New Releases by Bruce Gordon

A “wonderful…highly comprehensive” (John Barton, author of A History of the Bible) global history of the world’s best-known and most influential book For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. Its eternal words are transmitted across the world by fallible human hands. Following Jesus’s departing instruction to go out into the world, the Bible has been a book in motion from its very beginnings, and every community it has encountered has read, heard, and seen the Bible through its own language and culture. In The Bible, Bruce Gordon tells the astounding story of the Bible’s journey around the globe and across more than two thousand years, showing how it has shaped and been shaped by changing beliefs and believers’ radically different needs. The Bible has been a tool for violence and oppression, and it has expressed hopes for liberation. God speaks with one voice, but the people who receive it are scattered and divided—found in desert monasteries and Chinese house churches, in Byzantine cathedrals and Guatemalan villages. Breathtakingly global in scope, The Bible tells the story of this sacred book through the stories of its many and diverse human encounters, revealing not a static text but a living, dynamic cultural force.

Ein Leben zu führen, das Relevanz hat - in der Gegenwart und in der Ewigkeit -, das ist jederzeit möglich. Egal, in welcher Lebensphase man sich gerade befindet. Dieses Andachtsbuch ermutigt dazu, seine Erwartungen im fortgeschrittenen Alter nicht zurückzuschrauben und offen zu sein für das, was Gott für einen bereithält. Dabei geht es in den 52 Andachten auch um ganz praktische Lebensthemen: um den Umgang mit der Enkel-Generation, wie man zur Vergebung findet, was positive Alltagsgestaltung ausmacht, wie man mit dem Älterwerden umgehen kann und vieles mehr. Wertvolle Impulse für ein Leben reich an Sinn, Bedeutung und Hoffnung - für Menschen im besten Alter.

Rick "Dickie" Duncan is turning fifty. Meh. On the eve of this mid-century milestone, he finds himself alone in his mother's Ottawa basement, surrounded by gaudy decor and a carpet that hasn't been raked in years. Grabbing some brews and frozen hotdogs, Rick rummages through the clutter that's made up his dissatisfied life. From the death of Santa to the last days of Scottish Rot, Rick meanders through the decades, mapping his existence amid the pop culture of the '70s to the present day. Marking key moments of his unsated misadventures and real-life dating disasters, Rick reminds himself that his journey is a love story. Sort of.

A major new biography of Huldrych Zwingli--the warrior preacher who shaped the early Reformation Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) was the most significant early reformer after Martin Luther. As the architect of the Reformation in Switzerland, he created the Reformed tradition later inherited by John Calvin. His movement ultimately became a global religion. A visionary of a new society, Zwingli was also a divisive and fiercely radical figure. Bruce Gordon presents a fresh interpretation of the early Reformation and the key role played by Zwingli. A charismatic preacher and politician, Zwingli transformed church and society in Zurich and inspired supporters throughout Europe. Yet, Gordon shows, he was seen as an agitator and heretic by many and his bellicose, unyielding efforts to realize his vision would prove his undoing. Unable to control the movement he had launched, Zwingli died on the battlefield fighting his Catholic opponents.

An essential biography of the most important book of the Protestant Reformation John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. First published in Latin in 1536 and in Calvin's native French in 1541, the Institutes argues for the majesty of God and for justification by faith alone. The book decisively shaped Calvinism as a major religious and intellectual force in Europe and throughout the world. Here, Bruce Gordon provides an essential biography of Calvin's influential and enduring theological masterpiece, tracing the diverse ways it has been read and interpreted from Calvin's time to today. Gordon explores the origins and character of the Institutes, looking closely at its theological and historical roots, and explaining how it evolved through numerous editions to become a complete summary of Reformation doctrine. He shows how the development of the book reflected the evolving thought of Calvin, who instilled in the work a restlessness that reflected his understanding of the Christian life as a journey to God. Following Calvin's death in 1564, the Institutes continued to be reprinted, reedited, and reworked through the centuries. Gordon describes how it has been used in radically different ways, such as in South Africa, where it was invoked both to defend and attack the horror of apartheid. He examines its vexed relationship with the historical Calvin—a figure both revered and despised—and charts its robust and contentious reception history, taking readers from the Puritans and Voltaire to YouTube, the novels of Marilynne Robinson, and to China and Africa, where the Institutes continues to find new audiences today.

Following Zwingli explores history, scholarship, and memory in Reformation Zurich. The humanist culture of this city was shaped by a remarkable sodality of scholars, many of whom had been associated with Erasmus. In creating a new Christian order, Zwingli and his colleagues sought biblical, historical, literary, and political models to shape and defend their radical reforms. After Zwingli’s sudden death, the next generation was committed to the institutional and intellectual establishment of the Reformation through ongoing dialogue with the past. The essays of this volume examine the immediacy of antiquity, early Christianity, and the Middle Ages for the Zurich reformers. Their reading and appropriation of history was no mere rhetorical exercise or polemical defence. The Bible, theology, church institutions, pedagogy, and humanist scholarship were the lifeblood of the Reformation. But their appropriation depended on the interplay of past ideals with the pressing demands of a sixteenth-century reform movement troubled by internal dissention and constantly under attack. This book focuses on Zwingli’s successors and on their interpretations of the recent and distant past: the choices they made, and why. How those pasts spoke to the present and how they were heard tell us a great deal not only about the distinctive nature of Zurich and Zwinglianism, but also about locality, history, and religious change in the European Reformation.

SCRAMBLE! In a couple of minutes my wingman and I would be airborne on another adventure. Sometimes we intercepted an airliner, sometimes a misplaced B-52 bomber, and sometimes Russian bombers probing our defenses; Russian warships; MIG fighters; or "troops in contact" in Vietnam, calling for napalm only yards from their positions. Twice it was UFOs - Unidentified Flying Objects! This book is a series of short stories, supported by more than 90 photographs. The first part has my own stories; later stories were contributed by my fellow pilots. The last story is from WW II of our P-38 fighters attacking the Romanian oil fields and getting badly mauled by defending Romanian fighters - and a Romanian pilot's view of the battle! "Only the spirit of attack borne in a brave heart will bring success to any fighter aircraft, to matter how highly developed the aircraft may be." That quote from Adolf Galland, an Ace of the German Luftwaffe in WW II, was the motto of our 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in Alaska. The fighter pilot is a hunter, and his quarry is the most dangerous in the world - men who want to kill him! The best defense is a good offense - ATTACK! The US Air Force had a program called "Every Man a Tiger". A tiger does not kill impulsively or in anger, but plans his attack carefully and strikes with cool ferocity. We were tigers! Fighter pilots tell stories around the bar, but they seldom write them down. These stories were written by the fighter pilots themselves! Come with me and hear of the beauty of flight, the mortal danger of electrical power failure at night in a snowstorm, and the thrill of attack with 20mm cannons firing right under your feet!

During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the faith of the Reformation. For the rest of his days he lived out the implications of that transformation—as exile, inspired reformer, and ultimately the dominant figure of the Protestant Reformation. Calvin's vision of the Christian religion has inspired many volumes of analysis, but this engaging biography examines a remarkable life. Bruce Gordon presents Calvin as a human being, a man at once brilliant, arrogant, charismatic, unforgiving, generous, and shrewd. The book explores with particular insight Calvin's self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority, perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin's character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal tragedies and failures, his extensive relationships with others, and the context within which he wrote and taught. What emerges is a man who devoted himself to the Church, inspiring and transforming the lives of others, especially those who suffered persecution for their religious beliefs.

A guide for the medical device and pharmaceutical sales representative on sales skills to use with doctors and hospitals while observing correct procedures and building trust. It covers the structure of a hospital, medical staff, the hospital pharmacy, hospital-based pharmacist, the nursing service, policies and procedures for hospital vendors.

This book is a combination of two works by the authors, Sales Humor Delivery Skills and Sales Humor Writing Skills. An important skill in sales, and in any business situation, is the proper delivery and use of humor. And it can be learned. Sales Humor Delivery Skills teaches important elements of delivering effective humor. This book will not only teach some of the secrets of professional joke writing, but will also teach how to apply them to sales and business situations. This title is part of the highly acclaimed UniversityofHealthCare series on sales.

Helps you learn sales time diagnostics, scheduling your work, recovering scrap time, how to maximise time with prospects, and how to minimise sales meetings. This book also helps you learn the designing of sales territories, the alignment process, realignment of existing territories, territory alignment software, and territory review frequency.

Agent GXP FDA Part 11 teaches the FDA regulations on electronic signatures and records in the context of a spoof on a hostage rescue supervised by Pharm Mission Control. It is taught mostly through interactive questions and interviews with Agent GXP. The many difficult regulations of Part 11 are broken down into episodes that make the learning more memorable. This thorough course will teach you the history of Part 11, the regulations of Part 11, the implementation of Part 11, the applications of Part 11, the ideas behind Part 11 in order to apply them to new situations, and how to prepare for enforcement of Part 11. This is particularly important for both pharmaceutical/medical device manufacturing and clinical research personnel in FDA-regulated industries, and provides an excellent glimpse of the issues that are likely to face HIPAA implementation of electronic records security measures. This course has been used by thousands of people in the pharmaceutical industry. Readers will enjoy the approachable, compact, conversational style of the title. Those readers who wish to have an accompanying program with video and interactivity should also purchase the CD version. This is part of the highly acclaimed UniversityOfHealthCare series on FDA regulations.

Solid learning about sales and business letters intersperses the humorous mistakes of a pharmaceutical/medical device salesman as he learns how to write sales letters. Readers will learn principles of the strategy of writing letters, the parts of a letter, specific letter types, common mistakes in letter witing and etiquette, letter formatting, and the basics of reports and executive summaries.

A work relevant to any industry, this resource, in 5 users CD-ROM edition, is intended to be used by management and employees. This work is broken down into easily understood modules, full of video clips, animations, and interactivity. Module 1 introduces the reader to the idea of a lean (highly efficient and cost-effective) enterprise.

A work that applies the principles of Total Quality Management to healthcare practices in a manner that is engaging, easy, practical, and sometimes entertaining. It teaches the ideas, history, and statistics of Total Quality Management and Six Sigma. It also teaches how they apply to healthcare practices.

This guidebook will develop the knowledge of OSHA compliance management while teaching readers how to run an OSHA program and prevent injuries. It is a package consisting of the most important areas that an OSHA manager needs to know. Upon completion, readers will have attained a superb knowledge of OSHA regulations and how to administer them.

The second book in a wide-ranging and comprehensive five-volume series carries the reader through the difficulties of the American Rebellion, a war in which the maritime states of Europe combined against Britain, the long conflict with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and a 10-year war to maintain trade. Throughout, Britain's Merchant Navy was of supreme importance and had to fight for its very existence. The first complete study of Great Britain's Merchant Navy restores it to its rightful place in the nation's history, alongside—but hithero eclipsed by—the Royal Navy.

Medical Radiation Safety gives OSHA information specific to hospitals and medical situations, such as safety around X-ray equipment and radionuclides. It also includes extensive material on dealing with bioterrorism and decontamination. It is comprehensive, simple, and clear. It covers medical radiation, delivery modalities, protective measures, lab safety, spills, an in-depth view of radiation fundamentals, incident response, victim care, and past catastrophes. Readers will enjoy the approachable, compact, conversational tone of the book. Approved for national nursing contact hours--requires purchase of separate test. Those readers who wish to have an accompanying program with video and interactivity should also purchase the CD version.

Offers details on dealing with radiation disaster. This book is suitable for both health care professionals and the general public.

This guidebook combines the company's funniest and most interesting sales-related courses in one afforable package in a text-only version that keeps readers on the cutting edge of sales. Completion of this program will develop skills in areas not generally covered by most sales training courses.

Agent GCP is THE way to learn FDA regulations. The exciting, suspenseful, and sometimes zany plot of a murder in a clinical trial is interweaved with interactivity and teaching of FDA regulations in an unforgettable manner. At the completion, learners will have obtained a superb knowledge of informed consent and IRB regulations. This course covers all the regulations on informed consent procedures and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)—that is, Good Clinical Practices in 45 CFR 46, 21 CFR 50, 21 CFR 56, and other regulations. It is useful for any person or organization participating in clinical trials. The book contains useful aids including a glossary, a list of resources, model consent forms, and texts of regulations. Those readers who wish to have an accompanying program with interactivity should also purchase the CD version.

Pharmaceutical Computer Validation Introduction gives you a comprehensive introduction to computer systems validation as the computers come to life while the head of computer systems at a pharmaceutical company has to prepare for an FDA inspection. You will learn about regulations, the personnel responsible for computer validation, how to accomplish validation, examples of regulatory problems, and so on. It is also relevant for the medical device, food, and cosmetic industries. 86 pages in the guide include a handy printout of several relevant FDA documents. Those readers who wish to have an accompanying program with video and interactivity should also purchase the CD version.

A ground-breaking work that applies the principles of Total Quality Management to healthcare practices in a manner that is engaging, easy, practical, and sometimes entertaining. This book includes a section of workbooks that lead the reader step by step through developing one’s own plan for total quality interventions.

This guidebook is made for managers and employees to learn not only the regulations about handling workplace violence but also to learn signs of possible violence and how to deal with it. The book covers OSHA programs, preventative measures, education and training in workplace violence, worksite analysis, security measures, courses of action in an incident, recovery after an incident, recordkeeping, and some case studies.

The coaching and leadership techniques of Marshall Goldsmith, teaching executive coaching, behavioral change, teamwork and teambuilding, for every manager and employee.

Introductory but comprehensive OSHA training for the managers and employees in a worker safety program, and for doctors and healthcare personnel maintaining OSHA records.

OSHA Medical Recordkeeping teaches the manager who has to adhere to OSHA rules how to keep medical records and fill out the necessary forms. The course covers terminology, logs, medical and training files, posting rules, and forms 300 and 301. Estimated time: 2 hours. 74 pages on the CD. 9 pages in the manual. The manual accompanying the CD provides a summary of the major points of the CD in a handy format. You must have Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher running on your computer. Supported operating systems are Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, or XP. The CD is licensed to play once on any Windows computer; the borrower may purchase the program after that. One library reference activation is included in the price.

This program will certify your knowldedge of OSHA compliance management while teaching you how to run an OSHA program and prevent injuries. It includes the following courses: Workplace Violence, Bloodborne Pathogens, Repetitive Strain Injury, Hazard Communications, Control of Hazardous Energy, Medical Recordkeeping, OSHA Penalties Policies, and Surviving OSHA Inspections. Each is written in a clear and interactive style. (Many of these courses are also relevant for hospital OSHA and JCAHO management.) After investing 15-25 hours in this program, you will have attained a superb knowledge of OSHA regulations and how to administer them.

This title is part of the UniversityOfHealthCare/ UniversityOfBusiness Interactive Training Library, which offers authoritative, clearly written material in an interactive form for better comprehension and documentation of completion. Sales Body Language shows the application of theatrical techniques of body language to sales. It covers how to read a prospect, how to assess a situation, presentation body language, projection, and gestures and postures to avoid. It contains many photos and videos. Estimated time: 1-2 hours. 64 pages. You must have Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher running on your computer. Supported operating systems are Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, or XP. You will need Internet access to e-mail us your unique key and receive a password key. License is for one user on one computer. An additional computer owned by the same user will generally be approved at the discretion of the publisher.