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"Annihilation is upon you. The whirlwind you now find yourselves in is filled with agony and anguish. Look upon me and despair, for my design is vicious, my resolve is merciless, and your end will be horrendous!"Within the folklore of the low countries in Europe there is an ancient nocturnal creature of nightmares, a trickster, a shapeshifting demon, merciless and horrifying, that torments its victims before killing them. This creature is still among us today, feeding on the fear o...

Scholars use the term "theater of life" as a metaphor to discuss the identities we adopt and roles we perform in social settings, but this collection of stories looks at these roles and identities from a Christian perspective. Here, you are invited to find your own arc of spiritual rebirth and redemption. Each story in this series explores the soul's trials and transformations, examining the opposing energies of good and evil that shape our existence.Through the sacred dialogues ca...

This Gripping Legal Thriller Is a Perfect Summer ReadWhen Jared Neaton grew tired of the shady ethics of his big law firm and left to go out on his own, he never expected the wheels to fly off so quickly. One big case collapsing on him has pushed him to the brink and it's all he can do to scrape by. He can't risk another bad loss.Erin Larson is running out of options. In the wake of her father's death, she found a slim piece of paper--a deposit slip--with an unbelievable am...

The whole big picture is divided and presented as two halves in Mirrors for Reflection. Each half portrays the ego, revealing how it works with the mind and heart. This book describes how a person can challenge even their most deeply ingrained thought patterns through an awakening of the mind, stirring from a moral slumber. It also explains how embracing intuition and leading from the heart can help one become centered and build connections with friends, family members, and others in their...

In popular evangelical literature, God is loving and friendly, described in heartfelt, often saccharine language that evokes nostalgia, comfortable domesticity, and familial love. This emotional style has been widely adopted by the writers most popular among American evangelicals, including such celebrity pastors as Max Lucado, Rick Warren, and Joel Osteen. Todd M. Brenneman provides groundbreaking insight into the phenomenon of evangelical sentimentality: an emotional appeal to readers' f...

Make your lessons interesting, interactive, and engagingSuccessful lessons are explicit, yet also inspire active learning and opportunities to respond. As the one shaping lessons, can you do better? Probably, and you’re not alone. Research shows teachers consistently offer students far fewer than the recommended opportunities to respond, leaving all students—including those with special needs and behavior challenges—less than engaged and falling short of t...

"I have read dozens of books on starting companies, but this is the first that accurately captures why startups fail and provides a tool for entrepreneurs and investors to measure and manage these sources of failure." Michael Hatfield, Co-Founder, Cerent, Calix, Cienna, and Carium.What makes a startup successful?This book, from award-winning business school professors and a tech serial entrepreneur, tells what makes startups successful. Instead of telling st...

The Garden of Paradise is the place where Adam and Eve first lived. But after the fall of Adam and Eve, brought about by the serpent's pride, mankind descended from this paradise to the earth. In a conversation with God, transcribed by the author, God describes how to regain this paradise.God reveals that the Tree of Knowledge symbolizes our ancestry, and that the fruit borne possesses the heavenly spark found within all life. The love of God that sparks our life from within connec...

When a Warning Siren Screams in the Desert Night,the Worst Has HappenedAfter turning out plutonium for the Cold War, the shuttered Hanford Nuclear Facility's poisoned buildings may be a bigger risk than ever. The men who guard the facility from sabotage or monitor its buildings are told the dangers are under control. But then the worst happens--a thunderous explosion in the dead of night.Kieran Mullaney survived the blast, but when threats and silenc...

As a barrister in 1818 London, William Snopes has witnessed firsthand the danger of only the wealthy having their voices heard, and he’s a strong advocate who defends the poorer classes against the powerful.That changes the day a struggling heiress, Lady Madeleine Jameson, arrives at his door.In a last-ditch effort to save her faltering estate, Lady Jameson invested in a merchant brig, the Padget. The ship was granted a rare privilege by the king’s regent: a Letter of Marque...

The author finds himself trapped in the serpent's mental prison and struggles to be released from the belly of the beast. This fight for freedom from spiritual imprisonment represents the internal battle everyone faces when going from spiritual darkness to the light of Christ's truth. In this story, the author explores his own spiritual understanding as he recounts his conversation with the unholy and the divine. Throughout the conversation, the author encounters different perspectives and...

There is a projection of spirit into the surroundings, which is known as the day. There is a collapse of the waves of the universes, which is known as the night. In this story, day and night are presented from a biblical perspective to provide an understanding of Heaven and Hell in which the spirit is projected through time and space. Through engagement with this story, we can understand how the spirit is reflected in ourselves and through an anti-personality in the world around us.