Stephen Scott
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Series
Language
English
Description
This unique book, by a man who has chosen to "dress plain," describes the history and use of hats, bonnets, dresses, overcoats, and other articles of clothing used by the various religious groups who wear plain garb. This is the first comprehensive book about why more than 150,000 persons in North America wear plain clothes for religious reasons. Who are the various people who dress plain? Where do they live? Why do they do it? Where did the plain...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Accessible in style, Plain Buggies presents the most complete work on the transportation modes of the "plain people" published to date. Includes details on prices, styles, laws, stories. Why do 100,000 persons in North America refuse to drive cars for religious reasons? What are the main styles among the 90-some variations of their vehicles? What does a horse's face tell you about its personality? What about accidents, the law, and harassment? How...
Author
Language
English
Description
This book tells a story which until now has not been available in such an interesting and comprehensive form. What holds these people together? Why are they growing in number? Where do they live? The Old Order Mennonites are less well known than the Amish, but are similar in many beliefs and practices. Some Old Order Mennonites drive horses and buggies. Others use cars for transportation. Conservative Mennonite groups vary a great deal, but in general...
4) Septimus
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Language
English
Description
The year is 1941 and England is preparing for a German invasion. Septimus, an exasperating seventh child, is greatly disturbed by the news that one of his older brothers has just been killed in the war. He liberates a friends bike at school and runs away, pedalling aimlessly south toward the English Channel, blythely unaware that he is heading straight into a heavily fortified war zone. After a series of curious encounters, he is run down by a strange...
Author
Language
English
Description
A study of three Amish homesteads: one in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, one in Holmes County, Ohio, and one in LaGrange County, Indiana. Scott examines the history and cultural development of a typical Amish house and barn, one in each of the three largest Amish communities in North America. Home is the center of Amish life and most life events: birth, marriage, daily work and play, retirement, and even death happen there.
Stephen Scott explores...
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English
Description
Many men are attracted to outdoor sports because of the time it gives them alone in God's creation--time to rest, reflect, and refresh before returning to the everyday stresses of work, family life, finances, and more. Faith Afield is their guide to making this time in God's country last when they return home. This unique devotional, geared primarily toward men, uses illustrations and principles from hunting, shooting, and fishing sports, giving sportsmen...
7) Yellow
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Language
English
Description
When the Reverend Richard Catesbys younger brother Willy disappears in his yellow Volkswagen convertible, the local sheriff in West Virginia does not believe there is enough evidence to warrant an investigation. But Catesby, convinced his brother has been murdered, puts aside his vows as an Episcopal priest and prepares to avenge Willy himself. His friend Stan, worried not only for Richards safety, but also about the morality of his crusade, tries...
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English
Description
In a modern world where technology is taking over our lives, could we lead an essential, simple life without electricity? How can we get by without computers, power tools, phones, or even basics such as electric lights and appliances? The answers lie in Amish communities and other Old Order groups in the United States, Canada, and Mexico that have been living lives off the grid while still affording to be self-sufficient for countless years.
Living...
Author
Series
People's Place booklet volume no. 9
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
10) Hellboy
Author
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 1940s, the Third Reich has joined forces with the evil Grigori Rasputin, who has used his occult powers to summon up a demon from the depths of Hell. However, the demonic creature is captured by American forces, and put in the care of Professor Broom. Under Broom's care, Hellboy develops the desire to do good. Sixty years later he takes action as part of an elite secret defense team alongside Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapian, an aquatic humanoid...
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (DVD)(12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1876, the Black Hills of South Dakota. In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American history draws a throng of misfits to an outlaw settlement where everyone has a price. Welcome to Deadwood ... a hell of a place to make your fortune.
17) Graveyard Moon
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Language
English
Description
Earth no longer has space for graveyards. Callisto, a rocky moon of Jupiter, has become designated as the graveyard planet. Cooper and his longtime crew prepare to transport a load of the dead, having flown this route many times over. But their routine trip to the graveyard moon is disrupted by deception and greed... and they find themselves under siege by the ghosts of the dead they carry.
18) Hellboy
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen ; Blu-ray ed.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the 1940s, the Third Reich has joined forces with the evil Grigori Rasputin, who has used his occult powers to summon up a demon from the depths of Hell. However, the demonic creature is captured by American forces, and put in the care of Professor Broom. Under Broom's care, Hellboy develops the desire to do good. Sixty years later he takes action as part of an elite secret defense team alongside Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapian, an aquatic humanoid...
19) Doom
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2006], c2005
Edition
Unrated extended ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"A frantic call for help from a remote research station on Mars sends a team of mercenary Marines into action. Led by The Rock and Karl Urban, they descend into the Olduvai Research Statiopn, where they find a legion of nightmarish creatures, lurking in the darkness, killing at will. Once there, the Marines must use an arsenal of firepower to carry out their mission: nothing gets out alive"--Packaging.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season two picks up with Amy immersed in gathering evidence against Abaddonn. In the season's eight episodes, Amy enlists the help of journalist Jeff Flender, and as they work together on a searing expose, she dreams of a bigger life and develops romantic yearnings for the handsome, well-travelled reporter.