The Mother of Christ is a key subject of the Christian faith. This book aims to offer an introduction to the Church's rich theological reflection on the Blessed Virgin Mary. The text draws from a broad range of the Church's Tradition, including Sacred Scripture, the Fathers of the Church, and Ecumenical Councils to illuminate the principal truths regarding the Mother of God. Topics include Mary's divine motherhood, the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption, Mary's cooperation in Christ's r...

Destiny calls. One shifter answers…Seventeen-year-old Lluava is a shapeshifter who struggles to control the powerful beast lurking beneath her skin. She longs for more than life on a farm and believes she is meant for something bigger, but as a woman, she will never have that opportunity.Her life suddenly changes as invaders approach the shores of her home. An army must be raised. Is this her chance? Will she prove to be the warrior she knows she is in her ...

In the Catholic Church, the altar is the structure upon which the Eucharist is celebrated.The altar, centrally located in the sanctuary, is to be the focus of attention in the church. At the beginning of the Roman Rite of Mass, the priest first of all reverences the altar with a kiss and only after that goes to the chair at which he presides over the Introductory Rites and the Liturgy of the Word. Except in Solemn Mass, a priest celebrating Tridentine Mass (use of the 1962 version o...

What foods should I eat in order to live an authentic healthy lifestyle? What healthy eating habits do I want my children to emulate so that they too can live a healthy lifestyle? How can I adopt a long-term eating habit that leads to a change in lifestyle rather than just a diet craze? Does making smarter food choices mean that I must forsake the cuisine taste of my tradition and culture? This cookbook provides a solution to these questions by offering some healthy, tasty, and easy recipe...

This introduction to Catholicism "combines scholarly depth with an engaging style to present the what and why of Catholic belief with exceptional clarity" (Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia ).In The Light of Christ, Fr. Thomas Joseph White provides an accessible presentation of Catholic doctrine that is both grounded in traditional theology and engaged with contemporary concerns. Inspired by the theo...

To Thomas T. Noguchi, America's most famous medical examiner, every death is a mystery—until the cause is foundIn his first book, the runaway bestseller Coroner, Dr. Noguchi wrote of his controversial investigations as medical examiner of Los Angeles County. In Coroner at Large, the man who has often been called the "Detective of Death" probes the mysteries surrounding the most celebrated criminal cases in recent American history.Using sophi...

In this special 20th anniversary issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. Robert Joseph Thomas and Meir H. Kryger bring their considerable expertise to the topic of the Future of Sleep Disorders. Science, innovation, technology, and public and scientific interest all contribute greatly to the future of this fast-changing field. This issue seeks to report on, demystify, and predict the near-future possibilities in sleep medicine, in the expectation that sleep medicine will become...

**From the acclaimed author of the memoir Sink, a novel about Black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intimate connections through the eyes of a struggling ex-Army grad student."Intoxicating, propulsive ... utterly mesmerizing." —Kaveh Akbar, bestselling author of Martyr!**After a deployment in the Iraq War, Joseph Thomas is fighting to find his footing. Now a doctoral student and EMS worker, he encounters round the clock friends and family fr...

America's most controversial medical examiner explores the unanswered questions surrounding the deaths of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Sharon Tate, Janis Joplin, William Holden, Natalie Wood, John Belushi, and many of his other important casesNow, for the first time, Dr. Noguchi recounts his colorful and stormy career, explains his innovative techniques, and reveals the full story behind his most fascinating investigations.In Coroner, Dr. Noguc...

**ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2023, BET'S FAVORITE MEMOIRS OF 2023, AND ELECTRIC LITERATURE'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD 2024"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture.**Stranded within an ever-shifting family’s desperate but volatile ...

"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture.Stranded within an ever-shifting family’s desperate but volatile attempts to love, saddled with a mercurial mother mired in crack addiction, and demeaned daily for his perceived weakness, Joseph Earl Thomas grew up feeling he was under constant threat. Roaches ...

Playwright, biographer, screenwriter, and critic S. N. Behrman (1893–1973) characterized the years he spent writing for The New Yorker as a time defined by “feverish contact with great theatre stars, rich people and social people at posh hotels, at parties, in mansions and great estates.” While he hobnobbed with the likes of Mary McCarthy, Elia Kazan, and Greta Garbo and was one of Broadway's leading luminaries, Behrman would later admit that the friendships he built with the maga...