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"There are no God-forsaken places, just church-forsaken places." —Jon Fuller, OMF InternationalJonathan Brooks was raised in the Englewood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. As soon as he was able, he left the community and moved as far away as he could. But through a remarkable turn of events, he reluctantly returned and found himself not only back in Englewood but also serving as a pastor ("Pastah J") and community leader.In Church Forsaken, Brooks chall...

Meet Mila James—a ten-year-old girl with a brilliant mind, a brave heart, and a way of seeing the world that is entirely her own.Mila is neurodivergent, but she is not disabled. She is other-abled—a child whose unique wiring gives her gifts that many people overlook. Where others see ordinary moments, Mila finds patterns, puzzles, colors, connections, and quiet magic woven into everyday life.Mila the Marvelous is the first book in a new series that follows Mila as she uses ...

What happens when a new Keeper recruit inadvertently eliminates not only the other recruits, but all of the teachers, as well?At first, when Bax suddenly found himself transported from Earth to an organization of powerful, universe-spanning races, he was thoroughly confused. After he learned that his world was being forcefully inducted into something called the Retrogression System, which would introduce monsters to the Earth while eliminating all of the technology...

The first new translation in over a century of the brilliant epic novel that inspired Les MisérablesSensational, engrossing, and heartbreaking, The Mysteries of Paris is doubtless one of the most entertaining and influential works to emerge from the nineteenth century. It was one of France’s first serial novels, and for sixteen months, Parisians rushed in droves to the newsstands each week for the latest installment. Eugène Sue’s intricat...

This book describes the early career outcomes for female creative graduates in Australia and the UK. It applies the international UNESCO model of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) to national graduate destination survey data in order to compare creative women’s employment outcomes to those of men, as well as non-creative graduates. Chapters focus on opportunities for creative and cultural work, including salaries, geographic mobility, graduate jobs, underemployment, and skills tr...

In Dare to Dream Big: Achieving the Impossible Through Passion and Grit, uncover the secrets to turning your boldest dreams into reality. This inspiring guide explores the power of ambition, determination, and resilience, showing you how to push past limitations and embrace a future that once seemed out of reach. Through engaging stories, practical exercises, and powerful insights, Dare to Dream Big offers a roadmap for setting extraordinary goals and cultivating the passion and perseveran...

A Warhammer Crime AnthologyIn the sprawling hive city of Varangantua, crime lords and gangers, law enforcers, and vigilantes live cheek-by-jowl killers, thieves, and worse from all echelons of society doing what they can to survive.READ IT BECAUSEReturn to Varangantua, a decaying hellscape where only the ruthless prosper.In such a choking and claustrophobic environment, neither law-maker nor law-breaker is safe from dark des...

Unlock the potential of your mind with this practical guide to photographic memory. Whether you're a student, professional, or lifelong learner, this book explores memory improvement techniques designed to help you retain information more effectively, improve concentration, and strengthen recall. While the idea of a true photographic memory remains scientifically debated, the strategies in this guide focus on evidence-based methods that can enhance memory performance and learning in everyd...

Essays from the Plantation: The Burgess HouseThis book—the first in a series—uses short stories to draw parallels between our historical past and present-day realities. It does so by blending real-life corporate experiences with fictionalized narratives rooted in the lives of enslaved individuals on plantations dating back to 1619.The stories unfold in a fictional medical facility known as the Burgess House. While the names have been changed and the setting...

There are some nightmares from which you can never wake.Dread: A Head Full of Bad Dreams, from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated editoral team of Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson, is Volume One in the Best of Grey Matter Press series. Selected by readers and horror fans, the twenty short stories contained within the pages of Dread include some of the darkest hallucinatory revelations from the minds of the most accomplished award-winning authors of our time.T...

This is the story of Prince Siddhartha and how he became Buddha, the Awakened One. Lyrical verse and beautiful full-color illustrations depict each major life event in Siddhartha's development. His message of nonviolence, loving-kindness, and unselfishness is vitally necessary for today's--and tomorrow's--children. A story made for the telling--open this tale to a child and shore up the possibility of a bright and loving future!

If you use quantum mechanics, teach quantum mechanics, or study chemistry, physics, or mathematics at any level you’ll be fascinated by the classical discoveries that are revealed in Radial Implications of the Unified Field.My book, Radial Implications of the Unified Field, was inspired by an equation that I derived for the separation of two similar steroidal materials by solvent extraction over fifty years ago. I defined a variable alpha that must always be less than unit...