Stories that question our experience of time, truth, and memory.Through the stories in Shadows and Clouds, Marcus Stewart invites us to consider how things are not always as they appear or as we remember them, instead locating reality in the imagination and the dream world. While animals understand the world without words, humans create our experiences as stories, translating past and future into tales told in the present. Stewart's stories take the notion...

This 30 day journey is designed to help you identify things about you that God has placed inside of you that you may have overlooked. Also this book gives you a clear picture of what God is saying to you at this point in your life. 30 Days Through Genesis brings your attention to details of your life that you may not have been made aware of. There are simple but powerful things that you can do that will greatly enhance your spiritual growth as well as your personal development. 30 Days Thr...

“Lauren Thoman’s I’ll Stop the World is a whip-smart mystery with a vibrant cast of characters that gives off great eighties vibes. I was absolutely dazzled by this unputdownable genre-bending novel that’s equal parts coming-of-age suspense and emotional tale of forgiveness and second chances.” —Mindy KalingThe end and the beginning become one in a heart-pounding coming-of-age mystery about the power of friendship, fate, and inexplicable second cha...

The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds' inner workings.It turns out that nothing is as curious or as enlightening as nothingness itself. What is nothing? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling science magazine investigate—from the big bang, dark energy, and the void, to superconductors, vestigial organs, hypnosis, and the placebo effect. And they disco...

A young woman pays a devastating price for freedom in this heartrending and breathtaking novel of the nineteenth-century South.1850. I was six years old the day Lewis Holt came to take me away.Born into slavery, Dahlia never knew her mother—or what happened to her. When Dahlia’s father, the owner of Vesterville plantation, takes her to work in his home as a servant, she’s desperately lonely. Forced to leave behind her best friend, Bo, she lives in ...

An emotional, revealing memoir of one family’s life in seclusion—and the love, strength, and faith it took to save it.Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt’s retirement, everyone assumed it was for a simpler life. But the reality behind their seclusion was a secret they hid from even their closest friends: their twins, Austin and Christian, had...

Why Political Science Classics Collection is so important? In today's world, providing quality training for the younger generation at colleges and universities is of primary importance. But higher education is not enough. Any graduate is first and foremost a citizen of his nation. He has the right to be an actor in the political life of his society. The political changes taking place today in the modern world are dependent on the civic stance of each person. In this way, a serious challeng...

Born to a death sentence in a near-future America, rebellious sisters herald a revolution—if they can survive.Twins Ava and Mira Goodwin defy the Rule of One simply by existing. The single-child law, ruthlessly enforced by Texas’s Governor Roth, has made the sisters famous fugitives and inspirations for the resurgent rebellion known as the Common.But the relentless governor and his implacable Texas State Guard threaten that fragile hope, as Roth consolidate...

In the tumultuous era of 17th-century Italy, amidst the clash of empires and the ravages of war, a forbidden love blossoms between Renzo Tramaglino, a humble silk weaver, and Lucia Mondella, a virtuous young woman. Their betrothal, a beacon of hope in a time of darkness, is threatened by the sinister machinations of Don Rodrigo, a powerful lord who desires Lucia for himself. As the lovers navigate a treacherous path filled with danger, intrigue, and heartbreak, their unwavering bond is tes...

As America’s twenty-first-century revolution reaches its endgame, twin sisters must outrun, and outlive, the Common enemy.Outlaw twin sisters Ava and Mira Goodwin were born to defy Texas’s tyrannical and oppressive Governor Roth. They inspired millions across the country to liberate themselves and fight to live free under the new Common rule. But an enemy still endangers their fragile vision for the future. Ava and Mira’s mission: hunt the man down.The once...

In 1794, Johnny Watkins returns to America from Barbados, intent on becoming a great statesman. Even his hero, John Adams, believes the gifted boy will go far. There’s just one catch: Johnny must learn to pass for white.He finds a spirited and lovely confidante in Kate, one of the few who knows that Johnny’s father had been born a slave. But as he moves closer toward the new city of Washington, Johnny leaves Kate behind, falling instead for a prominent Maryland heiress who may not ...

This volume addresses key questions about the puzzle of human origins by focusing on a topic that is largely unexplored thus far, namely, the evolution of human wisdom. How can we best understand the human capacity for wisdom, where did it come from, and how did it emerge? It explores lines of convergence and divergence between Christian theology and evolutionary anthropology in its search to identify different aspects of wisdom. Critical to this discussion are the philosophical difficulti...