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Mrs. Spitzer's Garden: [Gift Edition]
Edith Pattou
$3.98

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Mrs. Spitzer's Garden
Edith Pattou
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Five Pillars of the Spiritual Life: A Practical Guide to Prayer for Active People
Robert J. Spitzer
$8.80

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Saint Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, espoused the ideal of becoming "contemplatives in action." He was convinced that contemplation (the deep awareness and appropriation of the unconditional love of God) should affect our actions, and that our actions need to be brought back to contemplation.

These five dimensions of the spiritual life: (1) the Holy Eucharist, (2) spontaneous prayer, (3) the Beatitudes, (4) partnership with the Holy Spirit, and (5) the contemplative life itself, generally do not develop simultaneously or even in parallel ways. Some develop very quickly, but do not achieve significant depth; while others develop quite slowly, but seem to be almost unending in the depth of wisdom, trust, hope, virtue, and love they engender. The best way of explaining this is to look at each of the pillars individually.

Before doing this, however, it is indispensable for each of us to acknowledge (at least intellectually) the fundamental basis for Christian contemplation, namely, the unconditional Love of God. Jesus taught us to address God as Abba. If God really is Abba; if His love is like the father of the prodigal son; if Jesus' passion and Eucharist are confirmations of that unconditional Love; if God really did so love the world that He sent His only begotten Son into the world not to condemn us, but to save us and bring us to eternal life (Jn 3:16-19); if nothing really can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus (Rm 8:31-39); and if God really has prepared us "to grasp fully, with all the holy ones, the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ's love, and experience this love which surpasses all understanding, so that we may attain to the fullness of God Himself" (Eph 3:18-20), then God's love is unconditional, and it is, therefore, the foundation for unconditional trust and unconditional hope. There can be nothing more important than contemplating, affirming, appropriating, and living in this Unconditional Love. This is the purpose of contemplation; indeed, the purpose of the spiritual life itself.

"The publication of Father Spitzer's book is a happy coincidence, coming soon after Pope Benedict's Jesus of Nazareth. Both are strong statements of New Testament spirituality and provide an escape from the `bleaching of Christ's image', caused by the exclusive use of the historical-critical method. Informed Catholic readers are summoned by this book to take the Christ of the Gospels intelligently and seriously."
--Father Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R., author of Arise from Darkness

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American Routes: Songs and Stories From the Road
$11.00

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In his weekly radio program heard on NPR, folklorist Spitzer leads listeners on a lively journey through American music and the evolution of its many styles from A (avant-garde) to Z (zydeco).

Even in divisive times, there’s one thing about America everyone loves: its music. Produced in New Orleans, American Routes embraces and explores all kinds of American music: blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical.

Each week, program host and creator Nick Spitzer talks with well-known artists, lesser-known studio musicians, and little-known buskers. Songs, stories, interviews, and conversations reveal the origins of American music, musicians, and cultures (the roots) and the many directions they have taken over time (the routes). The show pays tribute to historic heroes, celebrates great musicians of today, and hits the road, traveling from street parades to juke joints, bayous to beltways.

Featured segments include Dave Brubeck, Tom Waits, Dolly Parton, the Antique Radio Museum, Feufollet, and Jerry Garcia—a unique and vivid soundtrack to American life.

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Transforming Performance Measurement: Rethinking the Way We Measure and Drive Organizational Success
Dean R. Spitzer
$3.98

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Accurately measuring performance - of individuals, departments, projects, and initiatives - is the single best way to ensure strong, sustainable results. But many organizations have flawed or inconsistent measurement systems, which can lead to disaster. "Transforming Performance Measurement" helps organizations maximize the value of their performance measurement approaches.

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Mel Bay Easy Classics for Flute
Peter Spitzer; Jannette Spitzer; Laura Spitzer
$6.00

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The Easy Classics books were written to provide beginning to intermediate instrumentalists with an enjoyable introduction to some of the greatest classical melodies. The flute edition, featuring a 31-page pull-out segment is compatible with the clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, and trumpet versions also featured in this series. A 39-page piano accompaniment is included for these 16 melodies by Beethoven, Bach, Bizet, Brahms, Mozart, Strauss, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, and others.

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Healing the Culture: A Commonsense Philosophy of Happiness, Freedom and the Life Issues
Robert Spitzer S.J.
$6.50

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Without a shared philosophy, Father Spitzer knows, debates about the controversial life issues can degenerate into point-counterpoint donnybrooks. So the bulk of Healing the Culture is a prolegomenon to the pro-life position, an extended presentation of the classical Christian argument that human happiness cannot be limited to merely material or pragmatic concerns.

That such a philosophy seems counter-cultural does suggest the need for healing, and the author's case for unselfish ethics is well-organized and compelling. Particularly strong are his discussions of how true freedom requires moral goodness, how democracy ultimately derives from inalienable rights (not simple majority rule), and the futility of fully defining personhood by merely sociological categories.

All in all, Healing the Culture is a good introduction to the good life. But one wonders if philosophy alone can heal the divisions behind the current culture wars? Changing people's convictions about issues as personal as abortion and euthanasia may require more than rational argument.

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Riding The Unit
Mark Spitzer
$10.99

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Mark Spitzer's Riding The Unit collects many of his best non fiction pieces, he is the author of the novel "Chum" and was a former editor of Exquisite Corpse.

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Heads, You Win!: How the Best Companies Think--and How You Can Use Their Examples to Develop Critical Thinking Within Your Own Organization
Ron Evans
$3.44

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New Coke. The Walt Disney Company's aborted theme park near the Manassas battlefield. AT&T's acquisition of NCR Corp. Were these merely the gaffes of individual decision makers, or do they represent larger, organizational deficiencies in critical thinking?

How confident are you in the collective brainpower of your organization?

The most crucial task facing any business leader in today's brutally competitive economy is to sharpen his or her organization's ability to effectively solve problems, make decisions, and cut through the information clutter. In Heads, You Win!, Kepner-Tregoe's CEO, Quinn Spitzer, and executive Ron Evans cite the experiences and share the advice of the presidents and CEOs of some of the world's most innovative companies -- organizations like Johnson & Johnson, Chrysler Corporation, British Airways, and Harley-Davidson, Inc. -- that are successful because they capitalize on the brainpower of every employee.

Filled with practical tips and techniques, and lightened with amusing, real-life anecdotes, Heads, You Win! is an indispensable tool for sorting through the complexities of running a business today and identifying the essential skills that determine a company's success.

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The Spirit of Leadership: Optimizing Creativity and Change in Organizations
Robert Spitzer S.J.
$32.99

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This book not only to make up for this glaring error of omission, but also probes deeply into all the major roots of organizational spirit.