"I'd never done anything crazy like this before – a pilgrimage walk. I was not a hiker, and I wasn't a Catholic. In fact, I wasn't even sure I was a Christian. On the last government census when I had to state my religion, I'd said I was a Buddhist, mainly because they've had such a hard time in Tibet and I felt they needed my statistical support.I was also not an adventure traveler. For me, adventure travel was flying coach. All this backpacking and wearing of heavy boots and flyi...

*Winner of the Firebird Book Award, Literary Titan Gold Award, and an American Book Award Finalist.*A death on Florida’s coast. A detective who won’t let silence win.When the body of a young woman washes ashore in Crystal Cove, Detective Ava Martinez is called to investigate. What begins as a suspicious drowning soon unravels into something far more dangerous: ecological sabotage, corporate corruption, and a marine biologis...

Julian Langley has everything a man could ever want—a sprawling Manhattan townhouse, a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, and ownership of the New York Vipers, one of the most coveted franchises in professional hockey. What he doesn't have, and will never allow himself, is anyone who matters too much. Carrying a devastating loss that completely reshaped him, Julian has since built his life around the certainty that nothing will ever cost him that dearly again.Harper Hawthorne isn't lo...

Grizz McAvoy is the most electrifying player in professional hockey…and the most volatile. He’s got a wicked shot, a hair-trigger temper, and spent his childhood surviving his father's cruelty. Off the ice, he's a PR catastrophe, racking up fines, burning through handlers, and daring the New York Vipers organization to do something about it. He’s built his entire identity around one principle: winning solves everything.But winning can’t silence the past trauma that haunts ...

Months before the signal beneath Lambeau Field, Special Agent Ava Martinez encountered something impossible in the frozen isolation of Greenland's Site 7B — a harmonic pulse that behaved like it was watching her.Now, for the first time, Ava's classified field report is declassified.Inside this dossier‑style prequel, you'll discover the moment Ava first sensed the intelligence that would later hijack the NFL Draft… and the final hours she spent with Cole Stratton before he v...

Three prequel stories. One awakening corridor system.Before the events of The Lambeau Directive, Special Agent Ava Martinez begins to notice subtle, impossible shifts in the classified corridor network she monitors. Most nights, the system sleeps. Tonight, it doesn't.Featuring:The Quiet Corridor — Ava senses the first tilt in the silence.The Dog Who Heard the Corridor — Atka reacts before the sensors do.

Would you like a simple, quick way to engage with the RCL Old Testament, Epistle and Gospel readings for each Sunday and other important days in the church calendar?Bill Bennett’s short introductions to each Bible reading will get you started.There are several ways you can use this book:As a preface to the Bible reading in a service:Before delivering each Bible reading from the lectern, read aloud the relevant short introduction given in this bo...

Warning! This book is intended for mature readers. It contains scenes of graphic violence, graphic sex, drug and alcohol use, and foul language. (You know – the good stuff.) Reader discretion is advised (and reading this book is encouraged). Meet Bill Bennett, a.k.a. Billy the Biker – a veteran, ex-con, ex-junkie, 1 percenter, two-time stroke and cancer survivor, and founder of a nonprofit that helps veterans in need. In Cheatin' the Reaper, he recounts his crazy life and what he's learned...

Grizz McAvoy is the most electrifying player in professional hockey…and the most volatile. He’s got a wicked shot, a hair-trigger temper, and spent his childhood surviving his father's cruelty. Off the ice, he's a PR catastrophe, racking up fines, burning through handlers, and daring the New York Vipers organization to do something about it. He’s built his entire identity around one principle: winning solves everything.But winning can’t silence the past trauma that haunts ...

Discover a prayer to cover every aspect of rural life.A musician and composer of many hymns, Anglican priest Bill Bennett understands the complexity of rural life with its overlapping communities and its deep dependence on seasonal life. This understanding shines through this book.117 prayers are arranged into broad themes: the seasons, environment, community, mission and ministry, work, crisis and loss.There are also six sets of Eucharist liturgies...

The Tui (Parson Bird), with its tuft of white feathers at the neck, is highly adaptive, has a distinctive call, is protective of its domain, is an imitator of song and speech and is an enduring example of survival and adaptability.This essay on rural ministry reflects on its long evolution, its current challenges, and its continuing viability for the future in Aotearoa New Zealand.Bennett highlights some key issues and opportunities for rural ministry today, including:...

The second gripping novel in acclaimed Australian filmmaker Bill Bennett's compelling series about modern-day witchcraft.Lily heard a sound that sent her into a sudden inexplicable panic.A sound so primitive, it chilled her to her bones.Try as she might, Lily could not control the fear that surged through her.The creature was an emissary of Satan.As the celestial firestorm night of Unholy nears, Lily finds herself cau...