Kenton lives in the last human refuge, known to its inhabitants only as the City. All he has ever known is the omnipresent threat of the Bladesmen, the eternal foes who trapped the few remaining humans over a century ago. Now the City is running out of the only resource that can keep its enemies at bay. Kenton is sent out into the world with the City's most valiant defenders on a revolutionary aircraft on a desperate mission to find a weakness in the Bladesmen's defenses....

Heaven never stopped breathing..."In Heaven Breathes, Gregory L. Pleasant invites readers into a journey of grace-from plight and pain to purpose and peace. Through heartfelt testimony, poetic reflection, and spiritual insight, each chapter reveals how God transforms leftovers into lessons into lessons & wounds into wisdom.This book is for the overlooked, the waiting, the healing-for anyone who has ever whispered "Why?" and still believed there was love in the silence....

Scribe Kenton lives in the last human refuge, known to its inhabitants only as the City. All he has ever known is the omnipresent threat of the Bladesmen, the eternal foes who trapped the few remaining humans over a century ago.Now the City is running out of the only resource that can keep its enemies at bay. Kenton is sent out into the world with the City's most valiant defenders on a revolutionary aircraft on a desperate mission to find a weakness in the Bladesmen's defenses. Soo...

Councilor Kenton and his family have fought hard to create a lasting peace between Bladesmen and humans. Despite the unparalleled power of the City's defenders, rebel Lords still refuse to submit and instead cling to the warlike ways of their past. Even if these rebels should finally fall, the human world remains under the control of hostile Bladesmen Lords who have kept their own people enslaved for more than a century.Beyond these obstacles, Bladesmen and humans have proven too s...

After a harrowing flight from a final assault by the Bladesmen hordes, Kenton and the last remaining humans find themselves refugees in a new world. Despite their successful escape and incredible technological advances, the existing inhabitants of this foreign place aren't willing to let the human City have the peace they crave. Caught between untrusted allies and overpowering foes, Councilor Kenton finds himself forced to choose between his people and his wife as the last humans fight for...

BENEATH THE FLAMES is an intimate combination of love, race, and life as an urban firefighter.A fire in a neighboring farmhouse has young farmer and volunteer firefighter, Mitch Garner, blaming himself for the tragic outcome. He loses all hope of forgiving himself. His only hope for redemption is to leave Jennie, the girl he's loved since high school, and journey from Wisconsin's lush farmland to the decaying inner city of Milwaukee to prove himself as a professional firefighter.

After a harrowing flight from a final assault by the Bladesmen hordes, Kenton and the last remaining humans find themselves refugees in a new world. Despite their successful escape and incredible technological advances, the existing inhabitants of this foreign place aren't willing to let the human City have the peace they crave. Caught between untrusted allies and overpowering foes, Councilor Kenton finds himself forced to choose between his people and his wife as the last ...

How did China become China? And where is it leading us? We talk as if it had always existed: eternal China with its 5,000 years of uninterrupted history. But the name 'China' was first used by sixteenth-century Europeans, and its Chinese equivalent, Zhongguo, only gained currency in the mid-1800s. China Imagined is a thoughtful exploration of the idea of China, from the naming and mapping of its territory and peoples to the creation and rise of the modern nation-state. China's early histor...

Augustine is the most influential thinker of Western Christianity, and City of God is arguably his greatest work.After the sack of Rome in 410, many Romans despaired about the future of the empire. Critics of Christianity blamed the devastation on the empire's conversion to the faith. City of God is Augustine's monumental response to these challenges, developed through analysis of Roman society, engagement with classical philosophy, and extended commentary on Scri...

Recognising diverse groups within society is a vital part of policy research and analysis, yet few texts have drawn together the breadth of experiences of welfare provision from a diverse group of citizens.This book fills this gap, by exploring how diverse citizens experience welfare provision. It aims to promote debate about the importance of social divisions in society and to address the gaps in research, in relation to race, ethnicity, disability, gender and LGBTQ+.It co...

Why does housing inequality persist in one of the world’s wealthiest nations? This book exposes how deep-rooted political and economic forces continue to shape unequal housing outcomes in the UK. Moving beyond headlines and policy snapshots, it uncovers how housing inequality is embedded more broadly within political economy, tracing how global crises, austerity, and shifting welfare regimes intersect to produce today’s housing landscape.Offering a fresh, holistic analysis, this bo...

In this fifth edition of the best-selling core introductory textbook, Pete Alcock and Lee Gregory provide a comprehensive and engaging introduction to social policy. Continuing with the unbeaten narrative style and accessible approach of the previous editions, the authors explore the major topics of social policy in a clear and digestible way. By breaking down the complexities behind policy developments and their outcomes, the book demonstrates the relationship between core areas of policy...