Authors:Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston, James A.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Keywords: manzanar, farewell
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2002-04-29
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0618216200
ISBN-13: 9780618216208

During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese American internees. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. For Jeanne Wakatsuki, a seven-year-old child, Manzanar became a way of life in which she struggled and adapted, observed and grew. For her father it was essentially the end of his life.At age thirty-seven, Jeanne Waka

Author: James A. Houston
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: legend, eskimo, inuit, liktak, tikta
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 1990-10-29
List price: $11.00
ISBN-10: 0152877487
ISBN-13: 9780152877484

A young Eskimo hunter fights for survival while stranded on an isolated and desolate island.

Author: James E. Houston
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: descriptors, eric, thesaurus
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 2001-06-30
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 1573563307
ISBN-13: 9781573563307

Researchers have come to rely on this thesaurus to locate precise terms from the controlled vocabulary used to index the ERIC database. This, the first print edition in more than 5 years, contains a total of 10,773 vocabulary terms with 206 descriptors and 210 "use" references that are new to this edition.

Author: James M. Houston
Publisher: David C. Cook
Keywords: soul, longing, series, volume, world, living, god’s, creator
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-10-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0781444276
ISBN-13: 9780781444279

“I believe in the Creator, for by His Word all things were made, all things hold together and all things have meaning and purpose.” Those words of the creed are truer than we may realize. Human existence makes no sense without the Creator God, and all of our perceptions and philosophies hinge on our understanding of and relationship to the Creator. Now, with the guidance of one of the world’s foremost Christian thinkers and writers, you can more fully appreciate your role in the world and your responsibilities to your Creator. The Creator is the fourth in a series of books by Dr. Jame

Author: James M. Houston
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Keywords: exiles, joyful
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 2006-09-27
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0830833242
ISBN-13: 9780830833245

Pastor and teacher Jim Houston reviews the insights he has gained over his years of teaching, counseling and mentoring Christians. He passes on what he has come to regard as pivotal concerns for leading a faithful Christian life in current society and culture. This is an advanced discipleship book for those who want to learn from someone with mature spiritual insight who has gone before them. If you are interested in Christian maturity, faithfulness, spiritual formation, and life, and want a guide through the "currents and eddies" of our society and culture, this book is for you.

Author: James A. Houston
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: odyssey, classics, legends, inuit, houston, treasury, james
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 015205930X
ISBN-13: 9780152059309

James Houston made his first journey to the Canadian Arctic in 1948 in search of a new land to paint. There he found a warm, friendly people living in a vast, cold, hauntingly beautiful world. He lived with the Inuit and Indian people in the Arctic and grew to understand them and their way of life. He also helped introduce Inuit culture to the world with his remarkable art and stories. Here are four of his exciting Inuit folktales--Akavak, Tiktaliktak, The White Archer, and Wolf Run--collected for the first time in one beautiful volume. Houston’s striking illustrations for e

Author: James M. Houston
Publisher: Regent College Publishing
Keywords: creator, believe
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1995-10-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1573830461
ISBN-13: 9781573830461