Promotions - Title Listings - "Technical and Reference, July 2, 2018"

The chronicle of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin's unlikely yet enduring literary and personal relationship. Their story provides a window into the literary history of the mid-20th century and reveals the struggles of a great artist and the publisher he considered his true friend.

In The Compassionate Connection, Dr. Rakel provides an innovative approach to enhancing health in others and strengthening relationships through the art of connecting. These tools guide us to improve our connections and live with clarity, wisdom, and good health.

Already appearing on must-read lists for Bitch, PopSugar, BookRiot, and Autostraddle, this is an exploration of women navigating serious health issues at an age where they're expected to be healthy, dating, and having careers and children.

The technology already exists to create weapons that can attack targets without human input. Paul Scharre draws on deep research and firsthand experience to explore how these next-generation weapons are changing warfare.

In this book, theologian and ethicist Matthew Kaemingk offers a thought-provoking Christian perspective on the growing debates over Muslim presence in the West.

David Capes, a veteran teacher and highly regarded scholar, examines Paul's letters to show how the apostle constructed his unique portrait of Jesus as divine through a rereading of Israel's Scriptures.

In Flunk. Start., Sands Hall chronicles her slow yet willing absorption into the Church of Scientology. She compellingly reveals what drew her into the religion and how she came to confront its darker sides.

This introductory guide, written by a leading expert in medieval theology and church history, offers a thorough overview of medieval biblical interpretation. It is the only current, compact introduction to the whole range of medieval exegesis.

Representing the fruit of a lifetime of study, this work from a revered evangelical scholar provides a concise summary of Paul's teaching about Jesus. Fee offers the results of his work in a form accessible to any reader of Scripture.

More than two centuries after his death, theologians and historians alike are finding the larger-than-life Edwards more interesting than ever. Crisp and Strobel's concise yet comprehensive guide will help students of this preacher understand why.

This volume brings together nine eminent Jewish and Christian theologians reflecting on a crucial aspect of Barth's thought and legacy. These scholarly essays demonstrate possibilities for building positive relations without theological compromise.

This volume on Matthew contains select freshly translated excerpts from patristic commentators. Ranging chronologically from the second to the seventh century, these selections splendidly display a neglected part of the church's interpretation of Matthew.

After analyzing contemporary challenges and developing a missiological approach for the U.S. church, Craig Van Gelder and Dwight Zscheile reflect on the long, complex, and contested history of Christian mission in America.

In this definitive biography, renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N.T. Wright offers a radical look at the apostle Paul, illuminating the humanity and remarkable achievements of this intellectual who invented Christian theology.

Ideal for students, individual readers, and study groups, Paul: An Apostle's Journey dramatically recounts the life of one of early Christianity's most fascinating figures - and offers powerful insight into his mind and his influential message.

In this follow-up to her book For Freedom or Bondage? African theologian Esther Acolatse bridges the enormous hermeneutical gap not only between the West and global Christianity but also between the West and its own biblical-theological heritage.

Offering vital insights into key leaders, eras, and trends in Latino Protestantism, Martinez's work will prove an invaluable resource for all who are seeking to understand this rapidly growing U.S. demographic.

In this distillation of his Warfield Lectures, delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary in spring 2014, leading Reformed theologian Cornelis van der Kooi examines the relationship of the Holy Spirit to Jesus Christ.

In this book Klyne Snodgrass expertly draws out what the Bible tells us about who God says we are, how we fit within God's purposes, and how our God-given identity can and must impact the way we live our lives.

Drawing on fresh insights into the anatomy of the anxious brain, Dr. Wehrenberg gets to the biologically based heart of the problem and offers readers practical, effective tips to manage their anxiety on a day-to-day basis.

In The Consciousness Instinct, the neuroscience pioneer Michael S. Gazzaniga puts the latest research in conversation with the history of human thinking about the mind, giving a big-picture view of what science has revealed about consciousness.

Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Sandra Kahn and Paul R. Ehrlich propose simple adjustments that can alleviate this developing crisis.

In 2014, astronomers wielding BICEP2, the most powerful cosmology telescope ever made, revealed that they'd glimpsed the spark that ignited the Big Bang. Keating takes us on an adventure, bringing to life the highly competitive world of modern science.

From the 1920s to today, physicists like John Bell and Hugh Everett persisted in seeking the true meaning of quantum mechanics. What is Real? is the gripping story of this battle of ideas and the courageous scientists who dared to stand up for the truth.

Can we find the political will to make capitalism serve democracy, and not the other way around? Charting a plan for action based on political precedent, this book is essential reading for anyone eager to reverse the decline of democracy in the West.

Debt, entrenched vested interests, a frenzy of speculation, and an aging population are all pushing China toward an economic reckoning. China's Great Wall of Debt unravels an incredibly complex and opaque economy, one whose fortunes will - for better or worse - shape the globe.

Based on extensive research, including assessments of more than 35,000 leaders, The Mind of the Leader concludes that organizations aren't meeting employees' basic human needs of finding meaning, purpose, connection, and genuine happiness in their work.

Historian Steven M. Gillon offers a revelatory new history of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders - popularly known as the Kerner Commission. Essential for anyone seeking to understand the fraught politics of race in America.

Abbott's sixty-year career established her not only as a master of American photography, but also as a teacher, writer, archivist, and inventor. Famously reticent in public, Abbott's fascinating life has long remained a mystery - until now.

The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first journey to the Moon on Christmas in 1968. A riveting account of three heroic astronauts who took one of the most dangerous space flights ever.