A magical-realist adventure following two boys on a daring night-time quest, perfect for fans of quirky graphic novels.Winner of the 2019 Booklist Editor's Choice, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, and Parents Magazine Best Children's Books of the Year.On the night of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival, the town gathers to float paper lanterns down the river. Legend says they'll soar off to the Milky Way and turn into brilliant stars, but could that be...

Turn Manufacturing Data into a Scalable Competitive AdvantageFactories create massive amounts of data from IoT sensors, MES, SCADA, quality systems, supply chain, maintenance, and others. Yet most organizations can't turn it into decisions fast enough. The result is reactive firefighting and AI pilots that stall.The Unified Manufacturing Data Architecture (UMDA) is a practical framework built for industry, not adapted from IT. It shows you ...

Radical Friendship explores the contours of communal discernment as a practice that is especially relevant to Christians seeking radical democratic alternatives to the predominance of political liberalism. Communal discernment is shown to be capable of generating conscientious participation in grassroots politics; additionally, this practice enables Christians to enjoy reciprocal, discerning relationships with people who hold convictions complete different from one’s own. Indeed, ...

Beginning with her award-winning book Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning (1990), Nancey Murphy has used philosophy of science as a way into, and catalyst for, fresh thinking in cosmology, divine action, epistemology, cognitive neuroscience, theological anthropology, philosophy of mind, and Christian virtue ethics. The essays in this book, written by her students and colleagues, creatively honor Murphy by extending a number of her core insights within their respective disciplines. ...

"Without a doubt, this is one of the most exciting books I've read in years!"In an ancient city, lives the new China - and this book gives you a taste of China.Accompany Ryan, as he becomes familiar with the intricate Chinese culture and traditions. He makes his new home in Xi'an, one of the oldest cities in the new China. In days gone by, Xi'an marked the starting point of the Silk Road and is home to the majestic Terracotta Warriors.It's in a quaint Xian restauran...

Could Bert really be a zombie cat? Two friends put their brains together to find out in a wry new mystery series.While helping her best friend, Danny, film his latest horror flick, Mellie discovers a scraggly cat behind a dumpster outside the YummCo Foods factory. Mellie names the stray Bert and hides him in her room, knowing her parents won’t let her keep him. But soon Bert has decapitated all her stuffed animals, and before long he is leaving the headless corpses...

Drop The Fat Act & Live Lean y dietitian Ryan Andrews, offers a no holds barred, straight-forward reality check that offers the key to change. Instead of feel-good weight loss programs, Andrews uses truthful humor to explain how people sabotage being healthy and hinder their own goals. Fattitudes are routines, dietary choices, and belief systemsoften favored by overweight individualsthat add more body fat, less muscle, and more risk for disease. These are the rules for how to get fat and s...

When a family buys a house in a struggling town for just one dollar, they’re hoping to start over — but have they traded one set of problems for another?Twelve-year-old Lowen Grover, a budding comic-book artist, is still reeling from the shooting death of his friend Abe when he stumbles across an article about a former mill town giving away homes for just one dollar. It not only seems like the perfect escape from Flintlock and all of the awful memories associated w...

The Circular Advantage: How Artificial Intelligence and Reuse are Redefining Profitability and SustainabilityBy Justin Andrews & Ryan AndrewsForeward by : Andrie KlimanovIn today's rapidly shifting economic and environmental landscape, The Circular Advantage offers a visionary yet practical guide for how businesses can thrive by embracing the power of artificial intelligence and the circular economy. Drawing on decades of experience in sustainabilit...

In the final episode of the ZomBert Chronicles, can Bert and Mellie foil a plot to turn the entire town of Lambert into ravenous zombie consumers?A thrilling finale to an arch mystery-adventure series pits Bert the cat against the infamous YummCo Labs. Bert was a bedraggled stray before nine-year-old Mellie Gore adopted him—and has already escaped from YummCo once, vowing to find a way back to free the other captives. Now the Yumms have nabbed Bert again, and he wa...

What if sex, gender, and sexuality were designed to tell a much greater story than we could ever imagine? What if we had a part to play in that story? With gentle compassion and steadfast truth, Ryan Andrew Smith explores what the Bible says about sex, gender, marriage, and sexuality in a way that will appeal to Christians and non-Christians alike. A great resource for individuals, groups, and churches, Trust the Circle also presents ways that Christians can engage our sexually evolving cu...

What if you had to choose between the person you loved, and the world that made your love possible? VDare’s first work of fiction wrestles with the conflict between the head and the heart, the choice between what feels good – and what is right. Author Ryan Andrews presents the wrenching tragedy of a man who learns what’s most important in life from a woman named Prudence – but comes to see his relationship as threatening everything he’s come to treasure. It’s a story about love, loyalty, a...