Kenneth E. Bailey was both a missionary and a New Testament scholar. As a missionary, first in Egypt and later in Lebanon, Israel-Palestine, and Cyprus, he experienced firsthand the life of traditional Middle Eastern villagers, which led him to the conclusion that the village culture he witnessed in the twentieth century had hardly changed since the first century. Consequently, he was able to reinterpret Jesus's parables and life experiences through this traditional culture. In a remarkabl...

Shadow Over Paris — A synopsisCharlotte de la Cour is French and has studied languages at Oxford. She chose to study in England because her widowed, English mother wanted to be with her while she was studying for her degree.With the collapse of France looming, Charlotte decides to remain in England but looks for employment as a translator at the Inter Service Bureau in Baker Street. She spends a couple of hours with a Mr. Jefson who persuades her to conside...

ONCE MORE WITH FEELING. Rehearsal stories from legends and everyday heroes to inspire any performance“All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately under rehearsed” Sean O’Casey.Churchill knew it. Demosthenes believed in it. Taylor Swift lives by it. The importance of rehearsal. Virtuoso violinist to Olympic gold medallist, business leaders to teachers, their fascinating stories capture the physical, and the mental rehearsal essential to being your best when it matters.

Master the essentials for winning soccer from one of the game's most successful coaches. In Premier Soccer, Michael Parker, the wins leader among active NCAA Division I men's soccer coaches, teaches every key technique and tactic, with accompanying drills and special tips for executing them when the match is on the line.Premier Soccer tackles the skills and traits necessary for each position on the field, both offensively and defensively, as well as systems, set p...

The Unseen Heroes of the Global Missionary MovementThe Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was a Protestant missionary recruiting organization.Launched in the late nineteenth century, it played an indispensable role in the creation of the modern missionary movement.While it was influenced by the optimism and expansiveness that characterized Americans at the turn of the century, it also mirrored the period's provincialism and ethnocentrism.Th...

**"Michael Parker has captured a time, place, and sisterhood so perfectly it hurts to turn the last page. A riveting, atmospheric dream of a novel.” --Dominic Smith, author of The Last Painting of Sara de VosWinner of the 2020 Thomas Wolfe PrizeLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction**The Stewart sisters, pragmatic Lorena and chimerical Elise, are bound together not only by their isolation on the prairie of early 1900s Oklahoma, but also ...

No matter what the speaking challenge is, this inspirational, cleverly illustrated book will help readers perform with passion, power and persuasion—at the top of their game.Whether chasing a job, planning a pitch, giving a speech at a wedding, presenting to one or one thousand people, readers ofIt's Not What You Say will discover how to:• Use the rule of three to win any audience over• Prepare so you can be...

Haunted by a secret tragedy, Edwin, son of the richest family in a small Southern town, fights to overcome his addiction to morphine and face the truth that his parents have worked to obscure.This timeless debut novel of master Southern storyteller Michael Parker takes readers to a small Southern town in the 1950s where Edwin Keane suffers from the lasting effects of a horrible accident—a broken back, a morphine addiction, and a town of enabling eccentrics. Redempt...

All wedding types will be catered for: big, small, religious, second marriage, atheist, straight, same-sex, church, field...All speakers will be addressed: bride, groom, father, mother, best woman and literally everyone in between...All eventualities will be planned for: mic failures, drunk guests, missing brides, smashed glasses, weeping FOBs, forgotten words...All of which will be delightfully and wittily illustra...

Calling all Hamilton fans! Spend more time with the remarkable Theodosia Burr by reading this fascinating novel inspired by a little-known incident in her life. It's the stuff of song.Michael Parker’s vast and involving novel about pirates and slaves, treason and treasures, madness and devotion, takes place on a tiny island battered by storms and cut off from the world. Inspired by two forgotten moments in history, it begins in 1813, when Theodosia Burr, e...

Are you ready for nuclear armageddon?Harry Marsham survives when his yacht is rammed one night in the Caribbean by a ship without lightsHe becomes an unwitting pawn in a dirty and extremely dangerous game, sucked into the terror of kidnap, nuclear weapons and the secret world of the CIA: a world where the US Navy Seals must fight to stop the evil plans of the terrorist, Hakeem Khan, who is preparing to attack the soft underbelly of America, turning the Gulf of Mexico and the...

A guide for parents to help their children better understand the world around them by helping them think through the questions they face regarding honesty, friendship, sensitivity, fairness, dedication, individuality and 103 other character-building issuesMany families and almost all schools spend a great deal of time developing children academically, but studies show tht scholastic achievement is not the only key to future success. Developing non-cognitive skills, ...