Award-winning carver Rick Jensen, with the help of carver and photographer Jack A. Williams, helps you release the inner spirit from tree bark in this new book. The natural beauty found in a piece of weathered cottonwood bark provides inspiration and direction to create something new and original each time. Inside, you'll find step-by-step instructions on carving a whimsical tree house, plus detailed advice on painting and finishing your carvings. You'll learn about the various species of ...

A British soldier recounts his experience maintaining surveillance towers in Northern Ireland during The Troubles in this candid military memoir.Making unprecedented use of electronic surveillance, the Special Air Service and other British assault units were dependent on information provided by a network of towers and other devices. Construction and maintenance of the towers was the job of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals. The author and his fellow troopers...

The ultimate guide to the ultimate storms, Hurricane Watch is a fascinating blend of science and history from one of the world's foremost meteorologists and an award-winning science journalist. This in-depth look at these awe-inspiring acts of nature covers everything from the earliest efforts by seafarers at predicting storms to the way satellite imaging is revolutionizing hurricane forecasting. It reveals the latest information on hurricanes: their effects on ocean waves...

Rather than live under the mores of the Antebellum South, John and Abigail Whitmore sell everything they own, turn their backs on their families, and flee from 1840s Mississippi to the free North.After settling near Weston, Missouri, they soon learn that blacks are not allowed to marry, hold office, read and write, own property, or shoot firearms. Committed to the area, they remain and establish their plantation, Lime Spring. After freeing their childhood friends, Asa and Netty, an...

Drawing on methods from religious studies, philosophy, and cognitive science, Jack Williams develops a unique and interdisciplinary approach to the study of religious conversion. This is the first major philosophical study of conversion to treat the phenomenon as a long-term process, shaped by the convert's embodiment and immersion in a linguistic, social, and ritual community.Williams' analysis of the conversion process is rooted in a view of cognition as both embodied and affecti...

The Call of the Wild is a gripping adventure story about a domestic dog named Buck, who is stolen from his comfortable life in California and thrust into the brutal world of the Alaskan wilderness. As he is passed from one harsh master to another, Buck is forced to awaken his primal instincts in order to survive. Eventually, he embraces the wild entirely, answering the ancient call that echoes in his blood. This novel is both a thrilling survival story and a meditation on the forces of nat...

Two astronauts are sent into space for a crucial mission when suddenly their shuttle loses power. As their chances of survival decrease, the astronauts form an emotional bond as they spend the last of their remaining days together.

To save my monster, I must become a monster.Roll the dice. Choose a challenge. Try not to die.My shadow prince was wrested from my arms and dragged through a portal, and I don't know who took him or why. Damien showed me my power as a woman and as a mage, and he means everything to me. He built me back up after my ex tore me down. And now he's gone.I'll stop at nothing to free him, but when I learn the vampire queen is responsible, things g...

Jack London's tales of man's struggle against the forces of nature are universally popular. Best known for his novels The Call Of The Wild and White Fang, London was also a prolific writer of short stories. This collection brings together four of his finest, all depicting the harshness of life in the frozen arctic wastes. The Law Of Life and The White Silence offer sensitive insights into the psychological state of men facing death in the wildness; the lure of gold grips the heartstrings o...

Nurato, Sucara, and Susaci have finally graduated the academy and are on their way to being true ninjas. Little did this tumultuous trio know that their new life would have them working together as a team… and living together.Kikicha Sensei puts his students to the test to see if they can work together, a task which they fail at first. It takes breaking the tension between them to bring them together as one unit. And the tension breaking doesn’t stop on the training field.B...

White Fang is a powerful tale of survival, transformation, and the relationship between man and nature. The story follows the journey of a wild wolf-dog hybrid born in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. Through brutal experiences and cruel masters, White Fang learns to survive by fear and violence, until he encounters a kind man who offers him love, patience, and trust. This novel explores the contrast between savagery and civilization, and the possibility of ...

Since the start of time, man has been searching for ways to live a productive and meaningful life. Everyone goes through this thought process, either consciously or subconsciously. The key to finding that answer is to begin asking the right questions.A great starting point for asking the right questions is a question I asked myself thirty years ago. That question was, What are my core values, principles, or beliefs? In other words, what is truly important to me. I simplified that q...