Casting the Art of Rhetoric with Theater and Drama: Taking Center Stage explores rhetoric and theater as they relate to one another, developing the understanding of rhetoric as theory and praxis. This book addresses rhetorical themes and cultural resonances, as well as the oft overlooked symbiosis of rhetoric and theater. Rather than addressing audiences as either observers of rhetorical artifacts or theatrical performance, this work demonstrates the intersection of the two, which...

A married man decides to surprise his hot, mature wife with a present for which she has been secretly pining for years - a one night stand with Carl, the black Adonis from his office for whom she has long had an intense crush. He films his wife being pounded by the hulking beast of a man while she wails in ecstasy, but before long she is crying out to be stuffed even harder.This story is a work of fiction and contains sex scenes and is suitable for adults only. All...

In this book, Senator Bernie Sanders explains where he comes from. He describes in detail how, after cutting his teeth in the Civil Rights movement, Sanders helped build an extraordinary grassroots political movement in Vermont, making it possible for him to become the first independent elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in forty years and now the longest-serving independent in U.S. political history. An extensive afterword by The Nation's National Affairs correspondent John Nich...

Two young men decide to start up a small boutique web design company and visit their bank manager to arrange a small business loan. She is more than willing to lend them the money that they require, but only on the condition that the two strapping lads satisfy her additional criteria, resulting in a steamy romp right there in her office.This story contains sex scenes and is suitable for adults only. All characters are fictional and are over 18 years old.

The Christian movement emerged amidst complex social tensions, power politics, ethnic diversity, economic stress, and cultural changes. Both biblical scholars and social scientists find that a social scientific study of early Christian phenomena yields fascinating results. However, biblical scholars are sometimes unaware of the breadth of the useful social scientific concepts and techniques, and social scientists sometimes lack the most basic background in literary research methods. The

Many of us assume that once we understand why we feel the way we do, things will finally change. Traditional talk therapy often equips us with the language and self-awareness we've been missing - yet so many of us find ourselves stuck. We can recognize the trigger, name the pattern, and explain the story, yet still feel unable to create tangible change in our day-to-day lives. So, where's the disconnect? What's missing?Registered social worker and trauma therapist Simone Saunders b...

Metaphors and other mental tools are used to reason (not just speak) about God, salvation, truth, and morality. Figurative language structures our theological and moral reasoning in powerful ways. This book uses an approach known as cognitive linguistics to explore the incredibly rich ways our conceptual tools, derived from embodied life and culture, shape the way we understand Christian teachings and practices. The cognitive revolution has generated amazing insights into how human minds m...

The short letters of 1, 2 and 3 John are some of the most complex and exciting in the New Testament.Join Fred Sanders in discovering how, even in some of the shortest and strangest books of the Bible, He still speaks through Scripture, in this new volume in the Hearing God's Voice commentary series.The Hearing God's Voice books are theological expositions of the Bible. That means we're reading each book of the Bible with our eyes on the Triune God and His w...

In "John Brown: A Retrospect," Alfred S. Roe presents a nuanced examination of the life and legacy of the controversial abolitionist John Brown. Written in a reflective and analytical style, Roe intertwines historical narrative with personal insight, exploring Brown's radical approach to combating slavery in pre-Civil War America. The book is situated within the broader context of antebellum American society, critically engaging with the moral and political dilemmas that led one man to tak...

John Earl Stark had a problem. If his book sales didn't pick up, he'd have to go get a real job.So he called an old friend, a fellow author just returned from a "digital rehab" and wanting to get back into the swing of writing.Their styles and approaches were completely different. And each had nothing to lose by comparing notes with the other. Both of them needed a re-start at their "writing life".Of course, this was in between John's playing amateu...

John Earl Stark problems were far from over. He was up to his neck and now his stories were running his life.All he wanted was to improve his book sales. But what he got was too many stories to write. And now he wasn't sleeping as a result.There were just too many and they wouldn't stop coming. He simply couldn't write them fast enough.Worse, the stories were getting jumbled, the characters mixed.If he didn't do something soon, he'd probably...

As a dangerous killer stalks women on the streets of Toronto, a young schoolgirl is kidnapped in what appears to be an unrelated incident. But as Toronto Police Inspector John Sanders examines the evidence, he uncovers a disturbing web of false identities, drug trafficking, and worse, police corruption.Racing against time, can Sanders put all of the puzzle pieces together in time to protect those he cares about most?Murder on the Run is the first novel in the John ...