A lively, accessible introduction to the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico, one of the most formative international relationships in geopolitics today.The border between the US and Mexico is the world's longest between a wealthy industrialized nation and a part of the Global South. The economy, society, culture, and politics of the two nations have become inextricably linked.As the United States continues to assert its considera...

The student will understand that Christian ministry is for all church members.

When TV reporter Pete Lemaster gets an after-hours call from a college friend, he doesn’t expect it to catapult him into another big story in his reporting career. Scott “Uncle Scotty” Wilkins—a globe-trotting, charismatic businessman—has been arrested at a Singapore airport with enough drugs to guarantee a life sentence.The case explodes into an international spectacle. Viral images of Scotty charm the public, fuel conspiracy theories, and attract opportunists eag...

In 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant appointed one of his regimental chaplains, John Eaton of Ohio, as general superintendent of contrabands for the Department of the Tennessee. As the American Civil War raged, the former chaplain’s approach to humanitarian aid and education for the newly freed people marked one of the first attempts to consider how an entire population of formerly enslaved people would be assimilated into and become citizens of the postwar Union. General superintendent Eaton...

The deep hush of noon hovered over the vast solitude of Canadian forest. The moose and caribou had fed since early dawn, and were resting quietly in the warmth of the February sun; the lynx was curled away in his niche between the great rocks, waiting for the sun to sink farther into the north and west before resuming his marauding adventures; the fox was taking his midday slumber and the restless moose-birds were fluffing themselves lazily in the warm glow that was beginning to melt the s...

When TV reporter Pete Lemaster gets an after-hours call from a college friend, he doesn't expect it to catapult him into another big story in his reporting career. Scott "Uncle Scotty" Wilkins—a globe-trotting, charismatic businessman—has been arrested at a Singapore airport with enough drugs to guarantee a life sentence.The case explodes into an international spectacle. Viral images of Scotty charm the public, fuel conspiracy theories, and attract opportunists eager to profit from...

There are things we learn to live with.And then there are the things that quietly live within us.Whispers of Lavender is a literary novel that traces the inner lives of its characters with unflinching honesty and restraint. Moving between past and present, the story follows moments of fracture, memory, and awakening-revealing how what is left unresolved continues to shape identity, relationships, and the choices we make long after the moment has passed....

Eternal First Glance: Sonnets of Love's Beginning is a luminous collection of one hundred sonnets tracing the sacred journey of love-from its quiet awakening to its enduring, transformative depth.Beginning with a single glance, these poems explore the unseen moments where connection is born: the silence before words, the recognition before understanding, the feeling before definition. From that fragile beginning, the collection unfolds across love's full landscape-...

Shattered Praise: Devotions for When Worship Feels Hard is a deeply honest and hope-filled devotional for those who still believe-but find it harder to sing.Written with pastoral care and spiritual depth, this book creates sacred space for the moments when faith feels fragile, prayers feel quiet, and worship no longer sounds the way it once did.Through twelve guided devotions, readers are gently led through seasons of grief, silence, surrender, and rebuildi...

It wasn't just another live shot . . .TV reporter Pete Lemaster anticipates nothing more riveting than filming a short lifestyle segment for an upcoming college football rivalry when he arrives at the Jacksonville Waterfront pregame tailgate party. Then chaos erupts as a bystander stops an active shooter with an act of stunning bravery. And Pete suddenly holds a golden career opportunity in his hands—an exclusive video that goes viral.With the citi...

Haunted by the death of his best friend and hunted by the FBI for war crimes he didn’t commit, Finn lands on an island paradise that turns into his own personal hell in this gripping follow-up to Steel Fear and Cold Fear—from the New York Times bestselling writing team Webb & Mann . . .“Webb & Mann have done it again. Blind Fear has it all: great characters, an amazing plot, and an incredible setting. This novel moves lik...

Now with a foreword by Arianna Huffington'This terrific book wonderfully illuminates the principles of contribution, abundance, service and success' Stephen Covey, bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People'Most people don't have the guts to buy this book, never mind the will to follow through and actually use it. But you do. And I'm certain that you'll be glad you did' Seth Godin, bestselling author of