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  • Faith and Reason

    Vistas and Horizons

    Edited by Nigel Zimmermann, Sandra Lynch ...
    What is the fruit of a searching dialogue between faith and reason? This book collects theological and philosophical perspectives on the richness of the faith-reason dialogue, including examples from literature, continental and analytic philosophy, worship and liturgy, and radical approaches to issues of racism and prejudice. The authors strongly resist the temptations to either disregard the ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sources of the Christian Self

    A Cultural History of Christian Identity

    Edited by James M. Houston, Jens Zimmermann ...
    Using Charles Taylor's magisterial Sources of the Self : The Making of the Modern Identity as a springboard, this interdisciplinary book explores lived Christian identity through the ages.Beginning with such Old Testament figures as Abraham, Moses, and David and moving through the New Testament, the early church, the Middle Ages, and onward, the forty-two biographical chapters in Sources of the ... Read more

    $80.87 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Zimmermann Telegram: Analysis and Criticism

    Continuing Education, #1

    by Broomhandle Books ...
    Series Book 1 - Continuing Education
    The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara Tuchmann is a key work examining the question of what prompted the U.S. to enter World War I.This particular short analysis and criticism, which is part of our Continuing Education Series, hopes to provide readers with thoughtful consideration on Barbara Tuchmann's research on the matter of how Woodrow Wilson, despite his long held stand on non-intervention in ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Race

    The First Nonstop, Round-the-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition

    by Tim Zimmermann ...
    A contributing editor for Outside magazine provides a behind-the-scenes look at the fast-paced, around-the-world sailing race.An invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called "The Race," which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • HVZA: Hudson Valley Zombie Apocalypse

    by Linda Zimmermann ...
    It's 2012, the year the world is supposed to end, but no one expected this. An infection spreads through New York's Hudson Valley. The government tells us it is just the flu, but people are turning into crazed killers. Can it be stopped? Follow the story from the first days of infection, to the last days of civilization, as told by Dr. Rebecca Truesdale, aka, "Becks." Becks is smart and tough, and ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Films That Work Harder

    The Circulation of Industrial Film

    Edited by Vinzenz Hediger, Florian Hoof, Yvonne Zimmermann, Scott Anthony ...
    Series series Film Culture in Transition
    What unleashed the forces of global capitalism which continue to shape the world that we live in? Economists and economic historians variously point to innovations in logistics and trade, the emergence of a new set of business-friendly values and the emergence of new forms of applied knowledge in early modernity to solve this riddle. This book focuses on the moving image as a factor of economic ... Read more

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  • Bad Science

    by Linda Zimmermann ...
    2011 Silver Medal Award Winner for Humor in the Independent Publisher's Awards! The contest is one of the oldest and largest, and this year included 4,000 books from around the world. "Bad Science: A Brief History of Bizarre Misconceptions, Totally Wrong Conclusions, and Incredibly Stupid Theories" takes a humorous look at bloodletting, alchemy, quack devices, the worship of meteorites, faked data ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Killer in the Pool

    by Tim Zimmermann ...
    On February 24, 2010, Tilikum, the largest killer whale at SeaWorld, suddenly dragged Dawn Brancheau, his trainer, into the pool and killed her. Journalist Tim Zimmermann set out to find out why. His riveting account of Tilikum's life and the history of killer whale entertainment at marine parks dives into the world of the ocean's top predator. It chronicles Tilikum's capture and separation from ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Politics and Human Flourishing

    A Christian Vision

    Edited by Leanne J. Smythe, Jens Zimmermann ...
    Is Christianity a private faith or a public calling? While Western tradition distinguishes between the domains of “God and Caesar,” the practical boundaries of this division remain a central challenge for the contemporary believer. In Politics and Human Flourishing: A Christian Vision, this tension is explored through the lens of political theology. What vision of human nature should guide society ... Read more

    $38.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Computer Science Programming Basics in Ruby

    Exploring Concepts and Curriculum with Ruby

    by Ophir Frieder, Gideon Frieder, David Grossman ...
    If you know basic high-school math, you can quickly learn and apply the core concepts of computer science with this concise, hands-on book. Led by a team of experts, you’ll quickly understand the difference between computer science and computer programming, and you’ll learn how algorithms help you solve computing problems.Each chapter builds on material introduced earlier in the book, so you can ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Hermeneutics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jens Zimmermann ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Hermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, a behaviour that is intrinsic to our daily lives. As humans, we decipher the meaning of newspaper articles, books, legal matters, religious texts, political speeches, emails, and even dinner conversations every day . But how is knowledge mediated through these forms? What constitutes the process of interpretation? And how do ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • How Film Histories Were Made

    Materials, Methods, Discourses

    Edited by Malte Hagener, Yvonne Zimmermann ...
    Series series Film Culture in Transition
    This book is specifically dedicated to film history’s own history: It provides insights into the fabrication of film histories and the discourses on their materials and methods in the past in order to better understand and reconsider film history today. The interventions unpack unspoken assumptions and hidden agendas that determine film historiography until today, also with the aim to act as a ... Read more

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