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From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Newjack, a passage through an America lived wild and off the grid, where along with independence and stunning views come fierce winds, neighbors with criminal pasts, and minimal government and medical...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Celebrate Earth Day with Dr. Seuss and the Lorax in this classic children's book about sustainability and protecting the environment! I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. Dr. Seuss’s beloved story teaches kids to treat the planet with kindness and stand up...

Beyond the Kingdom Within gives language to a political exhaustion we all feel but rarely name. Not a partisan argument, but an orientation guide for a fractured public life, Beyond the Kingdom Within is, in essence, a pre-political memoir told through a series of short essays that examine authority, judgment, and restraint in American public life. It is an attempt to name why our public arguments keep failing—across institutions, culture, markets, and governance—and to offer a coherent architecture for thinking about power and responsibility under conditions of uncertainty.

If a God Needs Blood, He Is Not God nor Saint is a literary and ethical work that exposes the hidden logic behind systems that justify harm in the name of belief, order, or salvation. Through a sequence of scenes and interludes, the book follows ordinary people caught in structures that do not demand hatred, but obedience; not cruelty, but surrender. What begins as love, protection, or guidance slowly transforms into justification, silence, and sacrifice. This is not an attack on faith, nor a denunciation of individuals.

Naval Pilot Marty Elias is exhausted. Six months of brutal deployment have left him brittle, his current anchor the engagement ring in his jacket and the love of his life, a brilliant mathematician waiting in Port Orchard: Jessie Albright.

Ted Gup reflects on the value of confusion in "In Praise of the 'Wobblies'", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The...

Embark on an epic fantasy journey as a diverse group of adventurers joins forces to thwart the sinister sorcerer Ricard's ascent to godhood. Burl seeks revenge, Charl harbors mysterious secrets, Grolador grapples with his dual nature, Switch is entangled in prophecies, and Clostra battles her inner demons.

Grace is receiving life from God to become a giver of life to others, and honor is how we give that life to one another. Though grace is manifested in honor, it is honor that invites the power of grace for a testimony of God's glory. These things are known through a face-to-face relationship with God as our friend. Knowing God as our friend will empowers honor and grace to cause us to manifest as God's sons and daughters for the sake of our world.

You will find that the bulk of this work is a quotation of scripture, organized by topic in relation to the identity of God. Commentary has been added in an attempt to summarize the concepts I believe are conveyed in the scriptures; however, the commentary comprises a lessor portion of the work. The work may almost be thought of as a topical concordance concerning the identity of God with limited commentary.

Three boys named James, Jim, and Jimmer, talk about their love for baseball, but they do so in their unique ways. Learn what makes them different. This book goes with the national second grade elementary school curriculum to help children understand adjectives and sentence styles. Different styles apply to different situations and needs. Everyone needs all styles for their toolbox. They have the spotlight and shine in different situations.

Presence describes a fictional story about Jesus’ ongoing physical appearances to three people in a small mid-western town. Under the promise that they may never tell anyone about their experiences, each one meets with Jesus personally and engages the issues in their relationship with him and in everyday life. Jesus leads them personally, and then, collectively, into the experience of community and discovery of scripture’s invitation to abundant life through adoption and transformation.

Does your soul mate feel more like a roommate? This year-long devotional will help you and your spouse go deep in your faith, nurture your marriage, and make laughter a part of your everyday life. Each weekly devotion in Greater Joy TWOgether includes a short reading, a Scripture verse, thoughtful conversation prompts, ideas for putting the week’s theme into action, and prayer starters to draw you closer to God and each other.

Worship and praise are not rituals we perform, they are responses to God's love. The result is seen in heavenly changes in the world around us. Our world changes by His presence. As we worship Him and manifest His life we prophetically destroy the strongholds of every enemy. Love wins! God speaks and life happens! This is the way of worship and praise as God moves among us! Worship is the fruit of experiencing God's presence in our lives. When we see who He is in our lives, we cannot help but worship Him. We love Him because He first loved us.

Heaven’s Tapestry is a true story filled with adventures in exotic places. But this is not a book about travel exploits. It’s about the great adventure that our lives become when we dare to follow Christ. It’s about two ordinary people who, through a few simple steps of obedience to the “still small voice” of God, have been blessed to see his mighty hand at work in their lives.

From beginning to end, through joy and heartache, in good times and bad, we are in a constant state of transition if we are alive. Join Ted Pagel Jr. in Courageous Faith: Overcoming Obstacles on the Road to Freedom as he chronicles how the ancient Israelites transitioned from four hundred years of slavery in Egypt to embrace full freedom in the Promised Land under Joshua's leadership.

The book includes 60 devotionals on business topics you would find in an MBA degree. The subject areas are general business, accounting, economics, finance, and statistics. Dr. Snider is a professor who has worked in information technology for four decades. His passion is to share his experience, and how business and scripture relate to each other.

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19—a disease caused by a virus known as SARS-CoV-2—a global pandemic. The year 2020 was the year that brought global change that required a global shift, and we can't be tone-deaf to it. This shift demands we respond swiftly to the problems.

From non-verbal to radio announcer, Good Morning, Blake: Growing Up Autistic and Being Okay lays bare—from cradle to adulthood—the myriad steps Blake has taken to find his voice and rightful place in society.

A galactic war is brewing, but a peaceful primitive planet is the last place anyone expects it to start. Carronia is a failed colony world with a simple agricultural society. Protected by Galactic Union law, visitors and technology are prohibited, but visitors are exploiting these people. The Enforcement Division dispatches Officer Teo Silva and his canine partner to investigate, but they are unprepared for the evil that awaits them. Prohibited from revealing his identity or using any advanced technology, Teo struggles against multiple forces.

Lieutenant Colonel Francis James Preston is promoted to colonel and assigned to train new recruits fresh out of infantry school to reactivate the 289th Infantry Regiment. Training these soldiers isn’t hard enough; Second Lieutenant Katharine Wilson is promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned as the regiment’s executive officer. The regiment attempts to prove their ability to fight together. Internal agents attempt to undermine the regiment to show its inability to defeat an enemy. The time spent training these soldiers exposes a dark secret known only to Dr. Paul Minder.