Woman, the Prize takes its protagonist, Jack Ridgell, from the war-torn Hiirtgen Forest in Germany where he was wounded in late World War II, through a stint at an English manor house-turned-rehabilitation center. Upon his discharge and return to Florida, he realizes that his late father's business as a citrus farmer is not going to be the fulfilling career he had hoped for. His company commander in the army had offered to assist him if he ever needs a hand up. He places a telephone call to his former captain, Walter Williams, in Fort Worth, Texas, that paves the way for an exciting lifetime in the oil drilling business, as well as an enticing romantic entanglement with the captain's daughter, Martha Williams. The Man, the Woman, the Prize leads the reader through a myriad of plot twists and turns. En route it gives the reader an interesting glimpse into the life of an infantryman during the last "conventional war," followed by an enlightening journey through the challenges and triumphs of the oil and gas business in modern Texas.

Lawn Boy

Lawn Boy
Author: Jonathan Evison
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616209232

Recipient of the 2019 Alex Award​​ “Mike Muñoz Is a Holden Caulfield for a New Millennium--a '10th-generation peasant with a Mexican last name, raised by a single mom on an Indian reservation' . . . Evison, as in his previous four novels, has a light touch and humorously guides the reader, this time through the minefield that is working-class America.” --The New York Times Book Review For Mike Muñoz, life has been a whole lot of waiting for something to happen. Not too many years out of high school and still doing menial work--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew--he’s smart enough to know that he’s got to be the one to shake things up if he’s ever going to change his life. But how? He’s not qualified for much of anything. He has no particular talents, although he is stellar at handling a lawn mower and wielding clipping shears. But now that career seems to be behind him. So what’s next for Mike Muñoz? In this funny, biting, touching, and ultimately inspiring novel, bestselling author Jonathan Evison takes the reader into the heart and mind of a young man determined to achieve the American dream of happiness and prosperity--who just so happens to find himself along the way.

American Defenders of Land, Sea and Sky

American Defenders of Land, Sea and Sky
Author: Kay Weeks
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1998-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780788146534

Takes you to 56 special places in our nation's history, the majority of which are National Historic Landmarks. Beginning with the first shots of the American Revolution, you follow the American Defenders into the War of 1812, the Struggle for Western Territory, the Civil War, Spanish-American War, two World Wars, & into the Cold War years up to the late 1950s. You'll visit forts & battle sites; climb aboard old ships & a modern submarine; experience the excitement of early aviation; hear the roar of pioneering space vehicles; & note the special places where peace treaties were signed. For children. Illustrated.

The Texanist

The Texanist
Author: David Courtney
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1477312978

A collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? When out at a dancehall, do you need to stick with the one that brung ya? Is it real Tex-Mex if it's served with a side of black beans? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos?"--Amazon.com.

Rock Bottom

Rock Bottom
Author: Hayden Nicholas
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2017-09-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1457556782

Bash Nadir was a promising young guitarist in Austin, Texas who dreamt of having a successful career in the music business. His dreams were shattered when he lost his arm in a motorcycle accident. Working as the sound engineer for a rock band, the Zeniths, Bash and the band move into an old house in the country where no one expects the strange and dark events awaiting them, events that will lead Bash to revelation, redemption, and the love of his life.

American Defenders of Land, Sea & Sky

American Defenders of Land, Sea & Sky
Author: Kay Weeks
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1996
Genre: Historic sites
ISBN:

Covers fifty-five national historic landmarks, including battlefields, forts, lighthouses, and rocket sites, that illustrate how American defenders took part in various military actions throughout history.