From the heart of Rockford's west side, where streetlights outshined hope, and addiction stole futures, comes a raw, unfiltered story of struggle, surrender, and salvation. Derek Brown pulls no punches as he walks you through a life marked by fatherlessness, gang violence, broken homes, and the heavy grip of addiction. But this isn't just a tale of survival.It's a testimony of transformation. With grit, faith, and an unshakable grind, Derek found freedom through Christ and stepped ...

Even in the city where the Eighteenth Amendment was passed, the party went on—a history of bootleggers and speakeasies in the nation's capital.Despite the passage of the Volstead Act, it was estimated that in 1929, bootleggers brought twenty-two thousand gallons of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits into Washington, DC's speakeasies—every week.The bathtub gin-swilling capital dwellers made the most of Prohibition. This rollicking history brims with stori...

Argues for a revolutionary political theology that can be used to combat racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression.In Political Theology after Metaphysics, Derek Brown argues that theologians and religious believers should pursue a revolutionary political theology that can address racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression in practical ways, rather than following the sorts of metaphysical theologies that have dominated theological discourse since at...

The essays in this volume concern the points of intersection between analytic philosophy and the philosophy of the exact sciences. More precisely, it concern connections between knowledge in mathematics and the exact sciences, on the one hand, and the conceptual foundations of knowledge in general. Its guiding idea is that, in contemporary philosophy of science, there are profound problems of theoretical interpretation-- problems that transcend both the methodological concerns of general p...

Don't Miss This Happy Ending For The Carefree Mother That Stold Your Heart by USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Bethany ClaireNOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Although this can be read as a standalone novella, it could more accurately be described as Book 2.5 of Morna's Legacy Series. It is highly recommended that you start your reading with Book 1 in the series, "Love Beyond Time," followed by "Love Beyond Reason." The characters in this story ...

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Im A Warrior For King Jesus This book is for all ages young & old When we speak of our Heavenly Father there is no age limit. Im a Warrior for King Jesus is to give guidance to those who may need a little more understanding of what Jesus expects of us. When we do wonderful things in love, it is of GOD. When you have faith and belief share your knowledge with others about our heavenly father you then become a warrior for the lord. The lord said, well done, good and faithful servant; you wer...

Stepping onto the American Idol stage just weeks after his first wife's unexpected death, Danny Gokey experienced both the pinnacle of hope and the depth of despair. But his story began long before that. Danny's dreams began to form when he was a child, only to take a turn he never could have predicted. As life unfolded, he learned that true purpose is found in relationships, and destiny is sometimes born out of our darkest moments.Now Danny wants you to embrace that same ...

With delightful wit, tongue-in-cheek humor, a good-natured sense of fun, and truths based on living, author, speaker, and humorist Karen O’Connor provides 365 great reasons that life gets even better when the senior years hit. One-line entries celebrate that “getting old ain’t so bad because…”you can take naps whenever you feel like ityou have time to visit places you’ve always wanted to seeyou’re free to try different hobbies or activitiesyou do...

Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.Perhaps one of the most notorious creatures from the fairy realm is the ever-chan...

There isn't a timescale for how you should healYour bad days are valid, your heartache is realBut so is the day that your smile will returnThat fire within you continues to burnYou will overcome this and continue to thriveYou are here, you are loved, you are whole, you're alive.A formidable follow-up to her award-winning debut poetry collection, Len Pennie’s poyums annaw is just like h...

An hilarious and often wise collection of Scots saying straight from the mouths of the Grannies of Glasgow. With each snippet accompanied by a straightforward English translation, this is your introduction to the unique wisdom of the 'Glesca Granny'.