Bishop Books

This is the best text book around if you are looking at wellness from a stage based point of view. Steve and Jan have done a great job. Wonderful full color graphs and charts make learning fun and easy.

I have read many books and this one kept my attention, I actually had trouble laying it down. People would talk to me and I would be in my own world of reading. I can't wait to read more of her work.

Ably edited by Newell L. Chester for the modern reader, The Story Of A Regiment is the narrative account and history by Judson W. Bishop of the Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry's Second Regiment that fought all through the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. This superbly presented edition is enhanced for the reader with a history of Judson Bishop and additional and informative chapters by Chester. This was a Union Army regiment that was awarded eight Medals of Honor for one action near Nolansville, Tennessee; participated in the first major Union victory at Mill Springs, Kentucky; charged up Missionary Ridge out of Chattanooga, Tennessee; earned General George Thomas acclimation as "The Rock of Chickamauga". The Second Regiment fought all four, bloody years of the Civil War and finally returned home to Minnesota intact. The Story Of A Regiment is an invaluable, much appreciated, and very welcome addition to Civil War Studies collections, and "must" reading for all Civil War buffs.

The excellent essays in this collection support Jerome Bruner's theories on narrative being the basis for all human communication. Written for English composition educators, this book is full of ideas for engaging students with autobiographical writing (supported by research) and the seemingly inborn desire to tell stories. I would recommend the book for all who are interested in the reading/writing connection, Bartholomae and Petrosky, and innovative methods of teaching writing.

The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu has been a mainstay resource for those requisite "history of surfing" photos that compliment the early chapters of many a surfing book and far-reaching historical article. Under the informed and perceptive eye of DeSoto Brown, archivist and collections manager, the museum has assembled a best-of collection of the surf-related photographs in its collection (c. 1890-1960), and it is a treasure trove of wonderful and evocative images, many of them never before published. Brown's captions, meanwhile, include great info and anecdote about the photos, making this a must-have addition to every serious surf-culture library. - Drew Kampion for The Surfer's Path [...]

Morris Bishop's Two Volume Survey of French Literature is a must have for the French scholar. The first volume covers the Middle Ages through the 18th Century, and the second tackles the 19th and 20th Centuries. Morris is the authority in French Literature! This set includes the works of all major French poets, playwrights, novelists, and authors as well as a synopsis of the major French literary periods and short biography of each author. Great gift for college students majoring in French or other persons interested in French literature.

Morris Bishop's Survey of French Literature in Two Volumes is the Best Buy available in French Lit textbooks. The first volume begins with Middle Ages French Lit and covers through the 18th Century. Volume II encompasses the 19th and 20th Centuries. Bishop's texts have been the major college text in French Literature for years because of the attention he gives to all major authors, playwrights, poets, and novelists. Each work has a piece introducing the author and the book includes synopses of all major periods of French Literature. A must have for any scholar!

... from a time when life was simpler. I loved the Little House Books as a child, and now as an adult reader, I adore Sweet Annie. The amount of detail that Ms. Morris puts into her writing allows the reader to create vivid images in their minds as they read. I was transported immediately back to the day where neighbors banded together to help one another, and families worked, played and stayed together. What a soothing read at a time of electronic gadget overload and desensitization to the every day negativity of the present that we live in. Great for all ages, I loved it as well as my eleven year old daughter. We look forward to more from this gifted new author.

This is an excellent book. Bishop did an incredible amount of research through archival letters, diaries, reminiscenses, etc. of members of the Confederate Tennessee Brigade. This unit fought a bloody trail through the Civil War from 1861 to Lee's surrender in 1865. By the time it reached Appomattox the Brigade had been reduced to fragments. Much of the text is in the words of those who experienced those years, and Bishop ties this together with masterful prose. It is a great read.

This collection of essays deals with a useful array of topics that will be of special interest to those of the Anglican theological tradition. This book serves as a needed balance to the biography from MacCulloch that paints Cranmer as a rabid protestant with no real interest in the beliefs of the early church. It also helps to dispel many of the misconceptions about Cranmer's sacramental theology that are widely held by both "anglo-catholic" and puritan "evangelical" alike. In these essays Cranmer emerges as the chief reformer of a church that he envisioned as one founded on the Scriptures, the ancient Fathers, and right reason. Rather than being against the concept of a "via media" church (as MacCulloch claims) Cranmer is the very author of it.