Author:J. R. PORTER

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Personal Philosophy: Perspectives on Living

By: BURTON F. PORTER

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Harcourt College Pub: 1976-06-01

Seller ID: 20080123132930

ISBN: 0155694014

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Used - very good. Bumped corner; previous owner inscription; clean, solid, bright pages.
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The Good Life: Alternatives in Ethics 2nd EDITION

By: Burton F. Porter

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Ardsley House Publishers: January 1995

Seller ID: 120385

ISBN: B0044KWN7U

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

No jacket. Pristine. Correct title: The Good Life: Alternatives in Ethics. Publisher: Ardsley House.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Memorial

By: DONALD PORTER, EDTOR GEDDES

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Pitman: January 1945

Seller ID: 20090513156752

ISBN: B001VEKJFK

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Good. First Pitman printing. Covers worn & soiled, text surprisingly bright with a few random stains & bumped page corners. Back cover invites readers to 'Send this book to a boy in the armed forced anywhere in the U.S....[for] only 3 cents.' 249 pp
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Mexican Churches

By: Eliot Porter, Ellen Auerbach

Price: $18.95

Publisher: Chronicle Books: May 1999

Seller ID: 132480

ISBN: 0811823598

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Like New

Very slight rubbing to front cover. All else pristine.
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Thomas Eakins (Great American Artists Series A105)

By: FAIRFIELD PORTER

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Brazillier: December 1959

Seller ID: 20071211129815

ISBN: 99112545X

Binding: Trade

Condition: Used - Good

Used - good. Back cover rubbed, lightly creased; price inked out on cover; 80 reproductions, 16 color; a very nice, solid copy. 127 pp.
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Freckles (Library of Indiana Classics)

By: Gene Stratton-Porter, Gene S. Porter

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Indiana University Press: March 1986

Seller ID: 107463

ISBN: 0253203635

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

In Freckles a homeless waif finds his deliverance in the primeval Limberlost swamp. Maimed and abandoned as an infant, Freckles seeks a chance to prove his worth. He is given that opportunity as the guard of the precious timber of the Limberlost.

Day of Light: The Biblical and Liturgical Meaning of Sunday

By: HARRY BOONE PORTER

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Pastoral Press: December 1987

Edition: 6024

Seller ID: 20081013148223

ISBN: 0912405406

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Sunday as the Holy Day is the oldest and most universal of Christian practices. The author explores the meaning and significance of Sunday observance in contrast to the traditional Jewish Sabbath. 96 pages
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Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism

By: Heath W. Carter, Laura Porter

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Eerdmans: March 2017

Seller ID: 147429

ISBN: 0802871526

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Lucid, authoritative overview of a major movement in American history

The history of American evangelicalism is perhaps best understood by examining its turning points--those moments when it took on a new scope, challenge, or influence. The Great Awakening, the rise of fundamentalism and Pentecostalism, the emergence of Billy Graham--all these developments and many more have given shape to one of the most dynamic movements in American religious history. Taken together, these turning points serve as a clear and helpful roadmap for understanding how evangelicalism has b...
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The Lost Bible: Forgotten Scriptures Revealed

By: J. R. PORTER

Price: $35.00

Publisher: University Of Chicago Press: September 2001

Edition: 2

Seller ID: 20070607105725

ISBN: 0226675793

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The Lost Bible provides a fascinating introduction to sacred writings of great profundity and aesthetic merit that did not become part of the canon of the Old and New Testaments. In the centuries around the beginning of the Common Era, the Jewish people drew faith and inspiration from hundreds of sacred writings, not just those that make up the Hebrew Bible we know today. Early Christianity itself produced a wealth of sacred writings, which, though they did not become part of the New Testament, were popular among believers and important in spreading the faith. After the canons of the Je...
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Illustrated Guide to the Bible

By: J. R. Porter

Price: $24.99

Publisher: Chartwell Books: June 2016

Seller ID: 133535

ISBN: 0785833927

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

A combination of authoritative scholarship, narrative verse, and superb color illustrations to produce a highly accessible portrait of the figures, places, episodes, and themes of arguably the greatest stories ever told. Offering depth and clarity, The Illustrated Guide to the Bible not only brings the many characters and events to life, it also explores the underlying significance of topics and explains the meaning of important themes and symbols. Including a highly useful book-by-book summary of what is still the most widely distributed book in the world, this is an essential refer...
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The New Illustrated Companion to the Bible

By: J. R. PORTER

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Thunder Bay Press (CA): October 2003

Seller ID: 167078

ISBN: 1592230342

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Like New

Book in New condition, jacket shows some fading along edges. Binding firm, text pristine.
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The Illustrated Guide to the Bible

By: J. R. Porter

Price: $12.00

Publisher: January 2012

Seller ID: 168831

ISBN: 1435141709

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Light to moderate cover wear, with corner crease on rear cover; binding firm, text pristine.
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Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter

By: KATHERINE ANNE PORTER

Price: $17.95

Publisher: Harcourt: September 1979

Seller ID: 173903

ISBN: 0156188767

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: New

Porter's reputation as one of americanca's most distinguished writers rests chiefly on her superb short stories. This volume includes the collections Flowering Judas; Pale Horse, Pale Rider; and The Leaning Tower as well as four stories not available elsewhere in book form. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

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Renaissance in Japan;: A cultural survey of the seventeenth century,

By: Kenneth Porter Kirkwood

Price: $19.50

Publisher: C. E. Tuttle Co: January 1970

Seller ID: 20110226185172

ISBN: 080480916x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Very good: upper text edge foxed, pristine boards & interior. VG jacket, light splatter marks on spine.
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Stories from Three Decades

By: Mann, Thomas) Lowe-Porter H.T. (Trrans)

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Modern Library Giant: January 1936

Seller ID: 178406

ISBN: B009BC17TQ

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Rubbing/scuff on lower front cover, binding good, pages unmarked, no jacket.
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Fifteen Years in the Chapel of Yale College

By: NOAH PORTER

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons: February 1888

Seller ID: 20080202133709

ISBN: 991135881

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Used - good, no dustjacket. Bright blue cloth boards, spine darkened with frayed ends & two light-colored spots; bumped/worn corners; interior exceptionally bright and solid for 120+ year old book! Very nice. 413 pp.
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