A man returns to his strange hometown twenty years after his mother climbed a staircase in the wilderness and disappeared in this speculative mystery where We Used to Live Here meets The Midnight Library.As a boy, Nico once accompanied his mother on a research trip to investigate a stalled migration of monarch butterflies. One night, upon hearing her sneak out of their rented cabin, he followed her to a clearing in the forest where a famed mansion...

War consumes Di‑Hari as the rebellion in Sigour erupts into a nightmare no one foresaw. What begins as a siege becomes a descent into ancient horrors, political betrayal, and the awakening of powers long buried beneath the land.Veil Sin‑Kotrata, driven by the desperate hope of saving his kidnapped son, storms into Sigour only to discover a truth more devastating than the city's corruption:

For two centuries, Di‑Hari has thrived on Potenthia — the living power drawn from the land itself. But when rebellion ignites in the fortress‑city of Sigour, the kingdom is thrust into a war that awakens ancient forces long thought dead.Veil Sin‑Kotrata, a Nu‑eth hunter with a violent past and a darkness buried deep within him, lives quietly in the mountains with his wife and three children. But when tragedy strikes, Veil's fragile peace collapses. Consumed by grief, he unleashes t...

Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. His extraordinary autobiography was first published in 1964 and was written almost entirely without reference to documentation - simply as an astonishing feat of memory by a 75 year old man. It is an incomparably vivid reconstruction of a poor ...

The Adult Quarterly provides discussion questions at the end of each of the lessons to generate an in-depth discussion for Sunday School classes to explore how the Scripture can be applied to everyday lives.The Adult Quarterly is also available in Spanish.The Adult Large Print Quarterly is available in an 8.5" x 11 format.For a look deeper into your biblical study, the Adult Lesson Commentary provides more exposition of the lesson text along with word studies and ma...

The High School Teacher Quarterly includes a day-by-day preparation guide for the teacher. The quarterly also includes a Text Commentary and an answer key to the Student Journal.Also available in Spanish.______________________________________Summer 2024 Quarter at a GlanceMORAL PURITY -Behaving According to God’s StandardsLESSON OUTLINE:Lesson 1- The Source of BehaviorLesson 2- The Principles of RighteousnessLesson 3- ...

The war with Sigour has ended. The struggle for Di‑Hari's future has only begun.Veil Sin‑Kotrata wakes in chains, his son condemned to die. To save him, Veil accepts a king's curse that binds his mind, his freedom, and his future.Silas Sin‑Lair, once the king's most trusted Ward, discovers a forbidden power burning inside him. If he uses it, he risks becoming the very monster he fears. If he refuses, he may never be strong enough ag...

Living for Christ: Your Life as a Disciple. Summer 2025

In 1952 on a Kentucky mountain, Jimmy and Curly are trapped by history and poverty. There are no roads. You walk or ride a mule or a horse, if you have one. What happens one summer, when the best friend and buddy you ever had in your whole life turns out to be a girl instead of a boy like you? You are best friends in high school and roommates in college. Then an abusive father with a shotgun changes everything: The brother you never had; who became the sister you never had; may actually be...

Katya is one of 24 women and 8 men who are to provide shore-leave for the staff and crew of the SOLAR WIND on a 20-year voyage to the asteroids. Katya is a certified sex therapist and surrogate spouse and a Clinical Psychologistfrom Sweden. Sex therapists are part of the Psychology staff on the voyage. They are responsible for research into the affects of long term space flight on the staff and crew as well as their well being as a community. Nippon-American built the Orbital Comple...

What it is, Where it came from, How to understand it Winter 2024-2025.

A true story of amazing recovery — A memoir and a coming of age story that reads like a novel. Follow the author, Dave, and his brother, Tim, from the joys of childhood to the troubling surprise of severe mental illness in adulthood. Join them as they face the pain and darkness, seemingly without guidance or instruction. Tim loses himself in a world of psychotic delusions and confusing, terrifying thoughts. He becomes dangerous, especially to himself, and is eventually diagnosed with Chron...