Eric Law's foundational Holy Currencies (2013) demonstrated a new way ministries can think about the resources needed to do their work in their communities. Law's follow-up book, Holy Currency Exchange, shares a variety of tools for thinking differently about how those resources can mobilize ministries into new life, mission, and vitality. Examples include a restaurant ministry, programs for youth, an emergency rent loan fund for people in the neighborhood, worship servic...

Explore how lifestyle concepts are linked to marketing the hospitality and tourism industryHospitality, Tourism, and Lifestyle Concepts: Implications for Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction is a comprehensive benchmark review of how lifestyle concepts can be applied to the hospitality and tourism industry. Noted authorities present multifaceted viewpoints examining a range of topics, such as matching the lifestyles of tourism providers and guests, lifestyle segmentation st...

What if I told you that the American criminal justice system has never been about, is not set up to seek out, and is not equipped to find, justice –- at least “justice” as understood by most? In many ways, it was designed this way by the Founding Fathers based on Benjamin Franklin’s vision that “it is better a hundred guilty persons should escape than one innocent person should suffer.”Americans are taught that justice means fairness. They expect it from our legal system. “Equal Ju...

In the aftermath of 9/11, President Bush declared that the struggle against terrorism would be nothing less than a war—a war that would require new tools and a new mind-set. As legal sanction was given to covert surveillance and interrogation tactics, internal struggles brewed over programs and policies that threatened to tear at the constitutional fabric of the country.Bush's Law is the alarming account of the White House's efforts to prevent the publication of Eric Licht...

The best way to deal with toxic in-laws. Ignore it and suffer the consequences.Jane newly wedded Sam, and they’ve been in a healthy and loving relationship. She’s pregnant with her second child but feels unhappy in the relationship.She loves Sam, but she’s in a toxic relationship with her in-laws. She’s tried to have a healthy relationship with her in-laws, but the relationship gets sour by the day.It’s becoming unbearable for her, and now it has ri...

This book focuses on the unity, diversity, and centrality of the notion of law as it is employed in Kant's theoretical and practical philosophy. Eric Watkins argues that, by thinking through a number of issues in various historical, scientific, and philosophical contexts over several decades, Kant is able to develop a univocal concept of law that can nonetheless be applied to a wide range of particular cases, despite the diverse demands that these contexts give rise to. In addition, Watkin...

After their tumultuous beginnings, Sabrina moves in with Daniel in New York, leaving her life in San Francisco behind. But not all is rosy for the new couple, who’s known each other for barely two weeks and is having a hard time adjusting to living together.Dark clouds appear on the horizon as an old nemesis from San Francisco causes trouble for Daniel, while Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Audrey resorts to deception to make Sabrina doubt Daniel’s love for her.Bachelor Club...

Want a diet that you can stick to for the long term. The glycemic index diet is not a true low-carbohydrate diet because you don't have to count carbohydrates (carbs). Nor is it a low-fat diet. It also doesn't require you to reduce portion sizes or count calories. But the glycemic index diet does steer you toward certain types of carbs. Evidence suggests that a diet higher in protein and lower on the glycemic index may lead to sustained weight loss. Some evidence also sugge...

'You've had some pretty crazy ideas in your life, Newby, but this is the craziest.' Grandmother Wanda Newby was exasperated after continuous rain, snow, and gales that knocked from her bike. Twice.To avoid other tourists, Eric Newby had decided that the depths of winter would be the very best time to explore Ireland by mountain bike. More astonishing still, he managed to persuade Wanda, his long-suffering wife and life-long co-traveller, to accompany him – mainly, she admitted, to ...

A deep dive into the high-stakes world of baseball scouting and player evaluation.In today's major league, player evaluation is a complex blend of art and science. Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel pull back the curtain on the evolving role of the scout, revealing how they navigate the intersection of traditional wisdom and cutting-edge analytics. From rural diamonds to MLB draft rooms, discover the systems and techniques used to assess talent, emphasizing the cr...

William MacLeod Raine was a small boy when he came to this country in 1881 from London, England, with his father and brothers. They settled in the Southwest, then a land lawless at times and places. Jesse James and Billy the Kid still terrorized the districts in which they lived. Most of the characters mentioned in this book were alive, and vigorously fighting for or against the law, while Raine was growing up.After his graduation from Oberlin College, in Ohio, young Raine returned ...

Strange, outdated laws from each of the 50 U.S. states—some overturned, some still on the books, and some merely the stuff of legends—are depicted with sly wit by Olivia Locher. Incisive, ironic, and gorgeous, these images will appeal to art buffs and trivia fans alike. A foreword from American poet Kenneth Goldsmith and an interview with the artist by Eric Shiner, former director of the Andy Warhol Museum, contextualize rising-star Locher's photography. From serving wine in teacups in Kan...