Jonathan Owen, in his book "#Fail: Why the US Lost the War in Afghanistan," provides a military insider's look at why the US counterinsurgency strategy was doomed to failure. When Owen’s research was first released in 2010, it challenged the flawed strategy of senior leadership and was suppressed. However, since then, the accuracy and predictive power of Owen’s research withstood the test of time and is now being heralded as the first major pioneering work overhauling the US military’s cou...

Bram Stoker Award-winner for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction!Nightmares come to life in this comprehensive how-to guide for new and established authors…Book two in Crystal Lake Publishing's The Dream Weaver series picks up where the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Where Nightmares Come From left off.It's Alive focuses on learning the craft in order to take your story from concept to completion.With an introduction by Richar...

17 horror Stories. One legendary music venue.We all know the old cliché: Sex, drugs and rock and roll. Now, add demons, other dimensions, monsters, revenge, human sacrifice, and a dash of the truly inexplicable. This is the story of the (fictional) San Francisco music venue, The Shantyman.In Welcome to the Show, seventeen of today's hottest writers of horror and dark fiction come together in devilish harmony to trace The Shantyman'...

This story seems impossible. But every word is true.Convergence is the account of a vicious double homicide in 1970s Chicago and a trial that almost didn't happen.This is a different kind of true crime book.It isn't a mystery, because the killer was arrested right away. It's not a police story, although Convergence is there at every step of their investigation. It's not a defense lawyer's story.This is a story from the other side of the courtroom.

"Ian Nairn taught a generation to look, and another one to write"Ian Nairn lit up the pages of the architectural press, broadsheets and TV screens with his incandescent reports on the uglification of Britain, not just by standard eyesores but by the prissy and the pretentious and the blunderings of planners and architects creating new buildings and roads which show no respect for the places they invade. There is spreading across the country, he warned, a blight of ...

En el corazón del bendito mensaje del Evangelio de la Biblia se encuentran los temas del pecado, la muerte, la santidad de Dios, la justicia, la ira y el sacrificio de sustitución de Jesucristo. Por eso Pablo escribió: "Cristo murió por nuestros pecados según las Escrituras" (1Co 15: 3). Charles Spurgeon presenta este glorioso tema de la sustitución, que proclama el corazón del Evangelio. Arthur Pink nos instruye con respecto al aspecto del pacto de la obra sustitutiva de Cristo. Spurgeon ...

Vårt intresse för spioner, både verkliga och fiktiva, verkar outtömligt. Men var och när började spioneriets historia och hur har spionagearbetet utvecklats genom århundradena?Spioner i historien är en samling porträtt av några av de mest berömda spionerna, men innehåller även några mindre kända och mer överraskande namn. I den här boken undersöker historiker, forskare och författare underrättelseverksamhet och spionage genom historien – från antiken till det kalla kriget ...

El libro cristiano sobre la meditación presenta una recopilación de textos de destacados autores de diferentes épocas, todos enfocados en la importancia y la práctica de la meditación según la Palabra de Dios. A través de diversas perspectivas, los escritores ofrecen definiciones, explicaciones y exhortaciones para que los creyentes desarrollen una vida de meditación espiritual profunda.En primer lugar, Thomas Watson ofrece una definición detallada de la meditación y cómo esta se f...

Discover the Ultimate Puritan CollectionDive into the timeless wisdom and spiritual depth of Puritan literature with The Ultimate Puritan Collection. This comprehensive anthology brings together some of the most profound works by Puritan authors, offering guidance, encouragement, and insight into living a life of faith and devotion.Included in this Collection:The Excellency of ChristOn RevivalSinners in the Hands of an Angry GodFreedom of the WillThe Mortification of SinCommunion with the ...

Abolitionist thought visualizes a world without prisons – or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and anarchists, writing from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries. It considers how these radical thinkers can provide insights into our present condition, both by highlighting the harms of punishment and by pointing to inspiring alternatives to current policy and practice.By ...

Dive into a groundbreaking exploration of speculative fiction with the 'Sci-Fi Box Set: 140+ Dystopian Novels, Space Adventures & Lost World Classics,' a meticulously curated anthology that transcends time and genre to bring together an unparalleled collection of science fiction literature. This collection captures the essence of exploration, societal critique, and fantastical worlds through its diverse range of literary styles and themes. From thrilling tales of survival in unknown territ...

Lush. Brutal.Beautiful. Visceral.Crystal Lake Publishing proudly presents the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Arterial Bloom, an artful juxtaposition of the magnificence and macabre that exist within mankind. Each tale in this collection is resplendent with beauty, teeth, and heart.Edited by the Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Mercedes M. Yardley, Arterial Bloom is a literary experience featuring 16 stories from some of the most compell...