books by Peter Heller (occasional intentions challenges)

books by Peter Heller

books:

Interpreting Together: Essays in Hermeneutics

World Council of Churches, 2002

The fact that people read and understand texts in different ways is surely one of the main sources of Christian division, and one of the reasons Christians remain divided today. What is the role of culture in shaping our ways and means of interpretation? A certain diversity in interpretations is to be expected and celebrated. But can there be agreed criteria for setting the limits to diversity? Could there be guidelines for interpreting texts ...

Worlds Apart: The Re-Migration of South African Jews
Colin Tatz, Peter Arnold, ...

Rosenberg Publishing, 2007

If the 19th and 20th centuries witnessed the greatest migrations in the history of the world, then the story of the exodus of Jews from Lithuania to South Africa and then on again to Australia is one of the most extraordinary. For the first time, migrants, family and friends can discover the fascinating details of what led to the migration and re-migration of so many thousands of people. "Worlds Apart" is a study of a unique double ...

The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals

12 reviews
Peter Heller

Free Press, 2008

An Arresting Eco-Adventure
The Whale Warriors is an exciting page turner about the 2006 whaling campaign in Antartica. It is chock full of harrowing information about the state of our seas (scientists predict the entire ocean will collapse by 2048!) to amazing insight into marine mammals (dolphins will refer to themselves and the dolphin they are communicating with by name AND also refer to a third dolphin by name during ...

In This Corner . . . !: Forty-two World Champions Tell Their Stories

7 reviews
Peter Heller

Da Capo Press, 1994

One of my favorite Boxing books
More than 40 world boxing champions tell their stories in this book, and some of them are fascinating. I especially enjoyed the defiant discourse of Roberto Duran, the colorful stories of Archie Moore (especially his conversation about his rivalry with Jimmy Bivins, who hit him so hard with a late punch that his mouth was numb for months), and Carmen Basilio, who steadfastly maintains that Sugar ...

Outside Magazine's Urban Adventure Denver/Boulder (Outside Magazine's Urban Adventure : Denver/Boulder)

1 review
Peter Heller

Outside Books, 2008

Excellent book, especially for folks new to Denver/Boulder
This book is an excellent source of all things outdoorsy in the Denver/Boulder area. I'm a native, and some of the activities in the book are new to me (namely scuba diving in Colorado lakes). This would be especially good for someone new to the Denver area looking for places to run, bike, hike, etc. Also provides contact information for various organizations if you want more information on a ...

Catch-22

13 reviews
Joseph Heller

Sterling Audio, 1992

frankness makes it special
When Waugh wrote this trilogy, between 1951 and 1964, people loved the acerbity of his writing. But they found Crouchback and his views perverse. In those days, the thought that the Second World War might have been an error which left the world worse than it found it was almost unthinkable. There had been frightful blunders such as Singapore, admitted the ...

A Review of the Fiscal Impulse Measure (Occasional Paper (Intl Monetary Fund))
Peter W. Heller, Richard D. Haas, ...

Intl Monetary Fund, 1986

Who Will Pay?: Coping With Aging Societies, Climate Change, and Other Long-Term Fiscal Challenges
Peter S. Heller

International Monetary Fund, 2003

Aging populations. Weather shocks. Scarce water. Globalization. Security threats. Policymakers today confront a number of developments that threaten to burden public budgets for decades to come, or bankrupt some entirely. The book argues that governments need to make policy changes now to take account of the potential fiscal consequences of these developments. After describing how analysts, national governments, and international organizations ...

Dichter Denker Und Erzahler: A German Reader
Peter Heller, Edith Ehrlich

Waveland Press, 1989

PUBLISHED IN GERMAN. This well-known compilation for intermediate and advanced readers of German serves well as an introduction to the range of German literature and thought from the eighteenth century to the present. The texts in each of the four sections are arranged in chronological sequence. At the same time, the first three parts are graded; selections in Part I presuppose less knowledge of German and offer more explanatory comments ...

Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story

9 reviews
Peter Heller

Da Capo Press, 1995

Mike Tyson is the Man
I am a huge Mike Tyson fan, and this is pretty much required reading for any Tyson fan. If you want to know about Mike, read this book. Provides lots of information, and Peter Keller really picked a great title. This book takes you through all of Mike's various stages, and each is fascinating: From Mike's early years in Bronwsville as the kid who was teased on as a young child, to a bully by ...

Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River

17 reviews
Peter Heller

Tantor Media, 2004

Hell of A Trip
This is a detailed, unsentimental report on an amazing trek and high-risk journey. You don't need to know one thing about kayaking to enjoy this rough and tumble adventure. The cultural barriers are as fascinating as the plunges down skyscrapers of water. The description of the topography and the characters on this journey are wonderful, compelling. This "Into Thin Air" on a ribbon of churning ...