Starting where resiliency studies leave off, two psychologists explore the science of remarkable accomplishment in the wake of trauma, revealing the surprising principles that allow people to transform their lives and achieve extraordinary things.Over four billion people worldwide will survive a trauma during their lives. Some will experience severe post-traumatic stress. Most will eventually recover and return to life as normal. But sometimes, survivors do more than bounce back. S...

“Better to meet death as a queen than live as a spoils of war.”Cleopatra’s name conjures images of irresistible charm, profound ambition, and lavish court intrigue. But behind the legends lies the very human story of a brilliant strategist, a devoted mother, and a ruler who fought relentlessly to preserve her dynasty in a world overshadowed by Rome.In this freshly reimagined collection, experience Cleopatra’s life through intimately drawn perspecti...

The American Society of Missiology Book Award Winner"Asian American theology is about God revealed in Jesus Christ in covenantal relationship with Asian Americans qua Asian Americans. Thus, Asian American theology is about Asian Americans as well, as human covenant partners alongside of God."In Doing Asian American Theology, Daniel D. Lee focuses on Asian American identity and its relationship to faith and theology, provid...

Churches are filled with human beings. It is as a community of human creatures that the church gathers together on Sunday mornings to worship the triune God, and it is as a community of creatures that its members participate in the church's liturgical life. However, merely noting that the church and human beings are related to one another leaves the nature of this relationship unresolved and undefined. And this raises an important question: How should the doctrine of the church inform our ...

Double Particularity is a constructive proposal for theological methodology addressing the Asian American context using the theology of Karl Barth. It focuses primarily on employing Barths theology to develop a methodology for engaging the Asian American context. This methodological focus means that it is an integrative and synthetic work, bringing seemingly disparate thoughts and concepts together. Here, the Asian American context serves as an important case study.

Real English is learned through life.Many learners spend years memorizing vocabulary and studying grammar, yet still struggle to speak or understand English naturally in real situations.Why?Because language is not learned by rules alone.It is learned through use, experience, communication, and repeated exposure.Real English Through Life — Book 1 is written for ESL learners who want a more natural and practical way to improve their English.Ins...

Simple English. Real Stories. Meaningful Learning.This book is part of the Real-Life Timed Readings series, designed for ESL learners and adult readers who want to improve their reading skills through real-life content.Each story in this book is based on everyday experiences, cultural observations, and personal reflections. The language is simple and clear, but the ideas are meaningful and engaging.Unlike tr...

The story of one of Alaska's last Indigenous strongholds, shut off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and a naturalist.Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alaska, the Tlingits had successfully warded off the Anglo influences that had swept into other corners of the territory. This Native American tribe was viewed by European and American outsiders as the last wild tribe and a frustrating impediment to access. Missionaries and prospe...

Reading English can be simple and enjoyable.This book continues the journey with short and clear stories based on everyday life. The language remains simple, while the ideas become slightly richer, helping learners build confidence step by step.It offers a gentle and practical way to improve your English through real-life experiences.

What do a traveling Saudi Arabian princess, seven aspiring fashion models, a doctor’s receptionist and a promiscuous newspaper reporter have in common? Most of them spent time naked in a makeshift dungeon known locally as the ‘Cowstail Keep,’ and most of them ended up in a mass grave. In the tiny, bucolic town of Cowstail, Georgia, an unlikely set of events brings together an equally inconceivable coalition—brilliant investigative reporter Robert Wilke, Agent Sally Collins of the U.S. Stat...

Picking up where The Tipping Point leaves off, respected journalist Lee Daniel Kravetz’s Strange Contagion is a provocative look at both the science and lived experience of social contagion.In 2009, tragedy struck the town of Palo Alto: A student from the local high school had died by suicide by stepping in front of an oncoming train. Grief-stricken, the community mourned what they thought was an isolated loss. Until, a few weeks later, it happened again. And again. And again. In s...

Legal science begins in the early modern effort to transform the academic study of classical Roman law into a systematic, rational discipline. In Divisions of Law, Daniel Lee investigates this transformation and focuses on the achievements of one major contributor to this effort, Jean Bodin (ca.1530-1596). The volume also includes the first English translation of Bodin's Iuris Universi Distributio, prepared by Jason Aaron Brown. Remembered today for his work concerning th...