What's So Amazing About Grace?

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Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Zondervan (February 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0310245656
ISBN-13: 978-0310245650
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
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Mention the word "grace" and what immediately comes to mind for most of us is a bagpipe wailing the solemn notes of "Amazing Grace." The grace of which Philip Yancey writes is the freely given and unmerited favor and love of God. This grace seems a remote, almost sentimental concept, without a place in our lives or our society. It is a vague, slippery thing to us, probably because we seem to experience grace so rarely and have managed to leech the word of meaning. But Philip Yancey has set about to rescue grace in his book What's So Amazing About Grace? This grace is the true message of Jesus. All faiths have virtues and creeds and justice and truth, but Jesus speaks merely of receiving the love that God has for us. Accepting it, not earning it or making ourselves worthy of it. And frankly, accepting something we have not earned or are not worthy of is not an easy thing for most of us. In truth, grace is both utterly simple and utterly confounding. Little by little, Yancey guides us into a clearer understanding of grace by using stories, in much the same way Jesus did. We read stories of both grace and ungrace at work in people's lives. Sadly, it is stories of ungrace that are more prevalent today, the current culture wars painful acknowledgments of ungrace in our lives as Christians in this country. Yancey helps us understand that ungrace is that state of being in which self-righteousness and pride are a result of thinking that we have somehow earned God's approval and may now stand in judgment in his behalf. Philip Yancey was awarded the Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year award for this book in 1998 by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Readers concurred with this decision, making this book an immediate bestseller. Believers and nonbelievers alike should accept Yancey's challenge to become agents of grace rather than agents of vengeance or judgment or anger. In truth, we are each starving for grace, ready to grasp it tightly. And it is through grace that all other hungers--for justice, for righteousness, for love--are satisfied. Yancey opens his book by telling us that "grace" is the last best word, and in What's So Amazing About Grace?, he proves that he's right. --Patricia Klein --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From the Publisher The Jesus I Never Knew and What's So Amazing About Grace? have influenced the Christian church in a way few other books ever have. Both have ascended to the ranks of ongoing best-sellers. Both have won the Gold Medallion Book of the Year Award--fitting recognition for what may well be Philip Yancey's two most significant books to date. And now the previously abridged audio editions of these two remarkable works come unabridged. Read by professional narrator Bill Richards, here are Yancey's complete, passionate, personal insights into the person of Jesus and the nature of grace--with the convenience and flexibility of Zondervan Audio Pages. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. What's So Amazing About Grace?

Brave New World eBook: Aldous Huxley

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Print Length: 288 pages
Publisher: RosettaBooks (July 1, 2010)
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Language: English
ASIN: B003XRELDY
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"Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley's utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories, and the most popular form of entertainment is a "Feelie," a movie that stimulates the senses of sight, hearing, and touch. Though there is no violence and everyone is provided for, Bernard Marx feels something is missing and senses his relationship with a young women has the potential to be much more than the confines of their existence allow. Huxley foreshadowed many of the practices and gadgets we take for granted today--let's hope the sterility and absence of individuality he predicted aren't yet to come. From Library Journal Grade 8 Up-Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a classic science fiction work that continues to be a significant warning to our society today. Tony Britton, the reader, does an excellent job of portraying clinical detachment as the true nature of the human incubators is revealed. The tone lightens during the vacation to the wilderness and the contrast is even more striking. Each character is given a separate personality by Britton's voices. As the story moves from clinical detachment to the human interest of Bernard, the nonconformist, and John, the "Savage," listeners are drawn more deeply into the plot. Finally, the reasoned tones of the Controller explain away all of John's arguments against the civilization, leading to John's death as he cannot reconcile his beliefs to theirs.The abridgement is very well done, and the overall message of the novel is clearly presented. The advanced vocabulary and complex themes lend themselves to class discussion and further research. There is sure to be demand for this classic in schools and public libraries.Pat Griffith, Schlow Memorial Library, State College, PA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Brave New World eBook: Aldous Huxley

The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that will Disrupt the World

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Paperback: 118 pages
Publisher: Foner Books; Revised edition (August 25, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0972380175
ISBN-13: 978-0972380171
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
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An indispensable guide to the rapid changes in China's economy... Rein has observed the developments... as well as helped shape the markets he describes. A practical, must read for anyone dealing with China, doing business there, or simply trying to understand what is going on.- Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President Emeritus, Asia SocietyA core thesis behind the launching of my China fund in 2010 was that the drivers of China's economy were changing. Shaun Rein's new book examines these trends in detail and their important implications - Anthony Bolton, Legendary Investor and President Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Head Fidelity China Special Situations PLCRein is a keen observer of contemporary China.  He has an eye for the detail...and knows the markets and consumers of a maturing--but still dynamic--Chinese economy. As "Cheap China" comes to an end, Rein's insights are all the more valuable. - William C. Kirby, Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends that will Disrupt the World