New Releases by Paul Kent

Get more from your personal Bible time by understanding the meaning and story behind some 3,100 Bible names, featuring both people and places! Covering more than 2,000 people names (some 3,400 individuals) and 1,100 place names--every proper name in scripture--The Complete People and Places of the Bible provides the number of times each name is mentioned, the meaning of the name, a description of the person or place, and the first, last, and key references--chapter and verse--for further study. The Complete People and Places of the Bible is perfect for personal Bible study, Sunday school or small group preparation, or just fascinating pleasure reading.

If you enjoy America’s pastime, you’ll love Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions—180 Spiritual Truths Drawn from the Great Game of Baseball. This brand-new devotional provides a reading a day for an entire season—or off-season!—highlighting intriguing players, both famous and less well known; important games through major league history; teams both current and forgotten, and more, drawing a spiritual point from each. Thought-provoking but never preachy, Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions is a perfect follow-up to the Playing with Purpose biographies of Major League Baseball, National Football League, and National Basketball Association stars from Barbour.

Don''t ever think the Bible''s boring. . .it''s packed with amazing, mysterious stories--exactly the kind of wonders you''ll find in Bible Curiosities. This fully illustrated guide to the amazing, odd, and shocking stories of scripture contains almost five dozen informative, intriguing, often humorously written entries. Find out more about the Bible''s "Terminator". . .the other Noah. . .the "lost letter" of Paul. . .bad apples on Jesus'' family tree. . .the mysterious death of Judas Iscariot. . .and much, much more. Appropriate for readers from junior high and up, Bible Curiosities promises entertainment, education, and edification--as every amazing story in scripture points us back to God''s power and love.

Since 2008, Know Your Bible has sold two million copies—now it’s been expanded! Still concise and easy to understand, it provides clear, memorable overviews of all 66 books, with data on authors and time frames, ten-word synopses, longer (50–100 word) summaries, unique or unusual aspects, listings of key verses, and “So, What?” sections of practical application. New sections include a “Cast of Characters” for each book, an explanation of where the stories took place, and a listing of interesting quotation about each book by Christians of history. You’ll love it for yourself, or to give away in ministry.

Conoce tu Biblia provee detalles sobre el autor y la época de cada libro de la Biblia, una breve síntesis, un sumario, un listado de versículos clave, y una sección de aplicación práctica. Esta visión general memorable y de ayuda de las escrituras es un recurso invaluable para individuos y ministerios.

It was the night Jeff Harding came back to the corner at the end of the eleventh, behind on all three judges'' cards and bleeding around both eyes, his nose long broken. As Lewis cleaned the cuts he quickly poured everything that was important into his ear. Then he picked him up from his stool with one last instruction: ''Go out and come back champion of the world ...'' Over the past thirty years Johnny Lewis has trained six world champions, among them some of the greatest names in the sport; Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu and, yes, Jeff Harding. Yet he is known for much more than that. For a wisdom that stems from his childhood growing up in Erskineville, where he mixed with hustlers and hard men and, in his words, never met a bad bloke. Now, in his authorised biography, we learn why Johnny Lewis is not only Australia''s greatest ever fight trainer, but why he is a winner, and why those around him are winners. Why his lessons of the gym hold true outside the ring.

Michel de Montaigne wrote his Essais in France in the 16th century, and since then no-one has surpassed his skill at supposition, irony and enquiry. Now ex-BBC and Oneword Radio producer Paul Kent takes on his hero''s mantle to speculate on what Montaigne might have made of the modern world. While introducing the general reader to the works and approach of the great man, Kent takes the opportunity to look at modern phenomena - everything from alcohol and celebrity culture to government, sport and the arts - and to give them all the same quizzical, self-deprecating analysis that Montaigne himself might well have done. What sets Montaigne''s 107 essays apart from just about any others past or present is their creator''s open-mindedness and the breadth of subject matter he addresses: ''I enter into discussion and argument with great freedom and ease, '' he wrote. ''No propositions astonish me, no belief offends me, whatever contrast it offers to my own. There is no fancy so frivolous and so extravagant that it does not seem to me quite suitable to the production of the human mind.A '' With that objective in mind, Kent sets out to examine the modern world through the eyes of perhaps the finest essayist of all tim

He''s the best loved man in Australian boxing - from training Jeff Fench and Kostya Tszyu to touring with the Kangaroos and appearing on talk back with Alan Jones, Johnny Lewis looms large in Australian sporting life. This is his life.

Bible study can become more illuminating with an understanding of the meaning and story behind some 2,000 Bible names, which cover more than 3,400 individuals in Scripture.

Enjoy a year''s worth of inspiration-and then some!--with Barbour''s new perpetual calendar line. With 48 unique titles, you''re sure to find a perfect fit--choose from Bible promises, prayer, grace, faith, parenting, love, humor, and joy. There is something for everyone.

Although Churchill is a 1953 Nobel laureate in literature, his famous speeches have overshadowed his other writing. Winston Churchill''s Imagination concentrates on key works in modes other than political rhetoric to show how Churchill engages readers with those words and ideas that are hallmarks of his imagination. Chapters take up his literary relationship with Lawrence of Arabia; Churchill''s intense but little-known involvement with cinema in an essay on Charlie Chaplin and as a script writer and consultant in the 1930s for Alexander Korda''s film studio; Churchill''s evocation of paintings as templates for narrative in his first history and in his only novel; his imaginative engagement with science and science fiction; the depiction of time, duration, and alternative history in his biography of Marlborough; and Churchill''s last testament in the realm of imagination, The Dream.

What do you get when you mix a Bible encyclopedia with Ripley''s Believe It or Not? Find out here, with dozens of intriguing readings on the strange and obscure people and events of scripture, as well as a fresh and fascinating take on some of the more familiar passages.

Offer your Bible trivia customers something new and exciting this spring-Barbour''s Connect the Thots. Part of the Bible Trivia Challenge series, Connect the Thots will challenge readers to uncover the common bond among three seemingly unrelated Bible clues. For example, what do an apostle, a tanner, and a sorcerer have in common? (Answer: They were all men named Simon.) Each ten-question quiz features easy, medium, and hard clues, and the answer key includes Scripture references. With more than five hundred questions, Connect the Thots will keep Bible trivia lovers busy for hours-it''s perfect for personal use, Sunday school classes, or Christian school events.

How does the Christian life resemble the Olympics? Find out in The Bible Olympiad--Gold Medal Trivia for Championship Living. This brand-new book, timed to release during the build-up to the 2004 Athens Olympics, is fun Bible trivia with a practical, take away value. Various sports that relate to some aspect of life server as quiz topics--for example, Balance Beam (priorities), Hurdles (problems of life), and Figure Skating (grace). Featuring a mixture of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions, The Bible Olympiad will also include true Olympic stories that show Christian faith or virtues. Want to be a champion? Go for heaven''s gold! Here is fun Bible trivia with a twist--practical, take away value for Christian living.

Imagine a television quiz show where all the questions came directly from the Bible--how well would you do? Find out with A to Z Bible Trivia! Each letter of the alphabet features four brand-new quizzes of five questions each...a point system for scoring...and a Bonus Question to potentially double your total. From "Abel" and "Also Known As," to "Z Inside" and "Zion," more than one hundred quizzes and five hundred questions will challenge and entertain readers for hours. A to Z Bible Trivia is perfect for personal reading or Christian education classes--and a tremendous value at only $2.97. How well would you do on a quiz show where all the questions came from the Bible? Find out with A to Z Bible Trivia

Fun multiple-choice quizzes based on familiar Bible stories that are challenging and entertaining for kids ages 6 to 10.

When a greeting card just isn''t enough, Barbour''s graduation gift books really shine. The colorful, hardback covers carry greeting card sentiments, but inside are forty pages of stories, quotations, Scriptures, and more -- all to challenge and inspire the graduate. A humorous look at the future as the graduate begins life on his or her own.

Discusses the underlying theory and application of business combinations, consolidated financial statements, foreign currency transactions, partnerships and accounting for non-business organizations. Adapted exercises, questions and problems from the CPA exam are included.

Bible stories fascinate children -- and Barbour''s Little Bible Books series will thrill the two- to six-year-old crowd with fun, interesting stories, and full-color illustrations. These attractive, twenty-four-page books feature padded covers.

Finally, creating a great Web page is as easy as drag and drop. Using Pagemill''s point and click interface and the in-depth tutorials in this book, you can publish on the Web without HTML coding! Written by two of the leading Web authorities, The PageMill Handbook takes you step-by-step through the process of creating your page - from formatting text to adding backgrounds. The hands-on tutorials, together with the professionally designed templates on the CD ROM, will have you easily creating eye catching Web pages in no time.