Michael Miller
Author
Language
English
Description
An insider's look into the largely anonymous volunteers in local party organizations who make decisions in elections with profound implications for American democracy.
Although scholars have long recognized that local American parties play an important role in elections, surprisingly little is known about the individuals who lead these typically small, volunteer-based organizations. As David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, and Michael G. Miller show in...
Author
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI resigned from the papacy in 2013, he never stopped thinking or writing. Near the end of his life, he and editor Elio Guerriero gathered together a whole volume of new material, dealing with the themes closest to his heart. The pope asked that it be published upon his death. This final work is What Is Christianity? It takes up a kaleidoscopic array of themes: the Christian faith's relationship with other religions,...
Author
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Robert Cardinal Sarah, one of the most prominent and outspoken Catholic Cardinals, gives witness to his Christian faith and comments on many current controversial issues. The mission of the Church, the joy of the gospel, the heresy of activism, and the definition of marriage are among the topics he discusses with wisdom and eloquence.
Author
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Robert Cardinal Sarah calls The Day Is Now Far Spent his most important book. He analyzes the spiritual, moral and political collapse of the Western world and concludes that "the decadence of our time has all the faces of mortal peril." A cultural identity crisis, he writes, is at the root of the problems facing Western society. "The West no longer knows who it is, because it no longer knows and does not want to know who made it, who established...
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005], c1997
Language
English
Description
An advertising executive moves his children to Los Angeles after his wife leaves him to return to college. It could be a new beginning if he can heal the rift with his children and win back their love.
91) Soul plane
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
After an encounter with a faulty airline toilet, Dakwon sues the offending airline, and wins 100 million dollars for his pain and suffering. Flushed with cash, Dakwon decides to start his own airline called NWA. With a purple exterior, an interior to die for, the first flight of the new airline is about to take off. But with a pilot who can't fly, white passengers who are clearly out of their element, crazy security officers, and a crew too wrapped...
Author
Series
Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Peregrine's excitement over her upcoming nuptials is short-lived as she begins to realize she and James have different plans for their future together. When a woman's body is discovered during flight attendant training at Melbourne Airport, Peregrine goes undercover at hostess school.
Author
Language
English
Description
When a 15-year-old honors student Jodi Hayward (Shawnee Smith)--charged with being in a car with an underage driver--comes before a vindictive judge who abuses his power for personal satisfaction, she is sentenced to spend a night in adult jail in this story based on true events.While Jodi's parents report her missing and search frantically to find their daughter, she is locked up with hardened criminals for a nightmarish night that ends with her...
Author
Series
Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
A brawl at a bowling alley between rockers and mods leads to decapitation. When the police arrest Violetta's nephew for the murder, Peregrine sets out to prove his innocence.
95) Theater of war
Publisher
Distributed by Kino Lorber Inc
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Language
English
Description
An examination of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and her children", and the political philosophies the play represents. Preparing for The Public Theater's 2006 production of Brecht's anti-war play, Meryl Streep allows a camera crew to document her rehearsal process and interest in the work. Moreover, the life and times of Brecht himself are followed, most notably the playwrites' escape from Nazi Germany, subsequent exile, testimony to the House...
96) Black knight
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Jamal is an employee at Medieval World amusement park when he is magically transported back to 14th century England. Now he must do battle with an evil king, deadly assassins - and really bad plumbing.
97) I love trucks
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this book, toddlers can point to and learn the names of their favorite trucks.
98) My first ghost
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Provides the reader with a ghost of his or her own, as well as instructions for feeding, caring for, and playing with this spectral friend.
Author
Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Seminal and subversive. Iconic and experimental. Radical and underground. This collection of over 500 vintage T-shirts has them all. Symbols of rebellion - worn by skaters, punks, metalheads and surfers alike - T-shirts have dominated pop culture for decades. Featuring specially commissioned photographs of each tee, interviews with die-hard collectors, and rare treasures from celebrated designers, Cult T-shirts is a nostalgic dive into the world of...