What happens when the road home becomes a trap - and the only weapons you have left are your wits, your faith, and the names of the people you love?Students of the Book is the true account of Musa, a young Afghan student whose journey to visit family is shattered at a Taliban checkpoint south of Kabul. In an instant, he and his companions - including his teenage cousin - are swept into a nightmare that will test the limits of human endurance, loyalty, and belief.Told in Mus...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What happens when the road home becomes a trap — and the only weapons you have left are your wits, your faith, and the names of the people you love?Students of the Book is the true account of Musa, a young Afghan student whose journey to visit family is shattered at a Taliban checkpoint south of Kabul. In an instant, he and his companions — including his teenage cousin — are swept into a nightmare that will test the limits of human enduranc...

Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty 2. Christina Rossetti - I Loved You First: But Afterwards Your Love 3. Walt Whitman - A Glimpse 4. W.Shakespeare - Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds 5. John Donne - The Good-Morrow 6. K.Gibran - Love One Another 7. Robert Browning - Meeting At Night 8. E.Dickinson - My River 9. P.B. Shelley - Love's Philosophy 10. Alfred Tennyson - Maud 11. E.A. Poe - Annabel Lee 12. J.Keats - Bright Star 13. Andrew Marvell - To His Coy Mistress 14. E.A. Poe - ...

We all live by emotion — whether we realize it or not.Joy and sorrow. Fear and hope. Anger, shame, gratitude, love. These emotions shape our decisions, our relationships, our faith, and ultimately the direction of our lives. Yet few of us were ever taught how to understand them, much less how to bring them to God.In Keep Your Eyes on the Scoreboard, John H. Brennan invites readers into a deeply human, Scripture-rich journey through the emotional lan...

Simon of Cyrene. A name mentioned only once in the Bible, yet its weight ripples through history. Who was he? And why does his singular moment—a fleeting interaction with the cross—resonate with such significance?Every pebble tossed into still waters creates waves. Simon's life, like that pebble, may have seemed ordinary. But what if the smallest acts, the briefest moments, are the ones that shape eternity? This book imagines his journey—not just his encounter with the cross, but h...

A clear and concise roadmap for ethical business behavior using commonsense moral principles Business Ethics for Better Behavior concisely answers the three most pressing ethical questions business professionals face: What makes business practices right or wrong?; Why do normal, decent businesspeople of good will sometimes do the wrong thing?; and How can we use the answer to these questions to get ourselves, our coworkers, our bosses, and our employees to behave ...

Discover the incredible truth behind God's eternal Plan in Love Letters from Our Father. From before Genesis, God's desire to rescue us from sin was set in motion, culminating in Jesus' Incarnation. This book uncovers how scripture—from the Old Testament's prophecies to the New Testament's fulfillment—reveals God's unending love, mercy, and compassion for us. Let His words inspire you to embrace His plan, guiding you toward the eternal life He has prepared for those who choose to follow Hi...

Ghosts of Newport plumbs the depths of Newport's history and reveals a host of chilling tales in which fact and folklore intertwine. Today's Newport attracts countless visitors from around the world; its streets are alive with art, culture, wealth and beauty. Yet the city harbors echoes of a dark and turbulent past, including a variety of haunted sites: the Jailhouse Inn, Astor's Beechwood, the White Horse Tavern--America's oldest tavern--and many more. These stories show a side of Newport...

A practical and pithy guide to investing to help everyday investors achieve their long-term goalsThe 21st century has been beset with three financial market shocks in its first 20 years, the bursting of the Tech Bubble in 2000-2002; the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09; and 2020 COVID-19 crash. Given this backdrop, it is no wonder that investing can appear to be so daunting to individual investors.As Chairman and CEO of Vanguard, one of the largest and mo...

Through the Eyes of Mary Magdalene is an intimate re-imagining of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ—told not from the pulpit, but from the heart of the woman who first recognized Him alive again.This is Mary as you have never encountered her: not a symbol, not a footnote, not a scandal—but a witness. A woman once shattered by darkness, restored by a voice that spoke her name, and sent into the world carrying fire she never sought yet could not contain.

A deeply personal and heartfelt devotional from the beloved author of The Ragamuffin Gospel.Raw vulnerability can be scary. It can also save our lives. In this book, Brennan Manning has laid out a month of honest prayers to God, whom he affectionately calls Abba, in an easy-to-use format that can guide your own prayers.Each day contains morning and evening prayers coupled with Scripture and excerpts from Manning's contemporary spiritual classics—in...

Ever have the desire to grab a cup of coffee and sit down with Jesus to seek His advice on how to deal with topics like needing Adoration Guidance, Controlling Anger, Controlling Anxiety, Career Planning, Desiring Success of Our Children, Need for Consolation, Fear of Death, Fear of Embarrassment, Financial Uncertainty, Showing Gratitude, Showing Humility, Fear of Danger, Desiring a Deeper Devotion to Jesus, Facing a Disaster and many other topics? How about being able to do that with not ...