Peter David Gall (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Idols are good for two things: making us feel important and making us feel loved. But the idols keep crashing---even when the author turns to his own Christian faith to construct an identity that will give him the life he craves. Through a variety of experiences---sublime and wretched, ego-building and humbling, joyous and painful---he learns the difference between pursuing 'holy hero status' and discovering the unpredictable and uncontrollable love of God.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Idols are good for two things: making us feel important and making us feel loved. But the idols keep crashing---even when the author turns to his own Christian faith to construct an identity that will give him the life he craves. Through a variety of experiences---sublime and wretched, ego-building and humbling, joyous and painful---he learns the difference between pursuing 'holy hero status' and discovering the unpredictable and uncontrollable love of God.…

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Swanstock was a stock photo agency for fine art photographers. It was bought by Getty and dissolved. Photographers represented include Olivia Parker, Keith Carter, Debbie Flemming Caffrey, Barbara Kasten, David Levinthal, Holly Roberts, Richard Ross, Sally Gall, Tom Baril, David Graham, Jeff Jacobson, Linda Connor, Peter Goin, Larry Fink, Jim Goldberg and others. Introduction by Mary Virginia Swanson. 168 pages; color and b&w images throughout; 11 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Fine/As New hardcover; illustrated boards, no dj as issued for this version. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping may be more than quoted.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Vintage Intl Ed January 2002/1st Pr. 368 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Slightly slanted spine. Light foxing on page edges. John Gall (Cover Design); David Alan Harvey/Magnum Photos (Cover Photo); Marion Ettlinger (Author Photo); Suvi Asch (Design) (illustrator). …

Magazine. First edition. Fine magazine. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The May 14, 2000, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine's travel magazine, The Sophisticated Traveler, Spring 2000, with: Peter Benchley on Wall Street with photos by Sally Gall; skiing at Whistler, British Columbia, by David Cates with photos by Chris Rainier; Jane Smiley on Oaxaca with photos by Brooke Slezak; Jane Perlez on Sydney and the Summer Olympics with photos by Catherine Karnow; Mary Tannen on Bhutan with photos by David Samuel Robbins; Catherine Reynolds on Boston's Beacon Street; a country-house hotel near Sintra, Portugal by Michael Mewshaw; Chang-Rae Lee on Phuket with photos by Peter Charlesworth; a round-up of marketplaces around the world; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 106 pages; color and b&w reproductions throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Idols are good for two things: making us feel important and making us feel loved. But the idols keep crashing--even when the author turns to his own Christian faith to construct an identity that will give him the life he craves. Through a variety of experiences--sublime and wretched, ego-building and humbling, joyous and painful--he learns the difference between pursuing holy hero status and discovering the unpredictable and uncontrollable love of God.…