Somewhere in urban Lagos, the Rebook of a pro Assassin sigh on dirty floor-tiles of an abandoned house, and his sniper's gun ready in hand to perform. To a team of resolute predators, the Nigerian President and that of US must die, and to a desperaged police Agent, Agent Mark, he would put his life on the line to stop them and the carnage they planned.In far away US, the first daughter of the President got missing, And to the FBI and the CIA, it's the work of an elusive Assassin, w...

Fully updated with new content and full-colour figures, the second edition of this successful book reflects developments and growth in our knowledge of carrots and related crops worldwide. It covers the scientific basis of their biology and production, with updated technical crop management content. This new edition is divided into three sections: the first considers the crops' importance and main features; the second focuses on carrot, from genetic diversity and breeding to cropping syste...

At this critical time of despair, divisiveness, systemic oppression, wealth disparity and poverty, global pandemic, climate crisis, and looming nuclear annihilation, readers searching for Jesus amidst these crises will (re)discover a loving, welcoming, compassionate, nonviolent God who wants us and our world healed. This book helps discern and employ those healing actions. Firmly rooted in the Ignatian spiritual practices of imaginative immersion into Jesus, Philip applies his professional...

This book reveals how policies, public sentiments, and international negotiations converged to reshape migration governance in the 1970s, a pivotal decade which serves as a crucial starting point for grappling with one of the twenty-first century’s defining issues.Expansive government interventions, growing public resistance, and the first serious efforts at global migration governance left an enduring legacy. Tracing the shift from relative North–South openness to new restrictions...

In work after work, the critically acclaimed author Emmanuel Carrère has trained his unblinking gaze on the lives of others as they fight a losing battle with that most fearsome of adversaries—the self. Now, determined to escape the bleak visions of his narratives, he takes on a film project in the heart of Russia while also embarking on a new love affair back home in Paris. But soon enough, the diversion he seeks eludes him, intimacy proves too arduous, and Carrère is left peering into th...

In this New York Times bestseller, Detective Michael Bennett must race against time to save New York City from chaos by tracking down the source of two mysterious attacks.New Yorkers aren't easily intimidated, but someone is doing their best to scare them, badly: why? After two inexplicable high-tech attacks, the city that never sleeps is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI's Emily Parker, have to catch the shadowy criminals...

Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity’s leading trend-spotters, exposes how the failings of the church today are giving rise to a new “spiritual but not religious” movement. Using evidence from the latest national polls and from her own cutting-edge research, Bass, the visionary author of A People’s History of Christianity, continues the conversation began in books like Brian D. McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity and Harvey Cox’s The Future of Faith, examining the connectio...

In this heart-pounding novel from the world’s #1 bestselling author, Detective Michael Bennett faces a sinister foe on New York City's holiest ground.During a state funeral, armed men disguised as monks seize St. Patrick's Cathedral and take the high-profile hostages ransom.NYPD officer Michael Bennett steps into the dangerous role of lead negotiator.As the world watches and the tension boils to a searing heat, the city's humble her...

Stop Living Your Life Under, Over, From and For God and Start Living in Communion With Him.Endorsements:If we've grown weary of Christianity, if we find most any local church uninspiring, maybe the problem lies not in the Christian faith or these faithful bodies, but in our own disgruntled hearts. In With, Syke Jethani tenderly unmasks the clichéd posturing that too often masquerades as genuine communion with Christ. More important...

The award-winning author of Grateful goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on the comprehensive, multi-faceted nature of Jesus, keeping his teachings relevant and alive in our daily lives.How can you still be a Christian?This is the most common question Diana Butler Bass is asked today. It is a question that many believers ponder as they wrestle with disappointment and disillusionment in their church and its leadership. B...

A former Secret Service agent revisits his twenty-three-year career, including his time as Ronald Reagan's bodyguard, in this "engaging" memoir ( Publishers Weekly).Joseph Petro served for twenty-three years as a special agent in the United States Secret Service, eleven of them at the White House and four of those as the man on the shoulder of Ronald Reagan.From his days as an investigator in the field, to his time as the man on whom the life of the ...

When four religious leaders walk across the road, it's not the beginning of a joke. It's the start of one of the most important conversations in today's world.Can you be a committed Christian without having to condemn or convert people of other faiths? Is it possible to affirm other religious traditions without watering down your own?In his most important book yet, widely acclaimed author and speaker Brian McLaren proposes a new faith alternative, one built...