The enthralling "Shattered Silence: A Memoir of Survival" follows Kim Smith's turbulent life and her determination to overcome extreme adversity. The memoir illuminates the formative moments that transcended suffering to become sources of hope from the precarious foundations of a difficult upbringing marked by maltreatment and bereavement. Ms. Smith expertly tackles adolescence, showing how family issues and the human spirit endure. In this mosaic, advocacy and resiliency show how people c...

A STEAM-centered, adorably illustrated picture book about Meg, a brilliant and creative boxitect who creates extraordinary things out of ordinary cardboard boxes.Meg is a brilliant and creative boxitect. She loves impressing her teacher and classmates with what she makes out of boxes.But there’s a new kid at Maker School: Simone. Simone is good at everything, and worst of all, she’s a boxitect too.When the annual Maker Match is held, Meg and Simone ...

As the grotesque figure stepped closer to Myung-Dae Kwon, his stomach convulsed from the foul stench that enveloped him. The servant of Satan planted himself firmly only a few feet from Myung-Dae Kwon and bellowed with a voice that shook the ground for miles. His putrid breath dropped birds in flight and frogs from the trees to the ground. It laid the tall wheat grass down around the path as far as one could see.At the bank of the Han River, Kim heard the unholy roar of the beast a...

She was nineteen years old, just finished her first year of college, and her future was overflowing with possibilities. Thats what she thought until that tragic night, the night when her future came to a screeching halt and her car was struck by a drunk driver. Nothing could have prepared her for the turn of events that quickly followed. Excruciating pain, paralysis, emergency surgery, and then the fateful words she had to hear. Im sorry, you will never walk again.Kay Loy Avers was now a p...

Illustrated Edition: Includes 20 stunning illustrations that bring the vibrant world of British India to life.Contains a detailed summary: A captivating overview to enhance your reading experience.Characters List Included: Meet the rich tapestry of characters that populate this classic adventure.Author Biography: Delve into the life of Rudyard Kipling, the literary genius behind this mas...

Let your imagination take flight with the fourth volume of this groundbreaking graphic novel fantasy anthology series, featuring short stories from some of today’s most legendary artists, including the series editor, Amulet creator Kazu Kibuishi!“Flight Volume Four is good to the last drop.”—Publishers WeeklyFrom a castaway’s adventures on an alien planet to the tale of an epic battle between two food merchants, this fourt...

Bestselling biographer Sean Smith takes on the world’s number one reality star, Kim Kardashian West. This is the ultimate insight into the reality behind the woman who has defined fame in our modern culture – her childhood, her family, her turbulent love life and the multi-millionaire lifestyle.Kim Kardashian West is a thoroughly modern woman. She enjoyed a privileged upbringing in a Beverley Hills mansion and, ironically, her childhood ambition was to appear in the long-running US...

The definitive biography of the world’s number-one reality star, Kim Kardashian West—the savvy entrepreneur and fashion forward woman who has defined fame for today’s generation—from the UK's leading celebrity biographer.A thoroughly modern woman, Kim Kardashian West, the daughter of headline-making lawyer Robert Kardashian, grew up like a princess in a Beverley Hills mansion. As a young girl, Kim’s ambition was to appear on The Real World, the groundbreaking hit series. But realit...

A firsthand look into Kim Walker-Smith's journey from a place of shame and fear to stages around the world where she boldly proclaims the unconditional love of God.Kim Walker-Smith's passionate performance of "How He Loves" helped transform Jesus Culture into a global worship movement. But she wasn't always so confident of God's unrelenting, powerful love.Coming from a painful childhood, Kim struggled to believe that God could heal her heart or bring any se...

Music does not make itself. It is made by people: professionals and amateurs, singers and instrumentalists, composers and publishers, performers and audiences, entrepreneurs and consumers. In turn, making music shapes those who make it—spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, socially, politically, economically—for good or ill, harming and healing. This volume considers the social practice of music from a Christian point of view. Using a variety of methodological perspectives, the e...

The fifth title in the beloved and bestselling Ice Chipsseries by acclaimed authors Roy MacGregor and Kerry MacGregor and illustratorKim Smith, featuring a vibrant and diverse cast of characters and inspiringhockey greatsIn their latest adventure, the Chips travel to BritishColumbia, meet an inspiring young hockey hero and escape up Anahim Peak, thanksto their new friend’s calm head—and a very special puck!

Dr. Christa K. Dixon [1935 – 2003] grew up during the time of World War 2, where her father, a German Confessing Church pastor, regularly visited American POW camps, and young Christa heard African-American soldiers singing spirituals. Her fascination grew, but Dixon's interests became quite focused on her interest in how the famous spirituals interpreted the Bible. In the mid-1960s, Dr. Dixon earned her PhD working on “Negro Spirituals” in Germany and published the text that formed from h...