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  Transformed Minds

  Marc A. Clauson, Robert G. Parr, Mark Caleb Smith, Richard P. Tison, and Thomas S. Mach

  In this brief collection of essays, professors who teach in the Department of History and Government at Cedarville University explore the biblical foundation for the academic disciplines unique to their Department. The Excerpt (above) contains the full text of the book.

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  Christmas from the Heart

  Charles R. Clevenger

  These piano arrangements are suitable for church use as preludes or offertories. Dr. Charles Clevenger, master teacher and long time concert pianist, has edited these tunes for use in the private studio by piano teachers.

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  Near to the Heart

  Charles R. Clevenger

  These piano arrangements are suitable for church use as preludes or offertories. Selections include Day by Day; Great Is Thy Faithfulness; Holy, Holy, Holy/Fairest Lord Jesus; I Surrender All; In the Garden; Near to the Heart of God; O How I Love Jesus; The Lord Is My Shepherd/Savior, Like a Shepherd; The Unclouded Day, and; There Is a Balm in Gilead.

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  Proclaiming Jesus: Essays on the Centrality of Christ in the Church in Honor of Joseph M. Stowell

  Thomas Cornman

  Joseph M. Stowell was president of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago from 1987 to 2005, before returning to the pastorate. His life’s message is to preach the centrality of Christ in the Church.

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  Creating Digital Images with Adobe Photoshop CS6

  Cam Davis

  Creating Digital Images with Adobe Photoshop CS6 seeks to teach skills which are applied in real life work situations. This project-based book discusses concepts and techniques within the context of small, practical, hands-on projects.

  Creating Digital Images with Adobe Photoshop CS6:

  • makes the skill set more relevant and meaningful to the student.
  • consists of eight project chapters with digital files provided.
  • features “In Review” sections at the end of each chapter.
  • contains small bits of information, “Quicktips”, designed to help you be more productive and efficient.

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  Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet

  Donald L. Deardorff II

  Like other major musical artists, Bruce Springsteen’s work has reflected, revealed, and reacted to modern American realities over the course of his forty-year career.

  Since releasing his first record in 1973, Springsteen has sold more than a hundred million albums worldwide, played thousands of concerts, and won Grammy, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Academy awards. More importantly, however, he is one of the few twentieth-century singer-songwriters to serve as the voice of his generation, a defining artist whose works reflect the values, dreams, and concerns of many Americans. In Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet, Donald L. Deardorff II explores the works of “The Boss,” defining the exact nature of Springsteen’s cultural influence.

  With the release of seventeen studio albums, Springsteen’s influence and popularity spans multiple generations. Deardorff classifies and explains Springsteen’s remarkable reception as it evolved from small beginnings in the Jersey shore bars of the 1970s to worldwide fame today. This book thoughtfully considers the trenchant commentary Springsteen’s albums make on the mythology of the American Dream, working-class concerns, the changing character of American masculinity, the relationship between Americans and their government, the importance of social justice, and the evocation of an American spirit.

  Bruce Springsteen: American Poet and Prophet will appeal to more than just Springsteen fans. It describes Springsteen as an apt critic of his own culture, whose music paints literary portraits that uncover the realities of an American society constantly evolving, while striving toward its own betterment.

  Listen to an interview of Dr. Deardorff on the New Books Network.

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  Hero and Anti-hero in the American Football Novel: Changing Conceptions of Masculinity from the 19th Century to the 21st Century

  Donald L. Deardorff

  This book examines the rise and evolution of the football narrative, from 1870 to the present, in order to analyze and define the process by which American men have sought to fashion masculine identity over the last century. The author uses the athletic hero as a representative of a larger number of templates or centers (the religious man, the business tycoon, the family man, the rebel, etc.), many of which have been used by various men to make meaning of their lives.

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  Sports: A Reference Guide and Critical Commentary, 1980-1999

  Donald L. Deardorff

  This guide to the available literature on sports in American culture during the last two decades of the 20th century is a companion to Jack Higg's Sports: A Reference Guide (Greenwood, 1982). The types of individual or team sports included in this volume include those that are viewed as physical contests engaged in for physical, emotional, spiritual, or psychological fulfillment. With a focus on books alone, chapters review the available literature regarding sports and each concludes with a bibliography. Academic journals likely to contain articles on the topics discussed are listed at the end of each chapter. Twelve chapters discuss sports and American history, business and law, education, ethnicity and race, gender, literature, philosophy and religion, popular culture, psychology, science and technology, sociology and world history.

  This reference and guide to further research will appeal to scholars of popular culture and sports. An index and two appendixes are included, one listing important dates in American sports from 1980 through 2000 and one listing sports halls of fame, museums, periodicals, and websites.