An award-winning poet highlights the vibrant history of his generation in a farewell to Vietnam, the chaotic sixties, and their long aftermath.“We tend to write about what will not go away,” Doug Anderson says in this candid, darkly humorous journey of self-discovery. Beginning in 1943, in the pre–civil rights South filled with tobacco and war stories, he recalls the difficult childhood that propels him into service in Vietnam. In 1967, having returned home deeply ...

In Doug Anderson's newest collection, Undress, She Said, we accompany a speaker undaunted by the complex reckonings of history, evolving relationships, and an aging body, a speaker that, besieged by a storm, resolves to "set out into it, the wind / playing the rigging like a harp." Over and over in these pages, Anderson makes music of the gales and rain and turbulent sea. These poems voyage from the subtle violences of a religious upbringing to complex remembrances of time served ...

Are you ready to take charge of your life and to create positive lasting change, once and for all? The Miracle of Change asks you this very powerful question: If not you...then who?you ever thought, “There has to be a better way?” The Miracle of Change in its simplicity masterfully empowers you to the life you desire at home, at work, and at play.We have the opportunity right now to be part of an unprecedented paradigm shift, to a more peaceful, happy and ...

Sensitive/Stimulating/Satisfying! We tend to forget about the wonderful sequence of events of the past that have caused us to become all that we are today. Way back then some seemed burdonsome, cumbersome, and unquestionably quite irritating. However, we endured these experiences and grew. Other happenings were joyous occasions and these were also used as tools destined to leave an indelible, lasting, effervescent impression. Doug Anderson has a God given ability to reach back into the pas...

Orange City was founded in 1869�1870 as a colony of Dutch Americans from Pella. Led by Henry Hospers, the colonists made Orange City the center of Dutch agricultural expansion in northwestern Iowa and farther west. By 1874, the town had railroad connections, was the seat of Sioux County, and had a Dutch-language weekly newspaper that was read in the Netherlands as well as around North America. Hospers, along with others, founded an academy in 1882 to train young people in the classics and ...

Most church members would tell you that theirs is a friendly congregation, eager to welcome visitors and new members into their midst. Yet far too many of these same congregations have trouble translating this intention into action. Offering a friendly greeting to a new face is important, but it is only the first of many steps that congregations must take in order to turn visitors into members, and new members into committed disciples.The authors believe that to assimilate newcomers...

Change your church culture. Create an outwardly focused environment where hospitality and invitation happen Sunday and every day of the week. This book offers five steps to help congregations go public with their faith—from service projects to sharing the faith with persons who want to know more about Christ and thw church. This book offers tactics to increase individual and church competency with relational evangelism with friends, neighbors, and even strangers. Learn how to start up a co...

We're talking cute, but with a Calvin and Hobbes-ian twist." --Mike Wilson, features editor, St. Petersburg TimesIn the spirit of Snoopy and Charlie Brown, or Calvin and Hobbes, please welcome Sophie and Doug.Dog Eat Doug is the cartooning creation of Brian Anderson that follows the daily exploits of Sophie, a cheese-loving chocolate Lab with a nose for the nuances of sarcasm and irony, and baby Doug, a healthy, happy newborn with no conc...

An environmental disaster leads to global chaos in this science fiction thriller by the authors of Assemblers of Infinity.It is the largest oil spill in history: a supertanker crashes into the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay. Desperate to avert environmental damage (as well as a PR disaster), the multinational oil company releases an untested designer oil-eating microbe to break up the spill.What the company didn't realize is that their mic...

Earth's thriving lunar colony faces a mysterious, growing threat on the far side of the Moon . . . an alien invasion or nanotechnology run amuck.The crew of Moonbase Columbus makes an amazing discovery on the far side of the Moon—a massive alien structure is erecting itself, built up atom by atom by living machines, microscopically small, intelligent, and unstoppable, consuming everything they touch. The mysterious structure begins to expand and take shape, and its...

When war destroys life on Earth, three space colonies must continue the human race in this science fiction adventure from two bestselling authors."A taut, expertly researched techno-thriller." —Gregory Benford, author of TimescapeIn shock and grief, the last remnants of the human race watched from space as the holocaust of war raged across the face of the Earth. Now the future rested in the hands of three fragile ...

A New Mexico nuclear weapons storage facility becomes a ticking time bomb in this "wonderfully imagined, terrifying" disaster thriller (Steve Berry)."Shines light on the greatest security lapse of our age. . . . Fans of Dan Brown and Michael Crichton won't want to miss this high-tech thriller!"―Ward Larsen, USA Today– bestselling author of Assassin's RunDeep within a mou...