New Releases by Richard Foster

I was on a flight to New York and the flight attendant was clearing the dinner dishes and offering coffee. Immediately folks started getting up and going to the bathroom. This struck me as funny. I had seen this scene a hundred times before, but this evening it struck me as hysterical. People go to the bathroom after eating and drinking. We all have to do it. Every day. But why? So I decided to ask God about it. This is the way God and I communicate. I just have this natural relationship with Him. So if I have a question or think about something, I ask Him about it and He gives me the answer, because He is God and He knows everything. And it was in this conversation that the Lord revealed to me the truth of Proverbs 4:23, that we have to keep our heart clean and eliminate bad things that get stored there.

“Scrupulously researched . . . An eloquent fan, Foster brings insight into Page’s recent revival as a sex symbol.” —Entertainment Weekly TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION UPDATED BY THE AUTHOR WITH A NEW EPILOGUE She has been called the most photographed model in history. From her modest beginnings in Nashville to her legacy as a cult figure, here is the true story of America’s iconic pinup queen, legendary Playboy centerfold Bettie Page—including her stormy marriages, her trial for attempted murder, and her decade-long isolation in a California mental institution. During the 1950s, Bettie set hearts ablaze with her killer curves and girl-next-door smile. Yet at the height of her popularity, with a promising acting career before her, she walked away. For more than thirty years, Bettie stayed hidden from the public eye, though she lived on in her fans’ memories, much like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean. Journalist Richard Foster became the first reporter to contact Page during her long absence, and the first to tell her full story. Using interviews with those who knew her, and filled with uncommon knowledge and insights, The Real Bettie Page reveals both the fun flirt and fashion-forward counter-culture icon whose style continues to inspire today, as well as the intriguing and complex, flesh-and-blood woman behind her smiling photos. Includes classic and rare color and black-and-white photos

Come back in time with me to explore the life and times of Ancil Foster Haines (1871 - 1937) - a "Pioneer Shipping Man," the "Dean of Puget Sound Shipping Men," a "Man of Wise Counsel and Sound Judgement," a man who loved his family deeply and balanced work and family life well while he was Vice President and General Manager of the American Mail Line and other shipping companies. He was my grandpa whom I never met. "Talking with Grandpa" is a fascinating journey back in time to discover how he worked his way up from a farm boy in Ohio - His Dad had died from Civil War wounds when he was young - to become one of the most valued and respected senior shipping officials on the West Coast in the 1920s and 1930s. This personal biography includes both fact and fascinating fiction of the Roaring Twenties, the Spanish Flu epidemic, WW-1, the Great Depression and many other challenges to America and his career. My "visits" with him in Seattle's Smith Tower and the things he shared with me there are so real that I wonder whether they really came from me at all. His understanding of the subtle buildup of Japan's Imperial Navy (to WW-II) which his ship's captains were reporting, America's need for a sound ,non-fiat, monetary system, along with how to be a loving, providing and protecting father to his family of ten children are described among many other quaint stories of family life, all written later by his children. Fascinating details and photographs are included of living through the Great Depression, the labor union strife on Seattle's docks, the terrible living conditions in "Hooverville," testifying before a Congressional Committee, meeting President Harding and grandpa Ancil's business meetings with Robert Dollar and other shipping figures. But lying out of sight behind all of these facts lay grandpa's solid Christian upbringing as a boy and the firm foundation it gave him for life such that R. Stanley Dollar wrote of him in his Memorium... Ancil Haines was, "One of the builders of the Pacific Northwest who gave freely and generously of his time and effort in the interests of the community... and a loyal friend whose kindliness and modesty were as unfailing as his adherence to the highest standards of honor and integrity...". Talking with Grandpa was an eye opener for me when I finally got to meet him and it may be for you as well.

Can you name the three World Cup winners who have also won the Golden Boot outright? What did Just Fontaine received for his feat of scoring 13 goals for France in the 1958 tournament in Sweden. Who went on to win the World Cup despite losing their first match? In which two World Cups have there been no sendings-off during the whole tournament? What was the significance of the black bands that appeared around the goal posts in Argentina in 1978? The World Cup is the greatest football show on earth. It is by far and away the most watched sporting event, attracting a global television audience of over 3.5 billion during four weeks of intense football action. There have been 20 tournaments in 16 different countries since 1930 and each one has its own unique stories and moments captured here in World Cup Nuggets. Richard Foster answers all of the above and provides you with some of the weirdest and most wonderful facts in World Cup history.

Modern football is brilliant, and yet it is also utterly rubbish. For every part of the beautiful game that reminds us why we love it, there''s another to drive us up the wall. Half-and-half scarves, designated singing sections, goal music and open letters - the list is endless. Football''s Flaws & Foibles looks at some of the biggest transgressions and dissects just what lies at the heart of our annoyance. Featuring contributions from Kevin Day, Daniel Storey and more, this book provides moments of catharsis and debate in equal measure. If you''ve ever paid for a plane to fly a banner over a football ground then this may not be the book for you, but for the rest of us this is a place to wallow in collective frustrations.So if you have ever been irritated, enraged, aggravated or exasperated by the game you love, this book is very much for you.

A fascinating collection of poems derived from far outside of the box of normalcy. Artist, Richard Foster, continues his quest for finding the truth about existence. With questions of life and being, this book of poems will send your mind on a thought-provoking journey. *Matte Cover Finish

A comprehensive history of the Football League Play-Offs from their relatively troubled conception to the current day boom. Born in English football''s darkest hour, it has now become home to the richest match in sport. From the exquisite agony of losing to the unadulterated high of success, this is the Agony & the Ecstasy.

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When a caring police officer witnesses the killing of a bystander, he must make a decision on how far he will go to bring the perpetrator to justice. He must ask himself the most important question of his life. This is a short story by artist, Richard Foster. (Large Print)

This is a comical short story detailing a situation in which an employee was to express their true opinion of their employer directly to their employer's face. An idea that most employees share but would never really consider attempting, becomes a reality for the protagonist of this story. Enjoy this interesting journey as you find out what would actually push an employee into doing the unthinkable and what the results would ultimately be.

Nathan Foster has lived with the spiritual disciplines all his life, but has had to find his own unique path. As he sought - sometimes rebelliously - to develop habits that would enable him to live more like Jesus, he encountered problems both personal and universal. Gradually he discovered creative new ways to practice disciplines such as fasting, meditation and simplicity, to live as Jesus lived. With a foreword from Nathan''s father Richard, who provides a fresh introduction to each of the disciplines, The Making of an Ordinary Saint invites us to be formed into the likeness of Christ''s character.

From Agents to Z-list celebrities, everything you love to hate about the national sport.

Turning conventional wisdom on its head, a Senior Partner and an Innovation Specialist from McKinsey & Company debunk the myth that high-octane, built-to-last companies can continue to excel year after year and reveal the dynamic strategies of discontinuity and creative destruction these corporations must adopt in order to maintain excellence and remain competitive. In striking contrast to such bibles of business literature as In Search of Excellence and Built to Last, Richard N. Foster and Sarah Kaplan draw on research they conducted at McKinsey & Company of more than one thousand corporations in fifteen industries over a thirty-six-year period. The industries they examined included old-economy industries such as pulp and paper and chemicals, and new-economy industries like semiconductors and software. Using this enormous fact base, Foster and Kaplan show that even the best-run and most widely admired companies included in their sample are unable to sustain their market-beating levels of performance for more than ten to fifteen years. Foster and Kaplan''s long-term studies of corporate birth, survival, and death in America show that the corporate equivalent of El Dorado, the golden company that continually outperforms the market, has never existed. It is a myth. Corporations operate with management philosophies based on the assumption of continuity; as a result, in the long term, they cannot change or create value at the pace and scale of the markets. Their control processes, the very processes that enable them to survive over the long haul, deaden them to the vital and constant need for change. Proposing a radical new business paradigm, Foster and Kaplan argue that redesigning the corporation to change at the pace and scale of the capital markets rather than merely operate well will require more than simple adjustments. They explain how companies like Johnson and Johnson , Enron, Corning, and GE are overcoming cultural "lock-in" by transforming rather than incrementally improving their companies. They are doing this by creating new businesses, selling off or closing down businesses or divisions whose growth is slowing down, as well as abandoning outdated, ingrown structures and rules and adopting new decision-making processes, control systems, and mental models. Corporations, they argue, must learn to be as dynamic and responsive as the market itself if they are to sustain superior returns and thrive over the long term. In a book that is sure to shake the business world to its foundations, Creative Destruction, like Re-Engineering the Corporation before it, offers a new paradigm that will change the way we think about business.

First of all I am a born again christian. Called into evangelism by God. My name is Richard Foster and I am a retired businessman and evangelist. I have pastored over the course of my life and I feel that God has given me a mission. My questioning mind has inspired many original programs and teachings as well as the inspiration for this book. As a retired businessman I have had to make many decisions and choices over the years in my business. I can now look back with hindsight and ask myself all those, what ifs as they would pertain to my life today. That is really the core of our story. Its about the choices we make and how those choices affect us immediately and all along our life journey. The Loneliest Shepherd deal with choices and how making bad choices can effect just about every aspect of your life. At the birth of Jesus I wondered who it was among the shepherds that had to stay behind and watch the sheep. I wondered how that might effect that persons life, what his life might turn out to be like and where he might end up. While the story is purely fi ctional, I have taken true accounts from the Bible and created a what if story around them to help put into perspective just how criticle making the right choices really are. My prayer is that this encounter with David will cause you think more deeply about life than you ever have before.

Stop Breathe Listen Be Still In a world that moves too fast and places little value on quiet times, the practice of contemplative prayer offers rest to your soul and invites God''s presence into your life. This thoughtful book, inspired by the best-selling DVD of the same name, invites you into the joy and peace that can be found in the age-old practice of contemplative prayer and features writings from some of today''s most highly respected authors and speakers, including: • Max Lucado • Dr. Henry Cloud • Philip Yancey • Michelle McKinney Hammond • Richard Foster • Dallas Willard • Dr. Calvin Miller • Ken Gire In these pages you will be introduced to the practice of lectio divina, which simply means "sacred reading." Using Scripture and silence, you will learn to invite God''s presence and direction into your life through the thirty-one meditations in this beautifully illustrated book. You don''t have to be a scholar or a saint to experience contemplative prayer or enjoy God''s divine companionship. As you walk through these thirty-one days, you will grow daily into a deeper, more satisfying prayer life with God. Open the book. Be still. Find rest for your soul. Compiled by Amy and Judge Reinhold.

Best-selling author Richard J. Foster offers a warm, compelling, and sensitive primer on prayer, helping us to understand, experience, and practice it in its many forms-from the simple prayer of beginning again to unceasing prayer. He clarifies the prayer process, answers common misconceptions, and shows the way into prayers of contemplation, healing, blessing, forgiveness, and rest. Coming to prayer is like coming home, Foster says. "Nothing feels more right, more like what we are created to be and to do. Yet at the same time we are confronted with great mysteries. Who hasn''t struggled with the puzzle of unanswered prayer? Who hasn''t wondered how a finite person can commune with the infinite Creator of the universe? Who hasn''t questioned whether prayer isn''t merely psychological manipulation after all? We do our best, of course, to answer these knotty questions but when all is said and done, there is a sense in which these mysteries remain unanswered and unanswerable . . . At such times we must learn to become comfortable with the mystery." Foster shows how prayer can move us inward into personal transformation, upward toward intimacy with God, and outward to minister to others. He leads us beyond questions to a deeper understanding and practice of prayer, bringing us closer to God, to ourselves, and to our community.

Before the high altar in Westminster Abbey lies a priceless pavement which has been hidden beneath a protective carpet since the early 1900s. The author, in this book, has brought his knowledge as an art historian to bear on the problem of unravelling its secret message.

Exploring the hidden meaning of five well-known pictures painted between 1433 and 1533; La Primavera, Botticelli; Madonna and Child, Van Eyck; St George and the Dragon, Uccello; Christ Crowned with Thorns, Bosch: The Ambassadors, Holbein.

The bug-bear of high-resolution stratigraphy in the deep sea is sediment mixing by animals at the sea floor. Here we address several theoretical and practical problems in removing the effects of mixing. The objective of 1-cm stratigraphy is to recover a record of earth and ocean history more detailed than that known today. The research reported here concentrates on foraminiferal ooze, in which 1-cm of accumulation usually corresponds to an interval of less than 1000 yrs. In a later chapter, we try to construct a 1-cm stratigraphy of box cores of ooze from Ontong-Java Plateau. The theory we use to reconstruct events recorded at 1-cm intervals has, in part, already been developed. It is based on Goldberg and Koide's model of a discrete sediment mixed layer. This report develops a number of useful formulas to account for the effects of dissolution, winnowing, fragmentation and horizontal sediment influx. The problem of finite mixing rates is also accommodated by a simplification of some results from Guinasso and Schink. Dating the reconstructed record with C14 is a matter of knowing contemporaneous mixed layer ages. In this light, this report describes a number of properties of mixed layer ages and the C14 record in general.

"This volume contains new materials which include stratigraphy, sea floor stratigraphy and isotopic geochemistry including radiometric dating. The work retains the conjunction of two entities: systematic treatment of "glacial geology" involving process and strategraphic, environmental and historical discussion of the Quaternary."