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Citizenship Without Illusions
In this practical guide on political engagement and citizenship, David Koyzis present a case for political engagement as a way to love our neighbors without full devotion to parties or ideologies. Using examples from various eras and places, he explores topics like how to vote, citizenship under less-than-ideal circumstances, and more.
Urban Lowlands
Interrogates the connections between a city’s physical landscape and the poverty and social problems that are often concentrated at its literal lowest points. In Urban Lowlands, Steven T. Moga looks closely at the Harlem Flats in New York City, Black Bottom in Nashville, Swede Hollow in Saint Paul, and the Flats in Los Angeles, to interrogate the connections between a city’s actual landscape and the poverty and social problems that are often concentrated at its literal lowest points. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective on the history of US urban development from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, Moga reveals patterns of inequitable land use, economic dispossession, and social discrimination against immigrants and minorities. In attending to the landscapes of neighborhoods typically considered slums, Moga shows how physical and policy-driven containment has shaped the lives of the urban poor, while wealth and access to resources have been historically concentrated in elevated areas—truly “the heights.” Moga’s innovative framework expands our understanding of how planning and economic segregation alike have molded the American city.
Living in the Moments
This book reads like a diary. The pages are full of 11 years worth of words. Words that speak of Living in the Moments and enjoying the day before you, whatever it may bring. The words were typed out and shared from 2007 to 2018 - as blog posts, articles for women's newsletters and magazines, and poems from Anna's journal. Anna's daily living included moments of faith, marriage, and motherhood. These 11 years of her life focused on raising two sons (from ages 2 & 6 to ages 13 & 17), learning to mother a third son who was stillborn, serving in the church as a pastor's wife, figuring out domestic life, and finding her voice as a writer. There were many ups and downs, some the usual and some out of the ordinary. Anna hopes to share them all with grace and humour, as an encouragement to all those who read this book. Find more from Anna, including resources for growing faith in the family, at annasklar.ca.
Brown Acres
With more than 250 photographs and rare ephemera, all collected by author Tom Zimmerman, Paradise Promoted is the first book to showcase the era from 1870 to 1930, when boosters developed the small town of Los Angeles into the city that would become Americas most cutting-edge metropolis. Los Angeles was the subject of the longest, loudest, most persistent promotional campaign in the history of the United States. Nothing was too exaggerated, absurd, or flat-out bizarre to be fodder for the relentless effort to convince Americans to slam the door forever on their home and sally forth to what booster supreme G.W. Burton called The fairest daughter among the sisterhood of cities in the world. This material that was meant to be cast away--ephemeral advertising and promotional pieces -- tells the complete story of how the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the railroads, the speculators, business moguls and the Automobile Club wooed the world west.
Day by Day with Charles Swindoll
A steaming cup of coffee, a heart-warming story, a poignant time of meditation and prayer in your favorite place of solitude. A few quiet moments alone with God?what a great way to begin . . . or end . . . your day. Now, Charles, Swindoll, the master communicator whose compelling stories and eye-opening insights have helped millions of people find and build meaningful relationships with God, brings you this moving collection of 365 daily devotionals. Based on the Bible and his best-selling classic, The Finishing Touch, this new book provides just what you need to open your heart to the Lord's love and leading every day. Your soul-strengthening journey through this volume can begin at any time during the year. And you will be drawn ever nearer to the heart of God through these brief encounters with Him as you study and worship Day by Day with Charles Swindoll.
Sand Rush
An original approach to the iconic landscape of California--the beaches of Los Angeles--this book recovers untold stories of presidential jaunts, wild spring break celebrations, underground gay beaches, and engineering feats that enlarged the shores overnight. From the creation of a mini-Venice on the LA sands in 1905 to Baywatch's David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson captivating billions of television viewers worldwide in the 1990s, the book offers a comprehensive look at a landscape that is at once natural and artificial, but now under threat from climate change and rising sea levels.
