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John Bloom, Jim Atkinson

The "fascinating" true story behind the HBO Max and Hulu series about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery and the bizarre murder that shocked a community ( Los Angeles Times Book Review ).Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as ...

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John Bloom

"Good corporate drama . . . an enlightening narrative of how new communications infrastructures often come about." — The Economist, "A Book of the Year 2016"In the early 1990s, Motorola developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Its constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment, surely the future of communication. The only problem was that Ir...

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John Bloom

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Donald Corren

The incredible story of Iridium—the most complex satellite system ever built, the cell phone of the future, and one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in American history—and one man’s desperate race to save it.In the early 1990s, Motorola, the legendary American technology company, developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Light years ahead of anything previously put into space, and built on technology developed for ...

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John Bloom

Coming to terms with money is one of the great transformational challenges of our time. This collection of essays and interviews is an invitation and inquiry addressing that challenge on a systemic and personal level. The book presents an engaging worldview that emerges from the intersection of money and spirit. Practical, spiritual, and unwavering, it investigates the financial world as it plays out in daily life through our transactions.The first section, called "The Poetics of M...

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John Bloom

This history of bicycle culture in Washington, DC, reveals its remarkable impact on social and cultural lifeBicycle couriers have been a part of life in Washington, DC since the end of the nineteenth century. Over time, the bicycle culture of the nation's capital evolved, and the bicycle messengers of the 1980s began to form a distinct subculture. They represented ideals of freedom and examples of urban chaos, an alternative to automobiles and a public menace, imag...

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John Bloom

This is the first full-length biography of the lawyer-turned-sports journalist whose brash style and penchant for social commentary changed the way American sporting events are reported. Perhaps best known for his close relationship with the world champion boxer Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell became a celebrity in his own right during the 1960s and 1970s-the bombastic, controversial, instantly recognizable sportscaster everyone "loved to hate."Raised in Brooklyn in a middle-class Jewi...

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Sabrina Bloom

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Mhairi Morrison, John Hartley

Virtual reality beats Jess's real life any day.Jess is trapped: in a loveless relationship, in a small village with no family to count on. Trapped in her own chronically ill body, her only escape lies within the game and with her friends—MourningStar, Quietek, and Minxy.When an unexpected heat strikes, Jess turns to her virtual friends for help. The real-life personas of her online allies come to her rescue, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality.

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Jon Bloom

Trusting Jesus is hard. It requires following the unseen into an unknown, and believing Jesus’s words over and against the threats we see or the fears we feel. Through the imaginative retelling of 35 Bible stories, Not by Sight gives us glimpses of what it means to walk by faith and counsel for how to trust God’s promises more than our perceptions and to find rest in the faithfulness of God.

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John Bloom

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Lyle Baker

What if you’re struggling to believe that God is truly faithful?The Bible teaches that God is always faithful, that He’s always TRUE to HIS WORD. Saints throughout history have affirmed it, and hymns and worship songs celebrate it.But what if it doesn’t look that way to you? You’re not alone. The Bible is full of examples of God’s children struggling to trust him in seasons of disappointment, discouragement, danger, disaster, depression, and deep grief—only to see God’s fai...

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John A. Bloom, David S. Dockery

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Reclaiming the Christian Intellectual Tradition

Whether it's widely promoted debates streamed over the internet or a big-budget documentary series on TV, the supposed "conflict" between science and faith remains as prominent as ever. In this accessible guide for students, a well-regarded science professor introduces readers to the natural sciences from a distinctly Christian perspective. Starting with the classical view of God as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, this book lays the biblical foundation for the study of the natur...

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Piper Rayne

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John Lane, CJ Bloom, Lee Samuel, Brooke Bloomingdale, Shane East, Stella Hunter, Sean Masters, Christine Lakin

Four holiday romances. Four couples who can't stand each other. And enough Christmas chemistry to melt the North Pole.'Tis the season for mistletoe, mischief, and falling for the last person on your Christmas list.From grumpy Scrooges, disastrous road trips, snowed-in getaways and wedding chaos, these four holiday romances prove that there's a fine line between naughty and nice—and an even finer line between love and hate.Single and Ready to...

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John Bloom, Jim Atkinson

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Charles Constant

Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires.On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies that linked Candy and Betty e...