A complete book of sermon ideas for 1991, in one handy volume. James Cox has gathered sermons, illustrations, and other material from 250 leading preachers. "The Ministers Manual" includes: topical sermon for every Sunday - worship aids for every Sunday, including call to worship invocation, offertory sentence, offertory prayer and pastoral prayer - Lectionary sermon for every Sunday (based on the Gospel reading of the Common Lectionary) - two sermon outlines for every Sunday - special sermons for Lent and Easter, Advent and Christmas, communion, funerals, evangelism - story sermon for children - a treasury of sermon illustrations.

The Celebration of Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Cousins, Norman

Philosophy

Harper&Row

"An eloquent plea for two needed emphases: more humane doctor-patient relations, and greater patient involvement in the struggle with disease."—Melvin Konner.

Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Penguin Publishing Group

Discusses the massive heart attack Cousins suffered in 1980, the events leading up to the attack, the importance of coping with panic, the treatment process, his intensive rehabilitation program, and his recovery

Healing Heart

Avon/Books

Cousins recalls key moments from his forty years of learning, editing and writing, reporting on important events, acting as a presidential emissary, and working on health projects, and tells of his work with famous men and women

Human Options

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Healing Heart, Antidotes to Panic and Helplessness

Psychology & Counseling

Dr. Schweitzer's correspondence provides the core of an account of his crusade to awaken public consciousness to the folly of nuclear war

Albert Schweitzer's Mission: Healing and Peace

Biographies & Memoirs

W.W.Norton&Company

Examines the state of national security in the United States and contends that the American people are being massively defrauded by groups making military policy decisions in accordance with their own self-interest

The Pathology of Power

Social Sciences

This famous and bestselling book, recounting Norman Cousins' partnership with his doctors in overcoming a crippling and supposedly irreversible disease, is now available in a beautifully bound special gift edition. Anatomy of an Illness illustrates the life-saving benefits to be gained through taking responsibility for one's own well-being.

Anatomy of an Illness As Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration

A special hardcover gift edition of the New York Times bestseller: Norman Cousins's phenomenal bestseller on illness overcome and the triumph of the human spirit. The premise of Norman Cousins's enormously influential work is that the human mind is capable of promoting the body's capacity for combating illness and healing itself even when faced with a seemingly hopeless medical predicament. The author recounts his personal experiences while working in close collaboration with his doctor to overcome a crippling and supposedly irreversible disease, and illustrates the life-saving and ultimately life-prolonging benefits to be gained by taking responsibility for one's own well-being. Cousins's story is inspirational reading for anyone contending with a serious illness.

Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration

Dubos, Rene'

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Describes how, after the Cuban missile crisis, President Kennedy, Pope John, and Khrushchev worked towards world peace in a new spirit of optimism.

The improbable triumvirate: John F. Kennedy, Pope John, Nikita Khrushchev

W.W.Norton

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