Oil and Water: An Oilman`s Quest to Save the Source of America`s Most Endangered River, Grace Stephen

Автор: Grace Stephen
Название: Dam Nation: How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine Its Future
ISBN: 0762787627 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780762787623
Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Описание: In the scramble to claim water rights in the West during the fevered days of early emigration and expansion, running out of water was rarely a concern, and the dam building fever that transformed the West in the 19th and 20th centuries created a map of the region that may be unsustainable. Throughout the arid American West, metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver need water. These cities are growing, but water supplies are dwindling. Scientists agree that the West is heating up and drying out, leading to future water shortages that will pose a challenge to existing laws. Dam Nation looks first to the past, to the stories of the California gold rush and the earliest attempts by men to shape the landscape and tame it, takes us to the Great American Desert and the settlement of the west under the theory that rain follows the plow, and then takes on the ongoing legal and moral battles in the West. Author Stephen Grace, is a novelist, a storyteller, and the author of several non-fiction books on Colorado. He weaves the facts into a compelling narrative that informs, entertains, and tells an important story.

Автор: Grace Stephen
Название: Grow: Stories from the Urban Food Movement
ISBN: 0996156011 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780996156011
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Цена: 15590.00 T
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Описание: What do a rapper, a returned soldier, a reformed gangster, a grandmother, a petroleum geologist, a bestselling author, and a microchip engineer have in common? They are all wresting control of food from an industrial system responsible for a plague of poor personal and planetary health. In his landmark work, Grow: Stories from the Urban Food Movement, Stephen Grace embarks on a journey of discovery to understand what motivates these urbanites working to reinvent the way we feed ourselves.

From the driver of a repurposed garbage truck healing the soil to a guerrilla gardener bombing the city with seeds, a cast of extraordinary characters emerges as Grace makes his way into the heart of a revolution. He discovers that food can be a means to tackle some of our most pressing problems, from youth crime to the healthcare crisis, from resource depletion to climate change. Instead of succumbing to despair over global challenges, the citizens of Denver profiled in Grow find the creativity and fortitude to begin rebuilding the food system in their own backyard. This shift in the Mile High City is a microcosm of a movement redefining our relationships with farming and food-and with each other. Grow is concerned with what we put on our plates, but its true subject is the stories we tell as we struggle to repair our severed connections to nature and our fellow citizens.

In the tradition of great travel writing, Grow encounters worlds as diverse as permaculture and hip-hop with expansive curiosity and irresistible humor. Whether joining a crop mob or collecting compostable waste in an alley, whether foraging for cactus or seeking refuge in a cafй founded on compassion, Grace illuminates moments of growth as he explores the hardest parts of the city.

"Grace gives us the stories of those on the ground and in the dirt and thereby gives us all hope and know-how. I absolutely loved this book. A must-read--for everyone." -Laura Pritchett, author of Stars Go Blue

"Grow is gorgeously written and a true pleasure to read. Grace is a lovely writer and here he puts his mastery to the highest purpose-changing the way we live so that we can take care of our planet." -Helen Thorpe, author of Just Like Us and Soldier Girls

"Stephen Grace has written with passion, wisdom, and-yes-grace about the backstory of the food on our plates, and about the people in Denver who are working to bring that story closer to home..." -Nick Arvin, author of The Reconstructionist

"Stephen Grace serves up generous helpings of nutrient-dense stories of farmers and farming in the gritty urban tangle of a sprawling metropolis, revealing a hidden revolution with the power to quietly heal lives and communities...." -Michael Brownlee, Publisher, Local Food Shift magazine

"A highly engaged and engaging conversation, a compassionate conversation, with the foragers, restaurateurs, vintners, waste farmers and community gardeners who are building the soil of a restorative economy." -Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman of Slow Money

"Years from now, people will read this book by Stephen Grace and think, 'That's how we did it! That's how people in cities figured out how to feed themselves instead of relying on food trucked in from thousands of miles away!'" -Kristin Ohlson, author of The Soil Will Save Us

Автор: Hall Stephen, Hall Vanessa
Название: Space and Grace: To Build a Bigger and Better Marriage
ISBN: 069272236X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692722367
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Цена: 29110.00 T
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Автор: Macchia Stephen A.
Название: Outstretched Arms of Grace: A 40-Day Lenten Devotional
ISBN: 0692614958 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692614952
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Цена: 9760.00 T
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Описание: The 40-day Lenten season is typically a time when we choose to abstain from an indulgence or practice some new measure of devotion. Whether you choose to give something up or take something on (or neither), what's most important is ensuring your heart is attentive to the gifts of grace that Jesus has given by way of his ultimate sacrifice on the cross: forgiveness of sins, fullness of life, and a forever home awaiting you in heaven. May the journey ahead be good for your soul.

Автор: Stromp Stephen
Название: Cracking Grace
ISBN: 0615970656 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615970653
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Цена: 8730.00 T
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Описание: Cracking Grace questions the very basic concepts of spirituality through the eyes of Audrey, a young girl in the midst of a tragedy-and through the eyes of Mary, a seemingly lifeless cemetery statue. As her father slips into madness, Audrey is left to explore a secret world for answers to her loss. Aided by her faithful companion, a bluebird named Bluebell, Mary sets out on her own mission of discovery-despite chiding from the other residents of the cemetery: the cynical Jesus; two wisecracking gargoyles; and the eccentric ghost Mrs. Grant, a curmudgeonly old woman trapped among the graves. Part fable, part dark fantasy, Cracking Grace is the story of loss and of newfound friendships for a young, wounded girl. It's the story of a father bound to the flesh, unable to accept death. It's the story of a woman trapped in stone, determined to understand her existence.

Автор: Duffy Stephen J.
Название: The Dynamics of Grace: Perspectives in Theological Anthropology
ISBN: 1556356382 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781556356384
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Цена: 47820.00 T
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Описание: The doctrine of grace, concerning the healing, freeing, and empowering presence of the Spirit in human life, is central in Christianity. This readable, yet in-depth, historical and interpretive study retraces the long trajectory of the theology of grace as thinkers grappled with the mystery that envelops the interplay between God's life with us and our common life together. Retrieving the rich symbols of the Christian past and reinterpreting them within their own cultural context, theologians in different eras shaped the development of a Christian anthropology that plays upon all the registers of the greatness and misery of the human condition. The presuppositions, questions, and benchmark anthropologies of early Christianity, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Trent, and Rahner are critically analyzed in light of recent historical studies and in light of a new climate of ecumenical convergence. The exploration ends by probing the anthropology of contemporary liberation theologies that mark another turning point in the tradition by breaking grace out of the realm of privacy and into the sociopolitical arena. Stephen J. Duffy is Professor of Systematic Theology in the Department of Religious Studies at Loyola University in New Orleans. He is the author of The Graced Horizon: Nature and Grace in Modern Catholic Thought and a contributor to scholarly journals such as Theological Studies, Horizons, and the Journal of Ecumenical Studies.

Автор: Williams Stephen N.
Название: The Election of Grace: A Riddle Without Resolution? (Kantzer Lectures in Revealed Theology)
ISBN: 0802837808 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780802837806
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Описание: Few issues in Christian theology have sparked as much controversy over the centuries as the question of election. In this book -- the inaugural volume of the Kantzer Lectures in Revealed Theology series -- Stephen Williams offers a rich and nuanced account of the doctrine of election, arguing that we should diminish the role of "system" in Christian theology.

After expounding the Bible's teaching on election, Williams turns to questions of theological method and substance. He maintains that the subject of predestination must be considered in a wider biblical context than it often is and that we cannot expect to understand election within a comprehensive systematic framework. What matters is the relation of particular truths to the particulars of life, he says, not the systematic relation of truths to each other. Williams draws on and applies the insights of remarkable nineteenth-century Anglican leader Charles Simeon throughout his study, concluding the book with a cogent discussion of Karl Barth on election.