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  • What Are We Waiting For?

    Re-Imaging Advent for Time to Come

    by William H. Petersen ...
    Offers a new perspective on Advent, including resourcesEveryone knows that Advent is about waiting, but author William H. Petersen asks, what are we waiting for? In this book, he argues for a liturgical renewal in the life and mission of the Church by proposing an expanded, seven-week observance of Advent, taking its cue from the shape and substance of the Revised Common Lectionary, while noting ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The One Year Book of Psalms

    365 Inspirational Readings From One of the Best-Loved Books of the Bible

    by William J Petersen, Randy Petersen ...
    Narrated by Aimee Lilly, Mike Kellogg ...

    Abridged

    10 hours 27 min

    Take a few minutes each day to reflect on the Psalms. Here, in a convenient daily format, you’ll find the entire book of Psalms divided into 365 just-right readings. Each day you’ll enjoy a compelling devotional, complemented by an inspiring hymn stanza. You’ll also love the added features—Notable Quotables, Bible Networking and Fascinating Facts—designed to stimulate your thinking and living. The ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The One Year Book of Psalms

    by William Petersen, Randy Petersen, Tyndale ...
    Experience the beauty of the Psalms as you come to understand them and apply them like never before.This one-year devotional contains all 150 Psalms and 20 other songs in Scripture, divided into daily readings. The devotions include helpful background information on the psalm, a related hymn stanza, and a practical application thought. Biweekly "Interludes" further aid understanding by explaining ... Read more

    $20.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Book of Hymns

    by William Petersen, Ardythe Petersen ...
    The Complete Book of Hymns brings to life the stories behind more than 600 hymns and worship songs. With background on the composer, the inspiration behind the lyrics, scriptural references for devotional consideration, and a sampling of the song lyrics, this book brings forth the message of these great songs of the faith like never before! ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Against the Stream

    Reflections of an Unconventional Demographer

    by William Petersen ...
    With the insight and clarity that mark all of Petersen's writings, Against the Stream brings together reflections of an unconventional demographer. Thirteen essays on various topics become a cohesive unit by virtue of the author's unique point of view, and the understanding of contemporary events he has gathered in his long mastery of demography is evident in this volume.In a brief introduction ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Ethnicity Counts

    by William Petersen ...
    Official statistics about ethnicity in advanced societies are no better than those in less developed countries. An open industrial society is inherently fluid, and it is as hard to interpret social class and ethnic groups there as in a nearly static community. In consequence, the collection and interpretation of ethnic statistics is frequently a battleground where the groups being counted contest ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • From Persons to People

    A Second Primer in Demography

    by William Petersen ...
    Problems associated with aggregation and classification are the underlying theme of this book. When data assembled from individuals are presented as group characteristics, this process has logical complications. Racial profiling and ethnic discrimination are obvious examples of the problem. Petersen's book analyzes in general how information from "persons" turns into statistics about specific ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • My Scrap Paper Diary

    From Snake Bite to POW 1941-1945

    by Anthony William Buirchell, Vic Petersen ...
    Vic Petersen was a member of the 2/11th Battalion A.I.F., Army number WX 571 and found himself in the Battle of Crete on May 20th, 1941 against the Germans. He was in a section of the Allies that defended Retimo, on the Island of Crete during the German airborne invasion. Many thousands were captured by the Germans. Many others were told by Commanders to make for Sfakia on the other side of the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • Travels of a Wannabe Cowboy

    …Or How I Found Mesquite

    by William Petersen ...
    A delightful tale of an immigrants lifelong journey from the tiny village of Hornstrup in Nazi-occupied Denmark to the Mojave Desert town of Mesquite, Nevada, down on the Virgin River. On the way, he stopped off to enjoy a misspent youth in another little village, this time in Ireleth, in the beautiful English Lake District. Then it was off to America to spend a decade with a large conglomerate, ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Malthus

    Founder of Modern Demography

    by William Petersen ...
    Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), one of the most influential of modern thinkers, is also one of the most misunderstood. Malthus' Essay on Population is a work that everyone cites but typically without having read it. This book offers a comprehensive and accurate exposition of his thought, integrating his better-known theory on population with his somewhat neglected analysis of economic ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • From Birth to Death

    A Consumer's Guide to Population Studies

    by William Petersen ...
    From Birth to Death is a detailed analysis of how population statistics are collected in the United States, particularly by the Bureau of the Census. It describes the errors and other flaws typically found in such data.Petersen sets out the fundamentals of demography and reviews the current proposal to use sampling in the census. He then reviews examples of how ignoring age and sex structure leads ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Enclosed Experimental Ecosystems and Scale

    Tools for Understanding and Managing Coastal Ecosystems

    Edited by John E. Petersen, Victor S. Kennedy, William C. Dennison, W. Michael Kemp ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Enclosed ecosystem experiments have gained in popularity as research tools in ecological science, particularly in the study of coastal aquatic environments. These systems provide scientists with a degree of experimental control that is not achievable through field experiments. Yet to date, techniques for systematically extrapolating results from small-scale experimental ecosystems to larger, ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD