Mark Buchanan, Author . Norton $25.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-393-04153-8
A kabob-shop owner in Frankfurt finds—through a network of acquaintances—that the social distance between himself and Marlon Brando really is only the fabled six degrees of separation. Meanwhile, a mathematician randomly distributes...
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Mark Buchanan, Author . Multnomah $12.99 (200p) ISBN 978-1-57673-889-4
A popular adage dictates that those who are heavenly minded are of no earthly good. Buchanan, a pastor and freelance writer, begs to differ. He convincingly demonstrates that unless Christians cling to the hope of the hereafter with a grip so fierce
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Mark Buchanan, Author . Multnomah $16.99 (269p) ISBN 978-1-59052-249-3
Can God be trusted? Canadian pastor and author Buchanan (Things Unseen; Your God Is Too Safe) argues yes in this hard-hitting evangelical book, which brandishes vivid imagery and biblical truth. Writing in colorful, expressive terms, Buchanan...
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Mark Buchanan, Author . W Publishing Group $17.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8499-1848-3
In his fourth book, Christian pastor Buchanan delves into the concept of the Sabbath, by which he means both a day and an attitude. He campaigns persuasively for readers to revive the Sabbath as a refuge from our pervasive and spiritually...
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Mark Buchanan, Author . W $17.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8499-0174-4
A book on virtue may seem a thing of the past, but pastor Buchanan (Your God Is Too Safe; Things Unseen
) puts a modern twist on its study and practice. "How do I get more of God in my life?" he asks himself. The answer has been obvious...
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Mark Buchanan, Author Multnomah Publishers $12.99 (264p) ISBN 978-1-57673-774-3
Canadian pastor and first-time author Buchanan says that he ""hit the ground running"" when he first became a Christian. He got involved in a church, taught Sunday school and read his Bible regularly. Then things got rote. Buchanan was, in a word, ""
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Mark Buchanan, Author . Crown $24 (288p) ISBN 978-0-609-60810-4
Buchanan, an editor and writer for Nature
and New Scientist, proposes to apply so-called nonequilibrium physics to cataclysms in human history. This form of physics involves the study of systems in perpetual imbalance, a state that makes it...
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Mark Buchanan, Author . Bloomsbury $24.95 (242p) ISBN 978-1-59691-013-3
Buchanan (Ubiquity: The Science of History
) reaches out to the audience for pop social science like The Tipping Point
and Freakonomics
with the concept of "social physics," a scientific model for the patterns that emerge from the...
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Mark Buchanan. Bloomsbury, $24 (272p) ISBN 978-1-60819-851-1
Time to grapple with the stormy realities of an unbalanced marketplace, argues this scathing critique of economics-as-usual. Physicist and journalist Buchanan (The Social Atom) attacks what he thinks are the unrealistic assumptions of modern...
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Mark Buchanan. Zondervan, $25.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-310-29366-8
Buchanan (The Rest of God), a pastor and associate professor of Pastoral Theology at Ambrose Seminary in Calgary, argues that walking provides a route to the companionship of God in this cheery testament. Focusing on the physical act of walking, he...
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