“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1
Human beings like to carve our world into bite sized manageable bits: Years, seasons, months, weeks, and days. The first part of this bibliography, tracking time, looks at the ways we do that. The second is a list of devotional calendars and almanacs; these are a type of publication that allows the reader to consider a verse from the Bible or a historical fact for each day of the year. Or choose a knitting project for each month, or a household chore for each season. Be creative and pick a new way to track time with books from our collection!
Tracking Time
Adult
| APOLLO’S FIRE: A DAY ON EARTH IN NATURE AND IMAGINATION by Michael Sims (DB 66861) |
| BRIEF HISTORY OF TIMEKEEPING: THE SCIENCE OF MARKING TIME, FROM STONEHENGE TO ATOMIC CLOCKS by Chad Orzel (DB 113502) |
| CALENDAR: HUMANITY’S EPIC STRUGGLE TO DETERMINE A TRUE AND ACCURATE YEAR by David Ewing Duncan (DB 48474) |
| HISTORY OF TIME: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION by Leofranc Holford-Strevens (DB 86447) |
| KEEPING WATCH: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN TIME by Michael O’Malley (DB 38333) |
| QUESTIONING THE MILLENNIUM: A RATIONALIST’S GUIDE TO A PRECISELY ARBITRARY COUNTDOWN by Stephen Jay Gould (DB 46057) |
| SEVEN DAYS FROM SUNDAY by Thomas Galt (BT 02305) |
| SPRING FORWARD: THE ANNUAL MADNESS OF DAYLIGHT SAVING by Michael Downing (DB 60538) |
Juvenile
| CALENDAR by Patricia K. Kummer (DB 63593) Grades 5-8 |
| RIDDLE OF TIME by Thelma Harrington Bell (BR 00431) Grades 6-9 |
| SECOND, A MINUTE, A WEEK WITH DAYS IN IT: A BOOK ABOUT TIME by Brian P. Cleary (DBC 06717, BRC 01809) Grades Kindergarten-3 |
| TIME BOOK: A BRIEF HISTORY FROM LUNAR CALENDARS TO ATOMIC CLOCKS by Martin Jenkins (DB 69885) Grades 3-6 |
General Calendars
Adult
| AMERICAN MINUTE: NOTABLE EVENTS OF AMERICAN SIGNIFICANCE REMEMBERED ON THE DATE THEY OCCURRED (DB 87449) |
| AMERICAN PATRIOT’S ALMANAC by William J. Bennett (DB 68700) |
| CHESAPEAKE ALMANAC: FOLLOWING THE BAY THROUGH THE SEASONS by John Page Williams (DBC 12242) |
| COLORADO WEATHER ALMANAC by Mike P. Nelson (DBC 02906) |
| DAILY STOIC: 366 MEDITATIONS ON WISDOM, PERSEVERANCE, AND THE ART OF LIVING by Ryan Holiday (DBC 13081) |
| ELIZABETH ZIMMERMANN’S KNITTER’S ALMANAC: PROJECTS FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR by Elizabeth Zimmermann (BR 18547) |
| I HATE TO COOK ALMANACK by Peg Bracken (DB 10831) |
| NEW YORK TIMES HOME REPAIR ALMANAC: A SEASON-BY-SEASON GUIDE FOR MAINTAINING YOUR HOME by Edward R. Lipinsky (DB 54745) |
| READER’S BOOK OF DAYS: TRUE TALES FROM THE LIVES AND WORKS OF WRITERS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR by Tom Nissley (DB 77901) |
| YEAR AND A DAY OF EVERYTHING WITCHCRAFT: 366 WAYS TO WITCHIFY YOUR LIFE by Deborah Blake (DB109940, BR 24424) |
Juvenile
| CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE: A BOOK OF MONTHS by Maurice Sendak (DB 55651) Grades Kindergarten-3 |
| DAYS TO CELEBRATE: A FULL YEAR OF POETRY, PEOPLE, HOLIDAYS, HISTORY, FASCINATING FACTS, AND MORE by Lee Bennett Hopkins (DB 60093, BR 15962) Grades 4-7 |
Devotional Calendars
En español
| CONMIGO DIA TRAS DIA: MOMENTOS PARA LA REFLEXION por Pope John Paul II (DB 56985) |
| MEDITACIONES PARA MUJERES QUE HACEN DEMASIADO por Anne Wilson Schaef (DB 79962) |
| MOMENTOS DE QUIETUD CON DIOS DEVOCIONARIO: 365 INSPIRACIONES DIARIAS por Joyce Meyer (DB 102859) |
| TRESCIENTOS SESENTA Y CINCO SANTOS: SU GUIA DIARIA DE MEDITACION por Woodeene Koenig-Bricker (DB 65973) |
| YO DECLARO: TREINTA Y UNA PROMESAS PARA PROCLAMAR SOBRE SU VIDA por Joel Osteen (DB 76974) |
English
| ACTS OF FAITH: DAILY MEDITATIONS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR by Iyanla Vanzant (DB 38262, BR 09565) |
| BACK PORCH FAITH: WEEKLY MEDITATIONS by Paul Prather (DBC 24523) |
| BOOK OF DAYS: REFLECTIONS INSPIRED BY THE LITURGICAL YEAR by Bertha Catherine Madott (DBG 02203) |
| BOOK OF MYSTERIES by Jonathan Cahn (DB 87066) |
| BREAKFAST WITH BILLY GRAHAM: 120 DAILY READINGS by Billy Graham (LB 09465) |
| CHRISTIAN MYSTICS: 365 READINGS AND MEDITATIONS by Matthew Fox (DBC 27433) |
| CLOSER TO GOD EACH DAY: 365 DEVOTIONS FOR EVERYDAY LIVING by Joyce Meyer (LB 08373) |
| DAILY DEVOTIONS INSPIRED BY NINETY MINUTES IN HEAVEN: NINETY READINGS FOR HOPE AND HEALING by Don Piper (DBC 02402) |
| DAILY READINGS FROM YOUR BEST LIFE NOW: NINETY DEVOTIONS FOR LIVING AT YOUR FULL POTENTIAL by Joel Osteen (DB 63057, BR 16436) |
| DAILY REFLECTIONS by Helen Steiner Rice (DB 34978; BR 08872) |
| DAILY REFLECTIONS: A BOOK OF REFLECTIONS BY A.A. MEMBERS FOR A.A. MEMBERS (BRC 00374) |
| EACH NEW DAY by Corrie Ten Boom (LB 02205) |
| EXPERIENCING GOD DAY-BY-DAY: THE DEVOTIONAL AND JOURNAL by Henry T. Blackaby (DB 115874, BR 25255) |
| FATHER OF LOVE: LOVE COMES SOFTLY, SELECTIONS by Janette Oke (DB 34103) |
| FINISHING TOUCH by Charles R. Swindoll (DB 40559) |
| GLIMPSES OF GRACE: DAILY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS by Madeleine L’Engle (DBC 27534) |
| GOD CALLING (DB 51750, BR 05153) |
| LIVING WATER: DAILY READINGS WITH ST. TERESA OF AVILA by St. Teresa of Avila (DBG 01490) |
| LOVE OUT LOUD: 365 DEVOTIONS FOR LOVE GOD, LOVING YOURSELF, AND LOVING OTHERS by Joyce Meyer (LB 07001) |
| MEDITATIONS FOR WOMEN WHO DO TOO MUCH by Anne Wilson Schaef (DB 33368, BR 08625) |
| MISSION POSSIBLE ONE-YEAR-DEVOTIONAL: 365 DAYS OF INSPIRATION FOR PURSUING YOUR GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE by Tim Tebow (DB 114878) |
| MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: GOLDEN BOOK OF OSWALD CHAMBERS, SELECTIONS FOR THE YEAR by Oswald Chambers (DB 19090) |
| OIL OF JOY FOR MOURNING: 365 DAILY MEDITATIONS TO COMFORT THE WIDOWED by Jan Sheble (DBG 06574, BRG 00024) |
| ONE YEAR BOOK OF HYMNS (DBC 05122) |
| PAT BOONE DEVOTIONAL BOOK by Pat Boone (LB 02243) |
| REDEEMED: DEVOTIONS FOR THE LONGING SOUL by Will Graham (DB 94508) |
| SIMPLE ABUNDANCE: 365 DAYS TO A BALANCED AND JOYFUL LIFE by Sarah Ban Breathnach (LB 12958) |
| SIMPLE ABUNDANCE: A DAYBOOK OF COMFORT AND JOY by Sarah Ban Breathnach (DB 42044) |
| SONGS OF JESUS: A YEAR OF DAILY DEVOTIONS IN THE PSALMS by Timothy Keller (DB 83058) |
| SPECTACLE OF GLORY: GOD’S LIGHT SHINING THROUGH ME EVERY DAY by Joni Eareckson Tada (DB 87637) |
| STREAMS IN THE DESERT by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman (DB 18624) |
| STREAMS IN THE DESERT, VOL.TWO: FROM THE FILES AND UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman (DB 18917) |
| STRENGTH FOR EACH DAY: 365 DEVOTIONS TO MAKE EVERY DAY A GREAT DAY by Joyce Meyer (DB 114781) |
| THROUGH THE YEAR WITH FULTON SHEEN by Fulton J. Sheen (DB 28062) |
| TIME TO GET SERIOUS: DAILY DEVOTIONS TO KEEP YOU CLOSE TO GOD by Anthony T. Evans (DBC 18634) |
| UNTIL TODAY! DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND PEACE OF MIND by Iyanla Vanzant (DB 51659) |
| UNTO THE HILLS by Billy Graham (DB 26132, LB 09118) |
| WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?: DAILY REFLECTIONS ON THE BIBLE, THE SAINTS, AND THE ANSWER THAT IS CHRIST by Timothy Michael Dolan (DB 97304) |