Most Popular Books by Eric Marshall

Inspired by the international bestseller of the same name, Children''s Letters To God is a musical that follows the lives of five young friends as they voice beliefs, desires, questions and doubts common to all people but most disarmingly expressed by children. Sixteen tuneful songs and assorted scenes (some based on actual letters) explore timeless issues such as sibling rivalry, divorce, holidays, loss of a beloved pet, the trials of being unathletic and first love. This entertaining show carries a universal message which crosses the boundaries of age, geography, and religion. As in the best-selling book, the musical is not specifically religious in nature. It''s about kids and various events in their lives that lead them to ask a lot of questions -- some funny, some serious, some surprising.

A critical biography of the mysterious but prolific medieval printer. Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe’s first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fascinated a wide audience. Due to scant and vague fifteenth-century documentation, however, Gutenberg’s career has long been obscured by derivative storytelling, competing agendas, and scholarly guesswork. This new biography removes these barriers to retell his story directly, through his pioneering work on schoolbooks, pamphlets, indulgences, broadsides, and, notably, the first printed Bible. The book also describes Gutenberg’s posthumous fortunes and his eventual recognition as Man of the Millennium. This much-needed corrective to old legend and conjecture brings Gutenberg to life through the books that remain his lasting monument.

The Gutenberg Bible is widely recognized as Europe''s first printed book, a book that forever changed the world. However, despite its initial impact, fame was fleeting: for the better part of three centuries the Bible was virtually forgotten; only after two centuries of tenacious and contentious scholarship did it attain its iconic status as a monument of human invention. Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible is the first book to tell the whole story of Europe''s first printed edition, describing its creation at Mainz circa 1455, its impact on fifteenth-century life and religion, its fall into oblivion during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and its rediscovery and rise to worldwide fame during the centuries thereafter. This comprehensive study examines the forty-nine surviving Gutenberg Bibles, and fragments of at least fourteen others, in the chronological order in which they came to light. Combining close analysis of material clues within the Bibles themselves with fresh documentary discoveries, the book reconstructs the history of each copy in unprecedented depth, from its earliest known context through every change of ownership up to the present day. Along the way it introduces the colorful cast of proud possessors, crafty booksellers, observant travelers, and scholarly librarians who shaped our understanding of Europe''s first printed book. Bringing the ''biographies'' of all the Gutenberg Bibles together for the first time, this richly illustrated study contextualizes both the historic cultural impact of the editio princeps and its transformation into a world treasure.

Using the fact that three of the the world''s major religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity) are based on a 3000-year-old source, namely the five books of Moses (i.e., the "Torah"), this book explores this ancient text for principles of leadership. Based on the fact that the Torah culminates in being the story of the first generation of Jews and the principle that a generation''s leader is like the generation itself, this work focuses on Moses as the archetypical leader. Throughout the pages, this work will delve into what leadership princples can be gleaned from the narrative, taking into account the nuances of the original text as well as commentary of both ancient and modern-day sages. The conclusion is a listing of the key attributes of a leader and how one acquire these attributes.

A tribute to Mrs. Potts for her invention of the Cold Handle Sad Iron that changed the clothing iron industry. Her invention was so popular that multiple clothing iron producers soon produced their own line(s) of her irons. This book will exhibit the multiple Mrs. Potts'' sad iron that exist. Mrs. Mary Florence Potts of Ottumwa, Iowa, (1850/51-1922) received two patents for her "Cold Handle Sad Iron." Her first patent: May 24, 1870, "Doubled Pointed Iron." Her second patent: April 4, 1871, "Cold Handle." Her patents revolutionized clothing iron production in America.

Ecrit par des économistes et des chercheurs en gestion pour les enseignants et les étudiants mais aussi pour les conseillers agricoles et de gestion et les agriculteurs, cet ouvrage donne les outils et les concepts de base nécessaires à l''aide à la décision et à la gestion économique et financière de l''exploitation agricole. Il ne prétend pas aborder l''ensemble des aspects de la gestion de l''exploitation agricole, il traite peu de la gestion technique. S''il s''appuie sur les nombreux travaux pluridisciplinaires portant sur le fonctionnement et le diagnostic global de l''exploitation agricole, il n''aborde pas en tant que telle la question de l''approche globale de l''exploitation agricole et du diagnostic global déjà traitée par ailleurs dans Approche globale de l''exploitation agricole (Bonneviale et al., INRAP, 1989) et dans Fonctionnement et diagnostic global de l''exploitation agricole. Une méthode interdisciplinaire pour la formation et le développement (Marshall et al., ENESAD-SED, 1994). Ce livre peut être abordé soit de façon classique, chapitre après chapitre, soit en entrant par tel ou tel mot clé qui se situe dans l''index de fin d''ouvrage et renvoie alors à la définition et à l''utilisation dans le texte. Ce document se situe dans la filiation de l''ouvrage épuisé : Le raisonnement économique des décisions de l''agriculteur : trente mots clés relatifs à l''analyse de l''exploitation agricole et à la gestion (Marshall et Brossier, INRAP, 1981).

God promised to be our healer and has provided healing for our bodies through the blood of Jesus Christ. This book is our journey of how we have come to trust Christ alone as our healer. Jesus is worthy of our complete trust because He never fails.

Biography of Elizabeth Marshall, outlining her work with Asian immigrants.