In this book, established scholars from different religions, regions, and disciplines continue the dialogue that Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen began in his A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World series and respond to his work in light of their diverse expertise and context. Each of the three parts focuses on a key area of Kärkkäinen’s engaging work: 1) highlighting how his method shaped each volume, 2) highlighting his commitment to global perspectives, and 3) highlighting his...

Go beyond the St. Patrick’s Day symbols of shamrocks and leprechauns and hear the story of a man determined to share the message of salvation with the people who had made him a slave. When Patrick was a young boy, pirates invaded his home and made him a slave on the island known today as Ireland. While there, he recalled the Bible stories that his father had told him and dedicated his life to the Lord. Although he later escaped and returned home, he knew the Lord was calling him back to sh...

The first book from the renowned philosopher investigates the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good.Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his classic work The Theory of Moral Sentiments, he advanced ideas about conscience, moral judgment, and virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business and politics...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fascinating fear of flying book from a commercial airline pilot and author of the popular website askthepilot.com.For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even frightening experience. When you go behind the scenes, however, you can see that the grand theater of air travel is actually fascinating. From the intricate design of airport architecture to the logistics of inflig...

Mouthwatering meals made with ramen—fast, easy, and inexpensive!Everyone loves quick and easy ramen noodles. With a few simple additions from your pantry, you can incorporate this tasty staple into meals in no time! 200 Ramen Noodle Dishes is packed with unique recipes for soups, salads, meat and vegetable dishes, and even desserts.Southwest Vegetable Soup, Asian Chicken Salad, Beef Ramenoff, Broccoli and Ramen Noodles, and Choco-Banana Crunch Cake...

Predigtbruch ist ein Buch für Menschen, die funktionieren, obwohl etwas in ihnen längst müde geworden ist. Für alle, die Erwartungen tragen, sich selbst aus dem Blick verlieren, in Bruchstellen leben, lieben, zweifeln und trotzdem weitermachen. Patrick Smith schreibt über Angst und Einsamkeit, über Erschöpfung, Schuld, Sehnsucht und die stille Gewalt dessen, was andere von uns wollen. Er erzählt von den Momenten, in denen etwas zerbricht, von Abschieden, die bleiben, von Beziehungen, die u...

A Land Remembered has been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Florida Monthly Magazine.In this best-selling novel, Patrick Smith tells the story of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family who battle the hardships of the frontier to rise from a dirt-poor Cracker life to the wealth and standing of real estate tycoons. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias MacIvey arrives in the Florida wilderness to start a new life with his wife ...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

A New York Times bestsellerFor millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the web's popular Ask the Pilot feature, separates the fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know...How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly themStraight talk on turbulence, pilot training, and safetyThe real story on conge...

After leaving their failed farm in West Virginia, Jared Teeter and his family make their way to Florida, with dreams of fishing, going to the beach, and running their own roadside produce stand. What they find instead is a nightmare in a migrant labor camp, where they become the indentured servants of a soulless crew chief and his mindless henchmen. Vacillating between hope and despair, Jared must stay alert—and alive—to rescue his own family and the prisoners around him from a life of con...

Robert Ludlum & Patrick Larkin, De Moskou vector De nieuwe leiders van Rusland plannen een Blitzkrieg om Oost-Europa te heroveren. Dat kan alleen als de vijand verzwakt, bang en gedemoraliseerd is. Hiervoor wenden ze zich tot Konstanin Malkovic. Malkovic is rijk en machtig, maar belangrijker: hij beschikt over een nieuw biowapen. Het is onnaspeurbaar en ongeneeslijk: een perfecte moordmachine. Alleen het Covert One-team van kolonel Jon Smith kan dit sinistere complot laten mislukken en de ...

Twenty-five-year-old Seminole Toby Tiger lives in despair in the Florida Everglades. He loves the land and everything that exists in the natural world: the deer and egrets, turtles and herons, cypress trees and sawgrass, ponds and marshes, and, most of all, Allapattah, the crocodile. He watches helplessly as the white man imposes his will on the Seminoles, forcing them either to conform or to eke out a living wrestling alligators and carving trinkets for tourists. According to Toby, the wh...