The Truth About Building a Writing Career With No Sugarcoating, Just Real Talk. The Honest, practical guide that every writer needs.What if the real secret to a lasting writing career isn't luck or raw talent, but learning to thrive in the mess?In Stark Realities, Mark Leslie Lefebvre draws on three decades as a bookseller, author, and publishing insider to offer writers a candid, compassionate roadmap through the creative wilderness. You'...

Join a thoughtful conversation about finding purpose and joy as faculty in Christian higher education.**How do Christian higher education faculty navigate their careers well?**Despite common assumptions, Christian faculty, in fact, face considerable headwinds in their work. For example, a recent Best Christian Workplaces survey found that comparing all sectors, those working in Christian higher education reported the least satisfaction. Christian higher education w...

A haunting collection of classic supernatural stories filled with dark mysteries, ghostly encounters, and eerie suspense. This unforgettable anthology brings together thirty remarkable tales from legendary authors of horror, gothic fiction, and supernatural literature. From haunted houses and cursed secrets to strange phenomena and terrifying apparitions, each story explores the unknown with imagination and suspense. Rich in atmosphere and psychological tension, the collection captures the...

Mystery, darkness, and the hidden forces beyond the visible world. In 30 Occult and Supernatural Masterpieces in One Book, a chilling collection of classic stories brings together some of the most haunting tales of the unknown ever written. This anthology gathers a wide range of supernatural fiction exploring ghosts, curses, forbidden knowledge, and unseen powers that defy logic. Each story immerses readers in eerie atmospheres, where reality bends and the line between the natural and the ...

The three-volume text by Henri Lefebvre is perhaps the richest, most prescient work about modern capitalism to emerge from one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers and is now available for the first time in one complete volume. Written at the birth of post-war consumerism, Critique was an inspiration for the 1968 student revolution in France. It is a founding text of cultural studies and a major influence on the fields of contemporary philosophy, geography, sociology, ...

Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre’s first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the development of the urban environment. Although it is widely considered a foundational book in contemporary thinking about the city, The Urban Revolution has never been translated into English—until now. This first English edition, deftly translated by Robert...

The classic book that restored the voices of ordinary people to our understanding of the French RevolutionThe Coming of the French Revolution remains essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this great turning point in the formation of the modern world. First published in 1939 on the eve of the Second World War and suppressed by the Vichy government, this classic work explains what happened in France in 1789, the first year of the French R...

Henri Lefebvre is widely recognized as one of the most influential social theorists of the Twentieth Century. His writings on cities, everyday life, and the production of space have become hugely influential across Cultural Studies, Sociology, Geography and Architecture. Key Writings presents the full range of Lefebvre's thought in a single volume. The selection of essays spanning 1933 to 1990, reinforce the relevance of Lefebvre's work to current debates in social theory, politic...

The work of Henri Bergson, the foremost French philosopher of the early twentieth century, is not usually explored for its political dimensions. Indeed, Bergson is best known for his writings on time, evolution, and creativity. This book concentrates instead on his political philosophy—and especially on his late masterpiece, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion—from which Alexandre Lefebvre develops an original approach to human rights.We tend to think of human rights ...

In a world where technology surpassed mans wisdom, nature lashed out in response to mankind’s stupidity. Coalescing energies exploded when biological and chemical weapons were released into the atmosphere. As a result two things occurred in short order, many people died and the dawning of the Era of the Gifted occurred. Some women who were pregnant or became pregnant gave birth to creatures of legend; trolls, dwarves, and elves. Other children born without such apparent deformities soon di...

A Watercolour How-To Book for the Whimsical Creative"I am brand new to watercolor and this book is exactly what I needed. Highly recommended." —Amazon review#1 Bestseller in Watercolor Painting, Plants & Animals, Mixed Media & DecoratingTake a walk down the path of translucent pastels and delicate wet washes with Watercolour Lessons. Filled with engaging exercises, this vibrant guide contains step...