Nowhere in the world can you get closer to wildlife than you can in the ocean. A Year Underwater takes you there, within inches of squadrons of squid, seven-foot sharks, 20-pound lobsters, and myriad creatures living in minuscule worlds almost too small to see. Between New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve of 2015, author Jerry Shine dove up and down the East Coast of North America, through winter storms and summer heat waves. A Year Underwater is his record of that year, of creatures mating, ...

Ellen G. White was a 19th and 20th century evangelical crusader for humanitarian uplift. She was a great visionary and source of energy in establishing numerous medical, educational, publishing, and evangelical institutions and ministries worldwide.She is known to be the most prolific nonfiction author in the U.S. history. In the course of her lifetime, she wrote over 40 books, which, along with her posthumous works, have sold an astonishing 100+ million copies in 150 countries arou...

Many know of the legends concerning the Shaolin Temple as the font of Asian martial arts. However, this was not the only temple with deep associations with combatives. This anthology dives deep into the historic significance of the relationship between temples, monks, and martial arts.As a transporter of culture, it seems logical that the Indian monk Bodhidharma brought more than just Buddhist texts to the Shaolin Temple. India has a wonderful tradition of martial and healing arts ...

"Let His Light Shine Through" describes Christian spirituality in light of the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love and the Beatitudes found in the Gospel of Matthew. Spiritual freedom is the fruit of a lifetime journey during which the Spirit continuously purifies and recenters the believer's affectivity in accord with God's will, resulting in the death of the false self and the birth of the true self. Prayer opens the way to this transformation.Consequently, a variety of ...

The Rourke saga continues now with Michael Rourke striving to lead America back from the precipice of a liberal agenda toward the formation of a responsible government, accountable to the people. However, he has been painted as a psychological maniac killer and his wife, Natalia, is viewed as an unsuitable First Lady because of her past as a KGB operative.An alien force, The Coalition, is trying to destroy the planet and yet still another alien group is staged, waiting for their ch...

Big Spring: The Casual Biography Of A Prairie Town is a non-fiction book written by Philips Shine. The book provides a detailed account of the history of a prairie town called Big Spring. The author takes the readers on a journey through time, starting from the early days of the town's establishment to the present day. The book is divided into several chapters, each covering a specific period in the town's history. The author describes the town's growth and development, the challenges it f...