If you think that going out on your own and being self-employed is the riskier option in life, think again. Recent events and the ever-changing business environment are causing us to reevaluate the employer/employee relationship and how we move forward as an economy.The Free Agent Mindset is about finding your place in this new work environment and positioning yourself as an independent worker. It will make you look at your career differently by laying out the future of wo...

If you think that going out on your own and being self-employed is the riskier option in life, think again. Recent events and the ever-changing business environment are causing us to reevaluate the employer/employee relationship and how we move forward as an economy.The Free Agent Mindset is about finding your place in this new work environment and positioning yourself as an independent worker. It will make you look at your career differently by laying out the future of wo...

Guess what? You had nothing to do in the matter as to where you were born and raised, whether rural, urban, or in some other country. Your life began the moment you were conceived, and your journey on earth continues until your last breath. Life is a journey.Growing Up Rural is the journey of a young man who learned important life lessons in his early years that have carried over into adulthood. Lessons learned through both good choices and not so good of choices. Whether self-impo...

During the Six-Day War in 1967, Bethlehem and east Jerusalem were captured by the Israelis, and sovereign dominion of the holy city returned to the Jews for the first time in over two thousand years. At that time, a Dead Sea artifact, the Temple Scroll, was confiscated by the Israeli government. None of the Dead Sea Scrolls have surfaced in any official quarter since.Andrei Vartanyan is a ruthless, special intelligence operative for the former Soviet Union who has a reputa...

In October 2013, Scott Jones was leaving a bar in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, when he was attacked, stabbed in the back, and left paralyzed from the waist down. In the months following his attack, Scott Jones’s story garnered international attention, not only for its brutality, but also for his uncommonly early decision to forgive his attacker. Furiously researching restorative justice practices and success stories, Jones sits down to ask himself the hardest question he’s ever had to answer:...

Open is a story of coming out as a gay man while working as a Baptist youth minister in Texas. Open is also the story of a Christian evangelical family living in the American heartland who must grapple with the son who has challenged their beliefs. Set in the front lines of the struggle for LGBT equality in the 21st century, Open explores the universal question of how we as humans live true to ourselves as our network of relations pushes back. Open is the story of how one man succeeded—liv...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that 80 percent of childhood abuse victims later suffer from at least one abuse-induced psychological disorder. It's proven that the effects of childhood abuse follow women into adulthood. Yet few men are prepared to deal with those effects, even when their own wife is the one who is suffering. And their wife's suffering becomes their own suffering as their needs aren't being met by a wife who is powerless to control her inner turmoi...

Being the Chosen explores Christian fundamentalism in the USA, focusing particularly on the belief system of Protestant fundamentalists. It establishes the key characteristics of the Protestant worldview, investigating the degrees to which these are adhered to amongst different groups and how such belief systems are constructed and reinforced through everyday life. By presenting rich empirical material, Being the Chosen sheds light on the manner in which the Protestant fundamentalist world...

Nervous about statistics?This guide offers you a clear, straight to the point break down of exploratory and descriptive statistics and its potential. Anchored by lots of examples and exercises to enhance your learning, this book will give you the know-how and confidence needed to succeed on your quantitative research journey.

In an age where pastors are increasingly stepping out of ministry, falling from grace, or ending their lives, Scream without Raising Your Voice, by author, counselor, and pastor Jody Scott Jones, not only puts into perspective the challenges of ministry, but offers raw, emotional, self-reflective perspectives from the inside.Through sharing his own story and path to ministry, Jones offers tools to better understand yourself as a minister and person. Geared toward those who work in ...

Risks, Identities and the Everyday focuses on the individual and the lived experience of everyday risks - a departure from the focus on risk from a macro level. The contributors look at risk and how perceptions of risk, risk taking, and risk assessment increasingly dominate our everyday lives and explore it in a variety of settings not previously associated with risk theory, including: plastic surgery, teenage sub-cultures, ageing and independent travel. The volume moves risk away from abs...

Get ready for the next thrilling adventure in Rob Jones' high-octane conspiracy series! A must read for fans of Scott Mariani and Dan Jones! It’s time to crack the Excalibur Code… ️When ex-army officer and UNESCO archaeologist Max Hunter is sent to Normandy on the trail of England’s missing crown jewels, he thinks he’s in for a few easy weeks.But when the ancient Mont Saint-Michel abbey is attacked by gunmen, Hunter and his research assistant ...