Charles Tucker is a young farmer with big dreams and a growing dairy he hopes to leave to his son. Cal Ellis has been selling cars longer than Charles has been alive.Charles wants more truck than he can afford, and Cal must sell a very special pickup before it costs him his job.Cal and Charles face off in a high-stakes contest on a narrow country road. Settling their wager sets off events Charles could never have imagined, events that will change his life forever.

At fourteen, David Saunders’ father walks out of his life, leaving him to look after his mother and younger sister. Still reeling from his father’s betrayal, a devastating accident snatches away David’s mentor and the guidance he needs to grow into manhood. With nothing but Chet, an old ’64 Chevy pickup that he doesn’t even know how to drive, David and his family must hold things together in the face of the most brutal Idaho winter to come along in the last hundred years. W...

After months of heartbreaking effort, things are finally starting to turn around for the Saunders clan. Their friend Charles is on the mend, their fledgling business is finally starting to take off, and the constant threat of foreclosure is no longer hanging over their heads. How will they cope when they find out everything they've been through has been nothing but a warm-up for the heartbreaking devastation that's about to sweep down on them? Chet, the o...

It should have been easy, all Charles Tucker wanted to do was buy a much needed truck. Charles’ search for the right pickup results in a bizarre wager, plunging Charles and the salesman into a faceoff that changes his life—and the life of his family—forever. The Emergence Collection chronicles the life of an ordinary man and his decidedly unusual ’64 Chevy pickup truck. From Out of Nowhere jumps forty years into the past, exploring how Chet came to join Ch...

30 years ago Charles Tucker lost everything that made life worth living. A brutal car accident killed his son. A short time later painful cancer took his wife. The arrival of the Saunders family casts Charles’ life into turmoil, tearing open unhealed wounds. Without his help the Saunders’ financial troubles threaten to destroy them, but helping them risks destroying everything Charles spent a lifetime building. Over all the turmoil looms Chet, the battered old ‘64 Chevy pic...

The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers and John Gregory Betancourt, Milton Lesser, John Russell Fearn, Harry Harrison, Isaac Asimov, Ayn Rand, and many moreComplete contents"Zora and the Land Ethic Nomads," by Mar...

A highly visual exercise physiology resource—fully updated in this third edition.Practical Guide to Exercise Physiology, Third Edition, takes a straightforward approach to teaching students and health and fitness professionals the fundamentals of exercise physiology, metabolism, and nutrition. Vivid medical illustrations make this a clear and easy-to-follow resource on the basic principles of exercise physiology.Th...

Science comes to life with Practical Guide to Exercise Physiology, Second Edition. Taking an application-based approach, supported by vivid medical illustrations, this book provides students and health and fitness professionals with a simple and straightforward way to learn the fundamentals of human physiology, metabolism, and nutrition.Intricate physiological processes responsible for how the body responds and adapts to physical activity are described in an accessible man...

"The true Messiah was never just a figure of history; He was a radical force sent to transform our lives, our hearts, and the world itself. It’s time to rediscover Him.""The Missing Messiah: A Call to Reclaim the True Meaning of Christ" takes you on an eye-opening journey into the heart of Christianity's most misunderstood figure—the true Jesus Christ. In a world where His image has been distorted and commercialized, this book reintroduces...

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Textbook too Pricey?Fortunately, there's Schaum's. This all-in-one-package includes more than 500 fully-solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Plus, you will have access to 25 detailed videos featuring math instructors who explain how to solve the most commonly tested problems—it's just like having your own virtual tutor! You'll find everything you need to bui...

Philosophers of Capitalism provides an interdisciplinary approach, attempting to discover the feasibility of an integration of Austrian Economics and Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. In the first section of the book, Edward W. Younkins supplies essays presenting the essential ideas of Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, and Ayn Rand. Building upon these essential ideas, the second portion of the book brings together scholarly perspectives from top academics, analyzing Menger, von ...

Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary political thought. By stressing the enduring vitality of classic books and by articulating the theoretical and practical flaws of relativism and historicism, the contributors argue that Strauss and the Straussians have identified fund...