To Brendan, flying is not only a dream about his future; it's an important connection to his past. Reading the half-filled pages of his deceased father's flight logbook, Brendan seeks to know a father who died too young, and to face a future that seems wrought with peril. If he realizes his dream of flight, Brendan believes he will also sever the abusive grip of his stepfather.When a precocious 11-year-old girl named Aria is thrust into his life, Brendan's world is turned upside dow...

When 13-year-old C.J. Brown learns that she'll be spending her entire summer away from her friends – isolated – in a small town in central Arkansas, she is utterly despondent.But as she begins meeting some of the rural village's residents, C.J. discovers she possess a strange and remarkable gift. And when she befriends an eccentric, 8-year-old rock hound, she soon finds herself being led headlong into the dark and foreboding bowels of the earth.As a greedy corporate geologi...

Ron Nichols shares his vast experience in the area of education. He has been in one school or another since the mid 90’s. He has two bachelor’s degrees and two master’s degrees, plus he holds an electrical license and has completed numerous Bible courses. He hopes his story will help someone to not make the mistakes he has made when it comes to paying for their education. He strongly advocates for going to trade school or similar training that does not require a ton of course work and mone...

The author has battled and overcome addictions to sex, drugs, and alcohol. His devotional is to the point and down to earth. It is a no frills; no filler type of devotional free of presumption. Topics include: finances, relationships, love, forgiveness, fun, and more.

In Making Lemonade from Life's Lemons, the author chronicles his life from birth to the present. The author gives a raw account of some traumatic events in his past and how he overcame them. He owes his deliverance to the Lord and his wife of twelve years. The author had a time growing up. He became sexually addicted at the age of twelve. He also drank and started using drugs as a teenager. He went into the Army at age 17 hoping to escape his problems, but they ended up catching up to him....

Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike, Howard and Bianculli along with the other contributors explore these endings and what they mean to the audience, ...

Progressive politics has long been in crisis in the United States. As the radical Left realizes the dire consequences of defining themselves solely by what they are against, this collection challenges leading engaged academics and activists to show how radical politics can lead to a more fruitful democracy. Dealing with pressing issues of the day such as health care, race, immigration, religion, foreign policy, unions, feminism, liberalism, education, and the media, this edited volume look...

Pedro Gomez of ESPN was a beloved figure in baseball. His death from sudden cardiac arrest on Feb. 7, 2021, unleashed an outpouring of heartfelt tributes. He was 58, both a hard-nosed reporter and a smiling ambassador of the sport. These 62 personal essays soar beyond sports to delve into life lessons.Pedro, a proud Cuban American, was known for his dramatic reporting from Havana. Fully and fluidly bilingual, he did as much as anyone to bridge the wide gap that had...

The word “robot” was coined a little over a century ago, but humankind has always told stories of constructed lifeforms. From the earliest myths to the latest blockbuster, stories of artificial life have always held our attention. But what do the stories we tell about the machines we make reveal about how we see ourselves?One person risks everything for one good shot. Absolution is dispensed at the push of a button. A brother and sister disagree about a strange benefactor’s true mo...

"Read this book and learn how best to protect our democracy." --Tom Steyer, founder of Need To ImpeachThe reasons Donald Trump must be impeached — as per the Founding Fathers — and what you can do to help make that happenThree veteran constitutional attorneys say there’s no way around it: The Constitution demands that Donald Trump must be impeached.And in clear language using compelling logic rooted firmly in the Constitution, they ...

It takes only one look at today's news page or one listen to the news shows to understand that, clearly, there is no shortage of kingdom challenges for the twenty-first-century church at large, for Christian organizations and agencies, or for us as individuals. In the face of such enormous problems as the rise of pagan world religions, AIDS, sexual abuse and trafficking, urban poverty, and ethnic and religious conflict, what can you and your fellow Christians do?According to the di...

Managing in the Media has been devised for a broad audience. It is based upon the perceived need for a text that amalgamates cultural theories, film and television analysis, management theories and media production practice into one volume.There are many books on film and cultural studies. Similarly, there are copious numbers of texts written on management. To date little has been written that analyses the management of the audiovisual industry set against the backdrop of the cultu...