"She took the record out and put it on. As it started to play, she simply didn't know if good memories would come back. Maybe bad memories would overtake them. Whichever way she felt, she just knew that it was 'absolutely necessary' to purely have it play."Elsie Ragusin started out in life with everything laid out. She was passionate about God, music, and her family. However, life would soon test her in the most unimaginable ways. She would realize that during the ...

The book of Cryosurgery: Clinical Applications in Otorhinolaryngology is scrupulously researched and very well written in adetailed, concise and easy-to-understand format for the novice and an advanced surgeon practicing ENT surgery.The adventof the book is a notable milestone in the various modalities available for the ENT Surgeons to treat their patients. The bookcovers the entire spectrum of cryosurgical procedures in Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery which aims to be animportant c...

Who is a member of the church?Christians divide on how one enters the church body. Matters are quickly complicated once other factors are considered, such as faith, instruction, baptism, first communion, and formal membership. Who should be baptized? What role does instruction play? And what is the best order of these things?Jonathan D. Watson's In the Name of Our Lord provides an explanatory typology and incisive analysis for thinking through thes...

Ho ho... oh hell!Is that sleigh bells ringing in your ears or a few rounds from an M60?You wanted the jolly fat man to bring Yuletide joy, but the season has gifted you with a heart breaker and a life taker — Badass Santa.Grab your eggnog and camouflage candy canes, strap on your bulletproof holiday stockings, and prepare for thrills and kills.From blood-stained rebellion at the north pole to a black ops raid on a distant planet, these eighteen action-packed...

"The Digital Puritan" is a quarterly reader of helpful Puritan works. Each article is carefully edited and formatted to maximize readability. The autumn 2012 edition of "The Digital Puritan" contains the following articles:The Preciousness of Time - Jonathan Edwards. This sermon, from 1734, reveals how being mindful of the brevity of this life makes us live life to the fullest (i.e. with eternity in view).A Description of True B...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Maxillofacial prosthetics dentists job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most important points. With this book, you'll be able to revise your applicat...

Not this time!We've got 10 of the best swashbuckling boarding action tales this side of the Milky Way!This anthology is a collection of military science fiction stories about the everyday hero rising to the occasion during combat operations. Some of these stories highlight the assault team and sometimes the defenders. But regardless of which side of the boarding party they are on, uncommon courage is a common virtue of the day.With special introduct...

Thomas Brussig’s classic German novel, The Short End of the Sonnenallee, now appearing for the first time in English, is a moving and miraculously comic story of life in East Berlin before the fall of the WallYoung Micha Kuppisch lives on the nubbin of a street, the Sonnenallee, whose long end extends beyond the Berlin Wall outside his apartment building. Like his friends and family, who have their own quixotic dreams—to secure an original English pressing...

This book explores the material religion of contemporary Shimla, a vibrant postcolonial city, famed for its colonial heritage, set against the backdrop of the North-Western Himalayas. Jonathan Miles-Watson demonstrates that this landscape is able to peacefully reconcile the apparent tensions of faith, heritage and identity in a way that unseats traditional theories of religion, politics and heritage. It presents a mystery that is written in space through time; the key to unlocking this mys...

From revolution to civil rights, Old Hollywood to the Space Age—the extraordinary story of a nation that contains multitudes"A masterpiece of concision and analysis. Every American should read it."—Judith Thurman, National Book Award–winning writer at the New YorkerWhen Britain's thirteen American colonies declared their independence on July 4, 1776, the United States of America was born. It became...

What is myth? Why do myths exist? What do myths do? Where are myths going?This reader is organized into 4 parts which explore these questions. Drawing on over 10 years of experience teaching myth in religious studies and anthropology departments in the UK, USA and Continental Europe the editors have brought together key works in the theory of myth. Key features include:- a general introduction to the reader that outlines a comparative and interpretative framework

From the Foreword:It is with great delight that I present to you this first edition of The Digital Puritan. A great advantage to the lover of Puritan literature is the growing abundance of texts made available on the Internet in recent years. However, this same advantage often serves as a stumbling block, as the reader may have no small degree of difficulty in determining just where to begin. Current collections of Puritan literature available in the digital format are often cumber...