The Creed of Christendom offers a means of stability for the modern world. In the face of ever-increasing skepticism in the secular culture of Western civilization as well as seeming indifference to the fractured nature of "Christianity" among Protestants, this book argues that following the story of how reason came to its climax—becoming its most mature and true self—when married to faith in the High Middle Ages not only stability but a restoration and advancement can be made of the great...

What if friendship were the force that makes the world go round. What if friendship were the solution to the loneliness so evident in the rates of suicide in our modern society. What if friendship were the real intimacy being sought after in our culture of sex—of sexual extravagance. In short, what if friendship were the key that unlocked the secret door of the universe unleashing a transcendent form of love that only God can give. This book offers you that key.This book not only p...

Charting new territory for scholars in an understudied area, Devalue offers a socio-economic analysis of emerging Web3 actors who specialise in blockchain applications within the culture, media, and communication industries.Based on rich research that includes comparative case studies focusing on organisations in North America and Europe using blockchain technology for the storage, production, and distribution of cultural contents and services, Jacob Matthews scrutinises w...

Exploring Pittsburgh's Ups and Downs  In Pittsburgh, the elevation varies wildly, fluctuating 660 feet from highest to lowest points throughout the area and making it one of the hilliest cities in the United States. Throughout this unruly and physically challenging landscape, the city's first mass transportation system was built - a steadily expanding network of public stairways, locally referred to as city steps, these flights of stairs are a throwback to a very different time in history...

Reader's Choice Award Winner"Why doesn't the Christian life work like I thought it would?"While we often start with good intentions, it feels like real transformation is elusive at best, and maybe even impossible. We deeply want to live in the freedom that Christ offers, but we are acutely aware of the gap between a transformed life and our reality. Having the Mind of Christ tackles the issues of lasting life change.When we...

What was eating them? And vice versa.In What the Great Ate, Matthew and Mark Jacob have cooked up a bountiful sampling of the peculiar culinary likes, dislikes, habits, and attitudes of famous—and often notorious—figures throughout history. Here is food• As code: Benito Mussolini used the phrase “we’re making spaghetti” to inform his wife if he’d be (illegally) dueling later that day.• As superstition: Baseball star Wade Boggs credited his o...

*Booklist starred review*The captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem GlobetrottersThe original Harlem Globetrotters weren't from Harlem, and they didn't start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago's South Side and initially toured the Midwest in Saperstein's model-T. But with Saperstein's savvy and the players' skills, the Globetrotters...

Prevent destructive attacks to your Azure public cloud infrastructure, remove vulnerabilities, and instantly report cloud security readiness. This book provides comprehensive guidance from a security insider's perspective.***Cyber Security on Azure***supports cloud security operations and cloud security architects by supplying a path to clearly identify potential vulnerabilities to business assets and reduce security risk in Microsoft Azure subscription. This updated edition explor...

We all have our Demons. Those hidden secrets that stay tucked away in the recesses of our minds. We think we have control, we think we can keep them buried with no one ever discovering them. These secrets have a hold on us. They are a part of who we are and no matter what we try to do to keep them in check, we suffer and we fail. There is hope and it is available to everyone. Do you want to know peace?About the AuthorLife is a gift. It is a fleeting moment in time. Before w...

Fractal Leadership investigates leadership construction in social movements afforded (or intensified) by algorithm-based flows of information and viral affectivity. The book illustrates how a somewhat amorphous structure is replicated from an intimate, localised community level, all the way up to the global level with swift, almost breath-taking repetitions over and over again, from one scale to another, thus carrying new forms of leaders to sudden public mass-following, but just ...

Platform Economics tackles head on the rhetoric surrounding the so-called “sharing economy”, which has muddied public debate and has contributed to a lack of policy and regulatory intervention. The book sheds light on the sharing economy debate by offering an in-depth analysis both of rhetoric employed by sharing economy actors, and by mapping key aspects of digital labour markets. The platform is discussed both as a source of innovation and growth and as a matter of policy concern over co...

The insightful manual "Unlocking Your Inner Strength: Emotional Intelligence for Empowered Women: Empowering Insights for Mastering Your Emotions" was written with women in mind, with the goal of assisting them in embracing and developing their emotional intelligence (EI). Understanding and controlling your emotions is crucial for both personal and professional success in today's fast-paced, frequently demanding environment. This book provides useful tools and inspiring ideas to help build...