Our Journey Home
What Parents Are Doing to Preserve Family Values
by Gary Lee Bauer
ISBN: 0849935687
ISBN-13: 9780849935688
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: W Pub Group
Published date: 1994
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
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Our Journey Home: What Parents Are Doing to Preserve Family Values
Bauer, Gary Lee
Thomas Nelson Publishers. PAPERBACK. 0849935687 Nice copy, some cover wear, all pages are intact. We guarantee all of our books to be as stated. We promise to work hard to win your trust! Expedited and international shipping available. Your purchase benefits the hungry and homeless in the St. Louis region as well as Katrina victims in the gulf coast. . Very Good. ( more information)
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Our Journey Home
Bauer, Gary
Dallas, TX: Word Publishing , 1992 222 pp Practical advice and encouragement as we seek to restore our families to the forefront of our busy lives. . Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 6.25 x 9.25. ( more information)
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Our Journey Home : What Parents Are Doing to Preserve Family Values
Bauer, Gary
Dallas, Texas: Word Publishing, 1992. 1st Printing, Trade PB, VG, 222 pp., two small tears of 1/8" & 1/4" on edge of front wrap, rubbing at top & bottom of spine and front bottom edge, small light stain on side edge of pages. Our Journey Home catalogs the grim results of a "30 year binge of value bashing" that has virtually brought our families to their knees. There is good news, however, says Bauer as he reports on the latest surveys and from his on-the-scene experience.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Our Journey Home
Bauer, Gary
Nashville, TN, U.S.A.: Word Publishing, 1994. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0849935687. OUR JOURNEY HOME catalogs the grim results of a "thirty year binge of value bashing" that has virtually brought our families to their knees. There is good news, however, says Bauer as he reports on the latest surveys and from his on-the-scene experience in the nation's capital, where policies that affect the family are made. There is an unmistakable trend to "return home:" Most Americans are hungry for safe, sane lives, strong families, love, commitment, and values."; most of us want our children to have better manners and morals; More people - especially single parents - want a 2 parent family; Marriage and faithfulness are "in" again, and the divorce rate has leveled off; A high number of employed baby-boomer women say they plan to return to tending to the family. The book is in nice shape. It has a crease down the front cover next to the spine. The top & bottom of the spine are very slightly rubbed, and the 2 front cover outside corner tips.. ( more information)
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Gary Lee Bauer
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